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Downtime 384: The self-certified life coach
Sebastien and Cody announce the winner of last week’s giveaway, discuss their news intake strategies and cover this week’s top tech headlines. The pair also get into the future of Apple TV hardware and why switching to Android isn’t as enticing as it once was.
How to color alternating rows of a table in the Numbers app
Learn how to color every other row in the Apple Numbers app on Mac, iPhone, and iPad to make a table in your spreadsheet easier to read.
20+ useful keyboard shortcuts for Script Editor on Mac
Perform actions and tasks faster with these keyboard shortcuts for the Script Editor app on your Mac.
Keep prying eyes away from your missed notifications with LeaveMeOff Pro
It’s not uncommon for nosy onlookers to peer at your phone screen from over your shoulder as you enjoy a text message-based conversation with one of your friends or loved ones. Albeit creepy, such is life.
Apple’s iOS mobile operating system takes this fact into account, offering a handy feature in the Messages app’s notification settings that can hide message contents from your Lock Screen’s notification banners under various circumstances. But if that’s still not enough privacy for you, then a newly released jailbreak tweak dubbed LeaveMeOff Pro by iOS developer Plat-Ykor could be worth checking out.
TinyWidget14 puts the Lock Screen’s Now Playing widget on a diet
Most iPhone users are familiar with the Now Playing widget. It’s the thing that pops on your Lock Screen whenever you have any type of media playing in the background.
While it’s useful for granular playback controls, the Now Playing widget certainly takes up a lot of vertical screen real estate on the Lock Screen, which severely limits available space for missed notification banners. Fortunately, a new and free jailbreak tweak dubbed TinyWidget14 by iOS developer P2KDev puts the Now Playing widget on a diet.
Netflix is not testing spatial audio for AirPods after all
Along with the AirPods Pro, Apple welcomed a new feature called "spatial audio". It gives a "theater-like experience" when listening to supported content from an iPhone or iPad. But third-party support from apps like Netflix isn't an option right now. And it may not be anytime soon, either.
T-Mobile’s new Magenta MAX plan offers truly unlimited 5G, streaming up to 4K, and more
T-Mobile is known for shaking things up when it comes to wireless carriers. And today it looks like the magenta network is doing it yet again as it unveils a brand new plan for interested customers.
Cartoon Saloon, makers of the hit ‘Wolfwalkers’, are working on an ‘epic’ series for Apple TV+
It is not a secret that Apple leans into being a secretive company. It tries very hard to keep what it's working on close to the vest, aiming for a bit of a surprise every year. However, moving into the TV and film market with Apple TV+, the company had to give up some of that control. It's just the nature of the beast, especially when it comes to future projects and casting news.
Watch these Samsung concepts for AR glasses with auto-dimming sunglasses mode and more
Samsung has never committed to building full-on augmented reality (AR) glasses, but a pair of conceptual videos that have been leaked on Twitter by WalkingCat suggest the company is envisioning a few interesting ideas in that regard. The videos look exactly like something Samsung would make, with one of them showing how one might navigate the user interface.
Apple says ‘the future of health is on your wrist’ in latest Apple Watch Series 6 ads
Apple has released a trio of new advertisements for the Apple Watch Series 6, the newest smartwatch from the company. And, as you've probably guessed from the title, the new ads focus mostly on the health-related features you can find inside the smart wearable.
Spotify HiFi is a new lossless streaming tier launching later this year
Some music streaming services out there, like Amazon and Tidal, feature a lossless option. Hi-fi. It's one of the best ways to listen to streaming music, offering up excellent quality and definition. But Spotify, the leader in streaming music services, hasn't been keen to jump on the option. Until now.