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iOS 26 Battery Life Suffering? Here’s Why & How to Fix It

Sep 18, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iOS 26 battery life reductions are typically easily resolved

iOS 26 is in the wild, and aside from the mixed reactions to the Liquid Glass interface, there are also wildly different reports of battery life performance post-update. A notable number of iPhone and iPad users are complaining throughout social media and online forums that iOS 26 battery drains faster than it did before, and … Read More

Hate Liquid Glass on iOS 26? 8 Tips to Improve Legibility on iPhone & iPad

Sep 17, 2025 - 4 Comments
Tone down the Liquid Glass interface in iOS 26 to improve legibility and usability

iOS 26 introduces a completely new design schema called “Liquid Glass” that has more transparency, translucency, movement, and shininess. To say that iOS 26 Liquid Glass is polarizing would be an understatement, as opinions on the new look could not be more extreme, with some users thinking it’s amazingly fantastic, and others like myself are … Read More

iPhone Touch Screen Unresponsive After iOS Update

Sep 17, 2025 - 2 Comments
iPhone touch screen unresponsive after installing iOS update

An annoying and somewhat alarming issue can occur for some iPhone users where the iPhone Touch Screen becomes unresponsive to touch after installing an iOS system software update. This often means the iPhone will seemingly successfully install the new update for iOS, but the lock screen can not be unlocked or swiped away, and touch … Read More

iOS 18.7 Update Available If You’re Not Ready For iOS 26 Yet

Sep 16, 2025 - 5 Comments
iOS 18.7 update

Apple has released iOS 18.7 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 18.7 for iPad. These new software updates are available alongside the major new release of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for users who are not yet prepared or interested in installing those major new versions of system software for whatever reason. The release notes for … Read More

MacOS Sequoia 15.7 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8 Updates Released

Sep 16, 2025 - 1 Comment
MacOS Sequoia 15.7 update is hidden under the Tahoe update

Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.7 and MacOS Sonoma 14.8 for Mac users who are not yet interested in upgrading to MacOS Tahoe 26. While MacOS Tahoe 26 is generating the majority of attention for Mac users at the moment, a significant number of people will continue to use the MacOS Sequoia and Sonoma releases … Read More

WatchOS 26 & tvOS 26 Updates Released with New Features

Sep 16, 2025 - Leave a Comment
tvOS 26 and watchOS 26

Apple has launched watchOS 26 for Apple Watch, and tvOS 26 for Apple TV. Both are major new software updates for those devices with the Liquid Glass interface update, and include a variety of new features and improvements, making them compelling updates to those in the Apple ecosystem.

You Can Now Download & Upgrade to MacOS Tahoe 26

Sep 15, 2025 - 2 Comments
MacOS Tahoe

MacOS Tahoe 26 has been officially launched by Apple to all Mac users with compatible hardware. The new operating system for Mac includes some notable visual changes and a variety of new features, which is sure to generate considerable interest. MacOS Tahoe 26 is labeled that way but The most significant new obvious change to … Read More

You Can Now Download & Upgrade to iOS 26

Sep 15, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iOS 26

Apple has released iOS 26 for iPhone, and iPadOS 26 for iPad, as software updates for all iPhone and iPad users with compatible devices. The release of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 provide many new features and improvements to the operating systems, and bring some significant changes too. The release of the iOS 26 software … Read More

Deals: $799 M4 MacBook Air is Back, Plus M3 iPad Air from $449

Sep 15, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

Amazon has brought back two of the best deals of the summer; M4 MacBook Air starting at $799 for the 13″ and $999 for the 15″ (both $200 off), and the M3 iPad Air for $449 for the 11″ and $649 for the 13″ (both $150 off). These are fantastic Mac and iPad models. 13″ … Read More

How to Stop iPhone From Auto-Updating to iOS 26

Sep 14, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to prevent automatic updates to iOS 26

Some years ago, Apple introduced a default setting on iPhone and iPad that automatically installs system software updates, including major updates like iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. If you do not want your iPhone or iPad to automatically update to iOS 26, you can make a settings adjustment to make sure that does not happen. … Read More

How to Prepare Your iPhone or iPad for iOS 26

Sep 12, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to prepare for iOS 26

iOS 26 is on the way, bringing a pretty significant software update to iPhone and iPad. With a variety of interesting new features and notable visual changes like the Liquid Glass interface appearance style, Messages group chat polling and custom backgrounds, new ringtones, Preview app, and much more, the excitement around the release is understandable. … Read More

iOS 26 Release Candidate Download Available Now

Sep 9, 2025 - Leave a Comment
New iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 betas

The release candidate build of iOS 26 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 for iPad has been released to users participating in the developer beta and public betas for Apple system software. The release candidate (RC) build is typically the final version that is released to the general public, assuming no major bugs or problems are … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26 Release Candidate Download Available Now

Sep 9, 2025 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Tahoe 26 public beta is available now

Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26 as a release candidate build (build number 25A5353) for users participating in the developer beta and public beta programs. The RC (release candidate) build for Tahoe comes alongside RC builds for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, tvOS 26, and watchOS 26 too. RC builds are often the final version released … Read More

Apple Launches iPhone 17, Apple Watch 11, AirPods Pro 3, & More

Sep 9, 2025 - 1 Comment
Apple event announcements

Apple has released a series of updated products during their September 9 special event, with the focus being on new iPhone 17 models including iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro, along with new Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch SE 3, and AirPods Pro 3. The event itself follows Apple’s new … Read More

WhatsApp for iPad is Available to Download

Sep 8, 2025 - 2 Comments
WhatsApp for iPad

WhatsApp for iPad has finally been released, bringing the popular messaging app to the Apple tablet in an official way for the first time ever. No more web-based WhatsApp chats are required, now with a dedicated iPad WhatsApp application, you can get an optimized and native experience directly on your device. WhatsApp for iPad includes … Read More

Instagram for iPad Available to Download

Sep 6, 2025 - 1 Comment
Instagram for iPad

Instagram is a wildly popular social network centered around photo and video sharing, but for the majority of its life it has been available only for iPhone and Android. But not anymore, as Instagram finally has made an app available for iPad users too.

How to Turn Off Location Based Naming of Voice Memos on Mac

Sep 4, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Voice Memos on Mac defaults to naming new voice memos by location but you can change that

The Voice Memos app is incredibly useful on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, but one thing that some users may wish to change is the Location Based Naming system that is automatically active with any created Voice Memos. We’ve previously discussed disabling location-based voice memo naming on iPhone and iPad before, but now we’re going to … Read More

MacOS Tahoe Beta 9 Download Available Now for Mac

Sep 2, 2025 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Tahoe 26 public beta is available now

Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 9, along with iOS 26 beta 9, iPadOS 26 beta 9, and beta 9 updates for the rest of the OS 26 suite too. Usually the same build is released for developers and public beta testers in close proximity to each other, so that should be expected in … Read More

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