By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Best Buy’s 24-hour flash sale offers epic deals on Apple products, including a record low price on the Apple Watch Series 9. Plus, save up to $600 on iMacs and $500 on an LG OLED display.Shop record low prices during Best Buy’s flash sale.You can find the full selection of offers on Best Buy’s 24-hour sale page, but we’re also including a few stellar discounts below. The $799 iMac and $269 Apple Watch Series 9 deals (just in time for Mother’s Day) are hot picks and may sell out before the sale ends tonight.Top deals at Best Buy Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Silver) In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, a significant Apple Watch theft happened at Walmart, Woz wins a round in court, and Malaysian ethics after an iPhone incident.Apple Store in AlderwoodThe latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) World Backup Day deals are officially live, with discounts of up to $840 off on Synology NAS enclosures, Samsung external SSDs, Seagate hard drives and memory cards galore.Save up to $840 on storage solutions for World Backup Day 2024.Celebrated in the tech community, World Backup Day 2024 on March 31 is a great day to pick up SSDs, memory cards, NAS enclosures, and more to enhance your computer’s storage space at substantial price reductions of up to 50% off. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Apple’s M3 MacBook Air 13-inch is in stock and ready to ship in the standard configuration with exclusive coupon savings driving prices down to as low as $999. Plus, save $40 on AppleCare.Save on every M3 MacBook Air with coupon code.To activate the deals, apply promo code APINSIDER during checkout at Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama. Step-by-step activation instructions can be found further down this page.Apply code APINSIDER Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) AT&T is finally resetting passcodes for current customers after hackers stole a trove of customer data more than two years ago.The vast majority of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers, in the typical abundance of caution often cited.The passcodes are usualy four-digit numbers used to help verify customer accounts when they are being accessed by customers or AT&T support staff. No account passwords were compromised in the breach.Although the passcodes and other information were encrypted, it remains possible to decipher the data. In addition to the passcodes, the data leaked includes customer names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has launched a new tutorial webpage featuring beginner resources for programming using Swift, Swift UI, and Xcode.Ahead of its annual Worldwide Developer Conference this June, “Develop in Swift Tutorials” has appeared on the the company’s developer website. It offers guides intended to encourage new would-be developers.The site is aimed at those with little or no prior coding experience. It features step-by-step guides on how to install Xcode, create a new project in Swift, and creating a simple app using SwiftUI.Chapters in the tutorials cover fundamental topics such as Xcode views, structures, and properties, as well as example code that teaches budding coders how to personalize their own projects. Managing layout and style as well as creating buttons, lists, and text fields are also detailed. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Chip Loder) Time Machine is Apple’s backup system that automatically saves your Mac’s files. Here’s how to use the macOS file protection feature.Time MachineTime Machine is an app that Apple ships with macOS and that helps you make backups from your Mac to another storage device. Once upon a time, it worked best with a now-discontinued Apple Network Attached Storage (NAS) device called Time Capsule.Time Capsules were introduced by Apple in 2008 and discontinued in 2018. They combined both an Apple AirPort network WiFi router and a hard drive for storage. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Canada’s complex car theft ring, which often involves stealing and shipping expensive cars and SUVs around the world, just got even creepier thanks to AirTag.AirTag on a bagCanada is currently dealing with an auto theft epidemic. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says that in 2022 alone, more than 105,000 vehicles were stolen across Canada. Now, it seems that auto theft rings have implemented a new tool for choosing cars to steal: Apple’s AirTags.Ethan Yang, a man from Massachusetts, was driving back home after visiting his family in Montreal when he received an alert on his phone. Upon checking, he discovered that someone had attached an AirTag to his car without his knowledge and was secretly tracking his movements. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) We now have a date for WWDC 2024, we have perhaps more idea than ever of just what it will cover, and we have ever increasing rumors of a smart Apple Ring. All we need now is the release of new iPads.Apple’s WWDC 2024 logo superimposed on an iPadWe come not to bury HomeKit Secure Routers, but to note that in the five years since this internet protection was announced, barely anything has happened with it. Whereas, also launched 2019, Apple TV+ is going from strength to strength. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Fake iPhones, AirPods and iPhone cases were among counterfeit goods seized in police raids in Northern Ireland.Fake Apple items seized in Northern IrelandIt turns out that counterfeiting Apple devices is not confined to the US. On Thursday 28 March, 2024, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) seized over 20,000 counterfeit devices in two related raids across Belfast and 30 miles away in Portadown.According to BBC News, PSNI spokesperson Detective Sergeant Mason did not reveal what proportion of the goods seized were copies of Apple products. The selection of items seen in police photographs appear to be predominantly Apple fakes, though. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
