Apple on Thursday released macOS Monterey 12.2.1. The update, a 1.04 gigabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: Important security updates and fixes an issue for Intel-based Mac computers that may cause the battery to drain during sleep when connected to Bluetooth peripherals. The update looks to chase down a bug that caused batteries […]
Apple has quietly discontinued selling the Beats Pill+ as well as the Beddit Sleep Monitor from its online storefront. Beddit, the Apple-owned sleep tracking and monitoring service, launched the Beddit Sleep Monitor 3.5 in late 2018, roughly a year and a half after the firm was acquired. Three years later, it’s no longer being sold. […]
If your spiffy new M1 Mac mini is having difficulty waking a connected third-party display from sleep, you’re not alone. Per the ever-handy MacRumors forums as well as the Apple Support communities, complaints dating back to the M1 Mac mini’s release have cited the difficulty: MacRumors reader “gooimac” offered the following: My M1 (8gb/256) Mac […]
A recently published Apple patent hints at how the company may be investigating new ways to save power, and add convenience, by allowing devices to respond to network requests and perform some low-power tasks, all while in sleep mode. For years now, Macs have featured a setting called “wake for network access,” which allowed them […]
Apple on Wednesday released hefty updates to its macOS, iOS, and iPadOS operating systems, the fixes addresses a bug with Mac virtualization and the Exposure Notification system. The software updates Wednesday include iOS 13.6.1 and iPadOS 13.6.1, as well as a supplemental update to macOS Catalina 10.15.6. The updates also address a thermal management bug that could cause a […]