Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Nokia’s chief executive officer executes an iPhone, Jony Ive’s team cozies up with Apple’s software folks, and now you’ll know exactly which apps might try to take a bite out of your wallet after you download. The remainders for Friday, Ma…
Earlier Friday, The Verge reported on a significant security exploit with Apple’s “reset password” functionality for Apple IDs. Armed with only your email address and date of birth, a hacker could tweak a specific URL to reset the password f…
Whether it’s making reservations or making gazpacho, this week’s roundup of new and updated apps for the iPhone and iPad has your mealtime covered.
If you like to go jogging, hiking, or storming safehouses with your Apple devices, you may want to check out the SportHolster (all iPhone models; €50), which goes on like a backpack and provides plenty of room for a handset and a number of addit…
Like a lot of people, I was hardly bowled over by Apple’s first stab at its Podcasts app. It didn’t support playlists, didn’t sync podcasts between devices, and its Now Playing screen was split into two pieces—one of which featured a reel-…
This week I answer a couple of questions about the iTunes Store, explain how to add comments to multiple tracks at once, and discuss the useful Skip when Shuffling tag. I also reveal a way to have iTunes announce what track is about to be played.
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Spring comes with its own rituals. Here at Macworld, we like to throw open the windows, beat the dust out of the rugs, and straighten up our Mac desktops. Don’t stop at cleaning your home this season—these tips from our editors will help you k…
There are many ways to communicate with others using the tools Apple provides—text, voice and video chats, and posts to social networking sites. But the one most frequently used by many of us is email. You create an account, compose a message, s…
Reader Kenneth Walsh’s Mac has gone strangely quiet. He writes:
I woke my MacBook Pro from sleep today and when I tried to play an iTunes track the Mac made no sound. I then noticed that the sound icon in the menu bar was gray. I went to the Sou…
Your Mac has begun showing signs of trouble. Perhaps you frequently get errors when trying to open or save files. You suspect a problem with the hard drive. Before panic sets in, you want to launch Apple’s Disk Utility and select Repair Disk from …
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch is leaving the company to take a job at Apple, a one-time close partner of Adobe that became the most vociferous critic of its Flash technology.
Lynch resigned Monday to “pursue other opportunities,” Adobe said in a reg…
Apple gives credit where credit is due, one app developer illustrates the difficulty of creating software, and police take down an Apple-related theft ring—with a twist. The remainders for Tuesday, March 19, 2013 are breakin’ out of this joint…
The European Commission must take a larger role to monitor and coordinate consumer protection laws, Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said Tuesday, citing Apple as a prime example of the need for the Commission to get tougher.
“In at least 21 E….
Apple on Tuesday released iOS 6.1.3, a minor update to the operating system that powers iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. Included in the update is a fix for a recently discovered means of breaking past the lock screen, along with Maps improvement…
Smile on Tuesday released the latest versions of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, the company’s popular and long-running PDF-editing apps for the Mac.
Version 6.0 of the PDFpen software features a new option to export documents to Microsoft Word format. T…
If you make your living working on your computer, as I do, you probably look for ways to be more productive. If you use your Mac just for fun or for basic tasks, you still want to be more efficient. We use a lot of apps on our Macs, and one of the …