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AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Some iCloud usersare having trouble syncing with iCloud Drive, Photos, and backup upload after updating toiOS 16.3, and it all seems related to a lack of two-factor authentication. In posts to Apple's support forums...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — While Apple's holiday season earnings werelower than expected because of manufacturing issues in China, new research says that iPad sales actually increased year over year. According to analyst firm TechInsights, the overall tablet market...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — On this week's episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, the initialHomePod reviews are in, Samsung announces the S23 Ultra, why you should use Guided Access, your hosts' hot take on foldable Macs, and more!. That...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Users are encountering an error when trying to use select Pioneer Blu-ray and optical drives, seemingly starting withmacOS Ventura 13.2. Multiple posts across support forums and an official message from Pioneer indicates that owners...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Apple packed out January with expected new devices, it failed to deliver some others, and it did everything without any event — even though it apparently planned to. January has been a quiet...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — A refresh of theMac Studio with an M2 Ultra may not happen soon or at all, because of the Mac Pro. Apple's introduction of the M2 Pro and M2 Max in January, as well...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Google's Chromium team is working on making a new experimental browser foriOS based on Blink, instead of using Webkit as mandated by App Store policies. The search giant's Chromium developers are reportedly working on...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — LG offers an all-in-one solution for smart TV manufacturers to add its webOS platform to their products, and it was just updated withApple TV, Apple Music, AirPlay, and HomeKit. LG manufactures and sells TVs...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — It's not clear how widespread the problem is in terms of numbers of users, but those affected range from Enterprise-scale networks, to individuals just connecting aniPhone to their MacBook Pro. In every case it's a SMB connection, but reports are too varied for a more specific issue to be identified.

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — AnalystMing-Chi Kuo says he now expects that Apple will follow the new HomePod with a refresh of most of its audio devices, but not until the second half of 2024. While Apple's release of...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Stock analysts get paid to have opinions — and they're not always great. Here's who was right about Apple's Christmas quarter — and who was wrong. The company reported $117.15 billion in...

In 2022, Apple's operating profit share of the worldwide smartphone market reached a recent high of 85%, and the company shipped 70 million iPhones in the fourth quarter. Driven by sales of the iPhone 14 launched in September, Apple has achieved its highest-ever global smartphone shipment, revenue, and operating profit share in 2022.

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Apple is thinking about extending the Pro line ofiPhone even farther upwards, with a report from a reliable leaker insisting it could arrive in 2024. Rumors since the middle of 2022 have put forward...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Part of the surprise January Mac updates, Apple launched a revised 14-inch MacBook Pro. As expected from near the start of a product line, both for the 14-inch model andApple Silicon itself, a second-generation release is more of a refinement of a just-established format instead of a radical overhaul.

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Logitech's Mevo Go software will be ideal at some point for those looking to stream live events to their followers or subscribers — but it's not quite there yet. Mevo Go is a...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Mastodon is a new, distributed social network which uses decentralized servers — and an enterprising developer has ported a client to run on a 30-year old Mac operating system. Scott Small has written...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — The Shargeek Retro 67 wall charger uses a classic Macintosh design for a bit of nostalgia, but also to show total output on its "LED Matrix" display. It's a surprisingly compelling feature with today's state of charging.

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — TigerDirect has issued what could be a price mistake on the iPad 10th Generation, which normally retails for $449, but is on sale for just $224.99. While the $224.01 discount lasts, grab Apple's iPad...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Crash Detection on Apple Watch andiPhone 14 still causing problems for law enforcement and emergency responders. A Summit County call center in Colorado shared one such story, as Sergeant Watson walked through a busy...

AppleInsider may earn an affiliate commission on purchases made through links on our site. — Upgrading your home theater speakers for a great movie experience is easy to do, but it can be hard to decide which route to take. Let's look at the choice between a pair of HomePods and a dedicated Sonos system.