It’s the end of an era as Apple has finally placed the mid-2012 MacBook Pro, the final MacBook Pro with an optical drive, on the company’s obsolete list. Apple maintains a vintage and obsolete product list that updates based on how long it has been since a product was for sale. Some vintage products may […]
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If you slogged through audio issues with an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, compensation may be en route to help make things right. Apple last year agreed to pay $35 million to settle a U.S. class action lawsuit that alleged that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were prone to audio issues due […]
Apple begins to include underlying software that can indicate if USB-C ports have come in contact with liquids
It was never easy to convince Apple that your device had simply gone south on its own (especially if they opened the case and it smelled like the entire logic board had downed a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon). Beyond the Liquid Contact Indicators inside the hardware, a new chunk of software seems to be […]
The White House on Tuesday stated that Apple is set to widen its support for hardware repair. The news comes courtesy of the US National Economic Council Director, Lael Brainard, in prepared remarks for a White House event on Tuesday night. Citing previous legislation in California and other states, the director said that “whether you […]
The cool cats at iFixit have once again come through with a teardown of this year’s iPhone, this time focusing on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. True to form, the teardown video takes apart the iPhone 15 Pro Max quite systematically, with pentalobe screws and the need for a suction cup blocking the removal of […]