Apple loves a good second-gen product, frequently snaring early adopters with a promising but flawed or incomplete original product before hitting the mainstream with a sequel that fixes the biggest issues with the first model. This list goes on—App…
Lees meerApple’s new AirTag trackers are even smaller in person than they appear in pictures. Roughly the size of a half dollar coin or a button on an overcoat, the convex design makes it feel smaller than either of those things. And compared to the square T…
Lees meerThe dream of having a computer is that it does our work for us. What better way to accomplish this than by setting up tasks that are carried out automatically? We can sit back and enjoy the results. Automator has long had a little-remarked-upon feat…
Lees meerIf you’ve bought a new iPhone 12, you know all about the new design, display, camera, and iOS 14 enhancements, but there’s one new feature you might not have tried yet: MagSafe. Apple’s new magnetic accessory system allows for a whole new ecosystem …
Lees meerApple’s list of currently available content for Apple TV+ continues to grow, but there’s an even faster-growing list of projects in the works. Films, limited series, specials, and multi-season series, Apple’s got lots of irons in the fire for all of…
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 meerIf you want a Find My tracker for your non-Apple things, the AirTag isn’t the only game in town anymore. Chipolo has opened up preorders for its One Spot tracker and it’s cheaper than the AirTag—by a buck. The Chipolo One Spot tracker is available f…
Lees meerWe all know the Nintendo Switch is a fantastic mobile gaming device, but beginning today, it can also double as a handheld scientific calculator. It’s not available for sale just yet, but the Nintendo shop says a Calculator app is coming May 12, 202…
Lees meerApple made some drastic changes when it launched the new MacBook Air in 2018, but other than the processor and the keyboard, there haven’t been any major improvements since. But if we can believe the latest rumors, that could be changing this year, …
Lees meerThe Apple rumor mill has been churning lately with reports that Apple is readying a new consumer laptop that’s thinner than the MacBook Air, available in various colors, and possibly has the next generation of Apple silicon. Of course, it could very…
Lees meerThe new AirTag from Apple is a compact tracking device that has an extremely long life and precise locating ability in the right circumstances. Unlike a GPS tracker, which requires cell service and may drain a battery quickly, an AirTag relies on th…
Lees meerApple started testing iOS 14.6 before the big iOS 14.5 release even went out to the general public. With iOS 15 expected to begin testing at WWDC in June, many users thought iOS 14.5 would be the last release in the iOS 14 branch. It appears that Ap…
Lees meerJust a few days after leaking the news that the next MacBook would come in a variety of colors, Jon Prosser is back with some new information about the rumored machine garnered from “a bunch of different sources” inside Apple. First the colors. Pros…
Lees meerJust a few days after leaking the news that the next MacBook would come in a variety of colors, Jon Prosser is back with some new information about the rumored machine garnered from “a bunch of different sources” inside Apple. First the colors. Pros…
Lees meerThe rollout of Apple silicon continues with the introduction of the 24-inch iMac. Now there are four different Macs with Apple’s M1 system-on-a-chip (SoC) at the heart of each model: two laptops and two desktop computers. That means you have more ch…
Lees meerIt is spring and spring is the time when a young man or woman’s fancy turns to frowning and looking very serious about the poor state of security on Apple platforms. Apparently. According to Vice, “Apple Is Having a Really Bad Time With iPhone Secur…
Lees meerA technology invented at the dawn of the desktop-publishing age is about to expire. Developed by Adobe way back in the early 1980s, PostScript Type 1 fonts—a way of encoding vector-based type designs into a particular file format—will lose full supp…
Lees meerApple started testing iOS 14.6 before the big iOS 14.5 release even went out to the general public. With iOS 15 expected to begin testing at WWDC in June, many users thought iOS 14.5 would be the last release in the iOS 14 branch. It appears that Ap…
Lees meerApple’s list of currently available content for Apple TV+ continues to grow, but there’s an even faster-growing list of projects in the works. Films, limited series, specials, and multi-season series, Apple’s got lots of irons in the fire for all of…
Lees meerWith a blockbuster quarter in its rear-view mirror, Apple seems like it’s sitting pretty right now. But the problem with results as astounding as those Apple recently posted is that it can be challenging when it comes time to follow up on them. Can …
Lees meerApple made a big deal about 5G in the iPhone 12, but there was one thing that wasn’t mentioned in the keynote hype—the modem isn’t made by Apple. It’s one of the few essential iPhone chips that Apple doesn’t manufacture, and a new report says that i…
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