Apple relied on the Fusion drive for years as an affordable middle option between a slow but affordable high-capacity hard disk drive and a fast but expensive high-capacity SSD. The Fusion drive pairs an SSD with very few gigabytes with a much la…
Lees meerIf you’re not using iCloud Keychain on your iPhone, you should definitely turn it on. A full-fledged password manager built into iOS and macOS, it stores all of your sensitive information with end-to-end encryption and syncs it across all of your…
Lees meerI have noted many times that the Apple ID is the center of one’s Apple life. It’s your ID across all stores and services, and a tool to recover access to your Mac, iPhone, and iPad (or erase them remotely if lost or stolen), depending on how you’…
Lees meerOftentimes, your biggest strengths are also your biggest vulnerabilities. That’s just as true for Apple as it is for anyone else.While the iPhone is surely the product that catapulted the Cupertino-based company into its meteoric rise, you could …
Lees meerUpdated 01/12/21: Updated this guide with the most recent information about Apple Cash.When iOS 11 landed in 2017, it came without of its most anticipated features: Apple Cash. Similar to Venmo or Square Cash, Apple Cash lets you instantly send m…
Lees meerApple Pay—the company’s flagship mobile payment platform—has grown at a breathtaking rate since its introduction in 2015. Apple Pay transactions continue to rise, and more banks, retailers, and countries continue to join. You can use Apple Pay to…
Lees meerFamily members recently reported to me that they got a popup message on their iPhones and Macs asking them to re-enter their Apple ID password for the account associated with iCloud. I’ve seen with my own eyes and I have no idea how widespread th…
Lees meerApple is planting 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.Though the service has been a…
Lees meerApple prefers that your private data stay on your devices. That philosophy has prevented and delayed a number of product features that some of Apple's competitors have rolled out earlier, but the tradeoff is often worth it. A few months ago, Appl…
Lees meerMillions of users have their online accounts compromised every day. Password lists are traded on the dark web, and bad actors use automated processes to try them against lots of accounts and services. Sophisticated phishing attacks attempt to tri…
Lees meerSometimes web page designers make interesting choices. Why not use tiny, fancy type on a shaded background to make reading a page more…legible? Apple’s built-in Reader View in Safari across all its platforms lets you make short work of hard-to-re…
Lees meerThe first leak of Android 12 is here and, well, it should look very familiar to iPhone users.
Lees meerToday's baby monitors are more capable—and more complex—than ever. Here's how to find the right one, so you and your baby can get some sleep.
Lees meerThe iOS Magnifier tool has had its light (and magnifying glass and high-contrast mode and other features) hidden under a bushel. The feature was added in Settings > Accessibility in iOS 10, and you could choose to add it to your Control Panel in …
Lees meerApple is planting 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.Though the service has been a…
Lees meerIn the past few years, smart home tech has gone from a niche category to one that's started to worm its way throughout our entire world. Apple's HomeKit has played a part in that, but as the market becomes more advanced, Cupertino's implementatio…
Lees meerApple is planting 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.Though the service has been a…
Lees meerDesktop illustration, design, and layout software CorelDraw is something of a stranger to many Mac users, and with good reason. Until a couple years ago, the application had been MIA on Apple systems, since version 11 debuted way back in 2001.Tha…
Lees meerApple started 2021 the way it finished 2020: with a bang. While we haven’t gotten any hardware releases in 2021 yet, Apple had a fantastic start to the year, announcing a record-breaking quarter with a whopping $111 billion dollars in revenue on …
Lees meerApple has begun beta testing iOS 14.5, and whereas the iOS 14.4 release was a little dull, this version brings several welcome improvements. You’ll get the ability to unlock your iPhone with your Apple Watch, AirPlay support for Fitness+, and the…
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