Macworld is reporting that Apple’s watchOS 8.8.2 update is causing significant problems including app installation failures, random crashes, and battery drain issues. The update particularly affects older models like Apple Watch Series 6 and SE, with users unable to...
The first three episodes of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” arrive today on Apple TV. Hailing from A24 and multi-Emmy Award winner David E. Kelley, and based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling novel of the same name, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere today...
Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11615595 B2) for “systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for sharing augmented reality environments.” It involves the rumored “RealityPro,” an augmented reality/virtual reality headset. About the patent The patent...
Today is Friday the 13th. Let’s look at two apps to help you celebrate the infamous day. Friday the 13th from Pocketkai is a free app that calculates all Fridays the 13th for the next 50 years. (Every year has one to three Friday’s that fall on the 13th.) If you like...
Personally, I prefer a 3-in-1 wireless charger such as Mophie’s US$89.95 3-in-1 stand for MagSafe Charger. However, if you only need to charge two devices, you may want the Velox Wireless Duo Stand from iOttie.com. It will also save you 20 bucks as it’s only...
If you’ve ever found yourself dealing with low audio output on a Mac (more common on laptops with their small speakers than desktops such as the iMac), Global Delight’s Boom will boost the audio volume. Significantly, as in up to 400%.
Once installed, a Boom icon appears in the Mac OS X menu bar. You can use it to adjust the volume via a slider and tweak Boom’s settings (more on that in a moment).
“iLife ’11 Portable Genius” (http://macte.ch/c9ADj) by Guy Hart-Davis is a breezy read, filled with good info, tips and tricks and slick, appropriate graphics pertaining to one of Apple’s crown jewels, the iLife suite. In fact, the “Portable Genius” line of books has become a serious contender to the “Missing Manual” series.
By Daniel East
Topaz Labs’ (http://www.topazlabs.com) reputation for easy-to-use and effective plug-ins for Photoshop makes them a favorite developer for a lot of photographers and designers — myself included — but while their latest addition, InFocus (US$69.99), is great in theory, it requires more experience and finesse to produce the results in the same ways as its siblings.
For many people, the iPad can’t replace a full-fledged laptop. However, the ability to use an external keyboard makes it more laptop-like — and a more-than-suitable netbook replacement. One fine solution for using a keyboard is the Logitech Keyboard Case by Zagg (http://www.zagg.com/accessories/zaggmate-ipad-case).
Apple offers the iPad Keyboard Dock and the Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard as physical keyboard options, but the Logitech solution is more portable. There are other iPad keyboard solutions, but the ZAGG product is unique in that it’s a hard shell case and keyboard in one.
