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How to Stop Apple Music CarPlay From Crashing Until There's a Real Fix
Read full article: at LifeHacker Over the last few days, we’ve seen lots of reports across Reddit and social media that Apple Music on CarPlay has been crashing unexpectedly. While we don’t know the specific cause, and there’s no confirmed fix yet, there are a few workarounds you can try while you wait. Read more……
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How to Get Started With Apple Fitness+
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple is all about the three Ss these days: subscriptions, services, and saturation (for its new iMacs, at least). And while you can hardly blame the company for wanting to diversify its revenue, it can sometimes feel like there’s just a lot to buy from Apple—with a recurring monthly payment,…
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How to Fix Your iPhone's 'App Tracking Transparency' If It's Grayed Out in iOS 14.5
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple finally released its much-anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with the launch of iOS 14.5, and it’s incredibly helpful if you want some fine-grain control over which apps can track other aspects of your digital activity. That’s assuming, of course, the feature isn’t grayed out for you. Read more… Read…
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How to Delete Your Apple Pay Information Remotely If Your Device Is Stolen
Read full article: at LifeHacker On New Year’s Day 2021, a burglar broke into my house, trashed the place, and made off with several items. One of them was my iPad Pro, which could have given the thief access to my Apple Pay information if they managed to get past the lock screen. Fortunately, Apple…
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How to Try Siri's New iOS Voices Today
Read full article: at LifeHacker Apple is changing up how Siri works in iOS 14.5. She’s still the same ol’ virtual assistant you can use to do all kinds of fun activities on your iPhone. However, she’s no longer going to default to being a “she.” You’ll soon be asked to pick a female or…
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How to Tell If You're Being Scammed By Fleeceware Apps
Read full article: at LifeHacker Fleeceware is one of the worst scams you can deal with on your device, because it has one, singular goal: extracting as much money from you as possible. It generally accomplishes this not by dropping malware on your device or otherwise forcing you to do something; instead, fleeceware hides in…
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How to Get In On the Lawsuit Against Apple's Terrible MacBook Keyboards
Read full article: at LifeHacker A California judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Apple for the damage-prone butterfly keyboard design included in MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models manufactured between 2015 and 2019. The case alleges Apple knowingly sold the fragile keyboards despite numerous complaints and repair requests… Read more… Read full article:…
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How to Find COVID Vaccination Sites in Apple Maps
Read full article: at LifeHacker While we can’t help you find a vaccination appointment—good luck, given how terribly we’ve orchestrated the process and turned it into a kind of free-for-all reminiscent of buying concert tickets, shoes, or GeForce 3080 cards—we can at least give you a useful way to see where you can get vaccinated…
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How to (Maybe) Fix Your AirPods Max's Battery Drain Bug
Read full article: at LifeHacker Some AirPods Max owners have been hit with a weird battery-draining issue that affects the headphones even when they’re not in use, but there may be a simple fix. Read more… Read full article: at LifeHacker
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How to Tell If You're Being Tracked by Apple's AirTags
Read full article: at LifeHacker AirTags aren’t a thing yet—at least, not when we wrote this—but the oft-rumored tracking devices, about the size of a coin, should debut soon. And when they do, Apple is already building security features into iOS 14.5 to prevent people from secretly tracking you by attaching a tiny tracker to…