Edison Mail has been a popular iOS email app for a while now, and today Edison Mail for Mac has launched. You can sign up for early access and referral codes here. I’ve been using it for about 2 weeks and think it’s a good email app for the Mac. Her…
Lees meerApple is giving customers a special deal. Through December 31 you can get 6% cash back on Apple purchases, instead of the usual 3%.
Lees meerThe Federal Trade Commission is considering a revamp of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Google wants to help them change the rules, and asked the agency to eliminate rules that categorizes anyone watching kids content online as…
Lees meerCharlotte Henry is a London-based technical journalist. A self described media junkie, she writes about Apple – and now for the Mac Observer as well as our UK Associate Editor. She has also written for City A.M. (London’s daily business tabloid,) Co…
Lees meerSleeping computers are good, until they don’t wake up. Thankfully, John and Dave are here each week to answer your questions, including this one. But that’s not all! Listen for answers to questions about Apple Watch hourly chimes, registering Apple …
Lees meerWhile Yubico has a security key that plugs into your iPhone via Lightning, the app also supports NFC YubiKeys now. Instead of storing the time-based one-time passcodes on a mobile phone or computer, Yubico Authenticator generates and stores one-time…
Lees meerThe holidays are here! That means hot cocoa, candy canes, cookies, and presents. The Mac Observer presents to you our 2019 holiday gift guide.
Lees meerProcreate is one of the most popular drawing apps on iOS, and it got a bunch of new features today with Procreate 5. Here are just some of them: Animation Assist helps you create rich illustrative animations, animatics and looping GIFs to share with…
Lees meerSwiss company Salt has launched an Apple TV remote alternative with more buttons and less touch pad. Thanks to Apple’s input, the alternative remote doesn’t require any pairing with Apple TV and works out of the box. It includes directional arrows…
Lees meerCharlotte Henry and John Martellaro join host Kelly Guimont to discuss alternate email apps on macOS and iOS, and John’s Mac Pro successor.
Lees meerRedditor u/j1ggl did a test to compare Finder and Files using a folder of 2048 texture files. The folder was only 1MB, but iOS Files still handled different tasks way worse than Finder. For example, using the app’s built-in zip function, zipping the…
Lees meerWe have another opportunity for you to get a discount on the bundle of Mac apps called the 2020 Limited Edition Mac Bundle. This bundle has 13 Mac apps, including Parallels, iMazing, and TextExpander. You’ll also find PDF Expert, Windscribe VPN Pro,…
Lees meerA report suggests that Safari users are less valuable to advertisers due to the browser’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention technology.
Lees meerApple spy Jizhong Chen was changed with stealing files form Apple for a Chinese startup. But he also had a file from a missile program.
Lees meer5G is on the way, probably including a compatible iPhone in 2020. ArsTechnica has a good rundown of the state of the rollout of the superfast network. The first thing to know about 5G is that it’s a family affair—and a sometimes-dysfunctional one. W…
Lees meerThe 16-Inch MacBook Pro arrived with relatively very little fanfare. At Forbes, Ewen Spence asked why the device is not being more heavily promoted. Following its launch event in October 2018 for the new MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iPad Pro models, T…
Lees meerApple has received its first Golden Globes nominations for ‘The Morning Show’ in the Best Drama Series and Best Actress categories.
Lees meerFilmed by Martin Scorsese, The Irishman tells the story of Mafia hitman Frank Sheeran and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Their first concern was making sure the actors would be comfortable. “The process doesn’t use animation, it actually records …
Lees meerTim Cook celebrated Computer Science Education Week and the importance of coding with primary school pupils in Japan.
Lees meerApple TV+ show ‘Dickinson’ is great, and well worth watching if you haven’t yet had a chance. In a new video posted over the weekend, showrunner Alena Smith, star Hailee Steinfield, and others let us meet Emily a little bit more. It gives great insi…
Lees meerEpisode eight of the Morning Show goes back in time, and gives a good insight into how the various characters came to be where they are now.
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