Google overhauled the web version of Gmail this past spring, adding tons of new features and a splashy new look. One of the new tools that new Gmail introduced was confidential mode, which lets you set an expiration date or revoke access for sensitive emails that the recipient also can’t forward, copy, print or download. …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2018, Apple took the name for its Mac operating system down from Northern California’s majestic mountains and moved southward to the Golden State’s famed desert. After a run of mountain themes — Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra — Apple …
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It’s a trip down memory lane or, rather, the annals of Infinite Loop. A Redditor named Nucleam posted links to a pair of Google Photos albums of — as far as I can tell — every single wallpaper Apple has ever released for iOS and MacOS (and before it, OS X). It’s amazing. Here’s the iOS Wallpaper album. And here’s …
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I was shocked to discover that the biggest chunk of data occupying my MacBook’s ($445 at Amazon) limited storage were iOS files. Needless iOS files, to be exact. I was unknowingly storing iPhone ($285 at Amazon) backups on my Mac for an iPhone and an iPad ($170 at Amazon) I no longer own. Time to free up some space (and …
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Microsoft’s Edge browser has a dark mode… sorta. Thankfully, an honest-to-goodness dark mode is only an extension away — just as you’ll find with Chrome. Let us review your options for painting Edge black. Edge’s built-in dark theme Edge has a light and a dark theme. To go dark, click the triple-dot button in the top right of Edge, scroll …
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Golf’s big names — Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler — are in St. Louis this week for the PGA’s fourth and final major tournament of the year. Will one of the aforementioned favorites take the title or will a young star like Brooks Koepka or Tony Finau be the low man this week? Or …
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Are you ready for some football? If you are reading this, then I can only assume your answer is, “Yes, I am once again ready to surrender my Sundays to the NFL, to say nothing of my Monday and Thursday nights.” Games are broadcast on CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons, NBC on Sunday nights and ESPN on Monday nights. …
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You might have seen the news that Outlook.com has a new dark mode and thought, “That’s all well and good, but I use Gmail like everyone else. Where’s my webmail dark mode?” I have good news and bad news for you. The good news? Gmail has not one but two dark mode options. The bad news? Gmail’s dark modes are …
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Everybody’s doing it. From YouTube, Twitter and Reddit to MacOS Mojave, websites and entire operating systems are getting in the dark-mode game. We all stare at screens for large portions of our days and nights, and transforming bright, white backgrounds to black can ease the strain on our eyes. Plus, it just looks cool. The latest player in the dark-mode …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In addition to Dark mode, Stacks and a new and improved Finder, MacOS Mojave introduces a revamped Mac App Store. A long overdue revamp at that. The Mac App Store has remained virtually unchanged since its inception in 2011 — the days of …
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