Apple has the finances to buy just about anything, but with TikTok there are more reasons than money that mean it won't buy the social media platform. For a company that has so much success, Apple is far from immune to failure — and sometimes repeated failures. For whatever reason, Apple seems incapable of launching…
Manchester Arndale Apple Store After a series of 13 robberies at different Apple Stores in the London area, police made several arrests. Meanwhile, a Pennsylvania man has been jailed for an Apple gift card "draining scam." The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. 12 charged in London Apple…
Normally when you plug in an external hard drive to your Mac’s USB port you will see it appear on the desktop. You can also see it in a Finder window in the left column under Locations (or Devices in older versions of macOS). If the drive is not showing up on your Mac chances…
Nothing might be worse than paying a recurring fee for iCloud…or getting a storage limit notification and having to upgrade and pay even more each month. Why not own your cloud storage for life? Instead of paying a $10 subscription monthly, you could pay $74.97 once and have FileJump forever! With this plan, you’ll get 2TB of…
The holidays may have put a dent in your pocket, forcing you to participate in low-spend (or no-spend) January. But just because you’re limiting your spending, it doesn’t mean you have to deal with your broken laptop for another year. Just opt for this refurbished MacBook Pro deal instead of shopping brand-new. This 2017 model has…
2025 has arrived, which means that tax season (unfortunately) isn’t too far behind. Hate gathering all your documents and powering up your scanner just to digitize them? Ditch the clunky scanner that’s an eyesore in your office for iScanner. This smart document-scanning app is designed to make scanning any document from your iPhone—from tax forms and…
Have you wanted to use ChatGPT to streamline your workday but don’t know how exactly to use it? No worries, it’s a little tricky fiddling with prompts to get the results you want. But if you want to learn tips and tricks to use ChatGPT like a pro and prepare for ChatGPT-5’s upcoming release, study with…
There are a lot of different reasons why you might want to use your MacBook with the lid closed. You might want to plug into an external display and move your MacBook out of the way to free up space on your desk (although you could always use both screens). Alternatively, you might want to…
Publicity image for French-language thriller "A l'ombre des forts." Image credit: Apple TV+ Apple TV+ will invest more in developing European and French audio and video content in France under a new deal it has signed with the French government. While in line with its previous spending in the country, the new agreement commits Apple…