Pastel perfection
Get the spring look for the SurfacePad for iPhone from Twelve South
Twelve South's popular SurfacePad thin wallet folio now comes in gorgeous pastel colors.
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Lory Gil
Lory is a renaissance woman, writing news, reviews, and how-to guides for iMore. She also fancies herself a bit of a rock star in her town and spends too much time reading comic books. If she's not typing away at her keyboard, you can probably find her at Disneyland or watching Star Wars (or both).
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Delightful monitor
Review: BenQ's 32-inch 4K monitor makes movies on MacBook look great
For gamers and movie fans, this monitor is specially designed for entertainment, including pre-programmed visual and audio settings and built-in speakers.
Mastering iOS
Here's everything you need to set up Touch ID on iPhone and iPad
If you've just purchased a new iPad, set up is easy peasy! We've got the steps you'll take to get through the process.
NAAM
Celebrate differences on World Autism Awareness Day and every day
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Today is World Autism Day. April is National Autism Awareness Month. It's time to learn about the disorder so we can be better to each other.
Scanner darkly
Who needs a document scanner when you have your iPhone or iPad?
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Apple's document scanner might be the only scanner you'll ever need, ever again. Here's everything you need to know for how to use it!
I just bought the tiniest purse from Twelve South — no joke
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There are a lot of fake products that get announced on April Fool's Day and this is not one of them.
Women in tech
Interview: Mavis Chan, Director of Product on Sims FreePlay IRL
Mavis Chan has been working in the gaming industry for her entire career and has been a major player in shaping the success of Sims FreePlay for most of its existence. How does she do real life?
Backups
Keep your Apple TV's content safe even without traditional backups
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The Apple TV may not have the traditional backup methods you're used to, but it's still possible to keep your Apple TV content safe. Here's how.
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Get rid of old backups to free up space on your Mac
Do you have an excessive amount of 'Backups' taking up space on your MacBook? Don't worry, it's supposed to be there.
Never be without a backup
It's World Backup Day and your iPhone or iPad can use a good backup!
Make sure you're ready for iOS 13 this week and iPadOS 13 later this month by backing up your iPhone and iPad right now!
Never be without a backup
You should have a backup system for your devices and this is why
If you already store most of your data in cloud-based storage services, why is it so important to do a hard backup of your devices?
Back it up
It's World Backup Day! Celebrate by backing everything up — here's how!
If you're not already doing so, take a moment on World Backup Day to back up up your data. That day you lose it is the day you'll wish you had. Just back it up.
Back it up
Use an online backup service to diversify how your Mac's data is kept safe
What are the best online and offsite backup services for your Mac? Here are the ones that could literally save your bits. All of them!
Making space
Get those iPhone backups off your Mac and onto an external hard drive
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If you have backups taking space on your internal drive, you can relocate them to an external hard drive to clear out some space.
Family Fun
Apple curates stay-at-home fun for the entire family
Whether you are looking for movies to watch, music to dance to, games to play, or books to read, you can find family-friendly entertainment for your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV if you know where to look.
Women in tech
Interview: We sat down with Diana Hu, Director of Engineering at Niantic
You've heard of Pokémon GO (who hasn't) and you know a little something about augmented reality, too. We were honored to sit down with Diana Hu, Director of Engineering and Head of AR Platform at Niantic, Inc. (the company that developed Pokémon GO) to talk about her career and experience as a woman in tech.
Freebies!
Apple extends Final Cut Pro X and offers Logic Pro X free for 90 days
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You can finally become the movie director or song writer you've always dreamed of with a 3-month free trial of Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X.
Destress for less
You can get Lake Coloring Books for 80% off right now
In a time when we need to de-stress more than ever, the indie-focused coloring book app by Lake Coloring is cheaper than it's ever been (and probably ever will be again).
Hubba Hubba
Make sure you have all the ports you need for your Mac with a USB-C hub
The MacBook Pro (Late 2016 and newer) sports at least two, and up to four Thunderbolt 3 ports, but that's all. What to do if you need other ports? Get a hub!
Dock it!
Dock it up with these great stations for your MacBook Pro
Need to connect all the things to your MacBook Pro with USB-C ports? Dongles be damned. Get yourself a docking station instead!