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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Matt Egan EDITOR IN CHIEF, CONSUMER BRANDS Jon Phillips DESIGN DIRECTOR Robert Schultz EXECUTIVE EDITOR Michael Simon SENIOR EDITOR Roman Loyola STAFF WRITER Jason Cross SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS Glenn Fleishman, Rob Griffiths, Joe Kisse
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After 40 Years, The Mac Is Immortal
Forty years. In the world of technology, where many devices seem to evaporate after only a matter of months, lasting for a decade is an accomplishment—but lasting for four decades? It’s practically unheard of. And yet today marks the Macintosh’s 40th
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How The M3 Ultra Could Bring The Most Significant Mac Shift In Years
With the current M-series Mac lineup, Apple is taking absolutely no prisoners. In this dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-fittest release cycle featuring the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips, Apple demonstrates that it prioritizes perpetual progress. Apple has
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The M3 MacBook Pro Meets A Price Point–it Doesn’t Fill A Need
While most of Apple’s “Scary Fast” event was predictable, there were a couple of surprises. The first was Space Black, which is Apple’s best laptop color in years. The other was the introduction of the new 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro for $1,599, replacing
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Everything Switchers Should Know Before Buying An M3 MacBook Pro
Getting new Apple hardware can be an exciting experience, but for customers who are finally switching from an Intel Mac, the experience is a little different from a simple upgrade. The recently released MacBook Pro with the M3 chip is filled to the b
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Avast Premium Security For Mac: It’s Excellent, But Should You Buy It?
Even though Apple has improved its security focus in recent years, including releasing more frequent macOS updates when significant exploits are found in the wild, there’s still a place for good antiviral tools. To this end, Avast Premium Security fo
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PC Matic For Mac: Don’t Bother
Sometimes an application that could have been outstanding sabotages itself, with a series of corporate and engineering decisions as well as bugs twisting a potentially great idea into something clunky and awkward to use. This may have been the case w
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Hot Stuff
Belkin’s new stand supports the new Qi2 charging standard that incorporates Apple’s MagSafe magnetic power profile. The stand can simultaneously charge three Apple devices, with Qi2 delivering 15W of fast wireless charging for iPhone, 5W for AirPods,
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Don’t Be So Quick To Judge The Apple Vision Pro–even When It Sells Out
Apple Vision Pro is here. Pre-orders are over, and the device is shipping now. Obviously, the pundits have already started to opine about its odds of success. And within just a few months, we’re going to get breathless articles about how Apple Vision
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5 Reasons Why You Should Buy The Apple Vision Pro
Now that the Apple Vision Pro is available at last, you may be having a moment of indecision. Unlike a new iPhone, Apple Watch, or even a MacBook, $3,499 (to start) is a lot of money for a device that you have not seen or tried out, and the hands-on
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Apple Is Removing The Apple Watch’s Blood-oxygen Functionality
Following the dramatic news in December that the International Trade Commission was banning the sale of Apple’s flagship Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches, an appeals court has denied Apple’s motion for a continuing stay on the sales ban, which
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An OLED IPad Pro Will Be Worth Every Extra Penny–if It Delivers This One Feature
Look, I don’t know if that recent report about the new OLED iPad Pro costing between $1,500 and $2,000 is accurate. It’s always tricky to predict product prices since they’re decided deep inside Apple Park, not on the supply chain from which most new
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The Best IPhone Feature You’re Not Using: 80% Charging Limit
The newest iPhones always have a raft of fun and useful new features, but they don’t do much good if your phone doesn’t last through the day. That’s why Apple has been adding battery-saving features to iOS for years—and there’s one that you should st
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ESR HALOLOCK 5000 mAh POWER BANK WALLET FOR iPHONE: THREE THINGS IN ONE
The Power Bank Wallet from ESR is very compact for what it does. It’s a wallet for your cards and cash, and it’s a practical stand. It’s also a 5,000 mAh MagSafe battery that holds enough power to charge an iPhone 15 almost 1.5 times. Since it works
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NEWDERY BATTERY CASE FOR iPHONE 15
iPhone owners frequently complain about battery life, even with the latest 15-series models. The unavoidable fact is that the more we use our phones, run apps, and take, edit, or share photos and videos, the less time we get between charges. If you’r
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6 WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF macOS SONOMA ON YOUR NEW MAC
While the look, feel, and general interface of macOS are the same from generation to generation, each version introduces new features. If you’ve been using an older version, you may not know about the things that Sonoma introduces. If you’re new to S
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Apple Watch Ultra 2 Review: A Great Smartwatch That Isn’t Worth The Upgrade
The Apple Watch Ultra is squarely aimed at adventurers: divers, hikers, and other athletes who need a rugged, long-lasting smartwatch that can cope with endurance events and extreme weather. But in exactly the same way that people buy 4x4s with absol
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Missing Rows In Numbers? Check The Filters
The problem was simple. I had a long table of shipping data that I needed to export from Numbers to Excel via File → Export To → Excel. After making choices and saving the exported file, Numbers popped up with an error: “Some changes were made to you
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Start 2024 Off With A Clean Inbox With These 12 Apple Mail Tips
While you may not use it as much as you used to, email still has a valuable role in digital communications. Maybe you spend more time using text messages, direct messaging, or even FaceTime, so it’s even more important than ever to get the most out o
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How To Keep Your Mac From Logging You Out While Idle
macOS has a lot of features that control when your Mac reduces the power it uses and how it behaves when it does. There’s a relatively hidden setting that automatically logs you out of the current macOS account after a chosen number of minutes idle.
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How To Pan And Zoom Continuity Camera In MacOS
One of the previous advantages of third-party virtual camera apps (like Camo from Reincubate) over a built-in or add-on webcam used with your Mac is that they let you use an iPhone as a webcam for FaceTime, Zoom, and other videoconferencing apps. App
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These Are The Streaming Apps Available On The Apple Vision Pro
If you’ve got the cash for Apple’s Vision Pro, you’ll have your pick of streaming services once you strap on the immersive headset, including native apps for the biggest players in the streaming universe—well, with one major exception. Apple is touti
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Now There’s A Native Apple TV App For NordVPN
Back in June, Apple announced it would bring third-party VPN support to the Apple TV. It was the final bullet point in a press release issued during WWDC, but far from being boring and unimportant, it means Apple TV owners could install VPN apps just
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Brane X Smart Speaker: Boom Without The Bust
Don’t be misled by the Brane X portable speaker’s modest appearance. While diminutive and stealthy in style, this seemingly mild-mannered Bluetooth and streaming speaker is a kick-ass techno wonder that transforms into a sonic superhero faster than y
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Mac 911
iCloud Photos lets you see the same images and videos on all your devices connected to the same iCloud account and with syncing for Photos enabled. If you aren’t seeing synced media, or your media isn’t appearing at iCloud.com or on other devices, tr
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JLab Nightfall: Stellar Audio With A Questionable Mic
The JLab Nightfall is the first in a lineup of products from JLab that look likely to make waves in the budget gaming category, if its audio quality, comfort, and styling is anything to go by. When I say budget, the Nightfall is extremely well priced

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