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If you’re looking for a geeky gift for the Apple user on your holiday list or need to bolster your tech toolkit with new or updated gear, read our recommendations for a wide variety of peripherals.
Beware of PayPal invoice scams that might even appear to come from Apple. Should you receive one, report it to PayPal to help protect other people, but don’t mark the message as spam.
Apple Intelligence is here! These initial features won’t upend your Apple experience, but welcome additions include notification summaries in Messages, message list summaries in Mail, Clean Up in Photos, and audio transcripts and summaries in Notes.
If you’d like to allow a child, friend, or colleague to enjoy a specific app on your iPhone or iPad while keeping them focused and preventing access to everything else on the device, check out Apple’s Guided Access feature.
Macs may be more reliable than ever, but they still suffer from hardware and software failures. Follow our advice to minimize the impact of inevitable failures.
Keep prying eyes — or mischievous children — out of sensitive or important apps by requiring Face ID or Touch ID access before the app opens. You can also hide such apps so they appear only after you authenticate.
Although it may not be exciting, having more iCloud+ storage significantly improves the experience for those with multiple Apple devices. We explain what iCloud+ provides, how much you should get, and how to get started.
Apple has renamed Apple ID to Apple Account everywhere as of macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11. Nothing has changed functionally, but keep it in mind when reading tech articles or support documentation.
The new Control Center in iOS 18 and iPad OS 18 is vastly more customizable and has more options. Here’s what’s on offer and how to use it.
People who like using the Mac’s window proxy icons (and if you don’t know about them, you should!) can make them visible at all times with an option deep within System Settings. Here’s how to find it and what you can do with proxy icons.