How to change the default apps on a Mac

From changing your browser and email client to opening specific file types with a new app, changing default apps on your Mac is easy and straightforward.

Layr is a new macOS clipboard manager that replaces hotkeys with trackpad gestures

Layr is a new macOS clipboard manager that uses a four-finger trackpad tap to open clipboard history near the cursor.

Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing
Apple’s accessibility features add more AI-powered processing

Apple’s annual update about accessibility features on its platforms has new additions for the iPhone, Mac, and especially Vision Pro, with a focus on how on-device AI processing is being used in features like VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility Reader. One addition that jumped out to me is the ability to use on-device speech […]

CleanShot X is my favorite Mac utility. Here are 8 features that will convince you, too.

macOS has a built-in screenshot tool that gets the basics right. But once you need more, it falls short. CleanShot X is the upgrade your Mac deserves, and these 8 features prove it.

macOS 27 to refine the Liquid Glass design approach, but nothing too dramatic

Apple is reportedly refining the Liquid Glass interface in macOS 27 to improve readability, transparency effects, and overall usability without major design changes.

Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27
Apple could let you pick a favorite AI model in iOS 27

The next update to Apple’s operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running […]

Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price
Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price

Apple’s Mac Mini now starts at $799 after the company pulled the $599 option with 256GB of storage from its online store, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The model’s discontinuation comes just one day after Apple CEO Tim Cook said during an earnings call that a chip shortage will impact its Mac products in the […]

Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages
Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages

Apple’s iPhone revenue jumped 22 percent to $57 billion over the past few months, despite supply chain issues impacting the device’s processor. In an interview with Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook said iPhone “demand was off the charts,” but there’s “a little less flexibility at the moment for getting more parts.” Cook added during an […]

The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era

The Mac reached a series of low points in the Tim Cook era: the fiasco of the butterfly keyboard, the clunky transition to USB-C, the underutilized potential of the Touch Bar, and the occasionally lackluster Intel chip performance. For a while, it seemed like Apple had shifted all of its attention, innovation, and care toward […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down, company names Ternus as incoming CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down on September 1. He will be replaced by hardware engineering lead John Ternus.