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Were too busy to keep up with all the Apple news this week? We’ve got you covered with this roundup summing up everything you should know about.

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Accessories

Nomad’s Base Station Apple Watch Edition is the AirPower Apple won’t release

Evidence of rumored wire-free Powerbeats spotted in iOS 12.2

AirPods 2 will work on pre-iOS 12.2 firmware, albeit with ‘limited’ functionality

Review: Cavalier Maverick—a stylish Alexa speaker that goes everywhere with you

Apple & related news

Apple News+ is a new $10 subscription service with 300+ magazines, newspapers and more

Apple Card offers a path to financial health with no fees, low interest rates, 2% cashback rewards & more

Apple Arcade is a new subscription service with access to 100+ new and exclusive games

Apple announces new Apple TV channels à la carte option along with redesigned TV app

Apple TV+ is Apple’s new original video subscription service

The fourth-generation Apple TV has been renamed to Apple TV HD

Apple is sorry that “a small number of users” are still having issues with the butterfly keyboard

How to change the skip seconds for Podcasts and Books on iOS

Hands-on with the upcoming Apple TV channels in the overhauled TV app

watchOS 5.2 brings ECG app to more regions, adds support for AirPods 2

The Apple Card activation process is like pairing your AirPods

Jailbreaking

CopyLog: A full-fledged Clipboard manager for jailbroken iOS devices

Unc0ver v3.0.0 beta 48 released to solve jailbreaking issues in the last beta

Sonus12 is a minimalist, yet customizable volume HUD for iOS

Apps

Darkroom 4.1: Photos and Share extensions, Files app support, drag and drop & much more

Cardhop for iOS launches: premium contact management finally arrives to iPhone and iPad

The best swipe keyboards for iPhone and iPad

Twitter for iOS picks up a pure black theme and automatic Dark Mode

Tips

How to view and recover recently deleted files in iCloud Drive

How to subscribe to Apple News+ on iPhone or iPad

How to change the mouse and trackpad speed on Mac

How to stop audio messages from expiring in Messages

How to automatically delete junk emails in Mail on Mac

How to fill down with Numbers Autofill on Mac

How to disable Today View on your Lock Screen

Wallpapers

New iPad Air advertising wallpaper

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