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Apple launches three year extended repair program for first-gen iPad Pro Smart Keyboard units

If your first-gen iPad Pro Smart Keyboard is acting up, Apple’s recently-launched three year extended repair program might be there to help. Users with a Smart Keyboard for first-gen 9.7- and 12.9-inch Pros can can get repairs or replacements for free, so long the accessory is suffering from one of several specific issues. These include […]

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Apple patent explodes ideas as to how to prevent keyboard crud accumulation in future notebooks

Apple could be looking to fight keyboard chow/keyboard debris in its forthcoming keyboard designs. A recently published patent from 2016 shows how Apple could make its Butterfly keyboard technology more resistant to various crumb and dust particles that make their way underneath the keyboard design. The company refers to this as “ingress prevention” and explains […]

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Apple has partially repaired effects of Intel “KPTI” memory/security bug, will add additional fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.3

Following public disclosure of a security flaw with nearly every Intel processor produced for the last 15 years, concern grew that a fix may take up to 30 percent of the processing power away from a system. But Apple appears to have at least partially fixed the problem with December’s macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 with […]

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Apple extends Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro limited warranty to 36 months for variety of issues

This might prove helpful. Apple has extended its repair program for its Smart Keyboard for iPad Pro. Within the extension, customers experiencing certain issues with the product to receive repairs or replacements from Apple for three years after the device is purchased. Apple informed its retail staff and authorized service providers of the new policy […]

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Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro notebooks banned from some state bar exams, security concern cited

If you have a new Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro notebook and are looking to take the bar exam, you might need to leave the notebook behind. According to an announcement from testing software company ExamSoft, the Touch Bar’s predictive text feature could compromise “exam integrity.” For law students looking to take the North Carolina bar […]