There is an epidemic of Apple Calendar spam (and some incidents of iCloud Photo Sharing spam) impacting iCloud users worldwide. Everybody is writing about it, and because so many people are affected I thought I should join in. This is what is hap…
Lees meerWhile so much of the conversation concerning Apple’s MacBook Pro has focused on the need to use dongles to connect to its four USB-C ports, there are numerous advantages to the transition:Charge anything The charging “brick” you need for your Mac…
Lees meerWhat if you could always have the latest iPhone, run the latest iPad and have the latest Mac? What if you could access all your music, movies and TV shows and take a ride share summoned by your Apple Watch, all for a single monthly fee, like Appl…
Lees meerI’ve been enjoying the new BBC Worldwide iOS app, The Story of Life, since it first appeared earlier this month. It’s the biggest ever mobile release of amazing material drawn from Sir David Attenborough’s enormous archive of natural history film…
Lees meerHappy Thanksgiving tomorrow USA, blessings from my house to yours – however, once your turkey’s digested it may be time to focus on personal fitness, BodBot’s fitness focused Apple Watch apps may help.What is it? BodBot makes three online persona…
Lees meerThere is a video circulating online that when played once can temporarily stop your iPhone or iPad from working. The only way to get affected devices working again is to run a hard reset to bring them back to life.Honey trap The video consists of…
Lees meerIf you’ve been waiting for a replacement 802.11ac AirPort Express or hoped for some improvements in Time Machine, then stop hoping on strength of claims Apple has ceased development of its AirPort range of products.What is being claimed? Bloomber…
Lees meerApple is apparently speaking with its Chinese manufacturing partners to assess if it is possible to bring iPhone manufacturing back into the USA.Skilled staff In the past the company has said one of the reasons it does not manufacture products he…
Lees meerVeteran Mac users across the developer and pro communities are reeling at the news that Sal Soghoian’s position as Product Manager of Automation Technologies at Apple has been terminated, after nearly twenty years at the company.Eliminated Soghoi…
Lees meerApple Watch remains the world’s best-selling smartwatch and with the second edition now available it is taking a slice of the fitness tracker market, too. As the holiday shopping season looms, here is a short collection of some great accessories …
Lees meerApple’s latest product is a hardback book detailing 20-years of Apple design, "Designed by Apple in California”.Special paper The heavily illustrated book looks at Apple products from 1998’s iMac to 2015’s Apple Pencil. It documents the materials…
Lees meerSamsung may be down, but it’s not out – it seems deeply committed to the mobile industry and this morning announced a new deal to take on Cupertino: an $8 billion purchase of Harman International.Drive by If this deal goes through it will be the …
Lees meerApple’s new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar notebooks swiftly surpassed sales of almost every other decent quality notebook in the first five days availability.Early adopters, adopt Apple has raised its part and component orders with its supply chain …
Lees meerWe live in interesting times. The 2016 US Presidential election has cast ripples across the planet.Tim Cook speaks Apple has been in Trump’s firing line a couple of times. The president-elect currently rejects Apple’s balanced view on encryption,…
Lees meerThe enduring magic of the iPhone is that it can be a different device for every single person who owns one, thanks to the ever-growing universe of apps for everything you may possibly want to do.Not I, but we Achieving this has taken a huge team …
Lees meerWith developed economies facing political and economic crisis, Apple’s decision to focus on emerging economies makes absolute sense as the company seeks to maintain growth. It has already seen significant success in China, but its attempts to exp…
Lees meerImagine a Mac that told you when it was developing a problem. A Mac that could identify a rogue app demanding too much memory, or a component displaying symptoms that often come before it fails.Predictive maintenance This isn’t such a far-fetched…
Lees meerApple VP worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, spoke exclusively to The Independent this week, taking the chance to offer the commitment pro users need if they are wondering about the fate of the desktop Mac:Love the Mac "We love the Mac and are as…
Lees meerThe Mac startup chime is iconic. I see it as being like the heartbeat of the platform, it pleases me when I hear that “ding” when I start my Mac up, but it’s not just the startup music Apple seems to have lost in its latest MacBook Pro product in…
Lees meerThe tenth-anniversary iPhone may integrate wireless charging and include OLED screens, the latest Nikkei rumors claim.Loose talk Over the weekend, Sharp President Tai Jeng-wu confirmed Apple will make the transition to OLED displays during a spee…
Lees meerApple has confirmed all the pre-event speculation, new Apple TV software, new Macs, no desktops, and the all-new MacBook Pro Touch Bar.What is the Touch Bar? Touch Bar replaces the Function keys at the top of the keyboard. It’s a Multi-Touch Reti…
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