MacTalk June 2022 JOSH CENTERS 6 May 202212 comments How Apple Works Around Battery Chemistry Limits with Fast Charge and Optimized Battery Charging The most significant limitation for mobile devices is power. Engineers keep finding ways to cram more transistors into...
MacTalk June 2022 ADAM ENGST 12 May 202225 comments Bad Apple #5: iCloud Drive Folder Sharing Risks Data Loss I want to like iCloud Drive, I really do. As I noted in “Cloud Storage Forecast Unsettled, with Possible Storms” (4 February 2022), iCloud Drive is attractive...
MacTalk June 2022 JOSH CENTERS 17 May 20229 comments Apple Previews Upcoming Accessibility Features Apple has previewed some upcoming accessibility features that we’ll presumably see in this year’s updates to Apple’s operating systems. They include: Door Detection:...
MacTalk June 2022 JOSH CENTERS 11 May 20228 comments Apple Officially Discontinues the iPod touch Earlier this year, we asked, “Has Apple Abandoned the iPod touch?” (22 February 2022). It turns out the answer is yes. In an Apple Newsroom post titled “The music lives...
MacTalk May 2022 ADAM ENGST 22 April 202223 comments Use Apple’s networkQuality Tool to Test Internet Responsiveness Videoconferencing has revealed to all of us how good—or poor—our Internet connections really are. However, if you’re just loading Web pages or...
MacTalk May 2022 JOSH CENTERS 18 April 202234 comments Five Solutions for Pasting Plain Text on a Mac Tell me if you’ve had this problem: you copy some text and paste it into a word processor, a spreadsheet, or any other app that supports stylized text and end...
