The shopping holiday of Black Friday has sort of morphed into a shopping week of discounts and deals from Amazon, and they’re offering some really great discounts on various Apple products. From AirPods, AirTags, MacBook Airs, and iPads, you’re sure to find something for yourself or someone else on your shopping list.

AirTags 4 Pack for $79.99

A four pack of AirTags personal tracking devices are offered at a solid discount from Amazon for $79.99, down 19% from the regular price of $99. These are rarely discounted so if you’ve been on the fence, perhaps now is the time to try out the personal trackers that work with the Find My network.

• Get a 4 pack of AirTags for $79.99 on Amazon (Reduced from $99. 19% Off)

AirPods Pro starting at $199 (down from $249)

AirPods Pro feature active noise cancellation, head tracking, 6 hours of listening time on a single charge, water resistance, a MagSafe charging case, and much more.

• AirPods Pro 2nd generation for $199.99 (reduced from $249)

AirPods 2nd gen starting at $89.99 (down from $129)

The entry level AirPods 2nd generation are fantastic wireless earbuds, even if they lack some of the fancier features like active noise cancellation or water resistance of the Pro models and 3rd gen models.

• AirPods 2nd generation for $89.99 (reduced from $129)

AirPods 3rd gen starting at $139.99 (from $169.99)

AirPods 3rd generation are water and sweat resistant, and a popular choice.

• AirPods 3rd generation for $139.99

iPad 10.2″ 64GB at 18% off, for $270 (down from $330)

You can get the 10.2″ 9th generation iPad at a nice discount from Amazon:

• iPad 10.2″ 64GB for $270

iPad Mini 6 starting at $399 (down 20% from $499)

Save $100 on the latest generation iPad Mini:

• iPad Mini for $399 – Space Gray
• iPad Mini at $399 – Purple
• iPad Mini at $399 – Silverlight

MacBook Air M2 with 512GB SSD for $1349 (Discounted from $1499)

Save $150 on the 512GB model M2 MacBook Air:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 512GB SSD

Don’t need the storage capacity or performance offered by the 512GB model? You can get the M2 Air with 256GB of storage for an even lower price.

MacBook Air M2 with 256GB SSD for $1049 (Discounted from $1199)

Save $150 on the 256GB model of the M2 Air base model:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 256GB SSD

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Mac users may need to occasionally clear out and flush DNS cache in MacOS, perhaps because they modified their hosts file, or for troubleshooting purposes.

Resetting DNS cache on the Mac is generally only needed by advanced users, but even novice Mac users should find the process to be pretty easy, though it is achieved through the use of the command line.

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Installing MacOS Ventura onto a Mac is pretty simple, but if you’re unfamiliar with the process of installing major system software updates, it may seem a little intimidating to jump into. Not to worry, we’ll walk through the process, and soon you’ll have macOS Ventura 13 running on the Mac in no time.

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Amazon is back with some great deals on Apple accessories, including big discounts on AirTags, AirPods Pro, and AirPods. Whether you’re gift shopping or just want to treat yourself, enjoy these hefty discounts while you can.

AirTags 4 Pack for $79.99

Want to get a four pack of AirTags at a big discount? AirTags are rarely discounted, but right now Amazon is selling a 4-pack for $79.99, a sizable 19% discount from the standard price of $99.

• Get a 4 pack of AirTags for $79.99 on Amazon (Reduced from $99. 19% Off)

AirTags are personal tracking devices that can function as key finders, luggage trackers, pet locators, and much more, helping people to find personal objects they are attached to. You can locate your AirTagged items with the Find My app, and you can make the AirTags play a sound to help you find whatever the item is you’re looking for. And because AirTags use the Find My network of basically every Apple device out in the world, you can more easily locate AirTagged items that are out and about, or misplaced when you’re on the road.

AirPods Pro Starting at $199, AirPods at $89.99

AirPods Pro 2nd generation are discounted 20% on Amazon, knocking $50 off the price from $249 to $199.

• AirPods Pro 2nd generation for $199.99 (reduced from $249)

AirPods Pro feature active noise cancellation, head tracking, 6 hours of listening time on a single charge, water resistance, a MagSafe charging case, and much more.

You can also pick up the 2nd generation AirPods for just $89.99 from Amazon, a hefty discount from the $129 that Apple charges for the same wireless earbuds.

• AirPods 2nd generation for $89.99 (reduced from $129)

The base model AirPods use a lightning cable to charge the case and don’t have the same fancy active noise cancellation, water resistance, or head tracking features that AirPods Pro do, but they’re still perfectly great wireless earbuds for the vast majority of users.

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Command line users may encounter situations where they’d like to open the Google Chrome web browser directly from the Terminal on the Mac.

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The Focus Modes feature arrives with a few default Focus’s that include things like Work, Driving, Sleep, and of course users can add their own for anything under the sun. If you don’t want to have a bunch of Focus modes available, either because you’re accidentally enabling them, can’t figure out how to turn them off easily, or you just don’t use them, you can delete Focus Modes on iPhone or iPad rather easily.

Let’s learn how to delete Focus modes from iPhone or iPad. You can delete any and all of them, except for the primary Do Not Disturb mode.

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Amazon is at it again, with great discounts on all sorts of Apple hardware. From the all new M2 MacBook Air, to the M1 Pro MacBook Pro series, to iPad, iPad Mini, and iPad Pro, if you’re shopping for new devices, enjoy these discounted prices while they last!

M2 iPad Pro 11″ – $729 (Discounted 9% from $799)

You can save $70 with the biggest discount yet for the all new M2 iPad Pro in 11″ and with 128GB of storage:

• M2 iPad Pro for $729 – Silver

iPad 10.2″ 64GB at 18% off, for $270 (Reduced from $330)

You can get the 10.2″ 9th generation iPad at a nice discount from Amazon:

• iPad 10.2″ 64GB for $270

iPad Mini 6 at 20% off, Starting at $399

Save $100 on the latest generation iPad Mini:

• iPad Mini for $399 – Space Gray
• iPad Mini at $399 – Purple
• iPad Mini at $399 – Silverlight

MacBook Pro 13″ M2 at 12% off

The 13″ MacBook Pro features the older classic style enclosure design, with a 13″ screen without a notch, Touch Bar with Touch ID, and the new ultra speedy energy efficient M2 processor.

• M2 MacBook Pro 13″ – 8 GB / 256 GB – $1149 (reduced from $1299, 12% off)

MacBook Pro 14″ M1 Pro, Up to 20% Off

Big discounts are offered by Amazon on the 14″ MacBook Pro:

• MacBook Pro 14″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 512 GB – $1599 (discounted from $1999, 20% off)
• MacBook Pro 14″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 1 TB – $1999 (discounted from $2499, 20% off)

MacBook Pro 16″ M1 Pro, Up to 20% Off

If you want the bigger screen 16″ MacBook Pro with M1 Pro CPU, it’s available at a hefty discount from Amazon right now:

• MacBook Pro 16″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 512 GB – $1999 (discounted from $2499, 20% off)
• MacBook Pro 16″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 1 TB – $2199 (discounted from $2699, 18% off)

MacBook Air M2 with 512GB SSD for $1349 (Discounted from $1499)

Save $150 on the 512GB model M2 MacBook Air:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 512GB SSD

If you don’t need the extra storage capacity or performance offered by the 512GB model, the 256GB model is also available at an even lower price.

MacBook Air M2 with 256GB SSD for $1049 (Discounted from $1199)

Save $150 on the 256GB model of the M2 Air base model:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 256GB SSD

Amazon Echo Dot (5th gen) for $24.99 (50% off)

Want to explore a smart-home accessory? Amazon’s latest Echo Dot offers an improved speaker, the Alexa personal assistant for voice commands, Compatibility with all major music services including Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify, and much more. You can also connect to the Echo Dot via Bluetooth to use it as a general speaker.

• Amazon Echo Dot 5th gen for $24.99

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Wondering how you can allow apps to be downloaded and opened from anywhere on MacOS Sonoma or Ventura? You may have noticed the ability to select “Allow applications downloaded from anywhere” has been removed by default in MacOS Sonoma & Ventura and other modern versions of MacOS. This does not mean it’s impossible to download and open apps from elsewhere however, and advanced users can enable this feature within System Settings if they need to on their Mac.

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Your iPhone keeps track of ‘Significant Locations’, which are typically places that you frequent often, like your home, a partners house, office, school, favorite restaurant, frequented hotels, and similar other places.

If you’re interested, you can view all the Significant Locations on your iPhone to see where your iPhone has determined is significant to you. This can be interesting data for many reasons to see, and also some users rely on the feature for work purposes to show where they have gone or frequent.

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Many Mac users who have updated to macOS Ventura have discovered an active login item called “OSMessageTracer” that is an “item from unidentified developer.”

Given that the OSMessageTracer task is allowed to run in the background on your Mac, and it claims to be from an unidentified developer, it’s understandable why some users would be concerned about finding this in System Settings on their Mac. So, what is OSMessageTracer, is it necessary, and do you need to have it enabled as a Login Item on your Mac?

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Users active in the system software beta testing programs will find that Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 16.2 for iPhone, MacOS Ventura 13.1 for Mac, and iPadOS 16.2 for iPad.

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Some Mac users feel that macOS Ventura is much slower than macOS Monterey or Big Sur, offering worse performance in general, and when performing the same tasks on their Mac.

It’s not unusual for users to feel that their computer is slower after a major MacOS update, and Ventura is no exception. If you feel like your Mac is notably slower or more sluggish, perhaps with slow app performance, more beach balling, or other unusually slow behavior when trying to use your computer, read on.

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The Home app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac is a useful hub for managing your Homekit accessories, smart speakers, Homepods, and other smart devices. One nice customization to add to the Home app is to rename your Home setup from “My Home” to something more specific, perhaps your street name or something more easily identifiable, and that customization becomes particularly useful if you share Home access with other people, other households, or other houses.

For example, maybe your partner, friend, or family, has given you access to their Home app and all the abilities to control accessories and automations, but if you all have your Home labeled as “My Home” that can be confusing when you go to select particular home setups.

Let’s rename “My Home” in Home app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, it’s quite easy.

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Some iPhone users have noticed that display brightness increases automatically when watching Instagram videos or Instagram reels, stories, and some YouTube videos.

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How’d you like to use the fantastic camera on your iPhone for Photo Booth on your Mac? You can do that!

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Scheduling a Mac to boot, sleep, and shutdown, have been longstanding features in the Energy preference panel on Mac OS since the beginning of the operating system, so if you updated to macOS Ventura and now you’re wondering where those settings went, you aren’t alone. You can still schedule a Mac to turn on and shutdown on a schedule, but how it’s accomplished is different from before.

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Amazon is back with some fantastic discounts on the all new M2 MacBook Air at up to a 10% discount, M2 MacBook Pro 13″ at up to 13% off, the M1 Pro MacBook Pro series at 20% off, the latest model iPad Mini with a 20% discount, and the M1 iPad Air at 13% off.

Whether you’re shopping for yourself or someone else, save some cash and enjoy the discounts while they last!

MacBook Pro 13″ M2, Up to 13% off

The 13″ MacBook Pro features the older classic style enclosure design, with a 13″ screen without a notch, Touch Bar with Touch ID, and the new ultra speedy energy efficient M2 processor.

• M2 MacBook Pro 13″ – 8 GB / 256 GB – $1149 (reduced from $1299, 12% off)
• M2 MacBook Pro 13″ – 8 GB / 512 GB – $1299 (reduced from $1499, 13% off)

MacBook Pro 14″ M1 Pro, Up to 20% Off

Big discounts are offered by Amazon on the 14″ MacBook Pro:

• MacBook Pro 14″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 512 GB – $1599 (discounted from $1999, 20% off)
• MacBook Pro 14″ – M1 Pro – 16 GB / 1 TB – $1999 (discounted from $2499, 20% off)

MacBook Air M2 with 512GB SSD for $1349 (Discounted from $1499)

Save $150 on the 512GB model:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 512GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 512GB SSD

If you don’t need the extra storage capacity or performance offered by the 512GB model, the 256GB model is also available at an even lower price.

MacBook Air M2 with 256GB SSD for $1049 (Discounted from $1199)

Save $150 on the 256GB model:

• M2 MacBook Air in Midnight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Starlight – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Space Gray – 256GB SSD
• M2 MacBook Air in Silver – 256GB SSD

iPad Mini 6 at 20% off, Starting at $399

Save $100 on the iPad Mini 6:

• iPad Mini for $399 – Space Gray
• iPad Mini at $399 – Purple
• iPad Mini at $399 – Silverlight

M1 iPad Air 64GB 5th generation – $519 (discounted from $599)

The latest iPad Air model is equipped with an M1 processor and 10.9″ display, making it a worthy competitor for the higher priced iPad Pro 11″, especially when offered at a notable discount:

• iPad Air for $519 – Space Gray
• iPad Air at $519 – Purple
• iPad Air at $519 – Silverlight

M2 iPad Pro 11″ – $749 (Discounted 6% from $799)

You can save $50 on the first discount available for the all new M2 iPad Pro in 11″ and with 128GB of storage:

• M2 iPad Pro for $749 – Space Gray

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Apple has released macOS Ventura 13.0.1 as the first bug fix update for macOS Ventura.

The bug fixes are not specified but may address some of the difficulties experienced by some Ventura users, including wi-fi issues and Error 100093 when using virtual volumes.

Separately, Apple also released bug fix updates for iPhone and iPad, versioned as iOS 16.1.1 and iPadOS 16.1.1.

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