Apple is offering U.S. customers who purchase and redeem an Apple Gift Card three months of free access to Apple Arcade. Holiday gift card purchases made before January 6, 2026 are eligible for the Apple Arcade trial, as long as the card is redeemed by January...
Apple TV has revealed the premiere date and a sneak peek at its series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” starring and executive produced by Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Elle Fanning and Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer. The...
Apple has been granted patent (number US 11625136 B2) for “systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing collaboration on a virtual work of art” between multiple devices. About the patent Some electronic devices such as the iPad include a graphical...
Noise-cancellation makes the second generation AirPods Pro (see my review here) perfect for traveling. However, you still have to the wireless headphones to in-flight entertainment. Enter the new AirFly from Twelve South. The wireless transmitter ($34.99)...
By Dustin Darnell The US$59.95 Monoprice SYNC-ANC Bluetooth Headphones with Active Noise Cancelling and aptX Low Latency has some of the best sounds I’ve heard from headphones, but they’re not perfect. First, let’s look at the “pros.” The Monoprice SYNC-ANC have a...
Twelve South’s PlugBug (http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/plugbug/) is arguably the most versatile iPad/iPhone wall charger around. The US$34.99 device piggybacks onto a MacBook power adapter, so you can charge an Apple laptop and an iOS device simultaneously from one power outlet.
The charger — which packs 10 watts (twice that of a typical USB charger) — connects to all MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air power adapters. Simply snap the PlugBug onto an adapter in place of the adapter’s AC plug. This means less chargers in your computer bag and reduced clutter.
By Daniel East
Getting images to look their best and brightest, appropriately, can be challenging. Add to that the plethora of products available to produce pleasing pictures and it can become a bit dizzying.
If you like tweaking photos on your Mac and need more than iPhoto, you probably use Photoshop Elements. However, if you want a plethora of special effects from which to choose, FX Photo Studio for Mac (http://www.fxphotostudioapp.com) is your baby.
It offers access to over 150 photography effects. You can use it to blend filters and experiment with styles of photography art such as lomography, analog effects, vignettes, tilt-shift, sketches, textures and many more. Plus, there are sport photo editing tools including sharpening, shadowing and color adjusters.
By Neil Ticktin, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
In 2005, Apple announced the switch of the Mac platform from PowerPC to Intel processors (the first Intel-based models were available in early 2006). This introduced some interesting opportunities for the Mac, including the ability to run operating systems other than Mac OS X on a Mac.
