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How to Prepare for a Wave of AI-Found Security Flaws
Experts expect AI to keep surfacing old software flaws, so security updates will come faster and matter more. Here’s how to tighten up your Apple devices, accounts, router, and website and steer clear of the scams that follow.
Apple Makes Its First Touchscreen Mac, Plus an M6 MacBook Pro and iMac
After 16 years of saying no, Apple has made a touchscreen Mac. It uses M5 chips, not M6, and costs $400 more than a matching model without touch. Here’s how to choose among Apple’s new Macs.
Shared Albums at Work: What Changed and Why Your iCloud Storage May Fill Up
Photos in Apple’s Shared Albums never used to count against your iCloud storage. New permanent albums preserve full-resolution photos but use your allowance. Here’s what changed and what to check when project photos stop syncing.
Check AI Skills and GitHub Projects Before You Install Them
AI skills and GitHub projects can hide risky instructions outside their descriptions. Here’s how to inspect the files, use ChatGPT or Claude as a second reader, and check the evidence before installing anything.
You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?
Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its […]
Apple Updates Mac mini and Mac Studio with New M6 and M5 Ultra Chips
In a move designed to clear the decks in advance of the company’s September 9th iPhone and Apple Watch unveiling, Apple has refreshed its compact desktop Mac lineup with new chips, faster connectivity, and—unsurprisingly given the ongoing memory shortage—higher prices. The Mac mini receives the new M6 chip and M5 Pro, while the Mac Studio […]
Eliminate Article Distractions with Safari Reader
Reading articles on the Web has become fraught with distraction. Ads are terrible, of course, but publications also inundate you with navigation links, pop-ups encouraging you to subscribe, popular article lists, and more. Even worse is when an article requires multiple clicks or taps to keep reading. It’s maddening—you just want to read and get […]
Never Miss a Meeting Again with In Your Face
If you are often late to or miss meetings because Apple’s notifications are too easy to ignore, we recommend trying the In Your Face app. Available for the Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, In Your Face displays unmissable full-screen alerts and plays audible alarms for calendar events and timed reminders. Unlike standard notifications […]
Control Center Is Improved—and Highly Customizable—in macOS 26 Tahoe
Control Center debuted on the iPhone over a decade ago in iOS 7 and made its way to the Mac in 2020 with macOS 11 Big Sur. However, through macOS 15 Sequoia, Mac users who wanted to tweak Control Center for their needs were limited to turning specific controls on or off. With macOS 26 […]
Get to Your Files Faster by Choosing the Best Finder View
If you can work comfortably with the Mac’s four Finder views, you’ll enjoy an easier experience when you try to get to your folders and files. Each view has its pros and cons, so using the best view for the job at hand will make you more productive. Here’s a look at the Icon, List, […]
Speed Up Mac and iOS Typing with Text Expansion
Silicon Valley thinks everyone wants to delegate writing to AI, which is why Apple Intelligence constantly suggests replies for you in Messages and Mail. But there’s an excellent way to supercharge your typing speed without sounding like a chirpy chatbot or resorting to teenage texting abbreviations: text expansion. Text expansion speeds up typing words or […]
Never Run AppleScripts from Untrusted Sources
The latest scam to watch out for is fake websites that try to get you to open Script Editor directly from your browser with a pre-filled AppleScript. Don’t do this! Security researchers at Jamf Threat Labs documented an attack where a convincing Apple-themed page claiming to help “reclaim disk space” prompted users to allow Script […]