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Advertisers accuse Apple of sabotaging the Internet with Safari

Advertisers accuse Apple of sabotaging the Internet with Safari

Christopher Lee · Sep 16, 2017

Vital changes have been made to the way targeted ads are able to operate on Safari 11, and many big-name advertising companies are deeply unhappy with this. So unhappy, in fact, they’ve written a letter stating that this will “sabotage the economic model for the Internet.” Three months ago, Apple launched what it calls Intelligent […]

Add a Calendar icon to your Mac’s toolbar using Itsycal

Add a Calendar icon to your Mac’s toolbar using Itsycal

Christopher Lee · Sep 15, 2017

Have you ever stopped to think about just how much Apple manage to pack into your Mac’s toolbar? No matter what app or part of the file system you’re currently viewing, the toolbar ensures you always have instant access to a wide range of essential system features, tools and information. Then, as you navigate through […]

MacOS High Sierra available for download in 10 days

MacOS High Sierra available for download in 10 days

Christopher Lee · Sep 15, 2017

It’s not only iPhone fans that have something to look forward to in the form of the brand new iPhone X; Apple Mac users heard yesterday that they will be able to download the latest operating system for their devices, MacOS High Sierra, from Monday 25th September 2017. More good news is that you will […]

Apple denies Face ID failed during iPhone X keynote

Apple denies Face ID failed during iPhone X keynote

Christopher Lee · Sep 14, 2017

It’s every company’s worst nightmare: you finally make a grand announcement to the world about the imminent launch of your new, much-hyped flagship product, and come the day you demonstrate its marvels to the world, something goes embarrassingly wrong. This is what happened to Craig Federighi during Apple’s launch of the iPhone X on Tuesday, […]

How to fix any issue with your USB, Bluetooth or built-in Mac keyboard

How to fix any issue with your USB, Bluetooth or built-in Mac keyboard

Christopher Lee · Sep 8, 2017

Is your keyboard playing up? Maybe one or two keys are sticking, or hitting the £ key has suddenly started printing the $ character? Maybe your Mac is no longer recognising your external Bluetooth or USB keyboard, or perhaps your built-in keyboard has stopped working completely? The keyboard is one of the main ways that […]

Apple and Warner Music sign lucrative song licensing deal

Apple and Warner Music sign lucrative song licensing deal

Christopher Lee · Sep 8, 2017

Apple’s ongoing campaign to expand into new markets has reached another major milestone, following reports of a lucrative deal between Apple and Warner Music Group. According to Bloomberg, Apple has signed a song deal with Warner Music that has secured the digital giant a catalogue that includes songs from some of the biggest names in […]

James Bond soon coming to an Apple screen near you?

James Bond soon coming to an Apple screen near you?

Christopher Lee · Sep 7, 2017

Apple is in the race to acquire multi-billion-dollar film rights for the James Bond series according to a new report, in a move that shows how the digital big guns are increasingly targeting Hollywood. In line with its ambition to improve its original video content production, Apple, along with a host of other contenders, is […]

How to change the default app for any file type

How to change the default app for any file type

Christopher Lee · Sep 6, 2017

Whether it’s an MP3, a PDF, a word processing document or something more obscure, every file has a default application associated with it. Whenever you double-click a file, macOS responds by opening this file in its default app. You see the same behaviour with links: if you click a link to a website, then macOS […]

Apple removes popular ProTube app from App Store

Apple removes popular ProTube app from App Store

Christopher Lee · Sep 6, 2017

Apple quietly pulled the extremely popular ProTube app from the App Store last week. This comes after Google sent several takedown requests to the developer, Jonas Gessner. The third-party app is a highly-customisable add-on for the YouTube video player. Before its removal the app, which sold for $5, was the number one seller in 11 […]

Unlock the Power of Symbolic Links – with or without the Terminal

Unlock the Power of Symbolic Links – with or without the Terminal

Christopher Lee · Sep 5, 2017

Symbolic links (sometimes also called symlinks or soft links) are shortcuts that can point at any file, directory, app or utility, located anywhere on your Mac. While symbolic links share many similarities with macOS’ better known alias feature, there are several important differences that make symbolic links much more powerful. Firstly, you can use symbolic […]

Apple cancels popular London music festival

Apple cancels popular London music festival

Christopher Lee · Sep 5, 2017

Apple has decided to pull the plug on the Apple Music Festival, which has been taking place at London’s Roundhouse since 2009. It was originally known as the iTunes Festival but was rebranded to the Apple Music Festival two years ago. The event used to last a whole month, with nightly concerts and tickets being […]

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