Amazon is cutting $250 off the price of all M4 MacBook Air models, starting at $749 for the 13″ MacBook Air, and $949 for the 15″ MacBook Air. These are all-time low prices and tremendous deals on fantastic Apple laptops, and probably match whatever upcoming Black Friday deals are to be expected. It’s exceptionally rare to get up to a 25% discount on a brand new Mac laptop with so much capability, so take advantage of these prices while they’re available.
iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2 are available for iPhone and iPad users who are not running iOS 26 and who do not want to install iOS 26.1 update onto their devices. The iOS 18.7.2 and iPadOS 18.7.2 updates are security releases and do not include any new features or changes.
Apple has released the first beta versions of iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, and the rest of the OS 26.2 suite. These betas are available now for users engaging in the beta testing programs.
iOS 26.2 beta and macOS Tahoe 26.2 beta come just after Apple released the final versions of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 to the general public.
iOS 26.2 beta includes a new slider for toggling the intensity of Liquid Glass on the Lock Screen, Reminders gains alarms, AirPods Live Translation comes to Europe, an Accessibility screen flash option for alerts, and likely some other adjustments as well. Presumably there will be some bug fixes in the 26.2 releases as well.
Some Mac users have discovered that the “Reduce Transparency” and “Increase Contrast” accessibility toggles no longer work completely after installing the macOS Tahoe 26.1 update, as transparency remains prominent throughout the interface.
Toggling the Accessibility switch on for ‘Reduce Transparency’ in MacOS Tahoe 26.1 might reduce the transparency in the menu bar and Control Center only, but transparency remains overtly visible throughout some aspects of the Liquid Glass visual appearance, including in some window title bars, sidebars, search bars, and elsewhere in the macOS Tahoe interface. Similarly, the “Increase Contrast” toggle will place dramatic contrasting borders around windows and visual elements, but the Liquid Glass interface remains transparent in many areas, like Finder and System Settings.
MacOS Sequoia 15.7.2 and macOS Sonoma 14.8.2 are available as software updates for Mac users who are not running the macOS Tahoe operating system. Safari 26.1 is also available as an update for these versions of MacOS.
These are security updates for macOS Sonoma and Sequoia, and the updates do not include new features or bug fixes, as Apple has devoted those efforts into the macOS Tahoe 26.1 update, which is freshly released as well.
Separately, Apple has also released iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, watchOS 26.1, tvOS 26.1, and visionOS 26.1, so you’ll want to update your other Apple devices as well.
Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.1 for all Mac users, being the first major point release software update for macOS Tahoe since it debuted a few months ago. macOS Tahoe 26.1 includes a few new features, some bug fixes, and security patches, making it an important update to install for any Mac user that is running the Tahoe operating system.
The most notable change in macOS Tahoe 26.1 is an optional toggle to tone down the Liquid Glass interface, which has been somewhat controversial since it debuted, with users complaining of some legibility issues with the new appearance.
Apple has released iOS 26.1 for iPhone, and iPadOS 26.1 for iPad. These are the first major point release updates for iOS 26, and offer a few changes, new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements, and are therefore recommended for users running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.
You will find a new toggle for Liquid Glass that allows for a tinted higher contrast look, or the default Clear look. There are new language options for Live Translation with AirPods, and iPad regains the Slide Over multitasking capability. The release notes don’t mention many bug fixes, but it’s likely there are many included in the update that are not specified in the release notes, which are available below for both iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1.
A fair number of Mac users are experiencing a frustrating issue with the Spotlight search engine which seems to prevent Spotlight on the Mac from finding any local files at all.
This Spotlight problem is not subtle, and when you’re experiencing it, Spotlight basically has no ability to find any local file, even if your search term is an exact match for a file name. In the screenshots accompanying this article, a file named “finder.png” on the Desktop can’t be found by Spotlight, despite searching for “finder.png”.
An inability to find your files makes an OS search feature pretty useless, so let’s dig into this issue a bit so that you can use Spotlight to locate and find your local files on the Mac again.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is a holiday season classic, and Apple is making it free to watch on their Apple TV service for a weekend in the middle of November.
Specifically, on Saturday November 15, and Sunday November 16, 2025, you’ll be able to tune in and enjoy the Thanksgiving Charlie Brown special for free on the Apple TV service.
AirPods Pro 2 are fantastic earbuds and offer advanced features like hearing aid functionality for mild to moderate hearing loss, active noise cancellation, high fidelity sound, water and sweat resistance, Spatial Audio, custom fit, transparency mode, ear detection, a USB-C charging case, and more.
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The latest versions of Safari use an aggressive tinting feature by default that changes the color the Safari window and titlebars to whatever color is detected on the top of a particular webpage. This can cause some visually jarring experiences when browsing the web with Safari on the Mac, and if the colorful windows and titlebar experience is not something you like, you’ll be happy to know that you can turn the Safari color tinting feature off on the Mac.
Even if you had previously disabled this feature, if you recently updated to macOS Tahoe, you will likely find that Safari has enabled this feature again anyway.
Release Candidate builds of iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, and iPadOS 26.1, are now available for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Release Candidate (RC) builds are typically the final version in a beta period, absent any major bugs, and the release of an RC build indicates the final versions will be made available to the general public soon. We therefore might reasonably expect the release date of iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, watchOS 26.1, and tvOS 26.1, to be as soon as sometime this week, or more likely, next week.
iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, and iPadOS 26.1 all include new toggles for the Liquid Glass appearance to switch between “Clear” and “Tinted” appearances, with the latter toning down some of the transparency a bit. These settings are found within the Display section of Settings, and are separate from the Accessibility setting for Reduce Transparency that many users have relied on to tone down the Liquid Glass interface if they have found issues with usability or readability. Liquid Glass has been somewhat controversial because of legibility issues on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and some users perceived performance reductions as well. iPadOS 26.1 also reintroduces the Slide Over feature as an optional multitasking capability again. The 26.1 updates also include a few other new features and bug fixes.
Mac users who were hoping for major bug fixes to issues like Spotlight’s random inability to find local files on the Mac, memory leaks in Safari on the Mac, or significant battery life reductions, may or may not find those solutions in this update, at least according to the release notes accompanying the RC builds, which are brief and don’t mention much specifically in terms of bugs aside from an issue with FaceTime audio quality. It’s also possible those issues have been resolved in these updates but are simply not mentioned in the release notes, which are repeated further below.
MacOS has evolved with some powerful window resizing features, including automatic window resizing capabilities that were introduced in newer versions of MacOS system software. These automatic window resizing functions will activate when dragging windows around on the Mac screen, and will either attempt to tile windows, resize windows, or make windows fill the screen, depending on where or how you are dragging a window to.
Like just about every feature in MacOS, some Mac users absolutely love these capabilities, while others are less unenthusiastic or even annoyed by the automatic window resizing. Usually the Mac users who do not like the automatic window resizing features find them accidentally activating and frustrating, and thus they might wish to disable the capabilities.
Amazon is slashing $200 off the price of all M4 MacBook Air models, with prices starting at $799 for the 13″ Air, and $999 for the 15″ Air model. These are absolutely fantastic Mac laptops and are also staff favorites around here.
AirTags are very useful tracking devices that can be used for many purposes, from tracking a car, luggage, package, cat, car keys, backpack, bag, purse, bike, and so much more. A 4-pack usually goes for $99 from Apple, but Amazon is offering a steal of a deal at just $65 for the same 4-pack.
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Basically every Mac user is familiar with the process of updating MacOS system software to install updates for their operating system, which typically arrive as point releases (like 15.6) or major version releases (like 26). But did you know that MacOS will also periodically install security updates and anti-malware updates to Gatekeeper, MRT, and Xprotect? Those little security updates tend to happen routinely in the background when your Mac is online, but if your Mac is offline often like during commuting, storage, or travel, it’s possible to miss an update to those security and protective systems built into MacOS. Plus, every once in a blue moon, one of these automatic update systems may fail for any number of other reasons, and so security aware Mac users could be interested in an easy way to see what’s going on. If you ever want to check on the status of these behind-the-scenes MacOS updates to Xprotect, MRT, and firmware, a great way to run a quick security status check is with a free third party tool called SilentKnight.
Knowing the percentage remaining of your MacBook battery life is valuable information for many Mac laptop users who work on the go or away from a power source, and a simple way to always know where your battery stands is to adjust the Mac battery menu icon to show the battery percentage remaining.
This article will show you how to always show the battery percent remaining in macOS Tahoe, so that you can immediately know how much battery you have left on a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. This might be particularly useful for Mac laptop users who are experiencing bad battery life in macOS Tahoe 26 (total of 2-4 hours for myself, ouch), where keeping an eye on battery remaining is critical so that the MacBook doesn’t die in the middle of work.
Kohler, the faucet and toilet brand, is expanding into the tech market in a rather innovative and unusual way; by launching Dekoda, a $600 iPhone-connected toilet camera that monitors your waste for various health metrics.
Dekoda apparently can monitor your hydration levels and provide other information about your gut health, as well as detect signs of blood in the toilet bowl. It works by placing the Dekoda device on the rim of your toilet bowl, which peers down into the toilet to observe what’s going on there with “sensors” (cameras of some sort), and then this information is analyzed and reported back to you – the pooper – as results and insight through an iPhone app. The Dekoda device even has a fingerprint reader on it so that multiple users can monitor their toilet activity, without confusing everyone’s bowel movements.
Apple has issued the fourth beta of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1, for users enrolled in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. The betas continue to offer refinements, adjustments, improvements, and bug fixes to the various OS 26 operating systems.
The latest 4th beta build includes a new Liquid Glass settings toggle to switch between “Clear” and “Tinted”, with the “Clear” version representing the transparency heavy Liquid Glass default look, while the new “Tinted” choice has less transparency and a bit more contrast. The settings toggle is available in Settings > Display and is available on iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 in the fourth beta, and presumably onward. This settings toggle is different and separate from the “Reduce Transparency” Accessibility setting that many users have relied on to reduce Liquid Glass on iOS 26 or macOS Tahoe 26. Separately, iPadOS 26.1 beta also includes a Slide Over toggle to re-enable that multitasking feature, and in iOS 26.1 beta the iPhone alarm clock has a Slide to Stop feature for stopping alarms, and a new toggle to disable the lock screen swipe camera access gesture.
With the current pace of weekly releases of beta updates, it’s possible that iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, and iPadOS 26.1, could debut to all users in the coming weeks.
