Apple ditched the optical drive from most Macs about a decade ago—far before many pundits thought the company should. You could still buy an Apple-branded USB SuperDrive for reading and burning CDs and DVDs. It remains for sale to this day ($79), …
Lees meerThere’s no telling when your career will need an unexpected upgrade. Or when you’ll get sucked into a new passion you’ve never explored before. Those paths will often require some new knowledge to help see you through, but thankfully, finding it d…
Lees meerApple started the week with a bang by releasing macOS Monterey 12.3 with several new features, including Universal Control, enhanced Spatial Audio support, and an LGBTQ Siri voice, but older Macs got an update that’s just as important. While short…
Lees meerAfter about a month of beta testing—and just in time for Mac Studio—Apple has released macOS 12.3. Alongside the massive iOS 15.4 release, it has a bunch of new features for your Mac. macOS 12.3: New features Universal Control The premier…
Lees meerAfter iOS 15.3 was mainly bug fixes and security updates, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 is Apple’s biggest iOS 15 update so far, with a slew of new features and updates for your iPhone and iPad. Here’s everything that’s in the update and how to install…
Lees meerIf you’ve been using an iPhone or iPad for a while, you’re used to frequent updates to iOS or iPadOS. Some users update immediately, but many people take an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach and wait months to hit that Download and Instal…
Lees meerApple has released tvOS 15.4 alongside iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3, and while it’s not quite as jam-packed with new features, there are a couple that may improve your Apple TV experience. If you’ve ever tried to log into a Wi-Fi on an Apple TV at a…
Lees meermacOS 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4 have been released and Apple finally added Universal Control, the much-anticipated feature that was revealed at WWDC 2021. Late last year, Apple announced that the release of Universal Control would be delayed to this sp…
Lees meerAfter about a month of beta testing—and just in time for Mac Studio—Apple has released macOS 12.3. Alongside the massive iOS 15.4 release, it has a bunch of new features for your Mac. macOS 12.3: New features Universal Control The premier…
Lees meerWith the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, we’re wearing masks more than ever. And that’s a real annoyance when Apple’s sole biometric phone unlocking technology, Face ID, is geared around seeing your face. But it’s not just about N95 masks and gl…
Lees meerAfter iOS 15.3 was mainly bug fixes and security updates, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 is Apple’s biggest iOS 15 update so far, with a slew of new features and updates for your iPhone and iPad. Here’s everything that’s in the update and how to install…
Lees meerEver since the original iPhone launched in 2007, each model has arrived with two significant improvements: a better camera and a better chip. For the first time, the iPhone 14 might break that streak. A report from Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Appl…
Lees meerApple’s newest iPhone SE doesn’t go on sale until Friday, but if you’re still deciding whether or not to buy one, early reviewers have gotten to spend a few days with the device. Here’s how they feel about the design, performance, battery, and cam…
Lees meerIt’s Pi Day once again (March 14 or 3.14) so you’re probably going to want to share all of your festivities with your friends, whether that’s eating pie, expressing pi to as many digits as you can stand, or just making puns all day long. But wh…
Lees meerAn industry group representing the interests of UK mobile network operators has attacked iCloud Private Relay, Apple’s VPN-like privacy service for Safari, claiming it will harm competition, worsen the user experience and hinder the efforts of law…
Lees meerSidecar and Universal Control are two important tools that can help improve your workflow. Their core premise—the ability to easily connect devices to each other—is similar, but Sidecar and Universal Control provide very different functions. W…
Lees meerEver since the original iPhone launched in 2007, each model has arrived with two significant improvements: a better camera and a better chip. For the first time, the iPhone 14 might break that streak. A report from Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Appl…
Lees meerLast week’s “Peek Performance” event saw the company launch its latest low-cost iPhone, a revamped iPad Air, an external display and, oh yeah, the first brand new Mac model in years. Those announcements picked off a bunch of the low-hanging fruit …
Lees meermacOS has two distinct volume control options in the Sound preference pane that affect how a Mac produces sound. At the bottom of the Sound preference pane, you can drag an “Output volume” slider left or right to decrease or increase sound outp…
Lees meerConsidering our dependence on the life-shaping devices we use every day, everyone needs a plan to ensure they have enough power to last until they recharge at night. And because the battery life on Apple Watches has always been a little suspect, t…
Lees meerThe introduction of the Mac Studio this week got me thinking about how strange the final few years of the Intel-based 27-inch iMac were. When the 27-inch iMac was refreshed in 2020 we all knew it was the end of the line. Apple silicon iMacs wer…
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