With AnyFix, you can easily solve common iOS issues. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Sometimes your Apple gear just isn’t going to work properly. When you’re having trouble with your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple TV, you can skip the long wait for tech support and just use AnyFix.
This one-stop solution for all sorts of Apple problems is on sale now for just $40 for a lifetime subscription.
Avail yourself of a special discount on a PlayStation Plus subscription during our VIP Sale. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
PlayStation Plus is simply an essential if you have a PlayStation console — it lets you play online, download free games every month, and gain access to members-only discounts. If you’re a PlayStation fan, now’s the time to buy and stock up for the next three years. For a limited time, you can grab a PlayStation Plus: 3-Year Subscription + $20 Store Credit for just $119.99.
Got gadgets? Our VIP Sale delivers the goods. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
There are a lot of things you can get to improve your quality of life, your comfort and your downtime. Get yourself some cool gadgets during our VIP Sale and enjoy an extra 15% off. And if these aren’t enough for you, there are plenty more fun accessories and tools where that came from. Happy shopping.
Replacing the Lightning port with USB-C in the iPad mini 6 might seem like a minor change. It’s not. Photo: Apple
The just-released iPad mini is the latest Apple tablet to make the switch from Lightning to USB-C. That allows it to do quite a few things out of reach of its predecessors.
As a proud new owner of the device, you’ll surely want to make sure you’re living up to its potential. Here’s everything iPad mini owners need to know about USB-C.
The Cult of Mac managing editor, not a professional photographer, took this beautiful picture. Photo: Lewis Wallace/Cult of Mac
Among the many new camera features in the iPhone 13 Pro is Macro mode. This allows the user to take very close-up images, putting the focus on tiny objects.
Many users of Apple’s latest top-tier handsets have been quick to try out this new capability. And some of the results are spectacular. Check them out now, and be prepared to be wowed.
Still carrying an iPhone XS or even an iPhone 8? The iPhone 13 is better in virtually every way. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Those looking for an upgrade for the iPhone 11, XS or 8 need search no further than the 6.1-inch iPhone 13. Apple’s latest midsize handset offers far better performance than those older models, a noticeably longer battery life and a better camera. Plus there are some other nice additions, like a smaller notch.
Improvements are nice, but just not enough. Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Mac
Apple somehow created the world’s greatest and most disappointing tablet operating system. iPadOS is by far the best you’ll find for larger touchscreens, and yet, it leaves us wanting so much more.
This year’s iPadOS 15 release is an incremental upgrade over its predecessor. It improves upon the split-screen multitasking system, adds some new features like Focus mode, and finally allows us to put widgets anywhere.
But it’s still iPadOS as we know it, and it’s still holding back iPad Pro. We could be doing so much more with the hardware, especially now that the newest models pack even-speedier M1 chips. But Apple won’t let us.
Here’s our full iPadOS 15 review. It lays out what’s good about the new operating system — and explains why we think it’s time for a little more ambition.
Finch is a simple tale of a man, his dog and his robot in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. OK, maybe not so simple. Photo: Apple TV+
Given all the apocalyptic storytelling in recent years, it makes sense in a Hollywood way that we’d eventually arrive at a warm-and-fuzzy, feel-good apocalypse movie. According to its first official trailer, that would be Finch, set to premiere on the Apple TV+ streaming service November 5.
That didn’t take long. Image: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 15.1 to developers on Tuesday, just a day after the general public got access to iOS 15. The company also gave devs access to the initial betas for iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1 and tvOS 15.1. These are expected to include some of the features promised earlier but removed from the versions that debuted on Monday to give additional development time.
In addition, Apple released to macOS Monterey beta 7 to developers.
If you still can’t decide whether you want to upgrade to iPhone 13 or 13 Pro, perhaps some early feedback from reviewers will help. Unsurprisingly, they all have good things to say about Apple’s newest handsets, which pack big camera upgrades, better battery life, even faster A15 Bionic chips, and wonderfully smooth ProMotion displays (if you buy a Pro model).
But most agree that the changes don’t break new ground for iPhone, so you might be happy to stick with what you already have. But are the 2021 iPhones really “the most incremental update ever,” as The New York Times writes? Here’s our iPhone 13 review roundup.