Hardware

Parents write to Mac 911 regularly asking for help with Apple’s Screen Time feature. Screen Time can be used to track your own usage of devices and give yourself reminders to put a phone or computer down. But it’s quite … Continue reading →

The iPhone comes with a number of ringtones you can use, but it’s your iPhone, why not use a custom ringtone for specific contacts? That way, when a certain someone calls you, you can immediately know who it is. For … Continue reading →

Recycling is good. Just ask Apple. After the company was repeatedly called out by Greenpeace for poor performance on environmental issues, it began a process to detail all the ways it was being green, including that now-familiar slide that appears … Continue reading →

When the earliest rumors about the iPhone 14 landed late last year, there were rumors that Apple was going to make the phone thicker so the camera would once again lie flush again the body. Based on the latest leaked … Continue reading →

We may not yet live in the world of the Smart Home, but we’re getting there. It’s becoming commonplace to outfit our homes with connected lights, locks, alarms, cameras, thermostats, garage doors…the list goes on and on. How is all … Continue reading →

Recycling is good. Just ask Apple. After the company was repeatedly called out by Greenpeace for poor performance on environmental issues, it began a process to detail all the ways it was being green, including that now-familiar slide that appears … Continue reading →

After a months-long delay, Apple on Wednesday announced that Arizona will be the first state to allow driver’s license and state IDs to be carried in Apple Wallet. Starting today, Arizonans can add those items to the Wallet app, and … Continue reading →

Ever since Apple Card launched in the US in August 2019, Apple users overseas been wondering when Apple’s credit card would come to the UK, Europe and elsewhere. A small acquisition announced this week suggests it may be closer than … Continue reading →

When the iPhone 14 Pro arrives this fall, there’s a very good chance that it won’t have a notch. Numerous rumors, including schematics leaked just this week, point to Apple switching to a hole+pill cutout design that significantly trims the … Continue reading →

It is time once again for one of the Macalope’s quarterly paeans to the small iPhone form factor. If small phones aren’t your thing, feel free to read this week’s column at 1.5X speed. Writing for The Verge, Sean Hollister … Continue reading →