Apple TV+ announces new K-pop song battle series ‘KPOPPED’
Today, Apple TV+ announced “KPOPPED,” an all-new eight-episode song battle series from executive producer Lionel Richie, starring PSY… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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MagSafe-compatible car mount safely charges your iPhone
The MagLock MagSafe car charger keeps your iPhone visible, secure and wirelessly charged with Qi2 fast charging. You can save 28%. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

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How to remove ads and other distractions on iPhone in Safari
Safari has a new feature in iOS 18 that lets you remove ads from your iPhone, along with other elements on the page that irritate you. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

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Review: BenQ 32-inch Ergo Arm Programming Monitor with MoonHalo has benefits for everyone
If 27-inch 5K displays aren’t your thing, BenQ’s 32-inch 4K monitor is a fun option I’ve been testing and loving. The BenQ 32-inch Ergo Arm Programming Monitor with MoonHalo is designed to maximize comfort during long coding (or writing) sessions. more…

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Google kills diversity hiring targets
Google has decided to discontinue its goal of increasing hires from historically underrepresented groups and is reevaluating DEI… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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This unlocked 512GB iPhone 15 is more than $300 off right now
Macworld Finding an unlocked iPhone for cheap is rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock, but if you’re looking for one, today’s your lucky day: Amazon’s Woot is selling an unlocked iPhone 15 in black with 512GB of storage for $670 (512GB), a savings of $329 off Apple’s already reduced price and the best price we’ve ever seen. The iPhone 15 isn’t able to run Apple Intelligence, but it’s ready for everything else iOS 18 has to offer, with an A16 processor, 6.1-inch OLED display, and Apple’s innovative Dynamic Island. You’ll also get an excellent camera system with a 48MP main lens and a 12MP ultra-wide lens. It doesn’t have a telephoto camera like the Pro models, but Apple’s computational advancements allow it to have 2x zoom enabled by quad-pixel sensor. And of course, you’ll get years of updates. We gave the iPhone 15 4 stars in our 2024 review, calling it “another example of Apple’s straightforward excellence.” And our opinion hasn’t changed a year later. Since this iPhone isn’t brand new, it’s not eligible for AppleCare, but it’s not refurbished either. Woot promises that the phone is in “Pristine” condition and has “never been in customer hands.” It will have “a test sticker showing 100% battery life and inside a sleek custom black box, not the original retail packaging.” It comes with a one-year warranty from Apple but again, it’s not eligible for AppleCare. So if you want a great iPhone at a great price without needing to jump through carrier hoops, go grab this deal before it’s gone forever. Buy it now

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Consumer electronics from China getting more expensive as tariffs bite
Consumer electronics from China are getting more expensive for both consumers and businesses, as Trump’s 10% import tariffs take effect. Additionally, removal of a small-value exemption on existing tariffs means some products are now subject to import taxes as high as 45%. Courier companies are also applying their own collection fees on top of the tariffs, further increasing costs – and some companies are pausing imports while they figure out what to do … more…

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Apple Silicon & Intel Macs can play classic games with the help of Mac Source Ports
If you're looking to play classic games on a modern Apple Silicon Mac, then Mac Source Ports can likely make it happen. Here's what the website offers and why it's worth checking out.Mac Source Ports makes it possible to play a variety of old games on your Mac. Image Credit: Mac Source Ports.Mac Source Ports is a website launched in 2022 to make older games playable on 64-bit Intel Macs, and machines equipped with M1 or newer Apple Silicon chips. The site does this by offering so-called "source ports" of games and distributing them as signed and notarized macOS application bundles.In doing so, Mac Source Ports makes it possible to run a wide variety of older PC games on modern-day Apple laptops and desktop computers. The list of available game ports includes some truly archaic titles, such as those belonging to the iconic Doom and Quake franchises of the 1990s, as well as the original Tomb Raider and Half-Life, among others. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Reddit banned 90+ subreddits ‘accidentally’ but some are worried
Reddit banned more than 90 subreddits yesterday, later restoring them and blaming it on a bug, but some moderators are worried about what the move might signal for the future. The banned subreddits were all ones allowing NSFW content, but while that is commonly thought of as adult entertainment, it also includes communities as diverse as r/cubancigars and  r/transgender_surgeries … more…

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How to type euro symbol, pound sign, €, Æ, #, @, © & @ on a Mac
Macworld Whether you have just switched from a PC to a Mac and have discovered that the ” and @ keys aren’t where you were expecting, you can’t find the euro sign, pound sign, or hash key on your Mac keyboard, or you need to type some unusual characters or accents and don’t know how, are here to help. The first problem is that the location of the special characters may depend on where you are based in the world: keyboard layout differs by country, with certain characters getting more prominence on the keyboards of the people who use them more. You’ll find QWERTY keyboards for English speakers, while French speakers get a AZERTY keyboard, and Germans get QWERTZ, for example. Keyboards have completely different key layouts depending on the country, so we’ve included the location of these special keys for a variety of keyboards. Even U.S. and U.K. keyboards have a number of surprising differences in terms of key placement. Australians tend to use the American keyboard layout. Another source of confusion is the fact that some Mac keyboards label the Alt key Option while others call the Option key Alt (depending on your viewpoint). On a Mac keyboard the key has a symbol that looks like this: ⌥ This means that some guides you will read will talk about an Option or Alt key you can’t see on your Mac. The key is one and the same. See: Where is the Option key. And if you are using a PC keyboard with your Mac the Alt key will do the job of the Option key, while the Windows key will do the job of Command, and you will no doubt be very confused. How to type °$€@®©# £€¢™ and Æ That’s not a concealed swear word! Those are all symbols that you may find yourself needing to type again and again, and yet they are hidden from view on your Mac keyboard. Don’t worry though, we’ll let you know what you need to do to type them. Before we begin, this is a handy overview of the hidden characters that you can type using Alt. The first example is the U.S. keyboard, the second is a U.K. keyboard. If you want to see an overview of a different keyboard on your screen we’ll include the steps to see it below. The ‘hidden’ keys on a U.S. Apple keyboard.Foundry The ‘hidden’ keys on a U.K. Apple keyboardFoundry How to type Euro symbol on a Mac keyboard – € On a U.S. keyboard to type euro you need to press: Alt/Option-Shift-2 = € On a U.K. keyboard to type euro you should press: Alt/Option-2 = € European keyboards give more prominence to the Euro sign, but the location of the euro key, and the combination of keys required, depends on the country. On French Apple Magic Keyboards you’ll find the Euro sign (and dollar sign) next to the return key. On German, Italian, Swiss and Spanish keyboards the euro sign is typed by pressing option/alt and the E key. Portuguese keyboards have the Euro sign on the number 3: press option/Alt and that key. For Norwegians and the Danish the euro is typed by pressing option/Alt and the number 4. And Dutch keyboards have the euro on the number 2. How to type the pound sign on a Mac keyboard Not only is typing a pound sign tricky because the location of the key will differ depending on the keyboard, but also the word itself has a different meaning depending on where you are. For U.K. residents the word pound represents the currency: £. However, some countries call the hashtag or hash key a pound. If you are in the U.K. the hashtag sign shares the 3 key with the pound sign (£) but on other country’s keyboards the U.K. £ sign is found elsewhere (we’ll get to that next). How to type a # (hash) On a U.S. keyboard to type # you need only press Shift-3 = # On a U.K. keyboard to type # you should press Alt/Option-3 = # The hash sign on French keyboards is found to the left of the number 1. German keyboards have the hash key beside the return key. Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish and Portuguese keyboards have the hash key on number 3. Italian keyboards have the hash key (cancelletto) just above the lower right shift key. How to type a £ (pound sign) We’ll mention the UK Pound sign here for everyone who is using a non-U.K. keyboard as its location on a U.K. keyboard is no mystery (ok – if you are still looking it’s on the 3 key). On a U.S. keyboard you need to type £ you need to press Alt/Option-3 = £ The £ key may not even be illustrated on the U.S. keyboard! On French and Swiss keyboards, the £ is found above the right-hand shift key, beside the enter/return key. Italian keyboards have the £ on the number 3, like U.K. keyboards. How to type ‘at’ – @ This @ key is a point of confusion for PC users coming to Mac keyboards because the ” key and @ key switch places. On a U.S. or U.K. keyboard you’ll find the @ key on the 2 key. You need to press Shift-2 = @. Spanish and Swedish keyboards also have the @ on the 2. On Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Swiss keyboards the @ key is next to the return key, above the right-hand shift key. French keyboards have the @ sign to the left of 1. German keyboards have the @ key on L. Italian keyboards also have the @ next to the L. Where is the ” key? On a U.S. or U.K. keyboard you’ll find the “ key will be down on the right where the ‘ key is located. On German, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Swedish and Italian keyboards the ” key is on the 2. French keyboards have the ” on 3. © ® and ™ The various copyright and trademark signs can be commonly used in certain lines of work. Luckily there is an easy way to type them on a Mac keyboard. You might think that logically the Copyright sign would be hidden on the C key, but you’d be wrong. The C key is the home of various accented Cs. If you want to type a © you need to press Alt/Option and G. Alt/Option-G = © If you want to type the Registered Trademark symbol less Option/Alt and R: Alt/Option-R = ® As for the ™ how you type depends on the keyboard: On a U.S. keyboard to type ™ you need to press: Alt/Option-2 = ™ On a U.K. keyboard to type ™ you should press: Shift-Alt/Option-2 = ™ Want to type the Pi (π) symbol? We have a tutorial that explains how to do that here: How to type the Pi (π) symbol on a Mac or iPhone. Æ This one was popularised by Elon Musk and Grimes when they named their child Æ A-12 Musk. If you want to type Æ just press and hold the A key. You’ll see a range of options appear in a box – just select the one you want or press 5. Degrees If it’s getting hot where you are you might want to tell someone. In which case a degree sign could be handy. Here’s how to type a ° Shift-Alt/Option–8 = °  You might wonder what circumstances would cause you to need to type an Apple logo, but with Apple naming a few products with the Apple symbol if might be that you need to type TV or Watch. If you do, the key combination is as follows: Shift-Alt/Option-K Read: How to type  on an iPhone. A check mark or tick This is a handy one – the V almost looks like a tick or check mark, add an Option/Alt and that’s what you get. Option/Alt-V = √ Other keys There are a few keys that are hidden in plain sight. We’ll mention them here just in case you are struggling to find them: ~ (aka the Tilde sign) – It’s on the left by the Shift key/ – on the right by the Shift key – on the right above the Shift key| – press shift and (beside enter/return) Typing accents on a Mac keyboard If you are trying to type accents on an English keyboard if can be a bit daunting – if you are using a keyboard that’s designed for that language it will be considerably easier to type accents, for obvious reasons. To type an accented letter all you need to do is press and hold the relevant key. When you do so a menu will appear with the various accented characters to choose from. For example, if you press and hold the E key then you will eventually see this menu pop up. You can choose the version with your pointer, or by pressing the corresponding number. You’ll find accents associated with the following keys: e, y, u, i, o, a, s, l, z, c, n. Typing emoji on a Mac You might think that emoji are restricted to iPhones and iPads, but they aren’t. It’s possible to access emoji on your Mac. When you are using a word processor or similar program you can press Control-Command-Space to bring up the Emoji pallet. Read our guide to using Emoji on the Mac here. Typing other characters on a Mac You may recall the Character Viewer – a tool which you could expand to find various characters to be added to text documents. It predated Emoji and since Emoji arrived it seems to have been hidden away, but it’s still there. As above, press Control-Command-Space to bring up the Emoji pallet then click on the icon in the top right of the Emoji box to bring up the Character Viewer. Here you’ll find more than Emoji: there are also Arrows, other currency symbols, Maths Symbols, and more. This is where you will find currency symbols such as ¥ ¢ ₽ ₩ ₱ ₹ ﷼ Maths symbols such as xxx ∄ ℇ ℏ ≥ ≯ ∑ √ ∱≉ There are also some pictographs that predate emoji including all of these How to see the Keyboard overview on your screen #id67a4b39acbd85 .jw-wrapper::before { content: "" !important; } To see the keyboard overview for any language follow these steps: If you have a symbol indicating US/UK or another language in the menu at the top of your screen (next to the spotlight icon) click on that. You will see options to Show Emoji & Symbols and Show Keyboard Viewer. Click on Show Keyboard Viewer. You can click on the Option key (the ⌥ key next to the Command key) on that overlaid keyboard to see what characters will appear when you press that in conjunction with another key. If you press the shift and option keys you will other options available to you. If you don’t see the symbol in your menu go to System Setting > Keyboards and make sure Show Input menu in menu bar is selected. A bonus is the fact that when you type with this keyboard viewer on view you will see various suggested autocomplete words that you might want to use. If you find yourself using different characters often you might like to try an app like PopChar X from Ergonis. The app makes it really easy to access the various characters that are available in the different fonts on your Mac. You can purchase it here for $29.99/£30.85. Wondering how to copy and paste on a Mac? You may also find our iPhone keyboard typing tips useful.

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Conversational Alexa being unveiled on Feb 26, as Siri waits until 2026
A new conversational Alexa is expected to be revealed at an Amazon media event on February 26, with press invitations sent out yesterday. A report citing Amazon insiders says that the all-new Alexa will be powered by generative AI, dramatically boosting its capabilities and putting even more pressure on Apple to launch a smarter Siri … more…

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There’s a magical iPhone feature hiding in your new Mac that you need to try
Macworld While everyone rushes to download the latest version of iOS on their iPhone so they can try out all the new features, updating isn’t as exciting on the Mac. The strength of an update is measured in performance rather than features, and many marquee announcements come and go with little fanfare. Raise your hand if you know how to use Stage Manager. So assuming you’re running Sequoia by now, it’s probably not all that different than Sonoma. Maybe you’ve tried some Apple Intelligence features, set up the new Passwords app, or jotted down a math note or two—but I’m willing to bet there’s a feature you haven’t tried yet that will top them all. It’s called iPhone Mirroring and it was one of the marquee features released last fall with macOS Sequoia. You probably remember hearing about it—but if you haven’t tried it you need to right now. You can find the iPhone Mirroring app in your Applications folder. Launch the app (which has one of the worst icons Apple has ever made) and you can access a nearby iPhone on your Mac’s screen as they’re signed into the same Apple account. It seems like a party trick, maybe even a gimmick, but trust me—try it once and it’ll change your entire workflow. Even though I work at my Mac, my iPhone is rarely out of reach and I probably pick it up 20-plus times a day to do some mindless task: clear a notification, check a score, scroll through my Instagram feed, or do one of a number of things I can already do on my Mac but don’t. iPhone Mirroring takes away the temptation to pick up my phone in two ways: It pushes all notifications to my Mac so I can act on them in the Notification Center and projects a virtual representation of my iPhone right on my Mac’s screen. I won’t get into the how-to of it here (you can read all about that in our separate article), but I will sing its praises. Not only is incredibly cool to see in action, but it’s incredibly useful too. A dozen times a day I use it to grab a link, check an app, or grab a screenshot. It’s as if the two devices are one. Sure I still waste time on my iPhone throughout the day, but the number of interactions has been cut down considerably. The main reason is how seamlessly it all works. Once you set it up, which takes all of 30 seconds, your Mac will basically act as a wireless external display for your iPhone. Launch the app and your iPhone will appear in the middle of the screen as if you were holding it in front of your face. It’s not perfect—the biggest missing feature is the ability to flip the virtual iPhone into landscape mode—but for the most part, you can do everything you would on your phone with your mouse and it all works like magic. I find that when I use iPhone Mirroring I spend less time with my iPhone and get back to work much quicker. It enhances both my Mac and iPhone experience and ties the two together in a way only Apple can.

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Apple’s M3 nightmare is coming to an end
Macworld The new M4 MacBook Air is coming “relatively soon” and for Apple, it may not be soon enough. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the current M3 MacBook Air–it’s Apple’s best laptop. It offers a great combination of performance, portability, and price for the customer. The issue is with the M3 chip itself–again, there’s nothing wrong with it from a user standpoint. But behind the scenes, the M3 caused problems with Apple’s Mac lineup, which is why the M3 was the shortest cycle of the M-series chips. It’s expensive to produce The M3 was a 3nm chip. “3nm” refers to the fabrication process to create the chips; it doesn’t define a chip’s physical size, it’s a general term used to refer to a chip’s transistor density, speed, and power efficiency. TSMC, which manufactures Apple’s chips, referred to the initial 3nm process as N3B, which had its issues. It was costly, and yields (the number of viable chips in a semiconductor production wafer) were lower than those of previous processes. That’s not ideal for Apple, a company that does everything it can to maintain its profit margins. When it was released, the M3 MacBook Air was priced the same as the M2 MacBook Air, so the company took a hit on its margin. Since then, TSMC has implemented its N3E fabrication process, which improved upon N3B by cutting costs and producing higher yields. N3E, which is referred to as an enhanced 3nm process, is used to make Apple’s M4 chips, which means the M4 MacBook Air should be cheaper to make—which Apple will surely appreciate. Skipping a beat The M3’s cost and yield issues most certainly came into play when Apple decided how to implement the chip throughout its products. For example, the release of the iPad Pro in May 2024 wasn’t a surprise, but its M4 chip was. The previous iPad Pro had an M2, and the M3 chip made its debut in the MacBook Air just a couple of months earlier, so it was easy to conclude the that M3 would succeed the M2 in the iPad Pro. Apple also upgraded the iMac to an M4 after just 12 months, quicker than its usual cadence. The M4 iPad Pro serves as proof that Apple wanted to move off the M3 as soon as possible and move to a chip that has a better production value. The M3 issue was so pressing that the company was willing to disrupt its pattern of introducing new M-series chips in the MacBook Pro–likely a one-time hiccup that the company was willing to accept. Making the iPad Pro the first M4 product also allows TSMC to ramp up production of the chip at a moderate pace–demand for iPads isn’t as high as for MacBooks. With the release of the first M5 Macs later this year, Apple will be back on track. The M5 is a 3nm chip but will be made using a new N3P process that TSMC started testing last year. The M4 made its debut in the iPad Pro likely because the M3 is too costly.Brady Snyder / Foundry Apple’s remaining updates Apple still uses the M2 chip in the iPad Air and the Apple Vision Pro. The iPad Air is reportedly going to be updated soon with an M4 chip–another product that skips the M3. The Vision Pro is skipping both the M3 and M4, going with an M5 upgrade that may not happen until late this year or in 2026. The Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro also all skipped the M3 entirely. The M2 chip is also used in Apple’s cheapest laptop, the $999 M2 MacBook Air. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman brought up this particular laptop in his recent report on Apple’s 2025 release schedule, and it appears that Apple will still offer this model for another year rather than moving to the similar M3 model. Apple moved the $999 model from the M1 to the M2, but like everything else, the M3 is chip non grata. The M2 is an enhanced 5nm chip, and since that chip is still going to be used in the Vision Pro, Apple the M2 MacBook Air justifies the M2 chip’s production. This also means that the $999 MacBook Air won’t get upgraded until the M4 MacBook Air gets its chip upgrade to the M5 in 2026. At that time, Apple would discontinue the M2 model and move the base M4 MacBook Air to the $999 price point. What about the A17 Pro? The A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max was actually Apple’s first 3nm chip; it was released a month before the M3. The A-series and M-series chips are basically the same, with the A chips used in the iPhone and low-end iPads, and the M chips in Macs and high-end iPads. Like the M3, the A17 Pro is made using TSMC’s N3E process. The current iPad mini has an A17 Pro and the upcoming 11th-gen iPad is rumored to get the same chip. If the A17 Pro is made with the same N3E process, where are the chips for these new products coming from, if Apple is moving away from N3E? The current iPad mini uses a binned A17 Pro.Dominik Tomaszewski / Foundry That’s where chip binning comes into play. Remember those low yields during the N3E process? Binning is where those “rejected” chips are taken and made useful by disabling processing cores, slowing down speeds, and other methods. Apple is likely using binned A17 Pros for these products. For example, the iPad mini’s A17 Pro has a 5-core GPU, which is a binned version of the iPhone 15 Pro’s A17 Pro that had a 6-core GPU. Binned chips are perfectly good chips, so there’s no need to worry about performance. Also, it puts them to use instead of wasting them in the trash or figuring out a way to recycle them. These binned chips will be the last remnants of a chip cycle Apple is eager to move on from–and users benefit with better performance and power efficiency from the newer processes. So expect the iPad mini and 11th-gen iPad to get updates sooner than later as Apple puts the whole M3 nightmare behind it for good.

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Iconfactory’s Tapestry goes live, functions as aggregator for macOS
For years, the cool cats at Iconfactory have dispensed some incredibly nifty apps an utilities for the Mac. The company’s newest one, Tapestry, functions as an aggregator that works with some of your favorite sources across the Web. The app taps into sources such as Tumblr, Mastodon, RSS, as well as third-party connectors to offer […] Source

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Rumor: Mass production of M5 chips has begun, units expected to arrive in Apple devices this year
Apple is rumored to have begun mass production of its next-generation M5 chip, with the processor expected to arrive in the company’s devices as soon as this year. Per ET News, Apple began packaging the M5 chip last month. Packaging is the final step in semiconductor manufacturing after fabrication and involves the process of protecting […] Source

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How to mirror your Apple Watch on your iPhone
Macworld Mirroring an Apple Watch to your iPhone might at first sound redundant. What can you do on an iPhone that you can’t on an Apple Watch? The feature, available in Settings > Accessibility > Apple Watch Mirroring in iOS, is designed primarily for people with physical or motor disabilities, Apple says, extending the utility of the Apple Watch’s vitals monitoring, voice-activated options, and other features without a requirement of having to always interact with the watchOS tap, rotate, and press interface. Activating mirroring lets you use Voice Control, head tracking, and other assistive features only available through an iPhone. However, most accessibility features extend their utility far beyond their core audience. Many people may find it useful to sometimes or regularly access their Apple Watch via mirroring on an iPhone to adjust settings or perform actions that are fiddly, appear with very small type, or require more precision than we can pull off at a given time. Mirror your Apple Watch screen by tapping this control on your iPhone. Check requirements and set standby options To use Apple Watch Mirroring, you need to have an Apple Watch Series 6 or later (excluding the Apple Watch SE) running watchOS 9 or later and paired with an iPhone 8 model or later with iOS 16 or later installed. Your Apple Watch and iPhone must be on the same Wi-Fi network, and both must also have Bluetooth enabled and be near each other. Mirroring works over AirPlay and is an exact duplicate of the Apple Watch screen. As a result, if your watch goes to sleep, the mirror on the iPhone does, too, and you can only wake it from the Apple Watch. To avoid this, you may want to set your Apple Watch to remain active, at least while using mirroring: go to the Watch app on your iPhone and enable Display & Brightness > Always On. Your iPhone could also go into standby while mirroring the Apple Watch screen, which ends the session. To ensure it doesn’t go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock and set it to a longer interval or to Never. You may want to keep your Apple Watch and iPhone plugged in and charging while using mirroring to avoid draining their respective batteries. Use Apple Watch Mirroring The Apple Watch Mirroring feature is unique among all screen sharing and mirroring options Apple offers and among nearly all Settings switches. The switch to enable it acts more like a “launcher” for the service. On your iPhone, go to Settings > Accessibility > Apple Watch Mirroring. Tap to enable the feature. Mirroring begins immediately on your iPhone. The lower portion of your iPhone screen now shows the Apple Watch display with a label beneath it that reads AirPlay Mirroring. You can tap the Digital Crown, side button, or Action button (Apple Watch Ultra) to simulate a press. Dragging simulates scrolling, while swiping left and right functions the same as swiping on the Apple Watch screen. You can even touch and hold the Digital Crown’s image to activate Siri on the Apple Watch. With Apple Watch Mirroring active, your iPhone turns into a surrogate display for your watch (left). When you lock your phone or other disruptions happen, you see a note that the Apple Watch is disconnected. You may also see delays in reactions, as the responsiveness is quite low compared to other forms of sharing and mirroring because of its use of AirPlay. When you’re done with your session, tap the X in the upper right corner of the mirrored display. If you return to Settings > Accessibility > Apple Watch Mirroring, you will see that the switch is set to the off position. Tap it again to resume mirroring. Set up mirroring shortcut taps or presses If you plan to use mirroring regularly, you can set up one or two action shortcuts on your iPhone in Settings > Accessibility: In Accessibility Shortcut, you can set or add Apple Watch Mirroring. This shortcut is triggered by a triple-click of the side button or triple-tap of the Home button and cycles through selected options. In Touch > Back Tap, you can set Double Tap or Triple Tap to Apple Watch Mirroring. Then tap the back of your iPhone twice or three times to start mirroring. Ask Mac 911 We’ve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently, along with answers and links to columns: read our super FAQ to see if your question is covered. If not, we’re always looking for new problems to solve! Email yours to mac911@macworld.com, including screen captures as appropriate and whether you want your full name used. Not every question will be answered; we don’t reply to emails, and we cannot provide direct troubleshooting advice.

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Macworld Podcast: Apple Intelligence progress report
Macworld AI is all the rage, and Apple Intelligence is supposed to change how we use our Apple devices. But has it? On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about what Apple Intelligence offers–and does it matter? This is episode 920 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 920 on YouTube Listen to episode 920 on Apple Podcasts

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Apple now sells DIY repair parts for M4 Macs
Apple's Self Service Repair store now sells replacement parts for the M4 MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac in the US and Europe. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

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Apple just released the first update to its new Invites app
Apple officially launched Apple Invites on Tuesday, giving iPhone users a new way to create rich digital invitations for real events. One day later, Apple released Apple Invites version 1.0.1 with some improvements to the original version of the app. more…

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How to use or disable iOS Apple Mail's new categories feature
As of iOS 18.2, Apple's Mail app features categories to help users sort through their mail. Here's what it does, how to fine-tune it, and how to turn it off if you prefer.The four pre-set categories in Mail starting with iOS 18.2.After updating to iOS 18.2 or later, the Mail app now categorizes incoming email into four broad categories. These are Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions.The idea to automatically categorize incoming emails has been kicking around Apple for years. The feature was originally intended to debut in iOS 13, but awaited further development of Apple's machine learning and Apple Intelligence features in order to ensure the work was all done on-device. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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