Backing up your Mac is one of those routine tasks that can wind up buried beneath the more urgent priorities on your to-do list. But if your MacBook or iMac crashes at an inopportune time — as computers always seem to do — you’ll be infinitely grateful you took a few minutes to save all …
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Apple Music and Spotify are the two biggest names in music streaming. They have the same monthly subscription fee ($10, £10 or AU$12) so it can be tricky to know which one best suits your needs. Do you want lossless and spatial audio support? Apple Music is the one. Love podcasts and want a smart music player for your car? Spotify …
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Apple TV Plus — Apple’s $5-a-month streaming service — houses a number of popular, exclusive shows like Ted Lasso, Dickinson and Schmigadoon. The tech giant launched Apple TV Plus in 2019, aiming to compete with Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and others. Here are a few hacks to make sure you get the most out of the service. Get an Apple TV Plus free …
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Taps on the screen go unnoticed. Panicked swipes aren’t registered. Frantic button presses are ignored. When your iPhone’s screen is black or frozen and not responding, a normal restart might not work for the simple reason that your iPhone has gotten itself in such a state that it fails to recognize you holding down the power and volume buttons — …
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Apple‘s iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 updates for the iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) and iPad ($170 at Amazon) are brimming with important and useful new features, from a new app library and widgets on your home screen to tighter privacy features and iMessage improvements. But before you install iOS 14 and iPad 14, there’s a bit of basic housekeeping you should do …
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Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film Psycho is 60 years old — the movie’s general release was Sept. 8, 1960. What better way to celebrate the debut of this controversial film than by watching it, and a handful of other Hitchcock classics, in glorious 4K? Well, good news: There are a few places you can find it for a discount. The best price …
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Apple will discontinue its iTunes U app for remote education at the end of 2021, replacing it with the newer Schoolwork and Classroom apps, the tech giant said Wednesday on its support page. The move doesn’t come as a surprise: iTunes U hasn’t received a feature update since 2017. And as most schools moved online during the coronavirus pandemic, the Schoolwork app …
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Apple and Samsung surprised a lot of people last year when they brought an iTunes app to Samsung TVs. After upgrading that iTunes app to become Apple’s TV app last fall, the budding ecosystem of Apple apps is gaining another member Thursday when the iPhone maker brings its Apple Music app to Samsung’s television platform. The new app, available today in …
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I think Bond actors are like Saturday Night Live casts and Star Trek series — you might appreciate the others, but your favorite is always going to be the one you grew up watching. But Apple isn’t making you choose, because right now, it’s having a sale on all of its Bond Collections. There are five, one for each actor …
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The Jabra Elite 65t true-wireless earbuds have been a CNET favorite for the past two years, offering a comfortable fit, excellent sound and great call quality. (This last attribute is often overlooked when evaluating earbuds, but it’s extremely important to some people.) The newer Elite 75t recently knocked the 65t off CNET’s list of the very best wireless earbuds, but …
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