Macworld Magazine - February 2023

In this issue

Master your new iPhone. Get your iPhone notifications under control. MacBook butterfly keyboard settlement. Apple to allow third-party app stores in iOS 17. 10 essential Mac trackpad gestures.

MacBook butterfly keyboard settlement: File your claim by March 6

Apple is paying out $33 million to MacBook users over its faulty keyboards. Here's everything you need to know.

3 mins

Forget the Touch Bar-Apple wants a MacBook with Touch Keys

Someday, Apple's MacBooks may have a keyboard made of tiny programmable displays.

1 min

Why is the Mac Pro?

Apple's high-priced tower is supposed to be the ultimate Mac. If it's not, why does it exist?

4 mins

Apple is reportedly working on 'multiple' standalone Mac displays for 2023

Apple seems set to update its Pro Display XDR and Studio Display in 2023.

1 min

Biden's WSJ op-ed targets big tech, and Apple should be both nervous and pleased

While the president didn't mention any tech company by name, his call to action clearly applies to the world's largest company.

3 mins

ROCKET: BLAST YOUR WAY THROUGH THE DIFFICULTY OF INSERTING EMOJI ON A MAC

If you like emoji, it's easy to find and insert them in apps like Discord, Messages, and Slack and on many websites, particularly social media ones like Facebook and Twitter, which commissioned emoji drawings unique to their products. But outside of apps and sites that embrace emoji, macOS offers a convoluted process to access them otherwise.

1 min

Hot Stuff

What we're raving about this month

1 min

Bombshell report claims Apple will allow third-party app stores in iOS 17

Apple might have to drastically open up the iPhone to comply with strict EU regulations.

2 mins

How to customize the always-on display on your iPhone 14 Pro

If you don't like your iPhone's always-on display, you don't have to use it.

1 min

After a year in limbo, Apple quietly kills its controversial CSAM photo-scanning feature

Apple had plans to scan your iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material, but after several delays, the program is canceled.

1 min

Why I'm thankful for Universal Control on my Mac and iPad

Universal Control is great and has opened up new ways to use the iPad and Mac.

5 mins

How to use two eSIMs in an iPhone to balance data usage

Apple offers a switch that can help when you're roaming with multiple networks that have different coverage and data limits.

2 mins

PELICAN PROTECTOR STICKER MOUNT CASE FOR AIRTAG

Some AirTag cases are made for hiding; some are made to submerge for half an hour, meters below the surface; some to make the AirTag unremovable.

1 min

10 Simple Tips & Tricks to Help You Master Your New iPhone

Did you just get a new iPhone 14? These tips will help you get the most from it.

6 mins

HOW I GOT MY IPHONE NOTIFICATIONS UNDER CONTROL AND RESTORED MY SANITY

OUR PHONES BEG FOR OUR ATTENTION ALL DAY LONG, CONTINUOUSLY. BREAK FREE FROM THE CYCLE AND TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE!

4 mins

10 essential Mac trackpad gestures you need to know

Take steps toward being more efficient with your trackpad.

3 mins

How to color-code events in Apple Calendar

For historic reasons, calendar events can't be coded by category or any other element that would allow unique color display.

1 min

How to decide which macOS automatic updates to allow

Apple provides an array of choices about how your Mac can install new versions of its components and the system without your intervention.

2 mins

2022 is over-so where is Apple Music Classical?

More than a year after Apple purchased Primephonic and promised a 'dedicated' classical music experience, there's a lot of silence.

2 mins

Creative Muvo Go: The focus is on high end-frequencies

This small water-resistant portable speaker renders the top end with unusual clarity, but its low end is relatively weak and it plays only via Bluetooth.

3 mins

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