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OS X Yosemite Dock Icons, Ranked

Apple just released OS X Yosemite. It looks pretty nice. The typeface is new. The menus are frosty. The new “Dark Mode” is dashing. And, best of all, the icons are fresh and delightful. Well, most of them are. In order to separate the improved icons from the terrible ones, we ranked them. All rankings…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 17

8 Uses for Your Outdated iPad

With iPad Air 2 preorders starting today, you might be ready to kick your old tablet to the curb. But when the march of technology sends your slate to the junk drawer, don’t just sell it off. Recycle it into a high-powered specialist device. Here are nine new uses for your old iPad that beat…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 17

This Is How Christian Bale as Steve Jobs Could Turn Out

The rumor mill is pretty certain that Christian Bale will be playing Steve Jobs in Aaron Sorkin’s new Apple movie. This is the direction in which Conan thinks the former Batman will take the role. https://gizmodo.com/report-christian-bale-will-play-steve-jobs-1646903670 When you think about it, a Steve Jobs movie is quite a lot like a superhero movie: lots of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

It’s taken Apple a little while to take its latest phone to China. But, as a Wall Street Journal correspondent points out, now it’s there, reaction to its arrival seems to be “decidedly low-key.” Just 100 or so fanboys waited in line outside the Beijing Apple store this morning, ready to pick up their pre-ordered…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 17

Big Phones Are Killing Small Tablets

Yesterday, Google disappeared its Nexus 7 tablet in favor of a gargantuan 6-inch phone. Today, Apple (barely) announced an iPad mini 3 that’s essentially just a iPad mini 2 in goldpagne clothing. Small tablets are dying. And it’s big phones that are killing them. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that small tablets…

Tech News Darren Orf Oct 16

Go Download OS X Yosemite Right Now

A few hours after announcing that it would soon be available, Apple has finally released OS X Yosemite to the public. Download it here right now. You’re going to love it. The latest version of the Mac operating system comes with a design refresh that makes OS X look a bit more like iOS, including…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 16

The iPad Air 2 Has Its Own SIM So You Change Carriers Whenever You Want

Want an iPad Air 2 on LTE but don’t want to tie lock yourself into an iPad-lifelong relationship with a single carrier? You are in luck. The iPad Air 2 comes with its own SIM card so you can play the field. At least the part of the field that doesn’t include Verizon. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-air-2-everything-you-need-to-know-1647091065 As…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 16

iMac with Retina Display Eyes-On: It’s Gorgeous, Of Course

The Apple iMac with Retina display looks brilliant. I mean, of course it does: There are just too many freaking pixels here (and too much of Apple’s reputation for excellence) for it to be anything but stellar. https://gizmodo.com/imac-with-retina-display-my-god-its-full-of-pixels-1647138818 If you ask me, it’s pretty jaw-dropping. I stared slack-jawed at the owl in the picture above…

Tech News Sean Hollister Oct 16

A Fully Loaded iMac With Retina Will Cost You $4,400

Thinking of buying a pretty new iMac with Retina display? That’ll cost you. Thinking of buying the most tricked out, pumped up new iMac with Retina display that you possibly can. That’ll really cost you—$4,400 to be exact. That’s a lot of money, but it’s really not that bad. It’s definitely not as bad as…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 16

iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 Hands-On: One Of These Tablets Feels Awesome

Say hello to the iPad Air 2, the Apple tablet that’s thinner than a pencil shaved down to size by a laser. I just held one at Apple’s event, and I have to say: oh gosh is it thin and light and gorgeous. Enough so, in fact, to completely overshadow the new iPad mini. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-air-2-everything-you-need-to-know-1647091065…

Tech News Sean Hollister Oct 16

iMac With Retina 5K Display: My God, It’s Full of Pixels

The new iMac with Retina display will make your desktop radiate in high-resolution glory. This is the most amazing iMac Apple has ever made. The new iMac with Retina display has a 14.7 million pixels on a 27-inch display in 5210 x 2880. They’re calling it a Retina 5K Display. That’s way more pixels than…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Oct 16

The iPad Mini 3 Is Just the iPad Mini 2 With Touch ID

Last year’s update turned the iPad Mini into the tablet we deserved. And this time around they’ve given us—er, pretty much the exact same thing as last year. But hey—Touch ID! And goldpagne. Don’t forget goldpagne. Design It’s official—goldpagne has finally come to iPad land. But besides taking its color cues directly from the new…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Oct 16

iPad Air 2: Faster and Thinner (and Golder) Than Ever

It’s iPad day, and Apple just announced the successor to last years svelte new iPad Air. This is the iPad Air 2 (aka the iPad 6), a familiar but thinner body, with updated guts and a few more features around the edges. Design The iPad Air 2 might look mostly familiar—and it is—but it’s been…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 16

OS X Yosemite Is Out Today—and Free

Apple just announced that OS X Yosemite will be out today, and it’s free. No huge surprise there—Mavericks was also free. But it’s still good news for anybody who likes pretty things. https://gizmodo.com/our-new-ipad-imac-and-more-liveblog-starts-10-16-at-1-1644529414 In addition to news about the release, Apple also showed off some flashy things that the new Continuity feature offers. It works…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 16

It Looks Like Camera Roll Is Coming Back to iOS 8

Looks like Apple is listening, y’all. Despite the seemingly never-ending hiccups of iOS 8, the company has apparently decided to respond to overwhelming demand and reintroduce the much-missed Camera Roll feature in iOS 8.1. But resurrected Camera Roll might not be the old feature you remember. https://gizmodo.com/ios-8-0-1-is-breaking-cell-connections-on-the-iphone-6-1638669641 We heard mention of Camera Roll coming back…

Tech News Leslie Horn Oct 16

Apple Pay Is Coming October 20

Apple Pay is set to launch on October 20. So if you have an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus and you’re in the U.S., you’ll be able to start paying for your Walgreens haul on your phone next Monday. Tim Cook described how Apple Pay will work in greater detail than before, confirming earlier…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 16

Report: Christian Bale Will Play Steve Jobs

Yes, we’ve known for a while that Christian Bale might be the next actor to portray Steve Jobs, but Variety now seems mighty sure: the publication is reporting that our favorite Batman will indeed play our favorite technology pitchman in Sony’s new movie. Mind you, Variety technically says that Bale is merely “in talks,” but…

Tech News Sean Hollister Oct 15

iTunes Leak Shows Touch ID-Equipped iPad Mini 3 and iPad Air 2

Just as we suspected, a new iPad Air and an iPad Mini are forthcoming. Over on 9to5Mac, Mark Gurman reports that the user guides to two new iPads are showing up—by accident—in iTunes. And yes, Touch ID is coming to both devices, if these guides are to be believed. The screenshot above is from the…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 15

Report: Soon You Won’t Be Able to Buy a Fitbit in the Apple Store

Apple plans to stop selling Fitbit devices in its stores, according to a report from Re/Code. This makes sense, since Apple is getting into the wearable health tracking market with HealthKit and its Apple Watch, and Fitbit already said it is not going to integrate with HealthKit. As Re/Code pointed out, plenty of other health…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 15

Apple’s Refresh Schedule and Pricing Changes, Visualized

Ahead of Thursday’s Apple event, James R. A. Davenport—author of the data and visualization blog ifweassume.com—decided to investigate the data behind Apple’s product refreshes. Here, he shares his findings about refresh times and changing prices. As an Apple computer fan I’ve been a long time reader of Mac Rumors, a website that reports great Mac…

Tech News James R. A. Davenport - ifweassume.com Oct 15

OS X Yosemite Dock Icons, Ranked

8 Uses for Your Outdated iPad

This Is How Christian Bale as Steve Jobs Could Turn Out

The iPhone 6 Finally Made It to China

Big Phones Are Killing Small Tablets

Go Download OS X Yosemite Right Now

The iPad Air 2 Has Its Own SIM So You Change Carriers Whenever You Want

iMac with Retina Display Eyes-On: It’s Gorgeous, Of Course

A Fully Loaded iMac With Retina Will Cost You $4,400

iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 Hands-On: One Of These Tablets Feels Awesome

iMac With Retina 5K Display: My God, It’s Full of Pixels

The iPad Mini 3 Is Just the iPad Mini 2 With Touch ID

iPad Air 2: Faster and Thinner (and Golder) Than Ever

OS X Yosemite Is Out Today—and Free

It Looks Like Camera Roll Is Coming Back to iOS 8

Apple Pay Is Coming October 20

Report: Christian Bale Will Play Steve Jobs

iTunes Leak Shows Touch ID-Equipped iPad Mini 3 and iPad Air 2

Report: Soon You Won’t Be Able to Buy a Fitbit in the Apple Store

Apple’s Refresh Schedule and Pricing Changes, Visualized

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