Apple has released iOS 16.6.1, iPadOS 16.6.1, and watchOS 9.6.2. These are updates that fix some minor bugs. The severity of one of the faults is quite significant. The ImageIO bug described below has been…
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The Apple Watch needs to lose its iPhone dependency
When the first iPhone was released, you needed a Mac to set it up and manage the device. But over time, Apple cut the umbilicus, enabling iPhone owners to get…
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What is Apple’s new Journal app?
As part of iOS 17, Apple has added a new preinstalled app. Journal will use on-device machine learning to create a catalog of activities and events that you can then…
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Apple Notes is on the cusp of ‘sherlocking’ many note-taking apps
When Apple Notes arrived as one of the original 15 apps on the first iPhone, it was a very basic app. Note-taking on the Mac was dominated by Evernote and…
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Which iPhones will get iOS 17?
it’s that time the owners of older iPhones learn whether their trusty pocket companions will get the latest iOS update. With iOS 17 coming later this year, there will be…
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Why I’ll be upgrading to the iPhone 15
We are just a few weeks away from Apple announcing the latest iteration of the iPhone. When the iPhone 15 comes, it will include a number of changes to the…
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Apple updates macOS, iPadOS, iOS, tvOS with critical security updates
Apple has released a slew of software updates across its product portfolio and addressed a long list of security vulnerabilities. iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, watchOS 9.6, tvOS 16.6, iOS…
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Apple releases public betas of iOS 17, iPadOS17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14 Sonoma
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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