Dolby Atmos (spatial audio) and lossless music are on their way to HomePod and HomePod mini. Both features are available for testing in Apple’s latest HomePod 15 beta, rolled out to registered developers on Thursday.

We’ll show you how to enable them.

One of the highlights of macOS Monterey is Universal Control, which will let users easily jump between Mac and iPad. But there’s cause to question when the feature will become available because it isn’t in any pre-release version of the next Mac operating system, including the new beta 5.

Apple announced the feature two months ago and there’s no sign of it yet. There’s some irritation growing among Mac users about the delay.

Apple Pencil might be an outstanding stylus, but when you’re drawing on iPad, it still feels like a piece of plastic gliding across glass … because it is. If you prefer the feel of real paper, you need a paper-like screen protector.

Check out this one from SwitchEasy — and bag yours with a 15% discount in SwitchEasy’s big Back to School sale.

You need a powerful dock to make your Mac the center of a highly capable office. The OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock has fourteen ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals. That includes multiple USB-C ports, something you won’t find on USB-C hubs. Plus there’s USB-A, Ethernet, a headset jack and more.

I added this dock to my office. Here’s how it performs in real-world use.

Darkroom, the well-known photo- and video-editing app for iOS, iPad and Mac, saw a new software update yesterday with a host of performance enhancements, refinements and bug fixes.

Satechi has done what Apple won’t do and put five handy ports on the front of the M1 iMac. Its new USB-C Clamp Hub includes an SD card reader and four USB ports, making it easier to connect and switch peripherals in a snap.

Choosing the right charger isn’t just about finding a cord that won’t fail after a few months. Wireless chargers are improving every year and getting more popular with Apple predicting sales of over 6 billion units by 2023. Now you can even find wireless chargers that can charge multiple devices and look a lot better than a tangled bundle of wire. The 3-in-1 Wireless Fast Charge Station can power your phone, wireless earbuds, and smartwatch at the same time, and it’s also on sale for $42.99.

Connectivity supplier Cable Matters rolled out two USB-C dual video adapters for your work-and-play video needs. The two USB-C video adapters offer 8K and dual 4K 60Hz resolution support for displays. In the case of Macs, that’s all 4K, but other users can go for 8K.

Best Buy just slashed a whopping $150 off the black Magic Keyboard for 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The discount cuts its price to just $199 — the lowest we’ve seen on a new Magic Keyboard to date.

At a glance you can see that Redditor iEdwinT’s computer setup is spare and neat. You might call it elegant. How does he do it? That’s really down to what you can’t see — a fairly simple but effective cable management operation going on under the desk.