Apple Arcade FAQ: ‘Shovel Knight Dig’ is now available
Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t quite like Google Stadia or Xbox Game Pass. So if you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers. Updated...
View ArticleThe M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pros are getting ready for a fall rollout
In case you haven’t noticed, you can get a really good deal on Amazon on the current 14-and 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro laptops, between $300 and $400 off the regular price. Why such big price...
View ArticleApple TV+: ‘Sidney’ is now streaming
Apple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV...
View ArticleHow to watch Aaron Judge try to break the AL home run record on Apple TV+
Starting on Friday, April 8, Apple TV+ began streaming Friday Night Baseball, a weekly doubleheader that will be available for free to anyone with internet access in one of the countries where the...
View ArticleHow to start up your M1 or M2 Mac from an external drive
Apple’s M1 and M2 Apple silicon Macs have a difference that’s tripped some readers up from the way it was handled with previous Intel-based Macs: how to start up or boot an M-series Mac from an...
View ArticleHow to look at your command history list in macOS’s Terminal
With the Terminal in macOS, you can save lots of time and type less by using the command history functions built into the Terminal shell. The shell keeps a record of the commands you run, and you can...
View ArticleApple’s missteps, like its triumphs, are seen by the entire world
Welcome to our weekend Apple Breakfast column, which includes all of the Apple news you missed this week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a...
View ArticleHow many monitors can I plug into my Mac, anyway?
One of the Mac’s greatest long-term advantages has been the ease of attaching external monitors. The attachment connector type, resolutions supported, and total quantity has varied over time, but it’s...
View ArticleApple’s real strength is crushing the iPhone features we don’t need
Call it the Godzilla Problem. Apple is so big and influential that any move it makes will have enormous consequences for someone, somewhere. If Godzilla takes a walk, he leaves enormous footprints...
View ArticleApple’s October event is coming–and so are new MacBook Pros
In case you haven’t noticed, you can get a really good deal on the current 14-and 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro laptops, between $300 and $400 off the regular price. Why such big price reductions?...
View ArticleHow to restore macOS settings and startup items on a new Mac
Apple has improved macOS’s upgrade process tremendously over the years. With recent releases, it’s rare something goes pear-shaped and prevents an upgrade from completing. However, you can sometimes...
View ArticleApple’s October event might not happen at all
Contradicting widespread expectations that Apple will follow its September iPhone/Apple Watch announcements with a second event later in the fall, Mark Gurman has said the company will instead unveil...
View Article3 can’t-miss features in iOS 16 and watchOS 9 that you may have missed
There are dozens–if not hundreds–of new features strewn across the major software updates Apple releases every fall. But for every one that gets top billing (iOS 16’s new customizable Lock Screens,...
View ArticleiPhone 14 review: Is good enough good enough?
At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsAction Mode is brilliantFaster low light shots so you don’t have to hold the iPhone still for as longConsPrice increase in many parts of the worldNo Dynamic Island or...
View ArticleAmazon’s Prime Early Access Sale will be a great way to save on Apple gear
If you didn’t get your fill from Prime Day in July, you’ll get another change to shop to save big this fall. Amazon has announced a new sale event called Prime Early Access Sale from October 11 to 12,...
View ArticleApple’s AR/VR headset: 2023 could be the year it becomes reality
It’s looking more and more like Apple’s next big thing won’t be something that fits in your pocket or a bag. Rather it could be another wearable device. Analysts Ming Chi-Kuo said in November that...
View ArticleApple’s awesome M1 Pro/M1 Max MacBook Pros are all $300 off
With October just around the corner, we’re almost certain to get some new Macs very soon. But if you’ve had your eye on a 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro, there’s never been a better time to buy one....
View ArticleTim Cook decries lack of women in tech industry
In an interview with the BBC, Apple boss Tim Cook has claimed there are “no good excuses” for the lack of women in the tech industry. “I think the essence of technology and its effect on humanity...
View ArticleFive completely new Apple products that could debut in 2023
It’s been a pretty good 2022 for new Apple products, but according to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, it might end on sort of a whimper. Instead of having a fall event filled with new Macs and iPads, Apple...
View ArticleDespite Apple’s best efforts, Meta and Google are still out of control
It’s time once again for an update on Your Privacy™ brought to you by, I dunno, Nabisco or something. [cut to a raging dumpster fire] This has been another update on Your Privacy™. The Macalope could...
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