Lots of people take their MacBooks and iPads with them when they leave the house for prolonged periods, whether it’s for doing their job, focusing on studies, or for having something to do when sitting at the coffee shop. But one quandary that affects everyone at some point, regardless of what they use their gear for, is battery life.
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How to extend your iPhone battery health and use it for many more years
Check out these 11 tips to extend the battery health of your iPhone and make sure you can use it for many years to come.
Is your iPhone charging on hold? Here’s how to safely fix this
Learn what to do if iPhone or iPad charging is on hold, and an alert pops up informing you that charging will resume when the device "returns to normal temperature."
How to stop your MacBook screen from lowering the brightness when you remove it from charging
Learn why your MacBook lowers the screen brightness when you unplug the charging cable, and find out how to stop it from doing this.
Apple increasing the iPhone, iPad and Mac battery service fee by up to $50
Beginning March 1, 2023, Apple will increase the price of its out-of-warranty battery replacement service for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices by up to $50.
NewBattery16 ports iOS 16.1.2’s Status Bar battery level indicator from notched handsets to non-notched handsets
The iOS 16.1.2 update brought with it a redesigned battery level indicator for notched handsets that displays a more accurate icon fill to match the numeric percentage. Sadly, users of non-notched handsets aren’t quite as fortunate.
watchOS 9.2 brings the new Race Route and Automatic Track Detection features
Aside from the new Race Route and Automatic Track Detection features, watchOS 9.2 extends the Apple Watch Ultra's battery life in low-power mode to up to 17 hours.
New Shortcuts actions in iOS 16.2 for lock screen wallpapers, Apple Books and more
iOS 16 brings more than a dozen new scripting actions for Apple's Shortcuts app for Apple Books, getting and switching your lock screen wallpapers and more.
How to see the battery percentage of Bluetooth devices connected to your iPhone or iPad
Check out all the ways to view the current battery percentage of Bluetooth accessories connected to your iPhone or iPad.
SmartBattery iOS 15 out now with battery-conserving features for jailbroken iOS 15 devices
iOS developer Elis Sfeir is out with the latest iteration of his SmartBattery jailbreak tweak on Saturday, the the newest of which is SmartBattery iOS 15.
Jackery kicks off deep Cyber Monday savings on portable power stations and solar generators
I always cope with the conundrum every holiday season regarding what to get people as gifts. It’s not so much that I don’t know what to get people, but that I want to get something the person will use and not just a novelty that might end up in a garage sale several years later.
Ampere ports the iOS 16 battery level indicator to jailbroken iOS 14 and 15 devices
iOS 16 introduced the native Status Bar-based numeric battery level percentage for notched handsets for the first time since the iPhone X debuted in 2017. All this despite how non-notched handsets have had it this entire time… *slow clap.*