We’re taking next week off for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US, so look for your next email issue on 4 December 2023. Apple announced that iPhone 14 users will receive another free year…
Apple updated many of its operating systems last week, not primarily for security vulnerabilities, but to fix some gnarly bugs. Glenn Fleishman dives into Contact Key Verification, a tweaky feature in the next version of…
The big news of the week is Apple’s release of the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips to power a new crop of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models and a speed-bumped 24-inch iMac.
By the time you read this, Apple will have announced something—new Macs with an M3 chip?—at its nighttime (for us) “Scary Fast” event. We’ll have coverage of that on the TidBITS website on Tuesday. We’ve…
We’re thrilled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Take Control Books, the ebook imprint that we founded in 2003 and sold to Joe Kissell back in 2017. Apple has introduced a third Apple Pencil model…
We lead off with news of a weird bug causing iPhones and iPads to power down at night and restart in the morning, potentially causing users to miss alarms and calls. Those still using iOS…
Apple has released iOS 17.0.3 to address overheating in the iPhone 15, which can also be triggered by buggy apps like Instagram and background housekeeping after moving to a new phone. We report on last…
As promised, Apple has released macOS 14 Sonoma, and while we urge caution for everyday Mac users, eager early adopters are busy installing it and playing with the new features. On the iPhone side of…
Apple has pushed out yet another set of security-focused updates to its operating systems to block a full exploit chain—install them soon! If you’re getting a new iPhone 15, note that you need to update…
It’s harvest time! Last week, Apple plucked from its trees the iPhone 15 lineup, the Apple Watch Series 9, the Apple Watch Ultra 2, and slightly tweaked AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case. Also…
Welcome back! After our week off for Labor Day, we have an abundance of articles for you, starting with the announcement of Apple’s “Wonderlust” event on 12 September 2023—watch it with us in SlackBITS. Apple…
We’re taking a break from the email issue of TidBITS next week because of Labor Day—expect our next issue on 11 September 2023. The online backup service Backblaze will be raising its prices soon while…
This week brings two highly focused operating system updates from Apple: macOS 13.5.1 Ventura, which restores location services permissions, and watchOS 9.6.1, which fixes a bug affecting Parkinson’s disease apps. If you’ve ever wanted to…
It’s easy to take spreadsheets for granted, but as Adam Engst writes, modern spreadsheets can do far more than perform calculations. By way of illustration, he explains how he built a budgeting tool in Google…
This week’s feature article comes from Julio Ojeda-Zapata, who reviews the new Studio Pro headphones and Studio Buds+ earbuds from Apple subsidiary Beats. Michael Cohen rejoins us to examine Apple’s Q3 2023 earnings, which dropped…