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Third-party Lightning accessories begin to arrive in Apple Store retail locations

If you’ve been looking for third-party Lightning adapters, they’ve begun to arrive in Apple Store retail locations. Per The Mac Observer, which so far, only car chargers are available, other compatible accessories are likely coming soon. Lightning-compatible accessories with Apple’s official approval have been slow coming because the company has apparently taken its time ramping […]

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Apple introduces Lightning to Micro USB adapter to North American customers

You can’t knock a useful adapter. Per AppleInsider, alongside the iPad mini, Apple on Friday introduced the Lightning to micro USB adapter, a tiny dongle first available in Europe, to the U.S. market. Initially built and released in tandem with the iPhone 5 in Europe to fulfill the European Commission’s regulation that all smartphones sold […]

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Hardware iPad Lightning News

Apple Store now offering Lightning to VGA, HDMI adapters

You’ll never go broke selling the adapters that people need. Per Engadget, Apple’s online store has begun offering up some of the accessories as of yesterday. First up are the Lightning adapters, with a new Lightning to VGA Adapter and Lightning Digital AV Adapter selling for US$49 each. While these are available for purchase today, […]

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Hardware iPhone News

Apple begins shipping Lightning adapter orders

With any luck, that Lightning adapter you ordered should be arriving soon. Per MacRumors, Apple on Monday sent out emails notifying a number of Australian customers that their Lightning to 30-pin Adapter orders had shipped, with an expected arrival date coming almost four weeks after sales of the iPhone 5 went live in September. At […]

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Apple releases firmware updates for late-2010 MacBook Air, mid-2012 MacBook Air, mid-2012 MacBook Pro and mid-2012 Retina Display MacBook Pro

Pretty much everything in the known universe was updated on Wednesday. And assorted firmware updates for your MacBook…those tend to be important, so let’s go through them. On Wednesday, Apple released MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.9 for its mid-2012 MacBook Pro notebook. The update, a 4 megabyte download, resolves an issue which can cause […]