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Apple Watch Activity badges: Earn the Hearth Month award on February 14
Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know they’re just a simple little bit of visual flair, they don’t even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Achievements are great motivators, and the achievement … Continue reading
How to fix overnight MacBook battery drain in macOS Monterey 12.2
Users of macOS Monterey are turning to social media to find help with an apparent bug that causes MacBook running macOS Monterey 12.2 to completely lose battery power overnight. Based on several Twitter reports, users are finding that their MacBooks … Continue reading
The next iMac: ‘Pro’ model with ‘similar design’ to 24-inch likely arriving soon
The 24-inch iMac brought a new design and a faster chip to Apple’s all-in-one machine, but we’re still waiting for its bigger, faster sibling to replace the current Intel-based 27-inch iMac. Bloomberg reported in May that Apple had put the larger iMac aside to focus … Continue reading
Developers can now offer iOS apps that are hidden from App Store search
While we’re all familiar with searching for the games and utilities we want to download on our iPhones, Apple is giving developers a new way to target audiences with apps you won’t find by browsing the App Store. As spotted … Continue reading
Why Apple sent you a 2FA text with ‘@apple.com #123456’ at the end
If you have logged in recently with your Apple ID and requested an SMS-based second-factor verification code instead of using the trusted device method, you might have noticed Apple made a change to the text you receive. Previously, Apple sent a message … Continue reading
Crack the code to success with this child coding academy
Kids pick up languages much faster than adults, and that goes for coding languages too. Now, you can get three months of access to CodeSpark Academy for 66% off at only $9.99 and start your child’s coding education early. CodeSpark is … Continue reading
Face ID with a Mask in iOS 15.4: Set-up, compatibility, and app support
With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, we’re wearing masks more than ever. And that’s a real annoyance when Apple’s sole biometric phone unlocking technology, Face ID, is geared around seeing your face. But it’s not just about N95 masks … Continue reading
Face ID with a Mask in iOS 15.4: Set-up, compatibility, and impressions
With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, we’re wearing masks more than ever. And that’s a real annoyance when Apple’s sole biometric phone unlocking technology, Face ID, is geared around seeing your face. But it’s not just about N95 masks … Continue reading
Fact-checking the benchmarks: Intel’s Alder Lake Core i9 vs Apple’s M1 Max
Intel’s Alder Lake processor is starting to become available in PC laptops and that means one thing: benchmarks! Macworld’s sister publication, PCWorld, posted a review of one of the first laptops with the Core i9-12900HK processor (code-named Alder Lake), and … Continue reading
Apple’s secret sauce: A cup of mastery, dash of diversity, and whole lot of iPhones
Welcome to the new home for Apple Breakfast! If you’re a reader of Macworld’s UK site, you’ll recognize this column that will now appear on Macworld.com every Saturday. If you’re new, this is our weekly collection of all the Apple news … Continue reading
