Now playing: Watch this: The easy way to try Apple’s Touch Bar on your old Mac 1:44 Enlarge Image Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s long-awaited update to the popular MacBook Pro series laptops was met with mixed reactions. While the 13- and 15-inch models come with thinner, lighter chassis, a much larger trackpad, improved specifications and four …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 At first, using the Touch Bar can leave you feeling let down. Nearly all Apple apps take advantage of it to some extent, often with a boring “OK” or “Cancel” button. There are a few apps, however, that show off the Touch Bar’s full capabilities and potential. …
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Apple is offering a free battery replacement for iPhone 6S handsets that have power issues. On Sunday, the tech giant launched a support program after reports that some iPhone 6S handsets would spontaneously shut down, even when the battery is charged, and only turn back on when plugged in. “This is not a safety issue and only affects devices within …
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Now playing: Watch this: Is the New MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar revolutionary? 21:32 Apple‘s fingerprint tech, Touch ID, is no longer limited to its iOS devices. The new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar features a Touch ID reader embedded in the power button, just above the Delete key. Using Touch ID, you can do things like approve Apple Pay purchases, …
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Apple has a cure for iPhone 6 Plus devices with so-called touch disease, but it’ll cost you. On Thursday the tech giant launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus. Some iPhone 6 Plus devices may “exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface,” reads a support page. Apple will repair …
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The Apple TV box has only gotten better since its debut in 2015, with thousands of new apps and plenty of usability improvements via software updates. Even more improvements — single sign-on for some cable and satellite providers and the new TV app — are due by the end of the year. But if the product has one frustration point, …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 best uses of 3D Touch on the iPhone 1:21 Back in April, I declared using 3D Touch on the App Store icon to quickly update all apps was the most amazing use of 3D Touch ever. And it was! Until a few days ago when I accidentally discovered what I now consider the best use …
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There are no traditional USB ports. The keyboard is lame. The Touch Bar is a gimmick. There’s not enough memory. And worst of all, you have to buy a bunch of expensive dongles to match what your old laptop could do easily. Those are some of the complaints dogging Apple’s new high-end laptop, the MacBook Pro. The detractors have fair …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10.2 best new features in beta 2:13 Do you always shoot in square mode? Or mostly shoot video? The next iPhone update will make your life a little easier. Starting with iOS 10.2, iOS users will get a new setting in the camera app that keeps your preferences each time you open and close the …
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Fear not, iPhone users, the butt emoji is back. Of course, there is no actual butt emoji — there are standards and practices against that sort of thing. But Apple‘s initial iOS 10.2 update changed the peach emoji, a longtime representative of the behind, into less of a butt and into more of an actual peach. That grave wrong, protested …
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