Apple has released iOS 12.4.5 for a select group of older model iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models that are unable to run the latest iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 releases.

According to the brief release notes accompanying the download, iOS 12.4.5 “provides important security updates” and is therefore recommended for all eligible users to install on their devices. No new features are expected to be included in the release.

The iOS 12.4.5 update is available specifically for iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch 6th generation.

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Apple has released macOS Catalina 10.15.3, which includes bug fixes and security updates to the Mac Catalina operating system.

Separately, Mac users running Mojave or High Sierra will find new Security Updates available for those respective operating systems.

Additionally, iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 were released as updates, along with watchOS 6.1.2 for Apple Watch, and tvOS 13.3.1 for Apple TV.

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Apple has released iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 for iPhone and iPad users. The release includes bug fixes, security improvements, and feature enhancements. The full release notes for the system software versions is available below.

Additionally, iOS 12.4.5 is available for older iPhone and iPad models that are not able to run the latest iOS and iPadOS 13 versions.

Separately, Apple has also released MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 for Mac, watchOS 6.1.2 for Apple Watch, and tvOS 13.3.1 for Apple TV, Security Update 2020-001 for macOS Mojave and High Sierra, all of which are also bug fix or security releases.

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Apple’s Find My app and service is a wonderful way of locating and hopefully retrieving lost iPhones, iPads, and Macs. So if you think you’ve misplaced or lost a device, don’t freak out. As long as you’ve done a little setup beforehand – we’ll get to that later – you can use an iPhone or iPad to find your missing device.

This article will show you how to find a lost iPhone, iPad, or Mac by using the FindMy app from an iPhone or iPad. You can also perform this action on a Mac as detailed here if for example you misplaced an iPhone but have your Mac nearby instead.

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Worried about lost contacts from iPhone, iPad, or Mac? If you are looking to recover and restore lost contacts, the instructions here will help walk you through the process by using iCloud to recoup contact information that has gone missing from a device.

Contacts are extremely important to stay in touch with your friends, family members and colleagues, regardless of what smartphone you’re using. Anyone would be infuriated when they realize all their contacts are missing from their phone. This is a rare problem but it can occur with iPhone and iPad users, particularly if they run into issues like losing contacts and other data after a major iOS software update, accidentally deleted them some other way, or even losing some contacts after syncing or restoring a device from an iTunes backup. Thanks to Apple’s cloud storage service called iCloud, users don’t really have to worry too much about permanently losing their contacts anymore, as you can use a handy feature to recover and restore lost contacts which can be used for iPhone, iPad, Mac, or other devices too.

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Have you ever wondered how to cancel subscriptions from an iPhone or iPad? It’s pretty easy once you learn how. If you use an iPhone or iPad, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve subscribed to some services that require you to pay on a monthly or annual basis. These may include streaming music and video services, cloud storage services, and a lot more like Netflix, Apple Music, iCloud, Apple Arcade, and Disney+ to name a few.

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MacOS Catalina 10.15.3 beta 3 has been for testing by Apple. Mac users who are currently enrolled in the Mac system software beta testing program will find the new beta software update available to download now.

The latest MacOS Catalina beta arrives a few days after iOS 13.3.1 beta 3 and iPadOS 13.3.1 beta 3 were released for testing for iPhone and iPad users.

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How would you like to automatically download songs from Apple Music to your iPhone or iPad? That’s an option if you have subscribed to Apple Music.

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Want a free year of Apple TV+ subscription to enjoy all the Apple TV+ shows? Of course you do! If you’ve bought an iPhone within the past three months then Apple is offering a free year of Apple TV+ service with that purchase.

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Siri now supports Spotify commands, meaning you can now use Siri to request specific music be played through Spotify on iPhone, iPad, or other Siri equipped devices with Spotify. And if the iPhone or iPad is outputting audio to Sonos or another speaker, Spotify will play directly through that speaker system.

Using Spotify to play songs and music by Siri request is incredibly simple, it’s just a matter of asking the proper questions.

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Editing photos on iPhone and iPad is now better, easier, and more powerful than ever before, as you’ll quickly see in this guide.

The default Photos app that’s baked into iOS has long provided some basic editing tools and a variety of filters for quite a while now. This was good enough for users to quickly add some extra flair to the photos they captured on their iPhones and iPads. However, for any further refinement, most people resorted to popular third-party editing applications like Snapseed, VSCO, Photoshop and more. Now, with the advanced photo editing tools that iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 (and later) Photos app brings to the table, you probably wouldn’t need to use a third-party photo editing app anymore. Apple has constantly improved the editing tools with each new iteration of iOS, but this time around, they’ve taken things to a whole new level.
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Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 for users in the beta testing programs for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Separately, Apple also released new betas for Apple Watch and Apple TV as watchOS 6.1.2 beta 3 and tvOS 13.3 beta 3.

Currently there is no new accompanying MacOS Catalina beta available yet.

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The FindMy app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac can be used to easily find people, whether they are friends, family, or anyone else sharing their location with you. You can quite literally find them on a map where ever they are located with this feature, a very handy feature for many people.

We’ve already explained how to find a lost iPhone, iPad, or Mac with FindMy and now we’re going to show you how to find people, too.

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Did you know you can scan documents with the Notes app by using your iPhone or iPad camera? Scanning documents is a great way of removing your reliance on paper and it makes it easier to find things in your digital life, too. The Notes app on iPhone and iPad is perfectly suited to the task and you already have it on your device. Here, we’re going to run through how to scan documents with the iPhone and iPad Notes app.

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Need to setup a VPN on Mac? Setting up a VPN on MacOS is very easy, as this tutorial will walk you through the steps to accomplish a manual VPN configuration on the Mac.

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and VPN services are often used by businesses, enterprises, agencies, and individuals for a wide variety of purposes. Often consumers will use a VPN as a means of improving privacy, security, or being a bit more anonymous online, or to protect data that is being transferred from the Mac to the internet. Basically how a VPN works is that, when enabled, it routes data going to and from the computer to the internet through the VPN, wrapping it an encrypted layer. This is sometimes necessary for accessing internal networks for jobs and schools, and some users rely on VPN for privacy purposes.

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Want to use Facebook in Dark Mode? If you’re a fan of dark mode for iPhone and iPad, you might also be interested in using Dark Mode on Facebook, the worlds largest social network.

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With 1.6 billion users who’re active on a monthly basis, WhatsApp is hands down the most popular instant messaging service that exists today. Sure, it’s not as ubiquitous in the US market as Apple’s iMessage, but it’s still a dominating social networking platform across the rest of the world. WhatsApp recently started rolling out a group privacy setting that’s been in beta testing for the past few months. It’s a feature that users have been requesting for years and for very good reason.

WhatsApp now gives users full control over who adds them to group chats. Interested in finding out how? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll be discussing exactly how you could set up the group privacy feature and stop random people from adding you to group chats.

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If you play Fortnite you might be interested in changing the frame rate or FPS of the game, which can result in smoother gameplay.

This tutorial will discuss how to change FPS settings in Fortnite to either increase or lower the frame rate of the game. The article screenshots covers adjusting FPS on iPad Pro but the process is going to be basically the same on Fortnite for Windows PC, Mac, iPhone, Android, Xbox, and any other platform you’ll find the game on.

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