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Apple to shutter Back to My Mac on July 1st

Come July 1st, 2019, Apple will be shutting down its Back to My Mac service. The service currently allows users to set up a network of Macs that could be accessed remotely, as well as remotely access a different Mac. The company has listed the following tools and services to help users transition out of […]

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battery Hardware iPhone News

Apple to end reduced rate iPhone battery replacement program on December 31st

After December 31st, you’ll have to pay full boat for a replacement iPhone battery. Apple’s reduced rate battery replacement program will be coming to an end December 31st, 2018. Following complaints about device performance, Apple announced the replacement program in December 2017. It was set to run for a year. It meant UK customers could […]

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battery Hardware News Samsung

Investigators may be closer to discovering cause of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery issues

They may be that much closer to finding out why the batteries in the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 have been overheating and catching fire. Investigators who’ve performed preliminary examinations of the handsets and batteries have suggested there is an issue with the batteries made by China’s Amperex Technology Ltd., which were supposed to be a […]

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MacBook Air MacBook Pro News Software

Apple releases SMC firmware updates for 2012, 2013 notebooks

The firmware fixes for your recent Apple notebook arrived yesterday. Per Macworld, Apple released SMC Updatesfor the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Retina MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air SMC Update v1.9 is available as a 1.09 megabyte download for MacBook Air notebooks released in 2012 and 2013. It fixes a “rare” problem where the battery […]

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Apple shutters iWork.com web site, grace period for file transfer ends

Sometimes the store just closes. Per MacRumors, Apple finally brought an end the grace period that had allowed users to retrieve their Gallery photos and iDisk files from the iWork.com web site and to transition their accounts to iCloud following the June 30 shutdown of the service. As of today, visitors to MobileMe.com are no […]