Should You Buy the New Apple TV 4K?
JOSH CENTERS 24 May 20214 comments There’s a new Apple TV on the market (see “Apple Updates Apple TV 4K; Introduces New Siri Remote,” 20 April 2021), but is it worth buying? As the author of Take Control of Apple TV, let me walk you through scenarios depending on how...
Second-Generation Siri Remote Review
JOSH CENTERS 24 May 202131 comments I have a confession to make. Despite having written Take Control of Apple TV back in 2014 and maintained it since, I don’t use the Apple TV often anymore. I don’t watch much TV these days, and the rest of the family has grown fond...
Apple Takes Apple Music Sound Quality to the Next Level
JOSH CENTERS 17 May 202115 comments Apple is upgrading the entire Apple Music library to higher quality lossless audio, and many songs will soon support surround sound with Dolby Atmos and Spatial Audio, all at no additional cost. According to 9to5Mac, these upgrades...
13 AirTag Tracking Scenarios
GLENN FLEISHMAN 15 May 202141 comments Apple’s AirTag is an odd product from a company that typically makes devices designed for interaction. It’s an inert button designed to be tracked passively across Apple’s crowdsourced Find My network, in which every iPhone,...
Manage iPhone Home Screen Apps in Bulk with iOS 14’s App Library
ADAM ENGST 19 April 20211 comment Last year, when we started covering iOS 14’s App Library, I shared some new-to-me ways of cleaning up my iPhone’s Home screens in “Five Tips for Easier Rearranging of iOS Apps” (22 September 2020). Since then, I’ve discovered two...
Apple’s AirTag Promises to Help You Find Your Keys
JULIO OJEDA-ZAPATA 20 April 202124 comments Do you often misplace your keys or purse? Apple’s long-rumored AirTaghas finally arrived to rescue you from your torment. The round doohickey attaches to something you tend to misplace or fear losing so you can zero in on it...
Apple Watch Series 3 Update Workarounds
ADAM ENGST 12 April 20217 comments The GPS-only model of the Apple Watch Series 3 has just 8 GB of onboard storage. Even for people who install relatively few apps, that limited storage can cause problems when installing updates to watchOS 7. Users report getting...
Apple Updates Apple TV 4K; Introduces New Siri Remote
JOSH CENTERS 20 April 202128 comments Good news: the Apple TV as a hardware platform isn’t dead. Bad news: the form factor isn’t changing and the price isn’t coming down. Good news: the abomination that was the Siri Remote is now dead. (Apologies to the handful of you...
Apple Releases iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS 11.3, watchOS 7.4, and tvOS 14.5
ADAM ENGST JOSH CENTERS 26 April 202114 comments Get ready for the most significant set of Apple operating system updates since the release of macOS 11, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14 last year. In this bundle of updates—iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, macOS 11.3,...
An External SSD Gave My iMac a New Lease on Life
GLENN FLEISHMAN 9 April 202158 comments My work life centers around my Macs. With a few delightful exceptions that involve printing history and letterpress, I spend most of my day looking at a screen, tapping away on a keyboard, and manipulating a mouse. When I...