9to5mac.com/2023/11/15/watchos-10-2-gesture-swipe-watch-faces/ watchOS 10.2 beta 3 brings back gesture to swipe between watch faces Filipe Espósito | Nov 15 2023 - 5:18 pm PT Apple has made many changes to the Apple Watch operating system interface with watchOS 10. Among these changes, watchOS 10 no longer lets users quickly swipe between different watch faces, frustrating some users. Luckily, this … Continue reading Apple listened — watchOS should bring back gesture to swipe between watch faces →

http://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/tech/apple-adopt-new-messaging-standard/index.html And yes, there will still be different color bubbles: 9to5mac.com/2023/11/16/apple-confirms-rcs-messages-will-have-green-bubbles/ Apple will make a big change to iPhone messages next year By Samantha Kelly, CNN Published 5:27 PM EST, Thu November 16, 2023 Close-up shot of iPhone 5 screen displaying home screen, including messages apphocus-focus/iStock Unreleased/Getty Images//FILECNN —  The long-standing battle over the iOS’ blue and … Continue reading Apple making a big change to iPhone messages next year →

http://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/08/ios-17-2-features-list/ iOS 17.2 Will Add These 10 New Features to Your iPhone Wednesday November 8, 2023 4:39 pm PST by Joe Rossignol Apple made the first beta of iOS 17.2 available to developers and public beta testers nearly two weeks ago, and the software update includes many new features and changes for iPhones. Below, we have highlighted 10 … Continue reading What will be included in iOS 17.2 →

If you now run the PC/Windows version of Quicken on an Apple laptop or desktop by using Parallels software to set up a partition, I have info to share with you .Until two days ago, I owned a 2017 iMac with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB hard drive. It was based on an Intel … Continue reading Is Windows/PC Quicken running on your iMac or MacBook inside a Parallels partition? →

The Apple Watch’s double tap gesture points at a new way to use wearablesSwipes and buttons are the norm, but Apple’s double tap gesture opens a future where your smartwatch could be even less dependent on your phone. Read in The Verge: apple.news/AQ33vz4vKRJuyYcH-ZObm6g Everything You Can Do With the Double Tap Gesture on Apple Watch … Continue reading Articles about the how-to and value of Apple Watch’s double tap →

9to5mac.com/2023/11/08/how-to-reset-macbook-and-mac-desktops/ How to reset your MacBook or Mac desktop before selling or giving it away Michael Potuck | Nov 8 2023 - 12:23 pm PT If you’re ready to sell, trade in, or give away your Mac or wipe it for another reason, there are different steps to the process depending on what Mac you have and what version … Continue reading Detailed explanation of how to reset your MacBook or iMac before selling or giving it away →

9to5google.com/2023/11/07/chrome-tab-memory-usage/ Google Chrome gets quick way to see how much memory each tab is using Abner Li | Nov 7 2023 - 4:47 pm PT After adding a Memory Saver earlier this year, Chrome on desktop platforms (Mac, Windows, ChromeOS, etc.) will now report “Memory usage” when you hover over a tab. In addition to page name and domain, … Continue reading Google Chrome now allows you to find the tab that’s hogging your memory →

9to5mac.com/2023/11/11/ios-remove-background-of-image/ How to instantly remove the background from any image on iOS Chance Miller | Nov 11 2023 - 11:12 am PT Did you know that iOS makes it very, very easy to instantly remove the background from any image? This feature was first introduced with iOS 16 last year, and I’ve found it to be one … Continue reading How to instantly remove the background from any imagine on iOS →

https://apple.news/AohJl9Bn5QhaW8WyG4cinIg Apple releases urgent iPhone update for popular and vital feature Users started noticing the more than pesky problem with their newer iPhones. Jena Warburton for The Street Nov 10, 2023 11:02 AM EST Unless you've somehow managed to buck the smartphone trend and have been blissfully living in 2007 with an old flip phone, … Continue reading Apple issues iOS 17.1.1– fixes quick battery drains after installing iOS →

9to5mac.com/2023/11/07/watchos-10-1-1/ Apple releases watchOS 10.1.1 with battery drain fix for Apple Watch Zac Hall | Nov 7 2023 - 1:21 pm PT 8 Comments Apple has released watchOS 10.1.1 for Apple Watch. The software update addresses a battery drain and overheating bug that users have reported experiencing. Release notes This update provides important bug fixes and addresses an issue … Continue reading Apple Watch update fixes brain drain from WatchOS 10 →

http://www.wsj.com/tech/meet-the-never-updaters-why-some-people-refuse-to-download-new-software-0f08b4db Meet the Never-Updaters: Why Some People Refuse to Download New Software Love of the status quo or fear of unknown issues? Some phone and computer users hold on to earlier OS versions for dear life PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SAM KELLY/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ISTOCK (2) By Cordilia JamesFollow Nov. 6, 2023 8:00 am ET 145 … Continue reading And here are the never-updaters →

Hello! I hear from friends from time to time with questions about which Apple products I use or recommend and why. Since I'm about to update two of them, I figured I'd explain why I decided to jump and where. No offense taken if you honestly don't care.APPLE WATCH I bought the first generation of … Continue reading A rare personal post about my thinking for new Apple purchases →