The Apple Watch has evolved quite a bit since its debut all those years ago, becoming increasingly more and more focused on health features.
Masimo is suing Apple for stealing trade secrets related to health monitoring in the Apple Watch
The 9.7-inch iPad Pro, four years later
How long do you expect to keep using your gear? Or are you shopping for a sweet deal on an older iPad? The 9.7-inch iPad Pro first appeared in March of 2016, which means it's nearing its fourth anniversary. Four years is pretty long for a mobile device - how does an iPad Pro that old hold up in 2020? That's the question iDB video editor Harris Craycraft recently sought to answer.
smcFanControl lets you manage the built-in fans to make your Mac run cooler
A free macOS app called smcFanControl lets you individually control the fans built into every Mac desktop or notebook in order to make your computer run cooler.
Apple patent hints at future Apple Pencil with additional touch-sensitive controls
Apple gets a lot of patents approved on a regular basis. More often than not it's the company covering its bases for future technology and ideas, rather than an indication of a pending feature upgrade for an existing product. But when it comes to the Apple Pencil, one can hope.
Apple to open its first Italian store since Milan’s Piazza Liberty in 2018
Apple’s next brick-and-mortar store in Italy, a 60 million people market, is opening this spring on Rome's Via del Corso, which is the famous shopping street in the heart of the city.
Front and Center restores classic window layering on your Mac
Technological advancements notwithstanding, I've always felt that modern macOS software should take cues from classic window layering policy in Mac OS and Mac OS X.
‘Mythic Quest’ creator Rob McElhenney talks working with Apple ahead of the show’s debut
"Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet" creator Rob McElhenney has shared some interesting insights into working with the iPhone maker ahead of the show's debut on February 7 on Apple TV+.
TiVo says its official Apple TV app is no longer being actively developed
TiVo appears to have put on hold its official tvOS app for the Apple TV media-streaming box, confirming that the software project has been put "on hold" following almost a year of unforeseen technical issues and a broader strategy shift at the company.
How to run Mojave and Catalina on the same Mac
You can run Mojave and Catalina on the same Mac in a dual boot setup and without reformatting or repartitioning your Mac's storage thanks to APFS, the file formatting system that Apple made ubiquitous with Mojave's release. Great if you need to use apps that won't run on Catalina, but still want to use what Catalina has to offer. Here's how.
Banana brings automatic ANC and Transparency mode switching to AirPods Pro
If you’re lucky enough to own a pair of Apple’s new AirPods Pro, then you already know just how great their active noise cancellation is in terms of augmenting your audio’s sound quality. On the other hand, we can think of a few different ways that the implementation in iOS could be improved in daily usage.
Enter Banana, a new and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer LaughingQuoll that makes the AirPods Pro’s transition from active noise cancellation mode to transparency mode an automatic process, depending on what the user is doing.
How to show the iTunes Store in the Music app on Mac
Want to show the iTunes Store in the Apple Music app on your Mac? With a simple setting, you can display the store and buy songs, albums, and music videos.
This tweak generates a QR code for your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot
Personal Hotspot is an indispensable feature of my iPhone that I use virtually every day as I move out of range of Wi-Fi, and while Apple has made it super easy to pair other iOS devices with the tap of a button, the same can’t be said about non-iOS devices, which often necessitate that you enter the hotspot’s password manually.
If you’re lazy like me and hate having to take the aforementioned steps when you or a friend attempts to connect a new device, then you just might come to appreciate a new and free jailbreak tweak called HotspotQR by iOS developer KingPuffdaddi.