AirTags are small Bluetooth trackers that can help you find your stuff, but they also work as triggers for automations. Using Apple’s Shortcuts app, you can use AirTags to trigger all sorts of events when you tap them against your iPhone or Apple Watch. Here are some ideas for putting them to use.
Top Stories: iOS 14.5 Released, AirTag Launch, New iMac and iPad Pro Pre-Orders
Saturday May 1, 2021 6:00 am PDT by MacRumors Staff
After nearly three months of beta testing, Apple this week finally released iOS 14.5, the company s biggest update since the iOS 14 launch last September. One of the main new features included in the update is support for AirTags, Apple s item trackers that also finally became available this week some two years after their existence first leaked.
Apple this week also began taking orders for its new iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV models, although they won t be shipping until the latter half of next month, and we also got word that the next-generation Apple silicon chip presumably destined for revamped MacBook Pro models later this year has entered mass production. Read on for all of the details on these stories and more from the past week!
You’ve already secured your iPhone with Face ID, but that s no help when you re wearing a mask. If you need to unlock your phone at the supermarket, department store, or another public place, you’re forced to enter a passcode or pull down your mask. If you have a long and complex password to secure your Mac, it may also be difficult to remember or annoying to type every time it goes into Lock Mode.
You can avoid these hassles with your iPhone and Mac if you also own an Apple Watch, thanks to a feature called Auto Unlock. This option automatically unlocks your iPhone or Mac when your smartwatch is in close proximity to these devices while they are in Lock Mode. (It s not available on the iPad.)
17 April 2021, 1:20 pm EDT By iPhone network compatibility ( Pexels/Lisa )
Making a change to a new carrier can usually sound appealing, whether it is the incentives, the hopes of better coverage, pricing, or all of the above.
However, the reality is that switching can be a commitment, and it is no fun to make a move only to realize that it was a mistake. Here are some tips and tricks to test carrier coverage with iPhone before you switch networks.
iPhone carrier coverage testing
The competition between the U.S. carriers to get customers to switch continues to heat up. Verizon recently launched a limited offer to give up to $1,000 for trade-ins, T-Mobile offers up to $830 on iPhone trade-ins, and AT&T is offering up to $700 at the time of writing.