You can tell Siri to turn a HomeKit accessory off in a few minutes and it’ll happen. Here’s what you do. Photo: Cult of Mac
You know you can turn on a HomeKit accessory by talking to Siri, but are you aware you can order devices to turn on or off at some point in the future just as easily?
Here’s how to set impromptu schedules for your HomeKit accessories with Siri commands — and why you might want to.
You have until January 31 to save your games. Photo: Humble
Humble, the subscription service that offers a bunch of popular games for an affordable monthly fee, is dropping support for Mac and Linux.
Starting February 1, the company will roll out a new business model for Humble Choice, which will require a brand-new app that’s only available on Windows. You have until January 31 to download games you already own.
AirPods 3 are brilliant… and on sale! Photo: Apple
Amazon has an answer for what to do with that gift card you received over the holidays. The recently released AirPods 3 are once again selling for their lowest price ever: $139.99.
And there are significant deals on AirPods Pro and AirPods 2 as well.
The new SVS Prime Wireless Pro speakers with AirPlay 2 support will come in black or white. Photo: SVS
Audio company SVS rolled out new wares at CES 2022 — Prime Wireless Pro Speakers and an accompanying SoundBase multi-room amplifier. Both have added support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 streaming over previous Prime Wireless models’ capabilities, among other new features.
Block harmful blue light with these medically approved glasses and an iPhone screen protector. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Staring at screens all day can cause headaches, eye irritation and even mess with your body’s sleep cycle. The secret to protecting your eyes and freeing yourself from screen fatigue is anti-blue-light glasses.
Learn the most popular coding languages in the world for the insanely low price of just $35. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Being able to code is incredibly useful, but it’s not so easy to learn. The 2022 Complete Power Coder Bootcamp Bundle comes with eight courses on some of the most popular coding languages in the world. And, for a limited time, it’s on sale for $34.99 (regularly $1,600).
You can start the OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual with a fairly modest amount of storage than grow it to 64TB. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
The OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual can handle up to eight U.2 SSDs. And it can be pre-configured with up to 64TB. That’s a lot of storage capacity. Or put in your own SSDs. And the external drive enclosure uses Thunderbolt for high-speed connections to your Mac. Plus there’s RAID support.
I put the drive holder through testing. Here’s what I found.
MacKeeper got a bad rep after some bad decisions. Here's how the controversial Mac app turned things around. Image: MacKeeper
This post is brought to you by MacKeeper.
By Andriy Shvets, CMO at MacKeeper
If you’ve heard of MacKeeper, you may have seen phrases such as these: “Avoid MacKeeper like the plague.” “Invasive malware.” “Get rid of it ASAP.”
As MacKeeper’s chief marketing officer, it pains me to read comments that disparage or warn against our software, especially because they come from people who had real and genuine concerns about the way we marketed our product.
This AirTag keychain from WaterField Designs can handle a clutch of keys. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac
WaterField Designs’ AirTag Leather Keychain looks a little like a squid’s head. The oval-ish leather keychain comes with a heavy-duty matte black key ring at one end. (Your keys would be the squid’s tentacles in this tortured simile.) And a metal grommet at the other end lets you attach an included steel carabiner or cable loop to expand your options.
The San Francisco company constructed this crucial AirTag accessory out of beefy full-grain leather and high-end components. It definitely looks and feels premium. And it seems built to last a lifetime.
The only real downside is size-related: This is one giant squid!