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Art Editor Matt thinks the Apple Watch Ultra is a good first step but could further improve on battery. Production Editor Rob can’t wait to get his hands (and ears) on the AirPods Pro 2’s strokable volume controls. Odd! Contributor Nick’s spending le

September’s Apple Special Event revealed a plethora of new Apple models for 2022. Unlike years gone by, it felt less about the iterative (though that’s still a thing), and more about the innovative. Apple is back with a bang! Possibly the most intere

Your Mac may have unwanted programs or program helpers that load every time you or others log in, slowing down your startup and adding to your Mac’s workload. You can see them and remove them in System Preferences > Users > Login Items. You can get y

Ctrl+Cmd+Spacebar brings up the Emoji and Symbols panel. In Pages, Cmd+Shift+Opt+V, pastes copied text into the selected area and matches the surrounding text’s style. In Mail, Cmd+Right Arrow+V pastes text as a quotation and Cmd+K pastes text as a l

>>> One of the simplest ways to save time is to make your Mac’s interface clearer. For example, by changing external drive or your Mac’s folder icons into something more obvious, you can identify them more quickly at a glance. To do that, open the im

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HERE AT MAC|LIFE we believe you should only buy the things that you really need, which is why our Reviews section is so important to us, and you. We don’t want you to waste time and money on inferior products, and while we aim to include only the bes

Insta360’s action cameras are more than a match for the slightly better known GoPro models against which they compete. The ONE RS is the company’s latest release, a modular camera that is more powerful than its predecessor but retains compatibility w

Few things are as important to your health as a good night’s sleep, yet too many of us aren’t getting enough of it. Surprisingly, our phones can help us solve the problem with a few carefully selected apps. From helping you drift off to tracking your

IF YOU USE Disk Images much, you’ll have noticed how slow they can be. When you’ve paid good money for a quick M1 Max and a small ransom for fast storage, it comes as a shock when writing files to an encrypted Disk Image can be as slow as to a cheap

HOW TO TRANSFER A TRACK FROM iPHONE TO HOMEPOD? When you’re playing an audio track on the iPhone, open Settings, and in General tap AirPlay & Handoff. In that screen enable “Transfer to HomePod” and bring the iPhone close to the top of your HomePod.

EDITOR Nick Odantzis ART EDITOR Matt Lochrie PRODUCTION EDITOR Rob Mead–Green CONTRIBUTORS Alex Blake, Matt Bolton, Ian Evenden, Kenny Hemphill, Charlotte Henry, Hollin Jones, Cliff Joseph, Jaclyn Kilani, Carrie Marshall, Rob Mead-Green, Howard Oakle