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Compressing folders on an iPad is a quick and easy way to optimize storage, improve file sharing, and organize your digital life. Here's how. Files app Compressing folders on an iPad can be useful for two main reasons — optimizing storage and making it easier to handle multiple files. When you compress a folder, you reduce its size in some cases, but not always. For example, files like JPEGs or o…

Velotric's GoMad utility e-bike is great for Apple users, with Find My , Apple Health, and the ability to swap between torque and cadence sensing. Velotric GoMad review: a great utility e-bike I've tested a lot of e-bikes over the years, and Velotric might be the company that's closest to being perfect for Apple users. The Velotric Nomad 2 had some Apple-focused features that worked well , but it…

Summer Apple Watch sales at Amazon and Walmart deliver discounts of up to $172 off SE 3, Series 11, and Ultra 3 styles. Save up to $172 across the Apple Watch lineup - Image credit: Apple Prices across Apple's wearables line start at $219 this week, with standout offers being a $172 discount on the 42mm GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 11 at Walmart and a $100 markdown on the Apple Watch Ultra 3…

No, your Uber payment method didn't expire, it's just a scam attempting to steal your payment information. Here's how to spot such scams. Spotting a scam email isn't always easy, but knowing what to look for goes a long way Email is a ubiquitous tool that everyone needs for basic web access and account creation. While some tools like Hide My Email attempt to reduce spam, they aren't foolproof . U…

A one-line command in your macOS terminal can get you access to Meta's Muse Code, which aims to be a transparent AI coding tool that can work across large repositories. Meta's Muse Code is a new AI coding tool for macOS. Image source: Meta There are already coding agents like Claude Code and ChatGPT Codex available for macOS, but Meta wants to enter the ring with its latest AI toolset. Unlike the…

Apple's employee lottery for the September iPhone launch doesn't mean it will be a return to a live-presented event. It'll probably be the same pre-recorded presentation with press in the room as usual. John Ternus will introduce Apple's event in September. It will probably be prerecorded. It's barely a month away from Apple's regular fall event, which will see the launch of products like the iPh…

Apple is preparing some smart home updates, with a new HomePod mini expected soon. Here's what to expect from Apple's small wireless speaker. HomePod mini 2 shouldn't change much from the first-gen's external appearance. Apple's HomePod mini is a key part of the smart home. While it is obviously a great and compact speaker and a way to communicate with Siri without using your iPhone , it's also a…

A new study covering wearing an Apple Vision Pro during certain surgeries has concluded that it is superior to existing medical equipment, and is very much worth the relatively small cost. The Apple Vision Pro has proven to be a useful tool for cataract surgery. Apple Vision Pro has been used for surgery since it first came out, and surgeons have already said that it is so light it saves them pai…

Even though Apple now supports RCS to let Android users join in iMessage conversations, the risky Sunbird app is back to persuade them to route everything through its servers anyway. Don't do it to yourself. That would be Android phones it's talking about. You're on an iPhone, you're fine. Image credit: Sunbird Previously on Sunbird... it was an Android app that let users partake in Apple iMessag…

Apple's powerhouse 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 Max chip and 40-core GPU is $500 off today, the largest discount currently available across the 16-inch lineup. Save $500 on Apple's loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon - Image credit: Apple Amazon is slashing $500 off Apple's premium 16-inch MacBook Pro with a top-of-the-line M5 Max chip. Equipped with an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, the high-en…

Boat owners are getting a new entertainment option as they bob on the water, as Crest Marine and Balise bring CarPlay to pontoons. Savvy Navvy on CarPlay, on a boat's infotainment system - Image Credit: Savvy Navvy Apple CarPlay is intended as a way to interact with your iPhone safely through a vehicle's infotainment system. While that vehicle has been cars, vans, and trucks so far, it's about to…

Apple's Newton handheld computer was both the company's biggest failure and its greatest peek into the future. Now, 33 years after launch, AppleInsider reminisces about what Newton was, what it meant, and where it went wrong. Apple's original Newton - image credit: Apple Back in 1993, Apple's press officers did the rounds of every technology magazine there was. When they reached one in London, th…

Shockwaves from the global RAM and SSD crisis continue to echo through home electronics pricing, and RAM manufacturers are reaping massive profits. A fix is coming, but it is a long time away and may not make any difference at all to consumers. This is what it feels like buying RAM these days. It's been a long time since RAM pricing at retail has been something that we've needed to keep an eye on…

As it generally goes with social media advice, viral posts telling iPhone owners to refrigerate overheated devices should be ignored as that will cause more damage than the heat itself. Here's why, and what you should do instead. Don't put your iPhone in the refrigerator or freezer. It's been a hot summer. Record-smashing high temperatures have been responsible for thousands of hospitalizations a…

TikTok boasted about adding measures to protect teenagers from harmful content, but deliberately kept them from 15 million Americans until one killed himself, and then lied about being responsible. TikTok intentionally disabled new safety features for a control group of around 15 million Americans. Even before the US questioned the security of Chinese social media platform TikTok, the service's p…