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Apple’s online store down before iPhone X pre-orders open

Apple’s online store down before iPhone X pre-orders open

Christopher Lee · Oct 30, 2017

Today at 3.01 a.m. Eastern Time or 12.01 a.m. Pacific Time, Apple will launch its new iPhone X in the United States. To prepare for this major event, the company has taken its online storefront off the air. For the rest of the world, the pre-order time varies locally. In the U.K. this will be […]

Struggling to download apps? Try clearing the Apple App Store cache

Struggling to download apps? Try clearing the Apple App Store cache

Christopher Lee · Oct 27, 2017

Whenever you want to download a new app, update an existing one, or install the latest-and-greatest version of macOS, the App Store is the place to go! Most of the time, downloading software from the App Store feels effortless, but from time to time things can go wrong. For example, the App Store may prevent […]

Apple’s online store down before iPhone X pre-orders open

Apple’s online store down before iPhone X pre-orders open

Christopher Lee · Oct 27, 2017

Today at 3.01 a.m. Eastern Time or 12.01 a.m. Pacific Time, Apple will launch its new iPhone X in the United States. To prepare for this major event, the company has taken its online storefront off the air. For the rest of the world, the pre-order time varies locally. In the U.K. this will be […]

Search Amazon, YouTube, eBay and more, directly from Safari’s Address Bar

Search Amazon, YouTube, eBay and more, directly from Safari’s Address Bar

Christopher Lee · Oct 26, 2017

The Internet pretty much revolves around the concept of searching for things. Whether you’re typing a query into a dedicated search engine, hunting for a particular product on sites like Amazon or eBay, or looking for answers on websites such as Wikipedia, Stackoverflow or IMBd, searching is one of those tasks that you’ll typically find […]

Walmart claims Macs cheaper to run than Windows PCs

Walmart claims Macs cheaper to run than Windows PCs

Christopher Lee · Oct 26, 2017

At the current Jamf enterprise conference, Walmart hinted at plans for a wider launch of Apple Macs to its retail outlets and workers. Addressing attendees, Walmart’s technical guru for Apple products, Miles Leacy, stated that the company was working with Jamf and Apple to expand Mac usage. At the moment Walmart already uses around 7,000 […]

Apple recommends compressed air for MacBook keyboard problem

Apple recommends compressed air for MacBook keyboard problem

Christopher Lee · Oct 23, 2017

Apple laptops released since mid-2015 boast a keyboard design with bigger keys and thinner profiles than before. However, there does seem to be one major problem with the MacBook’s keyboard: often it feels as if something is stuck beneath the space bar, so it won’t register a space or click at all. So commonplace is […]

Solve the mystery of missing email attachments in Sierra

Solve the mystery of missing email attachments in Sierra

Christopher Lee · Oct 21, 2017

After updating to macOS Sierra, some users are discovering that email attachments are no longer working correctly in their Apple Mail app. macOS Sierra users have been reporting a wide range of strange behaviour with Mail accounts that are configured for IMAP access, but some of the most common issues include: The paperclip icon appears […]

Two senior Apple executives confirm commitment to Apple mini

Two senior Apple executives confirm commitment to Apple mini

Christopher Lee · Oct 20, 2017

As we reported earlier, it’s now three years since Apple last updated its popular Mac mini. The company giving very little attention to this machine since 2014 has fuelled speculations that there might never be an updated version again. Luckily, a brave Mac fan by the name of Krar recently emailed Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, […]

MacBook Pro prices slashed amidst strong competition

MacBook Pro prices slashed amidst strong competition

Christopher Lee · Oct 19, 2017

When Apple released its revamped MacBook range towards the end of 2016, it offered some impressive new features, including a bigger trackpad, faster processors and the brand new interactive Touch Bar. These popular portable computers also came with enhanced speakers, brighter screens and USB-C charging – as well as an upgraded keyboard. But even the […]

Three years later no Mac Mini upgrade in sight

Three years later no Mac Mini upgrade in sight

Christopher Lee · Oct 18, 2017

On Monday it was exactly three years since Apple issued an update for the Mac Mini, the company’s lowest-priced and smallest desktop computer. The Mac Mini received its last revamp on 16th October 2014 and Apple markets it as a ‘computer-only’ device without a keyboard, mouse, or screen. The present version still runs on integrated […]

Fix macOS’ “The application is not open anymore” error

Fix macOS’ “The application is not open anymore” error

Christopher Lee · Oct 13, 2017

When you’re using your Mac, it’s possible you may encounter macOS’ “The application application.app is not open anymore” error – even when though this application is still open, and may even be clearly visible onscreen. Typically, once you’ve encountered this error the application in question will become unresponsive and you’ll be unable to close and […]

Message from Apple might not be what it seems

Message from Apple might not be what it seems

Christopher Lee · Oct 13, 2017

During the last few months, there has been less news about malware threats affecting Apple users, with a drop in pop-ups that claim a device has been infected and then demanding money to solve the problem. Recently, however, the high-pressure scams have returned with renewed vigour. According to Paul Ducklin, Senior Technologist at Sophos, scammers […]

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