Reddit: My iPhone was stolen (central Europe) about a week ago and yesterday, the number I had set up during the "Lost Mode" process received a text message saying the phone was switched on and telling me to reply with the options to lock, erase…
Lees meerThe first bit of this video is pretty straight-forward. Launch Find My, then tap Find. But watch the video all the way through. There are subtleties (like the left and right buttons in the upper left) and details on activating Lost Mode. Not rocke…
Lees meerChristian Davenport, The Washington Post: Lockheed Martin, which is building the Orion spacecraft that NASA hopes will fly astronauts to the moon within a couple of years, is partnering with Amazon to put an Alexa on the capsule. The device…
Lees meerChristian Zibreg, iDownloadBlog: You’re familiar with low power mode on iPhone (and iPad and Mac), which temporarily disables some features to save battery life. But did you know about high power mode, the polar opposite to low power mode? And…
Lees meerJoe Rossignol, MacRumors: Intel today unveiled new 12th-generation Core processors suitable for laptops, and as part of the announcement, it claimed that the new Core i9 is not only faster than Apple's M1 Max chip in the 16-inch MacBook Pro, but…
Lees meerJack Suntrup, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A Post-Dispatch reporter in October alerted the state to a data issue contained on a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website that left Social Security numbers of educators vulnerable to pub…
Lees meerAlioto Law Firm: California Crane School, Inc. filed a class action antitrust case on 12/27/21 against Google and Apple and the Chief Executive Officers of both companies alleging violations of the Antitrust Laws of the United States. And: …
Lees meerApple Support continues to knock it out of the Park. This video focuses on the details on setting up dual SIMS, some combination of physical SIM card or eSIM. Incredibly useful if you have two lines or plan on traveling abroad.
Lees meerAnkur Thakur, iDownloadBlog: Wondering how you can send a big video, graphics-heavy document, or other large files to someone from your iPhone? Look at ten ways to send big files from your iPhone to someone on another iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows …
Lees meerThis is just one person's take and, just as with any list of favorites/pans, your opinion is the one that matters. But I did enjoy the walkthrough and the reminder of just how committed Apple is to this venture, how far they've come. While some of …
Lees meerApple's market cap popped its head above the $3 trillion mark yesterday, for a brief shining moment. As of this writing, Apple's share price dropped back down to $181.72 per share, which translates to a market cap of $2.98 trillion. Having lived th…
Lees meerTim Hardwick, MacRumors: When listening to a song from your music library on iPhone and iPad, it used to be possible to ask Siri to "rate this song five [or whatever number] stars," and the virtual assistant would do so without fuss. And: …
Lees meerRumor, strongly sourced, but move on if you don't want to know. That said, I've been wondering what Apple could bring to the table to make AirPods Pro 2 more compelling than the first gen. Here's the details: In a note to investors, seen by Ma…
Lees meerWatch the ad, embedded below. In my mind, this might be the most powerful ad Apple has ever released. First, there's the cry for help, people in obvious danger. Then there's the visuals, suggesting the scene of the accident, without direct footage…
Lees meerMatt Fuller: I recently acquired several new Apple Watch bands of different types. Among them, I decided to splurge on my very first (and likely last) Apple Watch Hermès item for my collection—the Apple Watch Hermès 45 mm Navy Single Tour Band. …
Lees meerThis week, Dave and I catch up from the holiday break taking about our experiences traveling over the holidays. Dave's family received a stand mixer, which went over very well, while I got an Eddie Van Halen guitar, which didn't work out so well. We…
Lees meerBBEdit 14 is out and has added a new “Notes” feature, which provides a large variety of ways to create notes that automatically save themselves, and, perhaps more important, automatically title themselves so that you don’t end up wondering which … C…
Lees meerMy thanks to Unite for sponsoring The Loop this week. Unite 4 for macOS allows you to turn any website into an app on your Mac. Using a lightweight, WebKit powered browser as a backend, you can easily create isolated, customizable apps from any site…
Lees meerApple posted a holiday message from the cast of Ted Lasso this week, but Dave didn't want to ruin the surprise, so you'll have to watch it. We also talked about some of the new features in iOS 15.2, including the Apple Music voice plan. As part of t…
Lees meerGreat. Just great. Ate up every bit of this, like a crackling, warm fire on a cold, snowy night.
Lees meerGoogle Project Zero blog: We want to thank Citizen Lab for sharing a sample of the FORCEDENTRY exploit with us, and Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) group for collaborating with us on the technical analysis. And: Recent…
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