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AppleCare Hardware iPad News retail

Apple launches three year extended repair program for first-gen iPad Pro Smart Keyboard units

If your first-gen iPad Pro Smart Keyboard is acting up, Apple’s recently-launched three year extended repair program might be there to help. Users with a Smart Keyboard for first-gen 9.7- and 12.9-inch Pros can can get repairs or replacements for free, so long the accessory is suffering from one of several specific issues. These include […]

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Apple Watch battery Hardware News Wearables

Apple begins offering free repairs of 42 mm Apple Watch Series 2 units with swollen batteries, startup issues

If your Apple Watch Series 2 unit doesn’t power on or has a swollen battery, it looks like Apple may repair it free of charge as part of a new service policy. “Apple has determined that under certain conditions, some Apple Watch Series 2 devices may not power on or they may experience an expanded […]

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battery Hardware iPhone News

Apple Store locations bring in external contractors to help with backlog of iPhone battery replacement

Apple has struggled to keep up with the demand for iPhone battery replacements and it looks like the company has begun bringing in both AppleCare employees and external contractors to work in retail stores on iPhone battery replacements specifically. The deluge of repair requests follows Apple’s admitting to assorted battery-related iPhone slowdowns/unexpected and the reduction […]

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High Sierra macOS News Software

Apple incorporates 13 major WebKit changes into Safari 11.1 update

It’s on the technical side of things, but Apple recently detailed the 13 major WebKit changes applied in Safari 11.1 when macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra hit last week. The changes are as follows: Service Worker API The Service Worker API enables scripts that run in the background to handle generalized processing for web pages. Service […]

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Handbrake 1.1.0 released, improved user interface, 4K video, other new features added

Following its release of Handbrake 1.0 almost two years ago, The Handbrake Team has released Handbrake 1.1.0 of its Mac utility that can convert video files to several different codecs, it can even rip DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Version 1.1.0, released on Sunday, includes the following hefty list of fixes, changes and new features: