The beginning of Apple’s turnaround has been pegged to a lot of dates: when Steve Jobs returned to the company as part of its acquisition of NeXT in 1997, the debut of the original iMac in 1998, even the release of Mac OS X in 2001. But if you’re lo…
Lees meerOn October 23, 2001, Steve Jobs announced that Apple was venturing into the field of music and unveiled the very first iPod in a small room. Although the reaction from the crowd was positive, there was a whole lot less fanfare than today’s release e…
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Lees meerThe Google Chrome browser address bar doubles as a search bar, and as you’ve probably noticed by now it will keep a history of your visited links, URLs, and searches. These URLs and searches then come up as suggestions when you access the Chrome sea…
Lees meerA gift is something you offer somebody for no real gain. But we have, as humans tend to do, made it much more complicated. Most people think of a gift as something brand-new, shrink-wrapped, with a factory-fresh scent. It certainly can’t be somethin…
Lees meerAt its “Unleashed” event earlier this week, Apple announced a new half-price “Voice Plan” for Apple Music, along with other music-oriented products including the 3rd-gen AirPods and new HomePod mini colors. The Voice Plan is intended to be used only…
Lees meerThere are a lot of things to like about the new MacBook Pro, but if you’re on the fence about spending an extra $600 on an M1 Max model, a new macOS setting might convince you. Along with the battery-saving Low Power Mode introduced in macOS Montere…
Lees meerToday I ran brew upgrade on my Mojave (10.14.6) setup and was presented the following warning: Warning: You are using macOS 10.14. We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version. You will encounter build failures with some f…
Lees meerApple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV shows or movies. The service launched on Novembe…
Lees meerThe AirPods Max are one of those Apple products that we all want but can’t really justify buying. But today you can get the ultimate listening experience for a lot less: Crutchfield is selling a pair of AirPods Max headphones in pink for $429, the l…
Lees meerI am trying to debug a connectivity problem on macOS Big Sur. Symptoms After a few hours, the domain apple.com is unreachable from the device. All other domains are fine. ping www.apple.com fails to return anything (nothing printed on …
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