Poor visuals can make even the best businesses look sloppy. Fortunately, you don’t need to hire a dedicated graphic designer or contractor to make professional-looking images. VistaCreate gives you (or your digital media team) intuitive tools to bring your brand to life. And one-year Pro Plans are available for $71.99 (regularly $120).
Your search for a perfect sports strap for your Apple Watch could be over. The Mifa Nylon Sports Leather Apple Watch Band might just be the ideal go-anywhere, do-anything accessory for your wearable — especially if it’s space gray.
And through September 30, you can get 20% off the tactical, sporty utility band in the Cult of Mac Store. That’s a savings of $5.
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s unannounced European tour has taken him to the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy so far. And on one of his latest stops, he received an honorary master’s degree Thursday from the Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by an institution with such a distinguished history, one that has nurtured Italy’s brightest young minds for nearly 800 years,” Cook said, accepting the honorary master’s degree for innovation and international management.
From shooting 4K HDR footage to scanning documents, there’s a lot that your iPhone can accomplish. You can even use it as your personal plant assistant.
With the NatureID app, you can identify plants, determine the best way to care for them, and even spot early signs of disease. Lifetime subscriptions to NatureID are currently available for $19.99 (regularly $59)
The Cult of Mac giveaway prize this week is a great fit for anyone who has any electrical device they wish to charge quickly. We teamed up with Lululook for five lucky winners to get their hands on a four-port, 100W USB-C GaN charger.
This fierce device houses three USB-C ports along with one USB-A port, and pumps out enough power to charge up a MacBook Pro. And, at just over 2 inches, it’s the perfect charger to take anywhere to keep all your gear juiced up.
The music industry has exploded in recent decades, and with numerous courses teaching people how to create their own hits, virtually anyone with a laptop can make something majestic.
The challenging part is choosing the right software. EasySplitter Pro offers helpful tools that might become one of your mashup essentials. Lifetime subscriptions are on sale for $39.99 (regularly $599) for a limited time.
You can amass an array of the world’s most formidable tech gear and photograph it, but if you get a cute animal in the frame — living or inanimate — that’s where all eyes will go.
Today’s clean MacBook Pro setup boasts a 34-inch curved ultra-wide display, a custom mechanical keyboard and other cool stuff.
But it also has a duck that glows.
Apple Watches seem to get better every year; their only limit appears to be their batteries. If you’re not willing to shell out $799 to get the new Apple Watch Ultra, which boasts up to 60 hours of battery life, you can still get enough juice for multi-day excursions with this Apple Watch-compatible wireless keychain.
This very portable Apple Watch charger is on sale now for just $19.99 (regularly $49).
Apple continues its testing of iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 with a new beta release. The new builds come a week after the latest beta.
The third iOS 16.1 beta and fourth iPadOS 16.1 beta bring some major changes, including opening up Stage Manager to 2018 and 2020 iPad Pros. Below is a look at everything new and changed in iOS 16.1 beta 3 and iPadOS 16.1 beta 4.
Amazon is often the first or second stop for the latest and most interesting products, and much of that rests on its Fulfillment by Amazon wing. The 2023 All-in-One Amazon Dropshipping and Private Label Bundle can show you how to launch your own business on the back of Amazon’s infrastructure.
Apple listened to a chorus of user complaints by bringing support for Stage Manager to some older iPad models that don’t have the M1 processor. That gives more tablets access to the system that puts iPadOS applications in resizable, floating windows.
But the news isn’t all good. The company also decided to delay full support for external displays until later. The feature won’t be part of iPadOS 16.1 when it launches.
“Korea’s mermaids,” also affectionally known as “rowdy grandmas,” are elderly free divers who for generations have caught seafood off South Korea’s Jeju Island to feed their community.
They’re known in Korean as the haenyeo. Apple TV+ said Tuesday an upcoming documentary film will tell their story, including how younger generations are filling their ranks to keep the time-honored — and environmentally sustainable — tradition from dying out.
The 2022 iPad Pro that almost certainly will launch in October raises hopes among tablet fans for significant hardware improvements. The basic iPad design is great, but there are nevertheless a few changes that need to be made.
Here’s a handful of suggestions that would make the iPad Pro easier to use without mucking up the best tablet on the market.
Another year, another iPhone. And another camera upgrade. But no matter how much Apple upgrades its cameras, its phones will never shoot aerial footage.
That’s where camera drones come in handy. They can give you sweeping sky views that you can control from an iPhone app. And this dual-drone bundle by Ninja Dragon is on sale for $149.99 (regularly $398). Yup, that’s two dual-camera drones for $150.
Lockdown Mode is a new option in iOS 16 that limits system features for maximum security. Apple designed it to protect its products from sophisticated spyware, like NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, which has been used to target journalists, politicians, dissidents and activists around the world.
Spyware like Pegasus may seem like an unlikely threat. But for some, Lockdown Mode could be life or death. U.S. citizens need not worry at the moment, but it doesn’t take a wild imagination to picture how such spyware might be embraced by slightly more fascist administrations.
Right now, Lockdown Mode is meant for high-profile activists and journalists. And I mean real journalists — the kind who expose state secrets — not bloggers like me. Read on to find out how to enable Lockdown Mode and how it affects your device’s functionality.
Accessories brand Journey rolled out full-grain leather cases for the iPhone 14 soon after Apple rolled out the handsets. The new cases can protect your pricey new handset in falls up to 6 feet. And the minimalistic, modern cases are practical, durable and stylish, Journey said.
Whether you sing or rap, you need a background track to accompany your music. With Beatopia, you get exclusive access to high-quality beats to pair with your vocals. For a limited time, you can purchase a one-year subscription for $99 (regularly $135), the best price you’ll find on the web.
Cybersecurity expert Santego shared his computer setup with Cult of Mac recently, unveiling major audio-visual upgrades in the Mac Studio and ultra-wide display rig. He wanted to improve the quality of his overall sound and his video calls.
And those additions came on top of a beautifully put together setup with great connectivity, power management and backup, as well as specialized lighting and terrific input devices.
A follower of our Setups coverage, he said “You encouraged me to upgrade the space I spend 10 hours a day in working from home.”
Whether you regularly record calls for work or take notes from meetings, a voice recorder may be necessary. This one is the world’s thinnest. And right now, you can grab it on sale for just $39.99 (regularly $52).
There’s overwhelming evidence that Apple is about to reveal the M2 Pro and M2 Max, a fresh generation of high-performance processors for notebooks. These are expected to go into the next generation of 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
Here’s what to expect in new macOS laptops before the end of 2022.
Need more storage space? With more photos and videos to store than ever, who doesn’t? But before you upgrade your iPhone for more capacity, consider purchasing a cloud storage plan.
Koofr is one of the highest-rated providers on the market, and right now, you can get lifetime storage for a single payment. 1TB storage plans are available for just $111.99 (regularly $2,700) with code KOOFR this September.
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Out of the box, the new iPhone 14 Pro looks almost identical to its predecessor, the iPhone 13 Pro, with its frosted glass back, shiny steel band and triple-lens rear camera.
But switch it on, and you immediately see an obvious difference — the new Dynamic Island, a fun, interactive UI element that alone is almost worth the upgrade. But what cinches it is the new 48MP camera sensor, which takes absolutely fantastic pictures.
Inspiration strikes each of us in different ways, and if you feel a call to draw, you don’t need a formal education to get started. Give your artistic side a shot by exploring the 2023 Fundamental of Drawing and Shading Bundle. The bundle features four courses comprising nearly 100 collective lessons, and you can purchase it for only $29.99 (Reg. $800) for a limited time.
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It’s close quarters combat on this week’s See, and plenty of it. The Apple TV+ show about a dystopian society run by blind people hits a violent snag as Tormada comes for his bombs — and finds Baba Voss and his sword waiting for him.
Also, Haniwa gets an earful and an eyeful of destructiveness and it just about breaks her. Harlan has to say a messy goodbye to my favorite character, and Sheva brings out the big guns to protect her family.
Your MacBook makes for a great, portable work machine, but all laptops come with inherent downsides. For one, their screens are nowhere near as wide as a desktop display. A portable monitor could fix that, and this 4K touchscreen extension by Desklab might fit the bill for you.
It’s on sale with more than half off right now at just $289.99 (regularly $700).