Macworld Podcast: M4 iMac, M4 MacBook Pro, M4 Mac mini now available
This week is full of treats from Apple! We’ve got a new iMac, new MacBook Pros, and a new Mac mini, all sporting the new M4 chip. We talk about the new products and more…
How to block annoying texts with a few taps on your iPhone
Apple hasn’t yet provided a simple way to mark unwanted incoming text messages and block and delete them. Nor do they identify texts for patterns–as the Mail app and iCloud.com does to mark commercial and…
All the things an Apple Watch can do without an iPhone
The Apple Watch is one of the most complete experiences you’ll find in the company’s product offerings. Since its introduction in 2015, the electronic timepiece has become one of the dominant players in the wearable…
The Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro M4 just dropped to its best price
With a gorgeous ProMotion display, all you need to turn your iPad Pro into a MacBook Pro is the right keyboard, and that’s exactly what the iPad Magic Keyboard case is—and today it’s available for…
Best Apple Watch for seniors
The Apple Watch may be advertised as a device for virile young twenty-somethings who are always out running or climbing mountains, but that’s not really the profile of most people who wear them. At least,…
What you need to know about Thunderbolt 5
Updated October 30, 2024: Apple has released its first Macs to support Thunderbolt 5. This article has been updated to reflect this developmet. In September of 2023, Intel announced Thunderbolt 5, a new update to…
Apple just gave the MacBook Air a huge upgrade you probably didn’t notice
These days you can’t move without getting hit over the head with a Mac product announcement. We got a new M4 iMac on Monday, a new Mac mini on Tuesday, and a new MacBook Pro…
The M4 MacBook Pro gets a great camera at last, Thunderbolt 5, more RAM
Apple on Wednesday completed its trifecta of M4 Mac releases by unveiling the new M4 MacBook Pro. The announcement comes after Apple revealed the newly designed Mac mini on Tuesday and the updated iMac on…
The truth behind Apple’s most unpopular decisions: It’s not about you
Twelve years ago, my former Macworld colleague Lex Friedman and I were at an Apple-focused conference where we presented a talk called “Apple is Huge Now (And That Sucks For You).” The long and short…
The Mac mini finally lives up to its name
Apple’s Week of Press Releases continues, with Monday’s announcement of a new M4 iMac followed by Tuesday’s new M4 Mac mini. This caught the Macworld team slightly off guard because we thought the company would…