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Monday, 02 May 2022 10:02
Did You Know That You Can Run iPhone and iPad Apps on an M1-based Mac?
Much has been written about the performance benefits of Apple’s M1 family of chips, but you may not have realized that M1-based Macs can also run many iPhone and iPad apps. It makes sense, given that the M1 chip grew out of the work Apple did for the A-series processors in the iPhone and iPad, […]
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Friday, 01 March 2019 13:08
Did You Know Families Can Share Mac and iOS Apps Purchased from the App Store?
Have you ever looked over your spouse’s shoulder and thought, “Hey, that’s a cool app.”? If you set up Family Sharing (in System Preferences > iCloud on the Mac, and in Settings > Your Name in iOS), you can download almost any app that someone else in your family has purchased on either the Mac [R30;]
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Wednesday, 01 August 2018 10:04
Being an Apple User Means You’re Not the Product
There’s an Internet saying: “If you’re not the customer, you’re the product.” The point is that, if you’re getting a service for free, the company providing it sees you not as a customer, but as a product to sell, generally to advertisers. This is how Google, Facebook, and Twitter operate. They provide services for free, [R30;]
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Thursday, 01 March 2018 10:02
Apple’s Family Sharing Simplifies Sharing Purchases and Managing Kid Capabilities
Family life is all about togetherness, but keeping track of who’s doing what when can be tough. Apple’s Family Sharing service makes it easy to share apps, media, and more within a family of up to six members, and it provides a few helpful digital housekeeping capabilities, such as locating your kid’s misplaced iPad. Here’s [R30;]
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Monday, 02 October 2017 08:03
iTunes 12.7 Can’t Download or Manage iOS Apps Anymore
The writing is on the wall: Apple doesn’t want us downloading or managing iOS apps on our Macs anymore. Most of the changes in iTunes 12.7 revolve around features Apple removed, including ringtone management and iTunes U. But the kicker is the removal of the iOS App Store and support for app syncing. This means [R30;]
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Friday, 01 September 2017 06:08
Make Sure to Get Sierra before High Sierra Ships
Assuming Apple continues its previous practices, once macOS 10.13 High Sierra comes out, it will become impossible to download 10.12 Sierra for the first time. That could be awkward if you want to upgrade an older Mac to Sierra at any point after High Sierra ships, since you won’t be able to get Sierra then. [R30;]
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