Apple Savings APY drops to 3.90% The Apple Savings APY falls again after another Federal Reserve rate cut in November, reaching a new all-time low of 3.90% APY. Apple launched a high-yield savings account attached to the Apple Card in April 2023 at 4.15% APY. It climbed up to 4.5% by January 2024 and saw…
Force-renew the DHCP lease on your Mac. DHCP is a networking protocol used to assign an IP address to your Apple device. Here's how to force a new IP address on macOS. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows a network device to request an IP address from a DHCP server on a network. DHCP makes…
The Apple TV+ service recently had its five-year anniversary, so on this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about Apple’s foray into the entertainment streaming industry. What has the experience been, what can we expect in the future, and, of course, what are our favorite shows. This is episode 912 with Jason Cross, Michael…
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An artist's rendition of a HomePod with a display The much-rumored HomePod with a display has been delayed again, claims analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, but will include Apple Intelligence when it launches. Claims of a HomePod with some kind of iPad-like screen affixed to it have been rumored for years, and most recently it's been referred…
In a new interview, CEO Tim Cook says that Apple began looking into what became Apple Intelligence in 2017, just as Apple Park was opening. It's been repeatedly claimed that Apple is behind the industry on artificial intelligence, and that's just as often been refuted. Now before it became known as Apple Intelligence, Tim Cook…
Image credit: Elchinator on Pixabay The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say that Americans should use encrypted apps such as iMessage and FaceTime to be safe from foreign hackers. It's an about-face for the FBI, which has for years demanded that Apple allow the agency unencrypted access to Messages. The new warning comes…
Apple's early 2025 is packed with possible product announcements Apple is set to have a packed spring with an AirTag refresh, the AI-powered Home Hub, an M4 MacBook Air, iPhone SE 4, iPad 11, and possibly more. Here's what to expect. Rumor season never ends, though it never fails that one leaker or another predicts…