Don’t make the same mistakes I did — While at a childhood friend’s wedding, our car was broken into and everything was stolen. I had bought my work MacBook Pro because I was planning to get work done on the train and over the bank holiday weekend. It was stolen along with a bunch of other things. More…

You should at least know about all of these — Introduction We have had the iPhone and iOS for well over a decade now. With each iOS version release, Apple introduces new features and settings — the ones they are most proud of get lots of air time at WWDC. …

There is a difference — let's look at some examples — The words algorithms and models are sometimes used interchangeably in machine learning. This isn’t helpful, especially for those new to the field, and there are more and more people getting involved. So in this article, I want to clarify what these terms mean in machine learning, and we’ll look at…

A low profile mechanical keyboard from Keychron — The MacBook’s built-in keyboards have had a bit of complicated history. I think everyone largely agreed that the pre-2015 MacBook keyboard was the best in any laptop at the time. Then Apple ‘innovated’ with the butterfly switches in 2016, making a vital part of the machine so unreliable it was…

There’s no need to upgrade really — At this point, Apple now has an M1 powered MacBook Pro at both the 14 and bigger 16-inch sizes. We know how incredibly powerful the M1 Pro and Max processors are, building on the successes of the vanilla M1 from 2020. We know the battery performance, and the displays are…

It’s that time of year again — Christmas is great and all but the stress of buying family and friends gifts is something most of us could do without. If you have someone who is plugged into the Apple ecosystem, I have some great Apple Christmas gift ideas that are stress-free and very likely to be well…

If you are underwhelmed by the iPhone 13 Pro, it’s probably not for you — The iPhone 13 Pro models got a lot of unfair criticism when they launched a few weeks ago. A lot of the conversation was around the fact that the upgrades from the iPhone 12 models were just too minor. …

This is not the iPadOS many hoped for but it is very good — Fundamentally, iPadOS15 hasn’t changed much from iPadOS 14, but the changes we did get are significant for those of us who get work done on iPads. I did not install the betas on my iPad so I’ve been experiencing everything new here for the first time. Overall, this is not…

We need competition for the best products — Probably the most exciting product announced at Apple’s September event was the newly redesigned iPad mini. The iPad mini gets a new industrial design that matches the iPad Pro and iPad Air models. The camera system got an upgrade, and it can now support the Apple Pencil 2nd Gen. …