Full-disk encryption (FDE) is a low-effort way to ensure that if someone were to get ahold of one of your drives while unmounted or a Mac while powered down, the contents on the drive would be unusable to them without knowing a password or other enc…
Lees meerThe last few years, Apple has been on such a ride that it can be hard to put it into proper context. Almost every quarter sets a business record. And yet this quarter, covering the first three months of calendar 2021, are something special. I’ve bee…
Lees meerApple keeps steadily improving Apple Maps, making it a viable alternative to the Google Maps juggernaut. With iOS 14.5, Apple Maps has gained the ability to show crowdsourced traffic incidents when to make driving easier and safer. Here’s how you re…
Lees meerThe second quarter of the year isn’t usually a particularly strong one for Apple, but that’s not the case this year. Apple posted its third-highest quarter of all time with a whopping $89.6 billion in revenue for 54 percent year-over-year growth. Ev…
Lees meerApple’s AirTag may be the only game in town right now if you want a Find My-based location tracker, but it won’t be for long. In just two weeks, Chipolo will open up preorders for its own One Spot tracker, which is built specifically to work with th…
Lees meerThe mathematician Bertrand Russell discovered a paradox in 1901 about sets of things: collections could be described that couldn’t contain themselves, even though the rules said they must. One approachable non-mathematical explanation involves barbe…
Lees meerIf you’re reading this article, you already know all about the Safari start page. A great way to start a web browsing session, the Safari start page gives you quick and easy access to favorite links, frequently visited sites, and various other onlin…
Lees meerApple is in the midst of a two-year transition away from Intel and AMD chips to its own Apple Silicon. The low-end products are already covered by the first-generation M1 chip that’s in the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and now the 24-…
Lees meerIf you’re looking longingly at the new 24-inch iMac but don’t have a thousand-plus bucks to drop on a new Mac, this Amazon deal has you covered. The 521GB M1 Mac mini is down to $800 today when you take an extra $29 at checkout. That’s $99 off the M…
Lees meerEver since Apple abandoned the Mac speaker game when it stopped selling the stereo Pro Speakers in 2004, my Macs have never quite been the same. Sure, there are plenty of decent third-party options, but for those of us waiting for a modern update to…
Lees meerWe were somewhat surprised when the new iMac arrived with an M1 chip at Apple’s Spring Loaded event. We had heard rumors that Apple was working on the successor to the M1 processor, and Apple’s all-in-one seemed like a great place to debut it. That …
Lees meerApple on Monday released macOS Big Sur 11.3, an update to the Mac operating system. The update includes improved support for AirTag, iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs, new Safari features, and more. Vulnerability fix Among the many new feat…
Lees meerEver since Apple abandoned the Mac speaker game when it stopped selling the stereo Pro Speakers in 2004, my Macs have never quite been the same. Sure, there are plenty of decent third-party options, but for those of us waiting for a modern update to…
Lees meerEver since Apple abandoned the Mac speaker game when it stopped selling the stereo Pro Speakers in 2004, my Macs have never quite been the same. Sure, there are plenty of decent third-party options, but for those of us waiting for a modern update to…
Lees meerWe interrupt this site’s Apple news and commentary to bring you breaking news from the other side: Sometimes PC purchases go horribly wrong. Yes, if you like this column then you will probably enjoy this thread on Twitter from Eypatch Wolf about his…
Lees meerOne of the surprise announcements at Apple’s Spring Loaded event was a new tool that uses your iPhone’s TrueDepth camera to fix the color on your TV without needing to dive into complicated menu options. You don’t need a new Apple TV to use it, eith…
Lees meerWith iOS 14.5, Apple is finally making good on a promise made at WWDC last summer to give iPhone and iPad users more control over the ways their data is tracked and collected by app developers. The feature, called App Tracking Transparency, was supp…
Lees meerWith the release of iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4, Apple has solved one of the most vexing iPhone problems of the past year: the fact that Face ID doesn’t work when wearing a mask. Here’s how to set it up on your phone and watch. Requirements First, you’…
Lees meerApple’s latest iPhone operating system is here! In beta since WWDC in June, iOS 14 is available for every iPhone that is capable of running iOS 13. When you update your iPhone to iOS 14, there will be a lot of new stuff to learn. This is a big updat…
Lees meerApple on Monday released macOS Big Sur 11.3, an update to the Mac operating system. The update includes improved support for AirTag, iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs, new Safari features, and more. Improving iPhone and iPad apps on M1 Macs…
Lees meerApple has finally released iOS 14.5 after a protracted beta testing period. This is one of the bigger point-release updates we’ve seen, adding the ability to unlock your iPhone with your Apple Watch, AirTags support, AirPlay support for Fitness+, an…
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