There’s an old saying about backing up your system. You only ever take backing up seriously if you’ve suffered a disaster. For me, that was the failure of a drive…
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Apple’s messy release schedule for the Mac
For some product lines, Apple follows a predictable release cycle that gives customers certainty and enables them to make considered purchasing decisions. But for other products, there seems to be…
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Microsoft adds half-baked iMessage support
Microsoft’s Phone Link software has given Android users the ability to send and receive text messages on a PC running Windows. But the folks in Redmond are trying to play…
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The death of the Newton was the birth of Apple as we know it
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, one of the first things he did was radically slash the number of different products Apple was making and selling. His famous…
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Health is Apple’s big frontier – and the Apple Watch is its trojan horse
It is becoming abundantly clear that Apple’s primary use-case for the Apple Watch is centred on health, fitness and well-being. If we look back at the first Apple Watch, it…
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Apple Home – the last piece of the puzzle is coming
Apple’s push into home automation started in 2014 with the announcement of HomeKit – a software framework that lets you configure, communicate with and control smart-home appliances with a Mac,…
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Apple will face Reality its own way
When Facebook renamed its parent company to Meta, it was a clear signal that the social networking giant was rolling the dice at building its next success in the metaverse….
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Hands On Review: Welltory
It’s become clear that the Apple Watch’s core use case is around health and wellness. Welltory is an Apple Watch and iPhone app that uses Heart Rate Variability to track…
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Apple updates all major operating system releases
Apple has released bug fixes and system updates for watchOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS and macOS. If you’re looking for cool new features, you’ll be disappointed. But with a number of…
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The new HomePod shows Apple is getting serious about repairability
When Apple released the iPhone 14, most of the world was underwhelmed by what looked like a very minor update on the previous year’s model. With an almost identical spec…
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