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How to set up and manage a guest user on your Mac

On occasion, you may want to allow other people in your home to access your Mac, but not your personal account. We'll show you how to set up and manage temporary guest users.

Charles Martin | 1 month ago

How to optimize your MacBook battery life

Features in your MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, along with good user practices, can help optimize your battery's lifespan and health - whether you leave it plugged in all the time or not.

Charles Martin | 5 months ago

What to expect from WWDC 2024's week of updates

Later today, Apple Intelligence is coming in iOS 18, macOS 15 and more. Here's what to expect at the 1PM ET WWDC 2024 keynote!

Malcolm Owen | 5 months ago

Bartender app's new owner has burnt years of good-will with a lack of transparency

Popular app Bartender was quietly bought, and a shady certificate replacement, insertion of invasive telemetry, and a lack of transparent responses by the new owners has shaken confidence in the Mac community

Mike Wuerthele | 5 months ago

Ahead of WWDC Developer app gets updated, YouTube gets keynote placeholder

Apple is gearing up for WWDC 2024 as it begins making all the expected preparations a week before its big event starts.

Amber Neely | 5 months ago

WWDC unlikely to see debuts of any new hardware at all

A new report doubles-down on the improbability of new hardware debuts at WWDC — and pushes back the rumored arrival of an Apple TV set-top box update.

Rumor Score

🤯 Likely

Charles Martin | 5 months ago

How to convert YouTube to MP3 on Mac with iTubeGo

There's a near-unlimited number of YouTube videos that you might want to have an offline MP3 copy of, like podcasts or instructional audio. Here's how to convert YouTube to MP3 with iTubeGo.

System Settings getting shuffled again in macOS 15, among other UI tweaks

Apple is going to rearrange menus and app UIs across macOS 15, with System Settings seeing the biggest reorganization since the app was redesigned.

Marko Zivkovic | 5 months ago

iOS 18 Freeform app getting giant navigation & object positioning upgrades

In iOS 18 and macOS 15, Apple's Freeform app will receive an entirely new navigation feature called Scenes, as well as new options for object alignment. Here's what to expect.

Marko Zivkovic | 5 months ago

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iOS 18 Project Greymatter will use AI to summarize notifications, articles and much more

Apple's next-gen operating systems will feature Project Greymatter, bringing a multitude of AI-related enhancements. We have new details on AI features planned for Siri, Notes and Messages.

Marko Zivkovic | 5 months ago

How to connect just about any vintage Mac to a modern monitor

HDMI is the de facto standard for connecting a monitor to a Mac and has been for many years, but there are many older Macs out there that can't be easily connected to that modern connector. Here's how to connect your vintage Mac to your new monitor.

Chip Loder | 5 months ago

TerraMaster D8 Hybrid drive enclosure review: Lots of data, not enough bandwidth

If you need a lot of storage in about as small an enclosure as you can get, the TerraMaster D8 Hybrid fuses hard drive and SSD storage — but with a crucial speed limitation.

Mike Wuerthele | 5 months ago

French publishers ask Tim Cook to abandon forthcoming Web Eraser

Advertisers and publishers in France have jointly written to Tim Cook imploring Apple to not roll out the ability for Safari users to selectively erase portions of sites, such as ads.

William Gallagher | 5 months ago

Apple confirms WWDC 2024 keynote timing, but offers no more AI hints

Apple has confirmed it will be holding its usual keynote at WWDC on June 10. Here's what to expect from the company during that packed week.

Malcolm Owen | 5 months ago

Microsoft's Copilot PC and the M3 Mac killer myth

According to proponents of this myth, Microsoft is out to kill Apple's Macs with a "new" PC it will design and build on its own. Once it arrives, they expect Microsoft to clean up not only the PC market, but also the market for Edge AI software sales, leaving Apple on the sidelines.