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Apple now offering free battery replacements for qualifying 2016/2017 MacBook Pro batteries that are unable to charge past one percent

If the battery on your 2016 or 2017 MacBook Pro is driving you nuts, this could be what you’re looking for. Following the release of its macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 update, which offers fixes to a bug that prevented the MacBook Pro notebook battery from charging, Apple has just announced that the company will replace […]

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Rumor: iPhone 12 could wirelessly charge next-gen AirPods

In 2019, the rumor mill suggested that the iPhone 11 handset would’ve supported reverse wireless charging, that would have made the device a potential wireless charging pad. the iFixit teardown revealed that some of the necessary component for this were present, but the work was unfinished. This year, FCC filings indicate that this function could […]

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Apple releases watchOS 7.0.2 update, looks to fix battery drain, ECG issues

Apple today released watchOS 7.0.2, the second update to the watchOS 7 operating system that came out in September. watchOS 7.0.2 comes more than two weeks after the release of watchOS 7.0.1, a bug fix update. This should come in handy. Apple on Monday released watchOS 7.0.2. The update, which can be downloaded via a paired iPhone by going […]

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Regulatory filings note potential 20W charger, smaller “iPhone 12” batteries

Sometimes it’s the regulatory filings that offer the best hint as to what’s coming down the pipe. Apple’s rumored-and-anticipated 20-Watt charger has surfaced in new regulatory filings, even though rumors have surfaced that the next-gen iPhone, or “iPhone 12,” may ship without a charger. Apple has been rumored to be working on a 20W USB-C charger that […]

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Apple may have resolved the AirPower’s overheating issue

Apple may have resolved a major engineering concern with its ongoing AirPower accessory project. A new product leaked indicates that the Apple AirPower “C68” project has resolved an issue wherein the Apple Watch caused drastic overheating of the three-device charge pad. The leak surfaced from Jon Prosser, and the fix could resolve the core issue […]