January 2025

Apple’s Calendar app has been on the iPhone since the start, and rarely gets changed. But in the last few months, Calendar has been the subject of some compelling upgrades. And now, iOS 18.3 adds a feature that provides another reason to use the app. more…

Apple has a CarPlay problem. Actually, Apple has two CarPlay problems. One of those is well-documented: next-generation CarPlay was announced at WWDC 2022 and is still not available in any car, though Apple swears it’s still working with “several automakers” to implement it. What could be Apple’s bigger problem, however, is its neglect of CarPlay

I’m a self-confessed neat freak in both physical and virtual worlds, so I like to keep my Mac app windows organised. I previously did so using Stay, but when the developer seemingly abandoned it I switched to Moom. The app lets me instantly restore all my app windows to my preferred sizes and positions, whether

Five days ago, Spotify disputed a report that Apple Music pays artists more than double compared to Spotify’s average rates. In completely unrelated news, Spotify has published a blog post announcing record payouts to the music industry in 2024. more…

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Supports Thunderbolt 5  Impressive performance for creative users Rugged design with IP68 rating Five-year warranty Cons Expensive Requires Mac with M4 Pro or Max You might need to buy a spare TB5 cable Our Verdict It’s expensive, and you’ll need a new Mac with an M4 Pro or

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Macworld When iOS 18 launched last fall, we got an all-new Calculator app. It’s got some great features, including Math Notes, which lets you scribble down calculations to solve, and unit conversions, which converts things like currency and weight without heading to Safari. It even arrived on the iPad for the first time, with a

Digital collectible card game Marvel Snap is back in the App Store, after the game’s developer seemingly severed connections with TikTok parent ByteDance. Trump has suggested that Microsoft is negotiating to buy TikTok, despite the company’s CEO having previously described the suggestion as “the strangest thing” … more…

Macworld The watchOS 11.3 software update, which Apple rolled out Monday, includes at least one important security patch. But the release also brought an unintended side effect: it caused software updates to break on older Apple Watch models. The bug was spotted by an X user and flagged by a MacRumors reader. Paradoxically it only

Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee has shared a hands-on experience of Project Moohan, a prototype of Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor. Samsung has previously allowed other tech writers to try it, including 9to5Google’s Abner Li, but this is the first time the company has allowed video footage to be shared … more…