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Judge agrees to Apple’s $50 million proposal to settle butterfly keyboard class action lawsuit

If you had trouble with a MacBook Pro featuring a butterfly keyboard, you’re in luck. According to Law360, Apple’s plan to pay $50 million to settle a long running class-action lawsuit over the faulty butterfly keyboard today received preliminary approval from a California federal judge. The payment will include $13.6 million in attorney fees, up […]

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AirPods Pro 2 testing shows significant improvements in Bluetooth latency

The AirPods Pro 2 earbuds may be worth their asking price, as a series of tests performed by musician and software developer Stephen Coyle has indicated that the new H2 chip inside the units offers significant improvements in Bluetooth signal latency. Latency has always been a downside of Bluetooth as well as other wireless technologies […]

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Class action lawsuit over Apple’s butterfly keyboard settled, Apple will pay up to $50 million to affected parties

Sometimes Apple components just aren’t what the company – or its legal department – would like them to be. A class action lawsuit involving customers in seven states, including California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Washington. The settled lawsuit has Apple paying out $50 million to plaintiffs affected by the controversial keyboard design. […]

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In the face of delays waiting for repair parts, Apple is letting some customers take their devices home with them

The global supply chain issues that have made life interesting continue, and it’s affecting some Apple repair. The company has begun allowing customers to take their devices back home in the event that their repair will take longer than expected due to a missing part that’s backlogged. Once the part has arrived at the location, […]

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Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.4 update, includes version 15.5 of the Studio Display firmware

Apple on Tuesday released its macOS Monterey 12.4 update. The update, which arrived more than two months after the release of macOS Monterey 12.3, added Universal Control, which allows a single mouse/trackpad and keyboard to be used across multiple Mac and iPads. The update also includes version 15.5 of the Studio Display firmware, which is […]