Reflections on a Year with HomeKit

MacTalk January 2022 Reflections on a Year with HomeKit ADAM ENGST 17 December 202122 comments   Last year, I added more devices to our HomeKit setup with the Meross Smart WiFi Plug Mini outlets (as cheap as $10 each at Amazon, with a $5-off coupon if you click a...

Reduce Distractions with Notification Summaries

MacTalk January 2022 Reduce Distractions with Notification Summaries JOSH CENTERS 20 December 2021No comments   Do you find yourself continually pinged and buzzed by iPhone apps that just have to notify you of something? If that annoys you—but you do want to see...

iOS Music and iTunes Store Apps Stumble over Deleted Tracks

MacTalk January 2022 iOS Music and iTunes Store Apps Stumble over Deleted Tracks DAVID C. 17 December 202124 comments   Call me unusual, but I don’t keep any music on my iPhone—I have an iPod touch for that. In the not-too-distant past, the Music app on my iPhone...

Browse the Web from Your Wrist with µBrowser

MacTalk January 2022 Browse the Web from Your Wrist with µBrowser JOSH CENTERS 12 December 20212 comments Have you ever looked down at your Apple Watch and thought, “I wish I could browse the Web from my wrist!” OK, probably not. But now you can anyway, thanks to the...

A Quick Primer on Time Sensitive Notifications

MacTalk January 2022 A Quick Primer on Time Sensitive Notifications JOSH CENTERS 13 December 20218 comments   Over the years, our devices have gotten noisy—we’re under a constant barrage of distracting notifications. That’s why Apple has introduced two features...