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If you're traveling this summer, you don't want your iPhone to die while you're looking up directions. Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings and more. There's

Apple is finally loosening some restrictions on third-party repairs. The tech giant said in its latest white paper, Longevity, by Design , that it will extend software support to third-party replacement batteries and displays installed into iPhones later this year. This means that it won’t deactivate True Tone and battery health data for iPhone users

No need for a web browser or any third-party apps. Nelson Aguilar is an LA-based tech how-to writer and graduate of UCLA. With more than a decade of experience, he covers Apple and Google and writes on iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings and more. Blake has over a decade of experience writing

One of the more compelling features Apple showed off for macOS at Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 earlier this month is the ability to mirror your iPhone to your desktop . Brave souls who don't mind installing developer betas on their devices can now check that out for themselves, as it's available in the latest iOS

Power Users — The beta's Files app lets you format external drives in APFS, exFat, and FAT. Samuel Axon - 6/24/2024, 8:24 PM Enlarge / The 2024 iPad Pro. Samuel Axon Apple has added the ability to format external drives in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, the major software updates for iPhones and iPads due

Published Jun 24th, 2024 2:13PM EDT macOS Sequoia is the upcoming software update for Mac users. With beta 2, Apple continues its testing to release an official version of this system later this fall. These are some of the features users can expect to have once the final build is available. For Safari, macOS Sequoia

Apple finally brings scheduled iMessages directly to the Messages app. Credit: Apple With the release of iOS 18 sometime after fall, Apple is finally doing away with the need for workarounds and bringing scheduled texts right to it Messages app. In the past, you've been able to use Shortcuts to schedule iOS messages, but the

Months after Apple opened the App Store to game-streaming apps, the iPhone is about to get its first one. Retro gaming platform Antstream will arrive on iOS on June 27. Cult of Mac first reported on the news. Antstream Arcade offers over 1,300 retro games from old-school platforms like Atari consoles, Commodore 64, DOS and

Safari, on mobile devices, does not offer a homepage. This isn't a big deal if you like the default new tab page, which shows links to your hand-picked "Favorites," tabs you have open on other devices, and a few more recommend pages. If you'd rather have your favorite search engine or landing page show up

Whether you just got a new iPhone or you're holding on to an older model, you can make the most of it by tweaking a few settings. Want to improve your battery life or enhance your privacy? Some of the options are buried pretty deep in the settings or they aren't so intuitive. We'll show you