Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Achievements are great motivators, and the achievement badges for …
Lees meerApple has pushed the third macOS Monterey 12.5 beta to developers. Apple has yet to provide any release notes, so it’s likely that there aren’t any obvious new features. Update 6/14: Apple has released the third beta for macOS 12.5. macOS M…
Lees meerThe release of iOS 16 is just a couple of weeks away, but Apple still has plans for iOS 15. Just days after iOS 15.5 arrived, Apple started iOS 15.6 iPadOS 15.6 beta testing. It was first made available to developers on May 18, with the public bet…
Lees meerApple’s laptops are becoming harder and harder to find, but if you can wait to get it, you can still find good deals: Today, Amazon is selling the 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro processor and 512GB of storage for $2,299, a savings of $200. The…
Lees meerApple’s next version of macOS – which we now know will be called Ventura – will launch later this year, but we already know a lot about Ventura and its new features after Apple revealed all at WWDC 2022 in June. Beta testers are able to run Ventur…
Lees meerAdobe Photoshop has been so influential in the world of media that the name of the app itself is used to generally describe an image that has been edited. But while the name is everywhere, not everyone uses the app, and Adobe is hoping to change t…
Lees meerApple may have announced during the WWDC keynote that the M2 MacBook Pro wasn’t coming until July, but it’s opening preorders sooner than that: Apple has announced that the M2 MacBook Pro will be available to order this Friday, June 17. Here’s eve…
Lees meerIf there’s one new feature that has people talking a full week after the WWDC keynote, it’s Stage Manager. A radical new interface for the Mac and iPad, Stage Manager has already generated its fair share of reaction, with some people loving the ne…
Lees meerApple products are expensive. Even the cheapest laptop costs a thousand bucks and even if you settle for an older iPhone 12 you’ll need to fork over at least $699. The cheapest Apple Watch, the Apple Watch Series 3, will still cost you $199. Bu…
Lees meerIt’s tenuous, but the phrasing of Apple’s macOS Ventura system requirements appears to suggest that the company plans to release a new 12-inch MacBook in the near future. Near the bottom of its Ventura preview, Apple has posted a list of Macs t…
Lees meerWe may not like it, but sometimes software implementation decisions are a tradeoff between features and performance. And this week some people are hot about it. When Apple announced Stage Manager for iPadOS 16 last week, it noted that the featu…
Lees meerYou’ll probably never need to worry about Lightning cables, adapter plugs, or wall chargers sometime in the not-too-distant future. Sure, Apple will likely create a half-dozen new charging connectors and configurations by then (especially if the E…
Lees meerWondering what the name of the latest macOS version is? Curious about the versions of Mac OS X that came before? Here we’ll fill you in on the names of the different versions of the Mac operating system in order: from the newest macOS to the first…
Lees meerWhen iOS 16 lands on your iPhone this fall, it’s going to bring a ton of awesome new features. But you don’t have to wait until September to try them out. If you’re brave, you can download and install the iOS 16 beta–just expect there to be some b…
Lees meerThe holiday shopping frenzy may be over, but we keep a check on the best Apple deals throughout the year. If you’re looking to gift an Apple product or just pick one up for yourself, we’ve scoured the web for the best prices on everything from Mac…
Lees meerTechnology is always moving forward, and sometimes in order to move on to the next great thing, some devices are going to be left out. In Apple’s case, some new features revealed for macOS 13 Ventura and iPadOS 16 won’t be available on older Macs …
Lees meerIn recent versions of the Messages app for iOS and iPadOS, you can send full-screen animated messages. After composing a message, long-press the send button, tap Screen at the top of the view, and then swipe to select animations like echo, bubbles…
Lees meerApple announced its big yearly operating system updates in its WWDC keynote on June 6. No platform is bigger or more important to Apple and its users than the iPhone, and thus no OS update is more important than iOS. After a successful reception t…
Lees meerThere’s this somewhat odd sentiment among some parts of the Mac community that the best release of the platform’s software ever was Snow Leopard. Yes, that’s right: 2009’s Mac OS X 10.6, a release that was famously marketed as having “zero new fea…
Lees meerWhen you’re home or at work, it’s usually no problem. But once you’re outside your usual haunts, finding a free WiFi network isn’t always easy. Keeping your Mac tethered via WiFi can be a chore, especially when on the road. AirRadar WiFi Finder ca…
Lees meerThe tech world was watching as Apple unveiled and demonstrated iOS 16, the upcoming iPhone software update, at WWDC this week. And it lived up to the pre-event hype with a raft of excellent new features, from radically improved Lock Screen customi…
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