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Apple is now extending its return policy for Christmas shopping

Apple has announced this week that its extended return policy is now in place, as we approach the Christmas holidays and the whole shopping season. The new policy applies to nearly everything the company makes, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, AirPods and HomePod mini. This following policy applies to the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the Netherlands. Apple has said that any items […]

Apple Music is now available on the PS5

This week, Apple has made the official Apple Music app available on the Sony PlayStation 5, marking the first time the music service has been fully integrated into a games console. For a couple of weeks, some users on the PS5 have been reporting that the Apple Music app has been appearing. The new app allows users to access Apple Music from within games and it also supports background play, […]

Apple announces Q4 2021 earnings

Apple yesterday, announced its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021. For this period, Apple saw $20.6B in profit and $83.4B in revenue. Both its services and Mac sales hit new all time records as well as hitting new records for the full fiscal year. For Q4, iPhone made up 46.6% of sales, Mac 11.0%, Services 21.9%, iPad 9.9% and the wearables and home category was 10.5%. For the full […]

Apple releases macOS Monterey

Yesterday, Apple released macOS 12 Monterey. The new update is face on, quite a minor update when compared to previous versions of macOS, with improvements to FaceTime, new features to AirPlay, Universal Control and more. This new version builds upon the visual enhancements Apple made last year with Big Sur and adds a lot of improvements and changes, rather than big sweeping changes. Just to highlight a few, Apple has […]

Apple releases tvOS 15.1 for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD

Apple has today released a lot of software, included in that spurge of updates is a minor one for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. tvOS 15.1 includes support for SharePlay, to go along with the added support on iOS 15, macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15. tvOS usually updates automatically, but if you want to manually upgrade, it can be done so by going to Settings > System > […]

Apple TV+ and Apple TV 4K launching in South Korea next month

Apple has revealed today that the Apple TV 4K box and the Apple TV+ streaming service will be launching in South Korea next month, on 4th November. To celebrate the launch, Apple is launching its first Korean original series on the same day, with “Dr. Brain.” “Dr. Brain is an emotional journey that follows a brain scientist who is obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and […]

Apple releases iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1

Apple has today released iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, the first major “point” release of the operating system since its initial release last month. Coincidentally, today’s release comes exactly one month since the release of iOS 15. Both updates can be downloaded now for free and the same devices that are supported on iOS 15 will also be eligible for this update. You can download it either via iTunes on Windows […]

20 years ago today, the original iPod was introduced

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the original iPod, when it was announced by a financially recovering Apple back in 2001. Steve Jobs announced it at the Town Hall in Apple’s old headquarters, Infinite Loop. Back in 2001, Apple had really only offered its Mac lineup and iTunes, obviously the company had dabbled with the Newton before Jobs returned to the company and helped put it back on track, revamping […]

Apple’s new polishing cloth has some huge shipping delays now

Apple starting offering its new “Polishing Cloth” earlier this week shortly after the Apple event on Monday, where the company announced new high performance 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models as well as some new AirPods. The cloth is up for sale in the UK and US for £19 / $19 and now has some serious delays, due to its rapid popularity no doubt. As of writing the delays stretch […]

Apple announces new Apple Music Voice plan, available soon

Apple has announced a new cheaper plan of Apple Music, one that is called “Voice Plan” which uses only Siri on the HomePod mainly, but it can be used on every other Apple device. The cheaper plan is aimed at more casual music listening, not a dedicated fee to use Siri. Apple Music Voice plan is an interface-less music streaming service, that you only use Siri to use. Think users […]