CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. I love television the way I love the air I breathe and the food I eat, but two …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+: Dual-curve screen, super sized 1:34 I’ve been an iPhone owner since the dawn of smartphones, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Try these MacOS Sierra features 1:54 MacOS Sierra has landed. While we say goodbye to the “X” in “OS X” with MacOS Sierra, the new Mac operating system introduces a number of improvements and new features. Siri integration tops the list, but Sierra also offers easy filing sharing via iCloud Drive, a universal clipboard, auto unlock …
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Apple’s new desktop software, MacOS Sierra, takes the two folders you likely use the most — Desktop and Documents — and syncs them with iCloud Drive. That means any files you have stored in either spot are accessible from your other iCloud Drive-enabled devices, including your iPhone, iPad, other Macs and even Windows PCs. After you install MacOS Sierra, one …
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MacOS Sierra understands you have multiple devices and the occasional need to share data across them. Apple’s desktop software now lets you easily share files via iCloud Drive, but for bits of text or even a photo or video, you can now use the universal clipboard to copy something on one device and paste it using another. Sierra’s universal clipboard …
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Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 iOS 10 is here. Even though it looks just like iOS 9, a lot — and we mean a lot — of features are radically different. Messages is a lot more like Facebook Messenger, the lock screen packs a lot more info, and you can finally delete Apple’s …
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Some Apple users, including a number of CNET editors, hoping to be among the first to update their iPhone and iPad devices to iOS 10 on Tuesday are discovering the update is stalling out their phone or tablet instead of adding a batch of new features. However, there is a way to recover the devices, hopefully without losing any data. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple Watch launches new OS and apps 2:14 iPhone and iPad users aren’t the only people being treated to a huge update with the release of iOS 10. For those with an Apple Watch, after installing iOS 10, your next step is to install WatchOS 3. A lot has changed with WatchOS 3, leaving some familiarity …
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Apple TV might not be getting an Amazon Video app anytime soon, but the latest software upgrade, available today for free, brings some new capabilities including new Siri voice tricks, “dark mode” and control for smart home devices. Absent for now, however, is one of the bigger usability enhancements Apple promised earlier this year: single sign-on. Apple’s representative told CNET …
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Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 On Tuesday Apple released iOS 10, the company’s newest mobile operating system for iOS devices. The update includes a wide range of new features, improving upon iMessage by adding apps, a revamped Music app, new Control Center panels, Siri apps and plenty more hidden features. You have two …
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