Apple recently released updates to the iMac lineup, bumping the processor up to the all-new speedy M3 chip. And with new Macs means new default wallpapers, but you don’t have to buy an all new M3 iMac (though you can!) simply to appreciate and enjoy the new wallpapers.
Amazon is back with more great early Black Friday deals for Apple products, this time they’re taking 22% off the iPad 10th gen price of $449, selling the latest model iPad for just $349. That’s $100 off Apple’s standard retail price for the same iPad!
The iPad 10th generation features a modern design, 10.9″ Retina display, A14 chip, 64GB storage, 12MP front and back cameras, Touch ID, all day battery life, and is available in four different color options.
If you don’t need the power of the 10th gen iPad, then Amazon is also continuing to sell the 9th gen iPad for just $249, which is discounted $80 off the Apple retail price. The 9th gen iPad features a 10.2″ display, A13 chip, 64GB storage, 12mp front and 8mp back cameras, Touch ID with a Home button, and more, and continues to be an excellent entry-level iPad for users, especially those who prefer devices with the hardware Home button.
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If you use Docker and virtual machines often, you may be happy to know that you can run MacOS VM’s in Docker, at near native performance atop Windows or Linux, thanks to an open source project called Docker-OSX. Yes, that means you can run MacOS on a PC, whether that PC is running Windows or Linux. Docker-OSX includes support for iMessage, and iPhone/iPad USB connections too, allowing for a robust MacOS experience, despite being on a PC.
Apple has introduced all new reaction gestures for FaceTime on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, meaning if you make certain hand gestures, symbols, or movements, you will trigger a digital effect reaction. For example, if you make a thumbs up gesture with your hand, a thumbs up emoji will appear on the screen, or if you make a peace sign, you’ll trigger balloons effects on the screen.
Many of these reaction gesture triggers and effects work in FaceTime video calls, but also Zoom video conferences, and some other video chat apps too.
Amazon is back with more early Black Friday deals on a bunch of Apple products. From huge discounts on the iPad Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil 2, big discounts on iPad Air and iPad, nice discounts on the latest Apple Watch, and up to a whopping $250 off the M2 MacBook Air 15″ models, you’re sure to find something great. Check out the deals below!
iPad Magic Keyboard for 33% Off, for $199
Amazon is knocking $100 off the price of the 11″ iPad Magic Keyboard case for iPad Air 10.9″ (5th gen) and iPad Pro 11″ models, bringing the fantastic keyboard case down to just $199. The iPad Magic Keyboard transforms the iPad into a laptop-like experience, with an excellent trackpad, nice keyboard, keyboard backlighting, and pass-through charging which frees up the iPad USB-C port for accessories. For many users, this is the single best accessory for iPad Air and iPad Pro that you can get.
The Apple Pencil 2 allows for interacting with the iPad using a great stylus, whether you’re writing notes, drawing, doodling, painting, or whatever other endeavor you may be partaking. Apple Pencil 2 features magnetic charging, and it snaps right onto the side of the iPad Air (or iPad Pro) to charge and store.
Amazon is taking $100 off the price of the M1 iPad Air, offering the 5th gen model for $499, down from the $599 retail price, when you clip the on-page coupon. 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. You can choose Starlight, Space Gray, Purple, Blue, or Pink.
If you don’t need all the power of the iPad Air, or you’re perhaps considering a gift for someone that prefers the iPad models with a Home button, then Amazon continues to offer one of the best possible deals on iPads for the iPad 9th generation with a 10.2″ display, cutting $80 off the $329 Apple price and selling for just $249, taking 24% off the retail price. iPad 9th generation features a 10.2″ Retina display, A13 Bionic chip, 64GB of storage, 12MP front camera, 8MP back camera, Touch ID on a Home Button, wi-fi, great battery life, and is available in Space Gray and Silver color options.
The 15″ MacBook Air M2 models feature the powerful M2 processor, 1080p FaceTime webcam, Touch ID, backlit keyboard, and a great slim lightweight design, and some neat color options including the popular Midnight Blue, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray. Amazon is taking $250 off the base models with 8GB RAM, and $200 off the upgraded models with 16GB RAM:
Amazon is offering a great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 9 for just $349 in select colors, taking $50 off the retail price of $399. The Apple Watch Series 9 features fitness tracking capabilities, heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, ovulation tracking, crash detection, fall detection, an always-on display, GPS, pinch detection gesture support, and a powerful new chip to make the watch faster than ever before. Amazon also continues to offer the Series 8 Apple Watch at an even bigger discount, which has basically all of the same features minus the pinch detection and the faster chip, in select colors.
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MacOS Sonoma introduced a feature on the Mac that activates Expose which hides all open windows and apps, whenever you click on the desktop. This feature happens seamlessly, and when you click on the desktop wallpaper, you’ll reveal the desktop by pushing aside all other open apps and their windows, thus revealing the desktop and its wallpaper. Some Mac users really like this new feature, and others are less impressed with it, and some may find the feature annoying.
If you do not want MacOS to show the desktop when you click on the wallpaper, you can turn off the click to reveal desktop feature in macOS Sonoma.
The third beta version of iOS 17.2 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2 for iPad, and macOS Sonoma 14.2 for Mac, have been released for users engaging in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.
Betas of iOS 17.2, macOS Sonoma 14.2, and iPadOS 17.2, includes the ability to add stickers to your iMessages from long-tap/click contextual menus. Additionally, the iOS 17.2 beta features the inclusion of the Journal app, an app that allows you to create journal entries that include text, photos, videos, voice recordings, and other media. Of course the typical bug fixes and security enhancements are also likely to be included in the final versions of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, and macOS Sonoma 14.2.
Stickers are a fun and creative way to enhance your iMessage experience, and the latest versions of iOS support a feature that allow you to easily make your own stickers from any of your own photos, right from your iPhone. For example, maybe you have a picture of a great dog or cat, or yourself, that you want to turn into a sticker that you can plaster onto messages. No sweat, you can do that with ease.
Some Mac users may wish to not receive messages, iMessages, and texts messages on their Mac, but by default if you have logged into iCloud on a Mac you will find that iMessage is also enabled, meaning you will get messages in MacOS.
If you’re wondering how to stop messages from going to the Mac, and to disable iMessage on the Mac so that you no longer receive any messages on a Mac, read along.
Amazon is back with some great early Black Friday deals on popular Apple products, including a pack of AirTags, the fantastic M2 MacBook Air 15″ model in 16GB RAM configurations (and 8GB RAM configs too), and the all new Apple Watch Series 9.
Check out the deals below, whether you’re shopping for yourself, a loved one, or any other purpose.
AirTags 4-pack for $87
A 4-pack of AirTags personal trackers are discounted down to $87 on Amazon right now, a great deal on the trackers that are rarely discounted.
The upgraded 15″ MacBook Air M2 models feature the powerful M2 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB or 1TB SSD storage, a 1080p FaceTime webcam, Touch ID, backlit keyboard, and a great slim lightweight design, and some neat color options including the popular Midnight Blue, Starlight, Silver, and Space Gray.
If you don’t need the extra RAM, the base 8GB / 256GB model and 8GB / 512GB model are both available with a $250 discount in all color options as well:
Amazon is offering a great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 9 for just $349 in select colors, taking $50 off the retail price of $399. The Apple Watch Series 9 features fitness tracking capabilities, heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, ovulation tracking, crash detection, fall detection, an always-on display, GPS, and a powerful new chip to make the watch faster than ever before.
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Here’s a helpful bit of knowledge that you may want to keep in mind when traveling or using public wi-fi spaces; if you use Content Blockers in Safari or your web browser, that content blocker may break a wi-fi’s captive portal login page, thereby preventing you from joining that particular wireless network. This applies to content blockers on any web browser and any Apple operating system, whether it’s a Mac, iPhone, iPad, or otherwise (and Windows too of course, but that’s not our focus here).
Uber and Uber Eats are undeniably useful apps, allowing you to get a ride or have food delivered quickly and conveniently, right from your iPhone (or Android) either from the app or even from Siri. But one thing that is very annoying and obnoxious about Uber and Uber Eats is that the apps default to sending you promo notifications and advertisement notifications, meaning you may get alerts on your phone from Uber and Uber Eats that are nothing but ads, promos, marketing material, or solicitations, and have nothing to do with a ride or delivery.
We’re going to show you how you can disable the annoying Uber promo notifications and ad alerts, while still keeping notifications for rides and other actually important stuff available on your device.
A fair number of Apple Watch users have been experiencing battery life issues lately, where the Apple Watch battery would drain much faster than expected or desired. In some instances, users would experience the Apple Watch battery draining from 100% to 50% or less in less than an hour, even with a perfectly healthy battery.
For the impacted Apple Watch owners, the devices poor battery performance began after updating to watchOS 10.1, and now Apple has released watchOS 10.1.1 update to fix that battery draining problem, which users should update to right away when they get the chance.
Apple has released the second beta versions of iOS 17.2 for iPhone, iPadOS 17.2 for iPad, and macOS Sonoma 14.2 for Mac. The beta versions are available now to users participating in the beta testing programs for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
iOS 17.2 beta includes the Journal app, which lets users track their lives in digital journal entries with photos, video, voice recordings, media, and whatever else you feel like feeding into the digital machine and iCloud.
Betas of macOS Sonoma 14.2, iPadOS 17.2, and iOS 17.2 also include an ability to add stickers from iMessage contextual menus. Presumably the versions will also patch bugs, add security enhancements, and provide other smaller changes to the operating systems as well.
StandBy Mode is perhaps the most interesting feature for iPhone users who update to iOS 17, transforming the iPhone into a customizable display clock whenever the iPhone is placed horizontally and is charging.
With StandBy Mode, your iPhone can become a table clock, a photo frame, an information display, amongst other possibilities, and since it’s easily customizable, how you use the feature is up to you.
The Apple Watch Series 9 features fitness tracking capabilities, heart rate monitor, blood oxygen reader, ECG capability, ovulation tracking, an always-on display, GPS, and a powerful new chip to make the watch speedier than ever. You can get the deal in a variety of color options and sizes.
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The Disk Utility application on MacOS has a command line counterpart, that allows Mac users to run disk maintenance and disk administration tasks, including verifying and repairing disks. There are obvious advantages and benefits to using the command line for tasks like this, particularly for troubleshooting scenarios, and remote management, but some advanced users may also simply prefer to use the command line rather than the GUI app of Disk Utility.
Let’s review how you can use the Mac command line to verify a disk on your Mac, and repair it if necessary.
Apple has released iOS 17.1.1 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPad. The point release updates offer bug fixes and security enhancements, and are therefore recommended for all users to install on their devices.
Specifically, iOS 17.1.1 fixes an issue where the Lock Screen Weather widget may not display snow correctly, and an issue where Apple Pay and NFC features are not working with wireless charging in certain cars and the iPhone 15 series. The full release notes are included further below.
Separately, Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 with unspecific bug fixes and security enhancements, along with an update for watchOS 10.1.1 that resolves an issue where Apple Watch battery life was draining quickly.
