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HomeKit Adventures – Designing My Smart Home

2020 has been a crazy year. With everything going on in the world, my wife and I have bought our first house. We were lucky enough to be able to buy a house that is being built and we can choose some finishings that we want. While my wife handles all of the design aspects, […]

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MacBook Air 2020 Review – Probably the Last MacBook I Buy

It is a weird time in the world right now. COVID has kept me home for over two months now, which makes it difficult to give the new MacBook Air for 2020 a thorough review. As such, I haven’t gotten to test the new MacBook Air outside of the house. But what I have tested,

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MacBook Air 2020 Impressions

I finally put my 2013 MacBook Pro to the side and upgraded it to the new MacBook Air 2020. It was actually a decision that I agonized over for a few weeks between the announcement to the moment I pulled the trigger. I’ve only had about twenty-four hours with the machine, most of which I

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Feature Requests: Apple Music Upgrades

Since I’ve been trapped inside my house every day for a month, I have listened to music much more than normal. While I’m very happy with Apple Music, there are some features that I’m finding I would love added to the service. I would love if Apple Music could add these features. Personal Recommendations in

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Why I’m Not Getting The iPad Magic Keyboard

Apple surprised everyone again this week when it announced the Magic Keyboard for iPad will be going on sale now instead of in May. When Apple announced the new iPad Pros and MacBook Air a few weeks all the excitement really seemed to be about the new Magic Keyboard that would be coming out later

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Make Your AirPods Connect Automatically

I stumbled upon a link today that really enhances your AirPods. When the AirPods were first announced, it seemed like Apple had designed a system that would allow you to automatically change devices without having to do anything but push play and put the AirPods in your ears. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. AirPods are

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The iPad Needs Better Apps to Replace MacBooks

It has been a couple of weeks now since Apple added pointer ability to the iPad with iPadOS 13.4. The move has sparked some to reconsider their portable computing preferences again. Using a mouse on the iPad is a joy. Apple, thankfully, added to the core operating system so that it’s easy to use. It’s

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iPad – The Modular Computer

Check out Federico Viticci’s work on how he has his iPad Pro set up over at Macstories The more I think about it, the more I come to this conclusion: the iPad, unlike other computers running a “traditional” desktop OS, possesses the unique quality of being multiple things at once. Hold an iPad in your

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iOS and iPadOS 13.4 out now

Apple has released a ton of updates today, including iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, watchOS 6.2, HomePod 13.4, tvOS 13.4, and macOS 10.15.4. The headlining feature seems to be iPadOS and the pointer support it brings. With this update, you can use a mouse or trackpad on your iPad. The updates bring a flood of bug

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Using a Mouse on an iPad is Transformative

Last week, Apple unveiled the new spec-bumped iPad Pros, Magic Keyboard, and cursor support for iPadOS. I’ve been using mouse support on the iPad since it was introduced as an assistive touch feature with iPadOS 13. I also have updated to the newest Beta code to test out the new pointer functionality on my iPad

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