In keeping with previous years, the public beta versions of Apple releases public betas of iOS 17, iPadOS17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 Sonoma have been made available to everyone…
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How to create a shortcut to shut down your iPhone
Shortcuts are an incredibly useful, yet I think underused, feature in iOS. Shortcuts enables you to automate all sorts of different tasks. For example, I have shortcuts on my home…
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Apple is bringing passkeys to all iCloud users
Apple is building support for passkeys into the fabric of iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. But what are passkeys and what problems do they solve? The password problem…
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How to restart a ‘dead’ iPhone
There’s a sinking feeling deep in the put of your gut when you go to turn your iPhone on and nothing happens. The screen is black and pressing the power…
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What is Apple’s Lockdown Mode
Lockdown Mode is a heightened level of security that adds several extra layers of protection in case you’re worried about being attacked. Who is Lockdown Mode for? Lockdown Mode is…
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The Prime Minister says we should turn our iPhones off each day
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reiterated advice from the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA), encouraging us to turn out iPhones off regularly to stop hackers. Does the advice stack…
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Important security updates for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS
Over the last few days, Apple has released updates for the current releases of its major operating platforms. While systems updates can be an annoyance to install, they are important…
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Developer betas go public – everyone can get the newest Apple software
If you have an Apple ID and a compatible device, you can download the developer beta releases of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. In previous years, access to the…
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WWDC 2023: What you need to know about iOS 17
Apple has announced iOS 17 at WWDC 2023. As you’d expect from such a mature operating system, the updates are mainly focussed on refining existing features and streamlining the user…
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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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