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Everything You Can and Can’t Share with Apple Family Sharing
Summary Most apps can be shared using Family Sharing, but it’s up to the developer. In-app purchases are not always shareable, so expect limitations. Subscriptions like Apple Arcade can be shared, but Netflix has its own sharing feature. Apple’s Family Sharing feature for its family of devices is an amazing way to simplify the Apple ecosystem in your home, and…
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Blood in the iPhones? Apple faces criminal charges – Computerworld
“Based on our due diligence efforts, including analyzing the information provided by third-party audit programs, upstream traceability programs, and our suppliers, we found no reasonable basis for concluding that any of the smelters or refiners of [tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold] determined to be in our supply chain as of December 31, 2023, directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed…
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What Is Core Sleep? (Or What Your Apple Watch Thinks It Is)
Friends, let’s talk about one of the most confusing terms you’ll see on your fitness tracker—specifically your Apple Watch. Next to REM sleep, which you’ve probably heard of, and “deep” sleep, which feels self explanatory, there’s “core” sleep. And if you google what core sleep means, you’ll get a definition that is entirely opposite from how Apple uses the term.…
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I used ChatGPT to analyze my Apple Health activity and uncover trends — here’s what happened
As someone who always wears a fitness tracker and works out almost daily, I pretty much know how many steps I take, calories I burn, and how much sleep I get on average every day. But while tracking fitness activity with my Apple watch is easy, what’s the point if I don’t keep track of the numbers? I finally decided…
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Apple TV Plus just needs to stop making movies — here’s why
Apple TV Plus should stop making movies. I promise you, this isn’t a hot take with no reasoning behind it. I recently thought about recent movies released on the Apple streaming service like “Wolfs” and “Fly Me to the Moon,” and thought about how much better recent shows like “Slow Horses” and “Silo” are than just about every movie Apple…
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Why would Apple make a Bluetooth chip? – Computerworld
Really, and truly, Apple has gone from zero to hero in processor design since it first invested in PA Semi. These investments mean the company now competes at the top of the silicon design industry and has the processors it needs to design and manufacture devices that just weren’t possible with other chips, opening doors for new types of hardware,…
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Apple updates MDM tools for new Apple Intelligence features – Computerworld
Setting a default browser While it took time to be convinced, Apple is beginning to allow people to use more browsers than before, potentially opening up competition in the browser industry. The thing is, not all browsers are created equal and it’s possible that some companies might require employees to use a specific browser on a managed device. This has…
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Does Spatial Audio on Apple Music Sound Better or Worse?
Summary Only specific Apple Music tracks are spatial audio enabled, providing a 3D soundstage powered by Dolby Atmos. Finding spatial audio music can be challenging, but searching for “spatial audio” reveals compatible playlists and albums. The quality of spatial audio varies by song and genre. You may have noticed that some songs on Apple Music are mastered for “spatial audio”,…
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iPhone 17 could be first iPhone ever with this new Apple component
Apple plans to bring as much design in-house continues pace with a new report that the company will finally launch an in-house chip for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity next year. The report comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says that the in-house chip, dubbed Proxima, will be built by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which makes most of Apple’s chips…
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Apple Intelligence arrives for the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand with iOS 18.2 – Computerworld
Apple has released iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, which means local language access to Apple Intelligence is now available to iPhone, Mac, and iPad users in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand. (They’ve had to set their language to US English to use these features until now; users will need to update their software first, as it…
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