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 …
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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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Samsung has fallen victim to the old problem of more haste, less speed in rushing to release the Note 7, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The company’s battery crisis, which has forced it to recall all early shipments of the Note 7, was caused by internal pressure to beat Apple to the launch of the newest iPhone. Hearing rumors that Apple’s …
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Got the iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus? You might need to keep an eye on Airplane Mode if you travel. Some owners reported a glitch that causes their phone to lose network service after turning Airplane Mode off, according to internal documents allegedly obtained by MacRumors. The website said that phones continued searching for service and could not make …
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Some things in life shouldn’t require a don’t-try-this-at-home warning. Purposefully destructive YouTube user TechRax’s recent video titled “Secret Hack to Get Headphone Jack on the iPhone 7” is one of these things. TechRax posted the footage on Saturday and it already has over 3.4 million views. The video is a straight-faced joke in the form of a tutorial on adding …
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As everyone knows by now, Apple finally worked up the “courage” to eliminate the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus smartphones. According to Phil Schiller, head of marketing, the decision was based on three reasons: firstly to show off Lightning’s ability to adapt to uses beyond charging and data transfer, secondly to save space and thirdly …
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Samsung on Monday kicked off its exchange program for potentially dangerous Galaxy Note 7 phones, in the UK and Ireland at least. The company says it has fixed the battery flaw that caused multiple devices to burst into flames and will start issuing Note owners with replacement devices this week. The UK is one of the first countries to receive …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is losing the headphone jack from a phone a deal breaker?… 6:57 How do you listen to music? Is it through traditional wired headphones, or have you made the jump to wireless audio through Bluetooth? Now that phones such as Apple’s new iPhone 7 and Motorola’s Moto Z handset are moving away from including a headphone …
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Since the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus don’t have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, does that pose a dilemma for anybody who invested in a decent set of wired headphones? True, the 7 and 7 Plus come with a Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter for connecting wired headphones, but what about sound quality? Will the adapter degrade it? Since …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7, reviewed: maybe it’s boring, but it’s absolutely… 2:45 Go ahead. Yawn at the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Or dig a little deeper, and maybe you’ll perk up at some tantalizing clues to the future of the iPhone. You see, there may be more to Apple’s latest phone than just a carbon copy …
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