Identity verification becomes mandatory for Apple Cash users in October Apple Cash, a popular payment service, offers a seamless experience within the iOS Messages app. However, identity verification changes are coming for users. Starting October 4, 2024, Apple Cash will require users to verify their identity for certain transactions, marking a shift in the service’s … Read more
Users may be able to trade inserts for auto-adjusting lenses. Apple is working on technology that could allow you to ditch the expensive Zeiss inserts needed to correct vision issues on the Apple Vision Pro. Future headsets could dynamically change focus based on what you’re looking at. Dynamically focusing systems use liquid-filled lenses and electrical … Read more
As well as updating default browser choices, EU users will have more control over default apps such as Messages, Photos, and Camera Apple is responding to EU criticism about alternative browser choices by simplifying selection, and in addition it’s adding more options over user control of other default apps. In response to the EU’s Digital … Read more
New camera updates updates coming to the iPhone 16 line Video: AppleInsider has learned exclusive new details regarding the upgraded camera system and rumored capture button on the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. Here’s what you need to know. Apple is widely expected to announce its latest round of iPhones during an event taking … Read more
Custom PCBs used to upgrade Mac Studio’s storage [YouTube/dosdude1] The flash storage on a Mac Studio is extremely difficult to upgrade, but a skilled hardware hacker has proven it can be done — assuming you have the skill, tools, time, and patience. Since its switch to Apple Silicon, Apple has soldered the storage to the … Read more
Apple’s Safari browser has been around for a long time, and over the years it’s been improved to the point where it’s now a very solid choice for most people. As you’d expect, it boasts the standard features found on most modern browsers, including bookmarks, tabbed browsing, a password manager, private browsing options, a dark … Read more
Article Hero Image Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro has just received a fresh price drop, driving the M3 model down to $1,299.99 as Amazon and Best Buy launch aggressive back-to-school deals. A back-to-school price war is in effect between Amazon and Best Buy, with Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 dropping to an all-time low price of … Read more
A Foxconn factory. Foxconn has gone on a hiring spree, adding 50,000 new workers for its largest iPhone facility’s production lines in China ready for the iPhone 16. As the time for the introduction of a new iPhone generation nears, Apple’s global supply chain jumps into action to make the highly-desired smartphones. Based on a … Read more
The hardware is still remarkable, but the lack of content and apps is holding the Apple Vision Pro back It’s been six months since the Apple Vision Pro was released and there is so much to like — yet still so much missing. Plus for all the great features in Apple’s beta updates, there are … Read more
In macOS Sequoia and iOS/iPadOS 18, Apple will introduce a new Safari feature called Distraction Control, which allows users to select an element on a website and make it disappear. It’s not an ad blocker in that it stops ad elements from loading in the first place; ads still load, but if you implement Distraction … Read more
Is the iPad dead? No, or at least not yet. And a new report suggests Apple’s tablet strategy is getting more things right than wrong. CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) has posted to Substack an article called (via ). This reveals that customers are increasingly turning to the iPad Pro, at the cost of sales … Read more
Families and workplaces can wind up with many accounts on a shared Mac. You may also have set up extra accounts for testing or particular purposes. Whatever the reason, if you want to simplify and remove accounts that are no longer needed, the path forward isn’t clear. Fortunately, it’s easy if hidden. You can simply … Read more