This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Music is officially replacing iTunes after 18 years as part of an app suite for the latest MacOS, which was announced at WWDC 2019 in California. The update is part of MacOS Catalina (coming in fall 2019), which also …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. It’s long been suspected Apple’s iTunes — that clunky tool we’ve used for almost two decades to play, download and manage our media — is set to be replaced, or at least relegated to a legacy application for synching data between old iPods and …
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A lawsuit filed by three iTunes customers claims Apple is sending personal user data to third parties to boost its revenues. It is alleged that Apple is selling, renting or disclosing full names, addresses, genres of music and specific titles of songs purchased on the iTunes Store app on iPhones without consent or notification. According to documents filed with the United …
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You’ve finally updated your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) to a newer version, but once you get home, you realize you need to transfer all of your content, including contacts, photos and apps. That can be a nightmare, especially if you’re not sure what you’re doing. Switching all your content from an old phone to a new one may seem daunting, …
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Maybe you forgot your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) passcode. Maybe a 3-year-old got ahold of your phone and locked you out for a gazillion minutes. Either way, your only hope of using your iPhone again soon might be to restore it. Hopefully you’ve kept up with your iPhone backup reminders. If that’s slipped (no judgment), you’re probably getting “iPhone Not Backed Up” …
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Evidence uncovered by two veteran programmers indicates that Apple may debut new dedicated apps for music, podcasts and TV shows in a forthcoming version of MacOS. According to the reports, Apple will continue to keep the iTunes app around, however, as it remains its only way of syncing data between older iPods and iPhones and Macs. Steve Troughton-Smith, who has …
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There’s a streaming movie service called Movies Anywhere, and if you’re used to having to navigate multiple apps to get to the content you own, it’s almost too good to be true. It not only puts most of your purchased online movies in one place, it puts them everyplace. And now that its predecessor UltraViolet is shutting down, it’s more …
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If you’re looking for the best home theater experience, you’ve probably considered Dolby Atmos audio, the most cutting-edge “object-based” surround sound format available. If you decide you want it, your biggest investment will be the extra money for an Atmos-capable sound bar or an AV receiver with a full complement of surround speakers. But even then you’re only halfway there. You also …
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If your current phone is on its way out, or you have a phone sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust, think twice about tossing it away blindly. In addition to all the precious digital content and media your phone accumulated, it holds a wealth of sensitive personal data that you don’t want disappearing or falling into the wrong hands. …
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Apple and Samsung have done it again. In a week in which pretty much every tech company in the world is unveiling flashy new products, the two giants have managed to steal the limelight. This time, it was at CES 2019, the world’s biggest electronics show. The Las Vegas confab is the event that sets the stage for the coming year in …
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