Glyde 4-in-1 Portable Charging Station review Glyde's specially designed sliding charging station is a great way to charge all your smaller Apple devices. Charging stations make it easier to get more done with fewer wires, and this one is space-efficient by being retractable. In a way, it's a spiritual successor to the MagSafe Duo, or…
As of November 2024, Apple sells two MacBook Pro models: a 14-inch model with either the M4, M4 Pro, or M4 Max, and a 16-inch model with either the M4 Pro or M4 Max. The company used to sell a 13-inch MacBook Pro but this model was discontinued. The M4 chip in the 14-inch MacBook…
Today’s the first day you can freely buy the new Mac mini without a pre-order, and it’s also the first time we’re seeing a real discount on Apple’s tiny PC. Amazon is selling the base model with 256GB of storage for $550 or the model with 512GB for $749, a savings of $50 off either…
Any password manager can import to Apple Passwords, so long as you have a Mac. Apple now has an official password manager, but importing your old passwords from other apps into Apple Passwords can be a bit of a pain. The introduction of iOS 18 and macOS Seqouia has seen the old iCloud Keychain be…
There are lots of battery-powered devices that can give you an estimate of how much longer they’ll need to stay plugged in until they’re fully charged. It’s not exactly a new feature. MacBooks gives you this info in the Battery menu of Settings or the menu bar, for example. With all the battery management and…
Apple gets a lot of flack for its non-friendly approach to user repairs and upgrades–you can’t really do them. But there’s a ray of hope with the new Mac mini that started shipping on Friday. In a teardown posted on X, ohgkg shows that the Mac mini’s SSD is on a separate board instead of…
There's not much new to talk about regarding the iPad mini 7 beyond the chipset upgrade that provides a much-needed mid-life upgrade. It's human nature to like something simply because it looks new and different, so the iPad mini 7 may come across as boring to some. However, it is anything but boring as the…
Apple may update the iPhone's wide-angle lens to give it a variable aperture In a major update to the camera system, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the iPhone 18 Pro's wide angle lens will be upgraded to have a variable aperture. Rumors concerning the cameras in the forthcoming iPhone 17 range and later have previously varied…
A Mac mini and a disassembled Mac mini - Image credit: KianWee Lim/iFixit and Apple Apple isn't soldering the SSD to the logic board in the M4 Mac mini, but given the company's history with Apple Silicon, don't expect upgrades. Older Intel-based Mac minis provided intrepid users with the ability to disassemble the computer and…