Satellite-based messaging on an iPhone – Image Credit: Apple Apple’s ambitions for the expansion of satellite communications for the iPhone is facing an opponent in Elon Musk, with SpaceX reportedly trying to put a hold on the efforts. The iPhone has benefited from a number of satellite features in recent years, with Emergency SOS … Read more
Apple’s Time Capsule was discontinued long ago, but you can still get them to do your Time Machine backups on a modern network. Here’s how. In 2008 Apple introduced a product called Time Capsule, which combined a wireless AirPort Base Station and an internal hard drive along with the macOS Time Machine backup software. Time … Read more
It’s not enough to just let your iPhone back up to iCloud, not when you need to be sure you won’t lose anything important. Here are your options for backing up iOS devices. Steve Jobs once made a point of telling an audience that he hadn’t backed up in all the years he had been … Read more
Here’s how to reduce Spotlight’s disk space use in macOS Sequoia. Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here’s how to minimize Spotlight using disk space. Spotlight is Apple’s file indexing technology, which stores a database of the files on your Mac and their contents. When you … Read more
Apple’s 2025 Mac Studio brings with it the latest Apple Silicon chips and a few more changes that power users will love. One model is a must-buy, and the other is still excellent — but very clearly not for everybody. The Mac Studio isn’t called the Mac Pro, but it might as well be. Like … Read more
The Apple of 1976 is unrecognizable compared to today’s gigantic corporation, and yet key early decisions by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and more, are still having their effect today. Back in 2021, Tim Cook marked the then 45th anniversary of Apple with a tweet looking back to his friend and colleague, co-founder Steve Jobs. As … Read more
The Aurzen ZIP is a pocketable tri-fold projector that makes it easier than ever to bring big-screen entertainment on the go. There’s a lot of tech that has benefited from miniaturization and foldability over the years. I grew up familiar with the convenience of a Nintendo DS, and today people can enjoy the advantages of … Read more
AirTag, Apple’s item tracking device, was announced almost four years ago. Although the company has introduced new software features for AirTag owners since then, the accessory has never had a hardware upgrade since its launch. But according to the latest rumors, an AirTag 2 is on the way – and here’s everything we know about … Read more
An iPhone on a Chinese flag The App Store hosted a number of VPN apps with ties to a Chinese military-affiliated company sanctioned by the US, with millions of downloads between them all. Users are often warned of the dangers of the Internet, with privacy issues prompting some to sign up for a VPN service. … Read more
Detail from the patent showing a top down view of one possible location for a touch-sensitive control on Apple Vision Pro Apple is researching how to best add a touch-sensitive component that a user can customize to the Apple Vision Pro, that is very much like the Action Button on the iPhone. If it works, … Read more