Nintendo has intentionally implemented measures to restrict third-party accessories, including docks, hubs, and other ...

But as you probably now suspect, the Nintendo Switch 2 doesn’t do it that way. When you plug the Switch 2 into a third-party ...

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The ubiquitous USB port wasn't the only way. Apple, Sony and Panasonic favored an alternative, IEEE 1394, marketed by the U.S ...

In the 2000s, USB became popular and FireWire ports on Macs were eventually dropped, but support had been kept in macOS until Tahoe. What to do if you have a FireWire device you want to use?

Apple stopped including FireWire ports on Macs in 2012, so anyone still connecting old gear has been relying on a mess of adapters. And now even that is looking bleak.

FireWire's final curtain call may be upon us. In the first developer beta of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple has removed all FireWire ...

Unlike on macOS Sequoia and earlier versions, the first macOS Tahoe beta does not include a FireWire section in the System Settings app. Of course, this could all end up being a false alarm.

Apple made things worse in 1999 when it began charging a $1 per port licensing fee to FireWIre device users. This drove manufacturers away from the format and back to the fee-free USB standard.

After I got the MacBook M4 14″ with matte nanotexture display, I wanted an ultra-affordable matte 27″ display with unified single-cable laptop charging. With that, I mean a single USB-C cable which ...