Tag: Apple

watchOS 7 is dropping support for Apple Watch Series 1 and 2

watchOS 7 was announced at the WWDC keynote yesterday, bringing sleep tracking, new watch faces, the ability to share watch faces, updates to Siri, handwashing reminders and tracking as well as improvements to Maps and more. Apple is now dropping support for the Series 1 and Series 2 Apple Watch models. Series 2 was introduced in September 2016 and Series 1 was introduced along side the Series 3 in September […]

This is iOS 14 – everything you need to know

Apple today announced iOS 14 at WWDC, it brings a whole host of new features to the iPhone such as home screen widgets, new design for incoming phone calls, AirPods improvements, enchantments to the Messages app and more. Widgets & Home screen Widgets on the iPhone homes screen have long been a much asked for feature, users on Android have had this for years and Apple has acknowledged this. Widgets […]

Apple has made some improvements to AirPods and audio with its new software releases

Across all of its platforms, Apple has made improvements to the way AirPods work, and added new feature for AirPods Pro. In iOS 14, Apple will now let you know with a notification when your AirPods are getting low on battery. Also, at the moment when you want to move between devices, you have to initiate the switching over and now with macOS 11.0, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, AirPods […]

iOS 14 will support the iPhone 6s and newer, same as iOS 13

Today at its first virtual WWDC keynote, Apple announced iOS 14 with a host of new features, including widgets on the homescreen but one thing most people will be interested in, is can my device run the new version of iOS? Well the good news is that iOS 14 wil be supporting the same devices as iOS 13, which means the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus from 2015 will […]

iOS 14 will have new widgets on the home screen

Today, Apple introduced new widgets for iPadOS and iOS but the big news is that for the first time since the iPhone was introduced, users can now customise their homes screen more freely than before. Widgets Apple has redesigned the widgets in the Today View and now you will able to drag them out and pin them to the home screen, with different sizes depending on how much information you […]

Apple is now offering Mac Pro SSD kits for user upgradable expansion

Last week, Apple started to offer SSD kits for the new Mac Pro, meaning after you purchase a Mac Pro you can now expand the storage down the line if the upfront cost was a bit much to start with or your needs changed. Apple is offering 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB SSD cards and each kit contains too SSD cards. This is the best way to expand the storage on […]

Apple is now accepting in-store trade-ins for Macs

Apple has long offered trade-ins for iPhones in store, when you want a new iPhone you can take your old/current one along and Apple will take the value off the new iPhone and help you transfer all your data over. Trade-ins for Macs has been possible but not in store, you’d have to ship your MacBook to Apple, wait for it to be assessed and valued and then you can […]

Apple is discontinuing iBooks Author and iTunes U

In the last few days, Apple has announced that iBooks Author and iTunes U will be discontinued soon. iTunes U will be discontinued by the end of 2021 and iBook Author is going to be left working, but it will no longer be maintained for the foreseeable future. iBooks Author will work, but Apple won’t be maintaining it going forward and Apple has said Pages is the app to be […]

Some essential Apple employees have gone back to work today, at Apple Park

Starting today (15th June) some Apple employees have gone back to work at Apple Park, mostly essential staff members to start with. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported this over the weekend and said the rollout of getting employees back to offices will be conducted in phases, with the first phase being limited. “Phase 1 will be ‘very limited’ and workers will only be allowed in the office on certain days depending […]

Apple Stores in England and Northern Ireland are opening again next week

Apple Stores in England and Northern Ireland are due to reopen again for the first time since the end of March. All 32 stores are going to open again on the 15th June, next Monday. Due to current restriction rules in Wales and Scotland, stores in those countries will be staying closed until further notice. Apple staff will be following social distancing rules when the stores reopen, cleaning of surfaces […]