The biggest shopping day of the year is coming soon. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are filled with sales and there are plenty of good deals to be found. But how can you make sure you find the best deals? We’re here to help. Apple’s AirPods are going to be a popular gift this season,…
It’s no secret that Apple isn’t a fan of sideloading. Amid several regulatory battles over Apple’s locked-down App Store-centric system, the company has defended the iPhone’s security as an advantage rather than a detriment. At Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday, Apple VP of software engineering Craig Federighi used his time to defend the…
For the past 10 months, I’ve used a 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro supplied by my employer. Most days it’s great, with exceptional battery life and excellent speeds, and is an overall massive upgrade over my previous 2016 model. But some days it’s nearly impossible to get anything done. More than any Mac I’ve owned, this…
At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsCompact form factorPlug-and-play simplicityType-A connector works fine with USB-C adapterOur VerdictThe only way to add displays beyond Apple’s specs to M1 Macs, and an easy addition for display-restricted Intel Macs. Best Prices Today $105.05 Apple imposed limitations in its M1 series of Macs about how many external displays could be attached.…
The year is almost over, and most of 2021’s smartphones have all been announced already, at least the high-end premium ones. That means that the stage is being set for next year’s racehorses, but not before the chips that will power them have been revealed. Given the media focus on the likes of the new…
Apple’s new iPhone 13 lineup might pack a lot of new features, but they now have a major restriction that makes it much harder for independent repair shops to replace broken screens. If you try to swap the screen, Face ID just won’t work — that is, unless you know how to microsolder and can…
Even before Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBooks hit the market, rumblings of future Apple silicon were already hitting the wire. Dubbed the M2, this chip is the likely successor to the M1 that powers the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and the 24-inch iMac. According to reports, it will arrive in the first half of…
My household, somewhere in the early stages of the pandemic, may have transitioned like yours: we started enabling captions on nearly all the video we watch. The young people, they like captions, as it apparently enables continuous partial attention and simultaneously provides more information. Ted Lasso has an enormous number of dubbed, audio-described, and captioned options.…
Apple has a new version of macOS called Monterey that you’ll find in the Software Update pane in System Preferences. However, if you want to update the old-fashioned way, we’ll show you what you need to create a bootable macOS Monterey installation drive. (Editor’s note: These instructions are for the officially released version of macOS…
With music streaming now a staple in modern life, service providers have moved on to finding new ways to pull in and keep subscribers. Podcasts, which predate this media streaming industry, seem to be coming back to the forefront, with Spotify and Apple taking jabs at each other over their new audio offerings. Amazon Music,…
