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Apple updates Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS and Mac

Apple has added a bunch of new features to its Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps in an update across both iOS and MacOS. One common addition for all six apps is the ability to stylize your text by adding images, gradients and new outline styles. The three apps make up Apple’s iWork productivity suite. Some …

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iOS 13, iPadOS, MacOS Catalina available for public beta testing

If you’re feeling adventurous, you can now download the beta version of Apple’s upcoming MacOS Catalina, iOS 13 and iPadOS software. The company made the test versions of the operating system publicly available on Monday, giving anyone a taste of the platform.   Apple unveils its newest software each year in June at its Worldwide Developers Conference. It then releases the operating systems to developers …

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MacOS Catalina’s 3 best features in the public beta

The public beta of MacOS 10.15 Catalina is here for everyone to try, now that Apple has released it early — along with the public betas for both iOS 13 and iPadOS. We’ve been testing the various Catalina betas since early June and we have hands-on insights on what’s in it and the best new features you’re going to be …

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Apple’s first 4 iOS apps for Mac are getting an upgrade. News needs it the most

Apple is counting on apps built for the iPad and the iPhone being converted to the Mac as a way to infuse new energy — and a lot of new software — into the granddaddy of its devices. The party started last year at WWDC 2018 when Apple announced a “sneak peek” at four of its own apps that it …

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Fix your slow Mac once and for all

It almost never fails, just as you’re about to finish a big project for work or school, with a deadline looming, your Mac begins to slow down. The dreaded beachball makes an appearance, spinning countless times all the while you can’t get any work done. Eventually, the beachball goes away, and you get some more work done until the ball …

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Adobe to test Sidecar iPad support for Lightroom on Mac

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Want to a new way to retouch photos on your Mac? Adobe‘s Lightroom will test Sidecar, a technology coming to Apple’s new MacOS Catalina that lets you use an iPad as a second display for your Mac or as an Apple Pencil-equipped tablet for controlling your …

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From iPhone X to that MacBook keyboard: Tim Cook’s hits and misses

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The day before he was set to address thousands of developers, Apple CEO Tim Cook walked into a cavernous conference space at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. The room was empty except for a few reporters, some Apple execs and about a …

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How to know if your Mac will work with Apple’s MacOS update this fall

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple on Monday revealed the next major update to MacOS. The announcement came on the first day of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Apple said the free update, coming this fall, will be …

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Apple WWDC 2019: iOS 13 dark mode, iPadOS, the Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR and all that Apple announced

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose on Monday and threw a lot of new stuff at us, including a Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR, iOS 13 with a dark mode, MacOS Catalina, an operating system just for the …

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Apple will finally kill off iTunes in MacOS Catalina

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 includes Apple Podcasts and the …

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