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October 28, 2016

Apple adds touch bar to update the Mac line

  • The touch bar will offer functionality that's familiar to many iPhone users.
    • By BRANDON BAILEY
    AP Technology Writer

    CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple unveiled long-awaited updates to its Mac computers Thursday, aiming to spark consumer interest in a product line often overshadowed by newer gadgets like the iPad and iPhone.

    The breakout feature is, as widely speculated, a new touch-sensitive panel on the MacBook Pro, Apple's top-of-the-line laptop. The touch bar will offer functionality that's familiar to many iPhone users. It shows word suggestions as you type and lets you scroll through libraries of emojis. When watching movies, the touch bar can offer playback controls. When editing photos, the touch bar changes to offer options to lighten or rotate. It adapts and offers different controls for whatever app or website you're using.


     
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