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Below are all the different ways you’re able to use these Apple Intelligence summary features. For an Apple Intelligence email summary, open an email in the Mail app and selectSummarizeat the very top. The most important information from the message or thread will appear above the email. This also works automatically for your whole inboxa summary is displayed in the preview before you open a message. ThisSummarize Previewstoggle controls this option....

Highlight the text you want to work with. Right-click (or click while holdingControl). you’ve got the option to select most of the Writing Tools commands from this menu. You should pick options that match the document you’re examining. This menu has all of the options as the other one. Highlight the text you want to work with by tapping and holding and then dragging the selection handles. SelectWriting Toolsfrom the menu that opens....

The M1 Macs can run any iPhone or iPad appyou just install it from the Mac App Store. The catch is that the developer can opt out, and make its app unavailable. Until now, you could work around this limit using third-party tools to download your legitimately purchased apps. Warchi / Getty Images Now, Apple has shut this loophole down. Is this a good thing, or bad? “Their [sic] Walled Garden philosophy feels more like a prison for consumers and their rights....

Apple, Roblox, and Niantic are nowhere to be seen. So having them absent from a standards body is bad news for that body. The goal of making the metaverse interoperable is good, but do we really know what the metaverse is? UK Black Tech / Unsplash A virtual world where everybodys interactions can be surveilled 100% is obviously right up Zucks alley. “However, the current hardware, graphical interfaces, and content are lackluster at best....

Good luck selling that haul! Apple stores are amazingly open, inviting, and easy to use. The catch is, most of those devices will be useless if stolen. Apple Open Plan Apple Stores are a very different experience than most other retail spaces. They don’t feel like high-pressure sales machines. Quite the opposite, in fact. Phillipe Yuan / Unsplash The vibe is more like a coffee bar or a social space....

Apple has added the option to set third-party music apps as the Siri default. Why is Apple being so generous? “This might be a way for Apple to let some of the dust settle on the issue.” Cezar Sampaio / Unsplash In iOS 14, Apple made it possible to set third-party defaults instead. Users of the iOS 14.5 beta report that Siri now asks you which music service it should use....

HP andLenovo just announced new education laptopsand tablets. Chromebooks have taken over schools, ousting iPads. Meanwhile, the cheapest Mac laptop costs a grand. HP So why are Chromebooks taking over? We Dont Need No Education HP’s new Fortis lineupincludes Windows laptops and Chromebooks. They offer 4G LTE connectivity, touch screens with pens, and a thick-bodied, grippy-surface design. HP A MacBook Air has none of these features. It’s an incredible computer, but it’s not made for kids....

What’s going on? The entire iPad line has gone formore than a year without any updates. Now, these new modelswon’t arrive until at least May. Person silhouetted in front of a screen with giant pixels.Y K / Unsplash It’s probably the OLED screens, which are, apparently, really hard to make. “According to reports, this is because Samsung finds it difficult to produce these OLEDs. Screen Time We’ve heard plenty about the as-yet-unannounced new iPads....

The absence of a touchable Mac is a curious puzzle. Apple has the best touchscreen tech in the world and makes a 13-inch touchscreen computer, the iPad. Meanwhile, pretty much every other computer manufacturer has a touchscreen laptop. Elia Pellegrini / Unsplash Why so long without a touchscreen Mac, and why make one now? And yet this is clearly not true. Apple has a history ofridiculing already-available productsand concepts right upuntil it makes its own version....

First the iPod Hi-Fi, now the HomePod If you select links we provide, we may receive compensation. Key Takeaways Apple has discontinued the HomePod after just three years. What is it with Apple and speakers? Apple Apple accessories are known to be both expensive and great. The Magic Keyboard for iPad starts at $299, but its amazing. AirPods Pro are similarly great, similarly expensive, and universally popular. Apple But when it comes to high-end speakers, Apple can’t seem to pull it off....

Hey, good lookin'! It evenworks with a projector. Color calibration is common in high-end design, movie, and photography workflows. Apple Its not just about making the images look good on screen. Its about making them accurate. And now, with iOS 14.5, Apple isbringing it to your home TV. Apple Not Calibrated The Apple TVs color-balancing is similar to display calibration. When you calibrate a display, you use acolorimeterto compare the color output of the screen to available colors....

It could be the best new iPhone feature in years. There are some limits to improve security, but the unlocking is almost as fast as regular FaceID. It may not be the best solution, but its an effective one. Complex, but Easy Apple has really knocked this one out of the park. In use, you notice nothing. Just swipe up or tap your iPhones screen, and it unlocks. Its very similar to letting yourApple Watch automatically unlock your Mac....

Apple itself makes relatively few add-ons, but when it does, theyre something special. Apples deep integration between hardware and software lets it add features that are impossible for anyone else. You even see battery packs clamped to phones with rubber bands. Apple “Apple has amazing system integration,“CocoSign co-founder Caroline Leetold Lifewire via email. “Apple fully controls the field of manufacturing iOS devices as well as the related accessories.” This was done with magnets, and was quickly reverse-engineered by third-party case makers....