When Apple revived itself and found its way into everybody’s homes, hands, and wallets, it became a company that consistently met and exceeded expectations. It became a company with the resources to do virtually anything, with more cash on hand than the US government. Read more: http://www.howtogeek.com/273733/the-biggest-design-mistakes-apple-has-made-in-the-past-two-years/

The firm says the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar provides software-specific commands that are more “intuitive” to use than the function keys it replaces. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37787487

The photos support claims that the Macbook Pro will include a panel above its keyboard that replaces physical function keys with a thin display showing touch-sensitive text and graphics, and a fingerprint sensor. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37774800

According to all-things-Apple commentator Jim Dalrymple, the Cupertino company is about to follow in Microsoft’s footsteps… …by “pre-downloading” the latest version of the company’s Mac operating system, macOS 10.12 Sierra, in the background. The idea is to make it more appealing to upgrade, because you won’t have a 5GB download to wait for first before […]

iPhone passcodes can be bypassed using just £75 ($100) of electronic components, research suggests. A Cambridge computer scientist cloned iPhone memory chips, allowing him an unlimited number of attempts to guess a passcode. The work contradicts a claim made by the FBI earlier this year that this approach would not work. The FBI made the […]

In iOS 10, Apple made a small but fundamental change to the way touch ID users unlock their phone phone. If you’re tired of seeing “Press home to open” or “Press home to unlock” every time to you grab your phone, here’s how to switch it back to the way it was in iOS 9. How Touch ID Changed […]

Apple says it has fixed a problem that was “bricking” people’s devices while updating to the latest operating system. Complaints from iPhone and iPad users updating to iOS 10 flooded social media after the software was rolled out on Tuesday. Discussion around the issue was trending on social media – but Apple said it was […]

The iPhone 7 will not have a traditional headphone socket. Apple said its lightning connector could be used instead, which would make room for other components. It will also promote the use of wireless earphones, and has released a set of its own called Airpods. The firm said it had taken “courage” to take the […]

Apple claims their live streams are only available in Safari on macOS and iOS. But you don’t have to miss the new iPhone launch if you’re using a Windows PC or Android device. Apple doesn’t make it obvious how to do this, but you can watch its live events on any operating system. To watch on Apple […]

A week ago, Apple pushed out a small but critical security patch for iOS. That update was iOS 9.3.5, and it fixed a trifecta of previously unknown vulnerabilities that had allegedly been combined to produce a megaexploit. (If you have an iDevice, go to Settings | General | Software Update right now, just to make […]

Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from Apple in back taxes, the European Commission has ruled. After a three-year long investigation, it has concluded that the US firm’s tax benefits are illegal. The Commission said this enabled it to pay substantially less than other businesses, in effect paying a corporate tax rate of no […]

Apple could be ordered to pay billions of euros in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland by European Union competition officials. The final ruling, expected on Tuesday, follows a three-year probe into Apple’s Irish tax affairs, which the EU has previously identified as illegal. The Financial Times reports that the bill will be for […]

Apple has issued a global upgrade of its iOS mobile operating system after a botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software. The spyware took advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in iOS to take complete control of iPhone devices. An Apple spokesperson said: “We were made aware of this vulnerability […]

Flaws in Apple’s iOS operating system have been discovered that made it possible to install spyware on a target’s device merely by getting them to click on a link. The discovery was made after a human rights lawyer alerted security researchers to unsolicited text messages he had received. They discovered three previously unknown flaws within […]

Apple has been accused of failing to address a “design flaw” said to be causing many iPhone 6 and 6S handsets’ screens to flicker and become unresponsive to touch. The repair specialist iFixit published a lengthy blog on Tuesday detailing the issue, and emailed its thousands of followers. It suggests the cause is two chips […]

Just two weeks ago, Apple released iOS 9.3.3, an update that fixed numerous security holes including one that was compared to last year’s “Stagefright” bug on Android. Apple’s Stagefright-like bug was in a subsystem called ImageIO, a component used to process and render images. Your iPhone probably displays lots of different images every day: not […]

Apple has been urged to rethink its plan to convert the handgun emoji symbol into a water pistol icon. The Emojipedia website argued that the symbol could still appear as a lifelike gun in messages sent to non-iOS users. Apple made the change in the wake of a series of shootings in the US. However, […]

How much is a flaw in Apple software worth? The answer to that question has long been a mystery, because Apple didn’t pay security researchers who reported bugs to the company. That changed Thursday, when the head of Apple security, Ivan Krstic, said the company would pay bug bounties — up to $200,000 — to […]

The macOS dock normally appears at the bottom of your screen, but it doesn’t have to. The dock is customizable in quite a few ways you might not be aware of, especially if you’re a new Mac user. In this article, we’ll discuss all the built-in ways to tweak your Dock, though if you really want […]

Apple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared. The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million. Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the results reflected “stronger customer demand… than we […]