macOS Tahoe 26.2 Will Give M5 Macs a Giant Machine Learning Speed Boost

You can turn a cluster of Macs into an AI supercomputer in macOS Tahoe 26.2

Apple is making it easier to turn a bunch of Macs into an AI supercomputer with Thunderbolt 5 clustering.

macOS Tahoe 26.2 will give M5 Macs a giant machine learning speed boost

Machine learning researchers using MLX will benefit from speed improvements in macOS Tahoe 26.2, including support for the M5 GPU-based neural accelerators and Thunderbolt 5 clustering.ML Researchers can cluster Macs together with MLX. Thunderbolt 5 will help improve performance. People working in the field of machine learning have been able to use Apple's MLX framework for quite a while, with it helping to train and deploy models using Apple's …

These hidden Option key shortcuts will turn you into a Mac expert

Macworld Scratch beneath the surface of macOS and you’ll find all manner of clever little tricks that aren’t apparent on first look. The Option key demonstrates this perfectly: it brings a host of extra functionality to your Mac every time you press it, whether you’re perusing an app’s menu or are typing in a document. Here, we’ve put together 10 of our favorite ways to use the Option key (which may be listed as Alt on some keyboards) to bring …