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Apple’s First Touch-Screen MacBook Is Almost Here, and It Looks Nothing Like What You’d Expect

Apple is holding a hands-on media event October 28 for its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display, plus a redesigned ...
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Your $299 Apple HomeView Might Come With a Frustrating Surprise, and Unlike Your iPhone, There’s Nothing You Can Do to Fix It

Apple HomeView ships with 15 built-in apps and relies on CarPlay for third-party access. See the full app list and what's ...
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Apple Quietly Fixed One of the Most Annoying Things About Throwing a Party With a Simple Update to Its Invites App

Apple Invites version 1.12.1 lets hosts manually add guests and log RSVP status, fixing a gap when people confirm outside the ...
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8 Things Apple’s $299 HomeView Can Do That You Probably Didn’t Expect From a Smart Home Screen

Apple HomeView launches November 13 with recipe walkthroughs, multi-timer support, proximity-aware display, and a CarPlay-style app framework at $299.
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Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo Has a $999 Screen Repair, but Somehow That’s Not Even the Worst Number on Its Repair Price List

Apple published iPhone Duo out-of-warranty repair fees, with inner display damage costing $999 and worst-case repairs reaching $1,499 without AppleCare+.
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Six Years for a New HomePod Mini, and Apple Wants $149 for a Speaker That Looks Almost Exactly Like the One You Already Own

The HomePod mini 2 adds Wi-Fi 6E, Mac speaker support, and surround sound for $149. Here's whether it's worth the upgrade ...
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The First Thing You’ll Want to Do With Apple’s $299 HomeView Is Also the One Thing It Won’t Let You Do Right on the Screen

Apple HomeView supports Spotify, Audible, and other third-party apps, but only through a CarPlay-style link to a nearby ...
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There’s Something Infuriating About Apple’s New Home Theater Setup When the HomePods You Already Paid For Still Work Just Fine

Apple’s new Apple TV 4K can now connect to four HomePods at once, letting you build a surround sound system with Apple ...
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The Most Painful Part of Breaking Apple’s New $299 HomeView Might Be Realizing You Could Buy Another One for Just $20 More

Apple HomeView repair fees are $39 with AppleCare+ or $279 without. Here's what coverage costs and why the math matters for this shared home device.
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Life Story Before Making Dinner, and Apple’s New $299 HomeView Might Finally Do Something About It

Apple HomeView's guided recipe mode works only with Safari-based recipes, leaving third-party app users without support when ...
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That $299 Apple TV You Were Thinking of Buying Might Be a Waste of Money if Siri Is the Only Reason You Wanted to Upgrade

Apple says second- and third-generation Apple TV 4K models will get Siri AI in tvOS 27.2 beta, but there's a catch involving ...
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Apple Finally Lets You Talk to Your TV Without a Remote, but There’s Something About Those Microphones Worth Knowing First

The new Apple TV 4K adds built-in far-field microphones for hands-free Siri, but at $299 it costs twice what the previous ...