We’re currently in that lull between Apple events, as we wait for some highly anticipated product announcements to come from Cupertino later this month. But, in the mean time, there…
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Apple’s fitness tracking is all about the algorithms
I’ve been using an Apple Watch and Apple Health almost since they were introduced. Before that, I used various other tracking tools. But a combination of privacy concerns and being…
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macOS Ventura – Stage Manager is a great productivity boost
macOS 13 Ventura will be released to the masses in the next few weeks. With the public beta now at its eighth version a number of new features are close…
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Home automation standard Matter has officially launched
Over the few years, home automation has become a big deal. But, despite all the talk by Amazon, Apple, Google and others, the reality of creating a smart home is…
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How to control your Apple Watch from your iPhone
Apple has been quietly adding new accessibility features to each generation of iOS. iOS 16 now allows you to control an Apple Watch, running watchOS 9, from your iPhone. Here’s…
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Apple’s Public Beta program – what you need to know
For the last few years, Apple has made public beta versions of new software available to the general public. This typically follows the developer beta versions, which are made available…
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Apple News Roundup – 3 October 2022
It’s a new month and that means the soothsayers are making predictions for a potential Apple event. But even if there’s no event this month, we can expect lots of…
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iOS 16 will mean no mare CAPTCHA, eventually
If you visit websites and are asked to prove you’re a real person, you’ll be familiar with CAPTCHA. The new Automatic Verification feature that is part of iOS 16, and…
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Apple backtracks and adds Stage Manager to older iPads
Stage Manager is one of the centrepieces of the next version of iPadOS. Although the offical release of iPadOS hasn’t happened yet – the release version will actually be iPadOS…
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My favourite note-taking app: Notability
A huge part of my work involves talking to people and writing. Notability has completely replaced paper and pen as my preferred way to capture information. What is Notability? A…
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