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Deals: iPad Mini 7 for $399 ($100 Off), $100 Off M2 iPad Air 13″ or 11″, AirTags 4-pack for $70

Jan 28, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Amazon deals

Amazon is offering some nice deals on select Apple products at the moment, and we want to highlight a few that might interest you. With some great prices on iPad models of all variety of sizes, and a great discount on a pack of AirTags, don’t miss out! $100 Off iPad Air 13″ or 11″ … Read More

MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Update Brings Genmoji & Bug Fixes

Jan 27, 2025 - 3 Comments
MacOS Sequoia 15.3 software update

MacOS Sequoia 15.3 update is now available to all Mac users running Sequoia. The latest software update for Mac includes Genmoji support, which allows users with Apple Intelligence supported hardware to generate custom Emoji icons in Messages, along with changes to improve AI summaries, bug fixes, security enhancements, and some other minor changes. For Mac … Read More

iOS 18.3 Update Released with Bug Fixes & AI Summary Improvements

Jan 27, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iOS 18.3 software update

iOS 18.3 for iPhone and iPadOS 18.3 for iPad have been released for all eligible devices. The new software updates focus on bug fixes, security enhancements, and bring some changes to AI features like Visual Intelligence and Apple Intelligence Summaries, the latter of which were generating inaccurate summaries and headlines which bothered some people. Since … Read More

How to Fix iPhone Blank White/Grey Icons with Cross & Circles

Jan 24, 2025 - Leave a Comment
What it means when iPhone icons are blank with cross and circles like a schematic or drawing

Some iPhone and iPad users may occasionally notice that their iPhone app icons show up as blank white or grey icons with a grid like appearance on them of a cross and circles. If you’ve never seen this before, it can be confusing, especially since there is no clear indication on what the blank icon … Read More

How to Use “Type to Siri” with Apple Intelligence on iPhone & iPad

Jan 23, 2025 - 1 Comment
How to use Type to Siri on iPhone or iPad

Using “Type to Siri” on iPhone and iPad is better than ever thanks to Apple Intelligence, and if you have a new enough iPhone or iPad. Type to Siri with Apple Intelligence includes ChatGPT integration, making it a notably more capable AI assistant, and it’s also much easier to access with the latest devices and … Read More

Release Candidate of iOS 18.3 & MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Available for Testing

Jan 22, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia public betas

Apple has issued a Release Candidate build of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, to users who are participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also RC builds for tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, and watchOS 11.3 as well. Release Candidate builds are typically made available at the end … Read More

Beta 3 of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.3, Available for Beta Testers

Jan 16, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iOS 18 and MacOS Sequoia public betas

The beta testing release cycle continues, this time with iOS 18.3 beta 3, iPadOS 18.3 beta 3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 beta 3, each being made available to users participating in the beta testing programs from Apple. No major new features are arriving in these beta versions, though macOS Sequoia 15.3 will bring Genmoji creation … Read More

How to Have Apple Intelligence Write Emails For You on Mac, iPhone, iPad

Jan 15, 2025 - 2 Comments
Apple Intelligence written email, edit if necessary

As you may know by now, Apple Intelligence includes handy writing tools and summarization features. One of the more useful ways to take advantage of the Apple Intelligence features on iPhone, Mac, and iPad is to have the AI feature write emails for you. Can’t think of what to say? Or maybe you simply don’t … Read More

How to Generate AI Images with Image Playground on Mac, iPhone, iPad

Jan 14, 2025 - Leave a Comment
An image generated in Image Playground

Image Playground is an artificial intelligence tool from Apple available for iPhone, Mac, and iPad, that allows you to quickly create and generate images and artwork based upon descriptions or even photos and people from your image library. It’s a fun tool to use, and also super easy.

How to Change Keyboard Shortcut for Type to Siri on Mac

Jan 13, 2025 - Leave a Comment
How to change the Type to Siri keyboard shortcut on Mac

The Type to Siri feature on Mac is super useful, particularly now that Siri has Apple Intelligence features. Using Type to Siri is perhaps even more handy for Mac users than using the voice activated Siri commands, but some Mac users may find themselves accidentally triggering Type to Siri by inadvertently pressing the initiating command … Read More

Deals: Get iPad Mini 7 for $399 ($100 Off), AirTags 4-pack for $70

Jan 13, 2025 - Leave a Comment
iPad mini 7

The iPad mini is a popular iPad model for users who want a very portable table experience. The 7th generation iPad mini is particularly well suited for modern use, being the first iPad mini model to support Apple Intelligence AI features, an 8″ LCD display, and the speedy A17 processor, which is the same powerful … Read More

How to Stop Spotlight Search Data on Mac from Being Shared with Apple

Jan 10, 2025 - 3 Comments
How to disable data sharing with Apple from Spotlight search on Mac

Did you know that, by default, your Mac search queries entered into Spotlight, Safari, Siri, Lookup, and #images, are sent to Apple? While this information is anonymized so as not to be identifying, and Apple says it’s used to improve search results, many Mac users may not want this search information being shared with Apple … Read More

Use “Type to Siri” on Mac Easier Than Ever in Sequoia

Jan 9, 2025 - 7 Comments
Type to Siri on Mac asking if you want to use ChatGPT

Siri has been considerably improved in recent MacOS versions, mostly because it’s now linked to ChatGPT. One of the other recent changes to Siri in modern MacOS versions is that it’s now easier to access the “Type to Siri” feature, no longer being relegated to an Accessibility setting that has to be enabled separately like … Read More

com.apple.mediaanalysisd Cache on Mac Using Tons of Storage? Here’s the Fix

Jan 8, 2025 - 3 Comments
com.applemediaanalysis.d cache folder taking up large amounts of storage on Mac

Some MacOS Sequoia users have discovered that the com.apple.mediaanalysisd directory in MacOS is taking up very large amounts of disk storage capacity with cache files. If you have discovered your Mac disk space has reduced since installing or updating to MacOS Sequoia, the inordinately large com.apple.mediaanalysisd cache file issue could be to blame. A variety … Read More

Why is There a Question Mark Icon in the Dock on Mac?

Jan 7, 2025 - 3 Comments
Question mark in the Mac Dock, what it is, why it is there, and how to fix it

You may occasionally find a situation where a question mark icon appears in the Mac Dock, sometimes it’s even several question mark icons. If you click on the question mark icon in the Dock, nothing happens. What is the question mark? Why is there a question mark icon in the Dock? How do you remove … Read More

Beta 2 of iOS 18.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.3, iPadOS 18.3, Available for Beta Testers

Jan 7, 2025 - Leave a Comment
MacOS Sequoia 15.3 beta 2

The second beta versions of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, are now available for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also second beta versions of watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3 and visionOS 2.3, if you’re a developer testing software for those devices and operating systems. While … Read More

iOS 18.2.1 Released for iPhone & iPad with Bug Fixes

Jan 6, 2025 - 1 Comment
iOS 18.7.1 and iPadOS 18.7.1 updates

Apple has released iOS 18.2.1 for iPhone users, and iPadOS 18.2.1 for iPad users. The new software updates are said to include important bug fixes, and are therefore recommended for all users to install. No published security updates are included in the release, and it’s not entirely sure what the specific bug fixes are either. … Read More

Binge Watch Apple TV+ This Weekend for Free

Jan 2, 2025 - Leave a Comment
Apple TV+ free weekend

If you’d like to start the new year with some binge watching, you can enjoy a free weekend of all-access to Apple TV+ films and shows starting on January 3 and continuing through January 5. The free weekend is available on any device where you can stream Apple TV+, all you will need is an … Read More

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