Some iPhone users are reporting a scary bug with the Notes app on iPhone. After agreeing to new iCloud terms and conditions as prompted by the system, the Notes app appears to disconnect from iCloud and instead presents users with a screen of zero notes, as if all the user’s notes have been deleted.
This happened to me on my phone running iOS 18.2. Based on the number of reports on social media from aggrieved users worried that all their notes are now gone forever, this is a relatively widespread bug that impacts iPhones running any iOS 18 version. Fortunately, there is a fix …
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The Apple-backed group that oversees the Matter smart device standard has launched its latest big update. Matter 1.4 debuts today with a variety of improvements that further advance smart home capabilities. Here’s what’s new.
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The first reviews for the M4 MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac have just dropped. Apple’s first M4 Macs arrive in stores and users’ hands tomorrow. And based on these early impressions, there should be a lot of very satisfied customers soon.
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Streaming services continue to crack down on password sharing. Netflix and Disney+ have both done it recently, and soon Max will join them.
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Apple is just getting started with building AI into its various software platforms. However, one of its chief competitors, Microsoft, just learned an important lesson the company could take to heart: most consumers aren’t willing to pay very much for AI features.
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The early Black Friday deals are flying as Best Buy has now launched its new weekly doorbusters sale alongside a particularly notable 1-day offer on AirPods Pro 2 down at $170. Now within $1 of the best price all year, you can score Apple’s flagship buds at $80 alongside this offer on the new AirPods 4 down at $114. From there, we move over to the M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM and the 512GB SSD at $290 off the price it fetched before Apple upgraded to 16GB base models, as well as a new all-time low on the Jet Black Apple Watch Series 10 from $366. All of that and more awaits down below alongside a host of charging and accessory deals as well.
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You know it’s November and that Black Friday is on the way when a brand like Nomad launches a sale like this. One of our absolute favorite Apple accessory brands, Nomad is launching a seriously rare sale that is offering up a straight 20% in savings on all full priced gear – that means all of its newest releases are eligible here using code EARLY20 at checkout. We have seen some solid sales on the bands previous-generation gear, like all of these iPhone 15 cases that are now at some of the lowest prices to date in its clearance store, but it is not very often we see its new, full priced releases see a sale opportunity like this. The Nomad early Black Friday sale is now live, and you might want to jump in before it starts to sell out.
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Benjamin and Chance discuss Apple’s surprise acquisition of Pixelmator, all the new features and changes in the latest OS betas, and the rumors around Apple’s indecision for the future of wearables on your face.
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iOS 18.1 arrived late last month, but the wait won’t be long for another huge update from Apple. iOS 18.2 will bring highly anticipated features like Genmoji, ChatGPT integration with Siri, and so much more. Here’s what to expect from iOS 18.2’s release date, and the big new features it will bring.
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Tomorrow is Apple’s big launch day for the first M4 Macs. And reportedly, in sync with those new debuts, the company will also start piloting a scaled back Vision Pro presence in some Apple Stores.
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