Some Mac users have noticed that after updating to macOS Sonoma, or various macOS Sonoma updates, their function keys are reversed. A common example of this is that when you tap on the F1 or F2 key to adjust the display brightness, nothing happens. Or you may press F10, F11, or F12 to adjust audio levels on the Mac, and either nothing happens, or Expose activates rather than sound volume adjusting.
We’ll show you how you can reverse the function keys on macOS Sonoma, where the setting for this has been moved and buried, like many other things in System Settings.
Shopping for some discounted Apple products? Amazon continues to amaze with not only great deals, but some of their offers are available with same-day delivery, meaning you can still get gifts in time for Christmas… if you act quickly!
Amazon stock moves fast so you may need to explore different color options and sizes for various products to get the same-day delivery, and it also depends on your specific region, but nonetheless it’s worth checking out some of the last minute gift options.
WhatsApp now offers the ability to send full original quality photos and videos over the messaging service. You may already be familiar with sending HD photos on WhatsApp, but now with a new feature addition and change, you can send full quality photos and videos, meaning there’s no compression at all, over WhatsApp too.
Sending full quality media over WhatsApp is interesting because you select the media as a document when you are sharing, and thus it’s easy to overlook or miss. Not to worry, we’ll show you the steps.
Christmas may be two days away, but Amazon still has a handful of Apple products that can ship today or arrive in time, depending on your location anyway. Treat a loved one, or yourself, there is still time!
Amazon item stock changes quickly so you may need to check different colors, sizes, bands, etc for various products, and act fast if you want things delivered in time for the holidays!
Apple Watch Series 9 for $70 Off at $329
Apple Watch Series 9 is discounted to just $329 in select colors and band size combinations, down from the MSRP of $399. Apple Watch Series 9 offers fantastic fitness tracking capabilities, a heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, crash detection, fall detection, ovulation tracking, always-on display, GPS, pinch gesture support for interacting with the Apple Watch with just one hand, and a powerful new chip to make the watch faster than ever before.
You might to explore various color options to find delivery in time for Christmas, depending on your location.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $730 (down $70)
The rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2 has all the fitness tracking capabilities you know and love of Series 9, plus a tough enclosure, an action button, longer battery life, and water resistance down to 100 meters.
Apple Watch SE 2 features a 40mm screen, fitness tracking functionality, sleep tracking, crash detection, a heart rate monitor, and is water resistant, making it a fantastic entry-level Apple Watch for just about anyone. You can find various color and size combinations with delivery in time for the holidays.
Amazon has taken 17% off the price of the M1 iPad Air, offering the 5th gen model for $499, down from the $599 retail price. The iPad Air features the M1 chip, 10.9″ Liquid Retina Display, 64GB storage, 12MP front and 12MP back cameras, Touch ID, all day battery life, and full compatibility with Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 2. Select color options still deliver in time for Christmas!
The M1 MacBook Air features a 13″ Retina Display, M1 chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage, Backlit Keyboard, FaceTime HD Camera, and Touch ID, and is available in silver, space gray, and rose gold, with select colors being available before Christmas.
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The holidays are here, so let’s cover a few iPhone tips that will help you get the best use of technology over Christmas and New Years. From capturing and sharing moments, making sure your device lasts through the festivities, getting festive, to staying connected to those you’re apart from, let’s use your iPhone well this holiday season!
Amazon continues to offer great deals on Apple products, with many still being available to ship immediately and arrive in time for Christmas. If you’re shopping for yourself or someone else, you’ve still got time!
Plus, Amazon is continuing to sell Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, and both at nice discounts, where the two products that have been banned for sale in the USA due to a patent issue (temporarily anyway, but these models of Apple Watch are currently not available from Apple directly because of the dispute).
If you’re interested in doing some reading of the classics, you may appreciate the Standard Ebooks project, which offers free high quality ebooks that are well-formatted, proofread, and professionally designed using style manuals.
Standard Ebooks focuses on books that are in the public domain and without copyright restrictions, which is how they’re able to offer the books free of cost. You’ll find classics from Virgil, Marcus Aurelius, Emerson to Shakespeare, Jack London to Jane Austen, Lewis Carrol to Laozi, Kipling to Tolstoy… you get the picture.
The ebooks are all free to download and will work on any Apple device through the iBooks app err Books app, Kindle app, and other e-readers, so whether you’re looking to enjoy some classic books on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, Kindle, or even Android device, you’re in for a treat.
Christmas is fast approaching, with an increasingly small window available to shop online for various gifts and have them delivered in time for the holiday. Fortunately, Amazon continues to offer a variety of great Apple products at discounted prices with delivery in time.
Keep in mind that stock and delivery time estimates can vary quickly on Amazon, and may be different for some regions, so you may need to explore things like different color options for some products to have them delivered on time. Enough talking, let’s get shopping.
Amazon is offering a whopper of a deal on the M2 MacBook Air 15″ base model in Silverlight or Midnight color, taking $300 off the MSRP of $1299, and bringing the price of the 8GB / 256GB model to just $999.
The M2 MacBook Air 15″ features the speedy and efficient M2 processor, a 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display, 8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, 1080p FaceTime HD Camera, Touch ID, a backlit keyboard, two USB-C ports, and a MagSafe charger.
The only real downside to this deal is that it delivers in the first week of the new year, so if if you’re aiming for a holiday gift, it won’t make it in time for Christmas. But you could always print out a picture of a MacBook and wrap that, eh?
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Finder is the native file manager on macOS which is running pretty much all the time once you log in to your system. It allows users to organize and locate all the files that are stored on their Macs. By default, launching the Finder window shows you all the recent files, but this can be changed if necessary.
While it’s getting increasingly difficult to shop online with delivery before Christmas, Amazon continues to offer plenty of great deals for the holiday shopping season with delivery in time for the holidays. With huge discounts on everything from AirPods, airTags, various iPad models, MacBook Air, and more, whether you’re shopping for someone else, or yourself, get moving!
Amazon stock moves quickly, so you may need to investigate different color options to find delivery in time for the big upcoming holiday, but check out these deals!
Apple has released iOS 16.7.4 for older iPhone and iPadOS 16.7.4 for older iPad models that are not updating to iOS 17.2.1 or iPadOS 17.2.1.
Specifically, iOS 16.7.4 and iPadOS 16.7.4 are available for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 5th generation, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, and iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation.
The software update includes bug fixes to address an issue where deleting built-in Apple apps may not be able to reinstall properly.
Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Sonoma operating system. The update is said to include important bug fixes and security updates, and is therefore recommended for all users to install.
Separately, Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2.1 for iPad, iOS 16.7.4 and iPadOS 16.7.4 for older iPhone and iPad models, and Safari 17.2.1 for Macs running Ventura or Monterey rather than Sonoma.
Apple has released iOS 17.2.1 for iPhone. The small point release updates are said to include important but unspecific bug fixes for those devices, and is therefore recommended for all users to install.
Separately, Apple also released a similar update for Mac as macOS Sonoma 14.2.1, and for older iPhone and iPad models versioned as iOS 16.7.4 and iPadOS 16.7.4. Older Macs will find Safari 17.2.1 available as a software update.
Amazon is continuing to offer some great discounts on select Apple products, with delivery before Christmas! From AirTags, to MacBook Air 15″, to Apple Watch, let’s check out the deals!
Some iPhone users may discover their iPhone is randomly playing music, sometimes from within a pocket, or a purse, from a lap, or when being held in a hand but otherwise not in use. An iPhone may begin to randomly play music even when the iPhone is locked, making this a frustrating and potentially embarrassing issue to face, especially if the iPhone starts playing music when you’re in an office, classroom, gym, library, or other environments where it is inappropriate to start playing music or a podcast.
We’re going to review the most common reason that an iPhone will randomly play music, and show you how you can fix this so that your locked iPhone will not play music or audio unintentionally.
If you’re shopping for an Apple Watch this holiday season, you’re running short on time. Not only is Christmas fast approaching, but a new twist has developed where Apple must stop selling Apple Watch models due to an ongoing patent issue.
Apple will stop selling Apple Watch due to a patent dispute, starting on December 21, according to Bloomberg. Retailers that have Apple Watch models in stock will be able to continue selling their existing stock, but that stock will not be refreshed after the ban takes effect, without direct involvement from US President Biden, anyway. Specifically, the sales ban will impact Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, because of their ability to read blood oxygen levels.
Fortunately, Amazon still has Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Series 8, and Apple Watch Ultra 2, all in stock and with nice discounts, and with delivery before Christmas.
Apple Watch Series 9 for $329 (down $70)
If you want the latest and greatest Apple Watch Series 9, Amazon is offering that at a great price taking $70 off the retail price. Apple Watch Series 9 features a 41mm display, GPS, fitness tracking capabilities, a blood oxygen reader, ECG app, water resistance, an always on display, and supports a one-handed double tap pinch gesture feature.
And if the Series 9 isn’t enough for you, the ultra-rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2 is also available at a discounted price from Amazon.
Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $730 (down $70)
The rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2 has all the fitness tracking capabilities you know and love of Series 9, plus a tough enclosure, an action button, longer battery life, and water resistance down to 100 meters.
Apple Watch Series 8 features a 41mm display, GPS, fitness tracking capabilities, blood oxygen reader, ECG app, water resistance, an always-on display, and much more. The Series 8 and newer Series 9 are quite similar, but the Series 9 has a faster chip, and supports a one-handed double-pinch gesture to interact with the device. If you don’t care about those features, or you want to save more cash, the Series 8 remains a fantastic Apple Watch at a big discount:
Shop now if you want delivery before Christmas, and before the sales ban takes effect.
If you wish to read more about the patent dispute with Apple that is leading to the Apple Watch sales ban, you can read more at Bloomberg and 9to5mac.
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