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Apple’s App Store changes are spin-deep
The Macalope has given The Washington Post a hard time lately for its excessively neener-neener coverage of Apple so it’s only fair that he also criticizes the paper for falling for Apple’s PR spin...
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The iPad Air is available at an all-time low price on Amazon
School is back in session all across the country, and it’s also a time when you’re probably considering a new computer to help with schoolwork. If that’s the case—or even if it’s not the case and...
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iOS 15: Beta 8 is now available as the final release approaches
Update 08/31/21: iOS 15 Beta 8 has been released to developers and public beta testers. This could be the last beta release before the release candidate. Every year, Apple releases major updates for...
View ArticlemacOS 12 Monterey: Public Beta 6 has been released, here’s how to get it
The next version of the Mac operating system, macOS 12 Monterey, will officially be released this fall. But you can install and run Monterey now by joining Apple’s Public Beta program. Interested?...
View ArticleApple’s huge September: Here’s everything that’s coming
September is going to be a really big month for Apple. It’s when Apple always unveils the new iPhones and Apple Watch (the 2020 pandemic year was an odd exception), along with releases of the new iOS...
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Some simple advice for Apple and app developers: It’s not about you
It’s been a rough few weeks for AgileBits, the company that makes password-manager 1Password. It announced that the new version of its Mac app would be built on a new, powerful and consistent code...
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These are the first eight states to adopt driver’s licenses and state IDs in...
Apple on Wednesday announced the first states to support its new iOS 15 feature that allows secure storage of state IDs or driver’s licenses directly in Apple Wallet. The first eight states to support...
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How to safely store your COVID vaccination card on your iPhone
As we enter another surge of COVID-19 infections here in the U.S., it’s becoming increasingly likely that you may need to show proof of vaccination. Restaurants, large event venues, some airlines,...
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Apple TV+: All the shows, series, and movies you can watch now
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 ArticleJapan Fair Trade Commission forces Apple to slightly loosen restrictions on...
Apple has long allowed what it calls “reader” apps (like Netflix, Kindle, Spotify, Audible, or Dropbox) to bill users outside of Apple’s usual in-app purchase method (in which Apple takes 15 to 30...
View ArticleMacworld Podcast: Apple’s meager App Store settlement; the future Apple CEO
Apple reached a settlement in a lawsuit with developers—and it looks like the developers got a raw deal. And who could be Apple’s next CEO? That‘s all in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is...
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iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 will launch this month without these features
It happens every year. Apple shows off a bunch of awesome new iOS features at WWDC, only to have a handful of them miss the initial release. We shouldn’t be surprised that the same is happening with...
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The next MacBook Pro: Chip shortages may affect ship date
With the continuation of the Apple silicon rollout, the MacBook Pro is in line for some major changes. The company will likely take the opportunity of the new models based on Apple silicon to...
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Coming to Apple TV+: Third and final season of ‘Dickinson’ debuts Nov. 5
Apple’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,...
View ArticleApple Watch Series 7: Larger display sizes means several new faces
The upcoming Apple Watch Series 7 will have bigger displays, according to several reports that have landed in the past week. But in a Bloomberg report on Thursday, Mark Gurman provided additional...
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How to copy a failing drive to a backup using Mac Recovery
We don’t always know why a drive connected to a Mac starts to fail or the system becomes sluggish and nothing helps. If you’ve gone through routine troubleshooting and nothing fixes the...
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iOS 15: How to scan text almost anywhere
Live Text is one of our favorite new features in iOS 15. It allows you to select and copy text found in almost any image in your Photos app, or directly in the Camera app. Signs, documents, labels…as...
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Master macOS Monterey with our superguide of tips, how-tos, and new features
The next version of the Mac operating system is called macOS Monterey. It’s version 12, was introduced at WWDC21, and will become available to the general public this fall. Betas are available to...
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Apple CSAM detection: Release delayed to later this year
Apple announced last week that it will begin scanning all photos uploaded to iCloud for potential child sexual abuse material (CSAM). It’s come under a great deal of scrutiny and generated some...
View ArticleApple delays controversial iCloud Photo CSAM scanning
Apple on Friday announced that the three features it revealed to stop the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) will not be available at the fall release of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, and...
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