Recycling is good. Just ask Apple. After the company was repeatedly called out by Greenpeace for poor performance on environmental issues, it began a process to detail all the ways it was being green, including that now-familiar slide that appe…
Lees meerWe may not yet live in the world of the Smart Home, but we’re getting there. It’s becoming commonplace to outfit our homes with connected lights, locks, alarms, cameras, thermostats, garage doors…the list goes on and on. How is all of this stuff g…
Lees meerRecycling is good. Just ask Apple. After the company was repeatedly called out by Greenpeace for poor performance on environmental issues, it began a process to detail all the ways it was being green, including that now-familiar slide that appe…
Lees meerAfter a months-long delay, Apple on Wednesday announced that Arizona will be the first state to allow driver’s license and state IDs to be carried in Apple Wallet. Starting today, Arizonans can add those items to the Wallet app, and then use the i…
Lees meerEver since Apple Card launched in the US in August 2019, Apple users overseas been wondering when Apple’s credit card would come to the UK, Europe and elsewhere. A small acquisition announced this week suggests it may be closer than ever. On Tu…
Lees meerWhen the iPhone 14 Pro arrives this fall, there’s a very good chance that it won’t have a notch. Numerous rumors, including schematics leaked just this week, point to Apple switching to a hole+pill cutout design that significantly trims the area a…
Lees meerRecycling is good. Just ask Apple. After the company was repeatedly called out by Greenpeace for poor performance on environmental issues, it began a process to detail all the ways it was being green, including that now familiar slide that appe…
Lees meerParents write to Mac 911 regularly asking for help with Apple’s Screen Time feature. Screen Time can be used to track your own usage of devices and give yourself reminders to put a phone or computer down. But it’s quite valuable when you’re trying…
Lees meerThe iPhone comes with a number of ringtones you can use, but it’s your iPhone, why not use a custom ringtone for specific contacts? That way, when a certain someone calls you, you can immediately know who it is. For example, you can set a song tha…
Lees meerWhen the earliest rumors about the iPhone 14 landed late last year, there were rumors that Apple was going to make the phone thicker so the camera would once again lie flush again the body. Based on the latest leaked schematics, that’s not the cas…
Lees meerEvery time there’s a big iOS update–either a major yearly release or a particularly feature-packed point release like iOS 15.4–you’ll find users complaining that their battery doesn’t last as long as it used to. On social media, users will complai…
Lees meerThose of us who have been waiting for half a decade for Apple to launch a new standalone display that isn’t priced in the stratosphere were glued to our computer screens during Apple’s “Peek Performance” event. Not only did Apple finally unveil it…
Lees meerIt’s no secret that AirPods Pro are due for an update sometime this year, but the current model is still one of the best earbuds you can buy. And today’s they’re at a fresh 2022 low price: Amazon is selling the AirPods Pro with the MagSafe chargin…
Lees meerThose of us who have been waiting for half a decade for Apple to launch a new standalone display that isn’t priced in the stratosphere were glued to our computer screens during Apple’s “Peek Performance” event. Not only did Apple finally unveil it…
Lees meerIt is time once again for one of the Macalope’s quarterly paeans to the small iPhone form factor. If small phones aren’t your thing, feel free to read this week’s column at 1.5X speed. Writing for The Verge, Sean Hollister says “Please don’t ki…
Lees meerMacOS has a wake, sleep, startup, and shutdown scheduling tool buil in, but you may never have consulted it. Find the Schedule tab in System Preferences > Energy Saver on desktop Macs and System Preferences > Battery on Mac laptops. (In older vers…
Lees meerThose of us who have been waiting for half a decade for Apple to launch a new standalone display that isn’t priced in the stratosphere were glued to our computer screens during Apple’s “Peek Performance” event. Not only did Apple finally unveil it…
Lees meerWhile most of the phones you see on store shelves are six inches and above, Apple hasn’t forgotten about people who like small phones. It sells two different phones with small displays: The iPhone SE, which received a massive redesign in 2020, and…
Lees meerThe Apple Studio Display may be a little expensive for a consumer-level monitor, but it turns out that it has a few secrets inside it that make us wonder if Apple has more in store for the future. Apple made it known that the Studio Display use…
Lees meerAs Apple releases more Macs with its M1-series system on a chip, it seems like Apple’s lineup is getting more complicated. When the rollout is complete, it will be easier to discern what Macs address which markets. There’s one consideration users …
Lees meerThat was fun while it lasted. After about a year of allowing purchases, rentals, and subscriptions in the Apple TV app on Google TV and Android TV devices, Apple has apparently come to its senses. In the latest update to the app on Android, users …
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