A focus of iOS 15 is making it easier to connect and share content with others. FaceTime Links and the ability to have watch/listen parties in FaceTime are two good examples, but the sharing feature most likely to be used by everyone is Shared with …
Lees meerWhen you fire up iOS 15 and macOS Monterey for the first time this fall, you’re probably going to notice something beyond the new FaceTime features and Safari changes: improved speed. According to a developer who has delved into the code for Apple’s…
Lees meerGaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t quite like Google Stadia or Xbox Live. So if you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers. Updated 07/16/21: Three games join the service today, all of them new …
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 meerIt feels like just yesterday when we were peeling the protective film from the iPhone 12, but the launch of the next model is just around the corner. While we’re not quite sure of the name (see below) we’ve already heard a lot about what the next iP…
Lees meerIf you’re looking for a new iPad, there are a lot of choices. Apple sells more iPads than Macs these days and the differences between them aren’t all that obvious. They all support the Apple Pencil, most work with the Magic Keyboard, and they all ru…
Lees meerIf you’re looking for a new iPad, there are a lot of choices. Apple sells more iPads than Macs these days and the differences between them aren’t all that obvious. They all support the Apple Pencil, most work with the Magic Keyboard, and they all ru…
Lees meerIf you’ve kicked around with a Mac for more than a few years and you read Macworld, you almost certainly have an AppleScript or seven that you rely on for certain custom features. I wrote a very simple script many years ago to launch and quit variou…
Lees meerApple’s Notes is one of my go-to apps in macOS. For me, it’s a repository of notes, links, images, excerpts, and anything else I think I’ll need for work or personal projects. And with macOS Monterey, Apple guaranteed that I’ll use Notes even more o…
Lees meerLooking for a way to save some money on the latest Apple products? Consider a refurbished MacBook, refurbished iPhone, or refurbished iPad from the Apple Certified Refurbished store. A refurbished product is just like a new, but at a lower price. He…
Lees meerJust when you thought we had all the emoji we could ever need, the Unicode Consortium drops a whole bunch of new ones for us. And while the list still isn’t final, there’s a good chance most of these 100-plus emoji will land on our iPhones late this…
Lees meerA new MacBook Pro comes with either two or four external ports, depending on the model you pick. A new MacBook Air has a pair of ports. But those MacBook ports are only of one type: Thunderbolt, which is compatible with USB-C. A 24-inch iMac comes w…
Lees meerIt feels like just yesterday when we were peeling the protective film from the iPhone 12, but the launch of the next model is just around the corner. While we’re not quite sure of the name (see below) we’ve already heard a lot about what the next iP…
Lees meerTabs are a major user interface element in Safari—we use them all the time, but they become unwieldly and hard to manage. Apple hopes to address those problems in Safari 15 with a new tab implementation and features. Here’s how tabs work in Safari 1…
Lees meerIn 2020, after a four-year wait, Apple finally updated the iPhone SE to… the iPhone SE. Hanging on to the same name is a little confusing—Apple differentiates the new model when necessary by calling it the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, but most people e…
Lees meerOne of the features that Apple spotlights in the upcoming macOS Monterey upgrade is Safari’s new tab bar—it affects the overall user interface and how you use Safari. Aapparently, those who have been using the Monterey beta have let Apple know its n…
Lees meer2021 has been relatively quiet for Apple. We’ve gotten the colorful 24-inch iMac, the fantastically improved Siri Remote, and an iPad Pro with an M1 processor and a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, as well as a look at the new operating systems t…
Lees meerHave you ever wanted to copy/paste text from the real world? Maybe you want to capture everything off a company whiteboard. Perhaps there’s a signboard of specials at a restaurant that you want to text to your friend. Maybe you want to quickly call …
Lees meerA lot is happening with Apple TV+: subscription changes, new shows, movies with big-time stars, and a lot more. We talk about Apple TV+ and why it’s worth tuning into the streaming service in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is episode 75…
Lees meerIt’s a good idea to check on the health of your Mac’s internal storage on a regular basis. You can do this using Disk Utility, an app that comes with every Mac. To run the check, you need to boot the Mac into Recovery Mode. On Intel-based Macs, rest…
Lees meerOne of the features that Apple spotlights in the upcoming macOS Monterey upgrade is Safari’s new tab bar—it affects the overall user interface and how you use Safari. Aapparently, those who have been using the Monterey beta have let Apple know its n…
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