Apple is working on a project to ditch the phrase “Hey Siri”. Instead, you’ll just need to call Apple’s digital assistant by name, dropping the ‘Hey’ from the start of…
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Anthony is the founder of Australian Apple News. He is a long-time Apple user and former editor of Australian Macworld. He has contributed to many technology magazines and newspapers as well as appearing regularly on radio and occasionally on TV.
Vale to the original 12-inch MacBook
The 12-inch MacBook, when it was released, signalled a shift back to a budget-ish laptop that was focussed mainly on the student market. When it was released, Apple was embedded…
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Apple’s Find My ecosystem continues to grow
Apple’s Find My service is incredibly useful. When someone in my home can’t find their phone, I use Find My to make it play a sound. And, of course, there’s…
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What can we expect from WWDC 2023
Apple’s annual developer event, WWDC is just a few days away. And while there are sure to be some surprises, there are lots of things we can expect. Here’s Australian…
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WWDC 2023: New Macs to accompany Apple’s mixed reality headset
It’s no longer a surprise that Apple will be announcing a new mixed reality headset at WWDC 2023. That rumour has been flying around for several months with pretty much…
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How to check for Apple service outages
We tend to take cloud services, such as iCloud, for granted. Companies like Apple invest billions of dollars in deploying systems and infrastructure that are designed to run continuously and…
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MacOS9.app lets you run Mac OS 9 on almost any current Apple device
I often hear people talk about old Macs they used and loved. When i edited Macworld Australia magazine, I asked reader to tell me about the old Macs they were…
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Your iPhone is listening and watching – and that’s OK
Every so often someone cries out and accuses Apple of using the iPhone to ‘spy’. But that’s got more to do with a lack of understanding about how features we…
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Apple’s new privacy ad is funny and serious at the same time
Apple has, for many years, produced some of the funniest and most creative ads the tech industry has even seen. There was the famous 1984 ad, produced by Ridley Scott,…
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Apple to shut down My Photo Stream
Apple is shuttering the My Photo Stream service on 26 July 2023. The company says new photo uploads to My Photo Stream will stop a month before, on June 26. Photos…
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