External hard drives back up your most important files, but what happens when they malfunction? Here's what to do if your ...

After starting my career at PCMag as an intern more than a decade ago, I’m back as one of its editors, focused on managing laptops, desktops, and components coverage. With 15 years of experience, I ...

these drives can often achieve even higher speeds, making them an excellent choice for future upgrades or system builds. External storage solutions offer Mac users a cost-effective, flexible ...

The port selection on the MacBook Pro M4 is a little bit better than the M3. The base model now has three Thunderbolt 4 ports ...

On the other hand, dual (or even more) external displays can ... an easier way to check your Mac's video display capabilities is by clicking the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your ...

The first My Passport drive from 2004 had a maximum capacity of just 40GB, which has increased by up to 150 times. Western Digital's current My Passport line-up includes a massive 6TB model ...

whether that's for more space or to have an emergency external boot drive. Now Apple has added a new option to the Mac App Store that means you can use external drives for apps. Previously the Mac ...

That said, you still get a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display with up to 1,000 nits of brightness that I loved in my MacBook Pro M3 review. Speaking of brightness, your screen should stay aglow ...

which is up to four times faster than USB 2.0. Western Digital has long been making affordable, portable, and mostly reliable external hard drives for some time. Its My Passport lineup is one of ...

But for all the fanfare about the new MacBook Pros, it wasn't Apple's perennially high-achieving laptop that really caught my attention. Sometimes it's not the biggest product that makes a splash ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio ...

That’s why the new MacBook Pro M4 is going to be my next laptop. While not much has changed from last year’s refresh, it’s a big power upgrade from older laptops like mine. Read more: Apple confirms ...