At the Core
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At the Core from Serenity Caldwell gets to the heart of what makes iPhones, iPads, Macs, and the Apple community tick. Weekly videos, op-eds, comics, and the occasional song or two — you have to tune in to find out.
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Apple Watch + roller derby = love
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The Watch has done for me what no other health gadget has: tracked my full-contact sport and kept me accountable.
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iBooks Author 2.3 adds support for ePub 3, opens up ebook creation to anyone
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On the Apple Watch and Morse code
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We communicated across wires in dits and dahs, once. Why can't we use it to communicate across Apple Watches?
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Teaching changes lives: A salute to Apple's One to One program
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On the iPad Pro, Google has made itself a second-class citizen
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Google Docs and Sheets are must-have tools for many people—but their app-implementations leave much to be desired.
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The Surface Studio makes a compelling argument for a Pencil-compatible Mac
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Who needs a multitouch Mac when a display could support Apple Pencil (and creative professionals, in the process)?
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Accidental Apple Pay triggers: When iPhone and NFC don't get along
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I love Apple Pay, but I wish it wouldn't automatically trigger for every NFC chip everywhere.
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Here's why Apple might make a stylus for the iPad
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The true magic of the Apple Watch is in what it can't do
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The Apple Watch isn't designed to do everything, and that's okay — that's why you have an iPhone, too.
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The new MacBook Pro trades convenience for reparability — and for most, that's okay
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In an age where Macs look more and more like iPhones and iPads, how do you future-proof $2000 laptops?
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The Hermes custom Apple Watch face gives me hope for third-party clock faces
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What if the next MacBook Air were lighter than an iPad?
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The enduring legacy of the iPod
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Fifteen years ago, Apple introduced the iPod, and Serenity thinks about her first experience with one in 2001.
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An ode to the 11-inch MacBook Air
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The 11-inch MacBook Air is no more. I’ll miss you, little buddy.
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Forget Force Touch trackpads — I want a pressure-sensitive iPad Pro
By Serenity Caldwell last updated
The new MacBook's trackpad is incredible. Now, imagine that technology in an iPad.
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This is what I'm still using my Apple Watch for
By Serenity Caldwell published
Apple's smartwatch isn't perfect by a long shot, but here are the features I'm still using every day.
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The Apple TV is good... but here are six ways it could be even better
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