Comment: Apple's Spring Loaded Event – The Good the Bad... And Almost No Ugly

The AirTags are seamlessly integrated into Apple's infrastructure. However, Android smartphones can also help return items tagged with the search labels from Cupertino to their owners. This is how it works.

The first Apple event of the year 2021 is over and Cupertino showed a lot new products. In this article, we discuss what to make of the iMac 24", the iPad Pro, the Apple TV 4K and the other announcements - and what the mtech.news editorial team thinks of this evening's event.

A product that had almost become a running gag is finally hitting the market. A year and a half after AirTags made their presence felt in an iOS beta, Apple is bringing the accessory for finding lost items to customers.

As expected, Apple presented a new generation of the iPad Pro at the event, which, among other things, scores with even more performance and can outperform most normal computers. But there are other improvements that have to be mentioned.

The Apple event also had something to offer Mac fans, because Apple took the next step on its way to say goodbye to Intel and install its own M1 processors. We present what this means for the iMac.

PostScript and PDF: Apple computers from the first Macintosh to today's M1 Macs would be unimaginable without these file formats. They have contributed significantly to the profound changes in the world of work, for example in the printing industry. Their inventor has now passed away at the age of 81.

Another Apple event is about to take place, this evening the "Spring Loaded" is going to happen. The Apple world is very excited - and as always, has various options to attend the presentation live.

If you want to know what an artist earns per track played via Apple Music, you can now get an answer from an official source - in a letter, Apple explains the business model and why Cupertino thinks it is particularly fair.

What is the point of using the new feature from iOS 14.5 to recalibrate the battery? There's first feedback from users who triggered that process on their iPhone 11 – reporting quite an impact on their "Battery Health" status.

When many had already given up hope for Apple innovations before the WWDC in June, Apple finally confirmed the spring event. It will be on April 20 at 10 p.m. Pacific time - and in this article we summarize which topics you should be prepared for.

In an interview, market expert Mark Gurman commented on the Apple event next Tuesday. His core statement: There won't be anything particularly innovative on April 20 - because Apple didn't show anything that hasn't already been seen somewhere.

Apple's trade-ins are convenient, but they are often accompanied by ridiculously low purchase prices. Something else is added in the US, because criticism of the service partner's behavior is getting louder and louder - many talk about it being nothing less than fraud.

Nothing stands in the way of virtualizing various operating systems on M1 Macs now. After months of development and several technical previews, Parallels Desktop 16.5 has now been released. The app runs natively on Mac mini M1, MacBook Air M1 and MacBook Pro M1, and of course still on Intel Macs.

According to all reports so far, the 2021 iPhones are rather evolution than revolution. In 2022 however, Apple wants to take another big step - and once again ignite a new photography/video era. Face ID will also see some changes, but the mini will get on the chopping block.

The first major event of the Apple year has just been confirmed. We can look forward to exciting announcements - like more M1 Macs, among other things. A new generation of the iPad Pro is pretty much certain, and there should also be something happening in the accessories sector.

A new video has been recently added to Microsoft's repertoire of videos comparing the Surface Pro to Apple hardware. Similar to the most recent Intel campaigns, the comparisons made are a bit more than wacky.

Intel's advertising department recently made an embarrassing slip-up in its new ad campaign this week. One of which being using a MacBook Pro to advertise the "best processor for thin and light notebooks".

iMessage is indeed a fixed component of iOS, however, most iPhone users worldwide prefer messaging apps like WhatsApp or Telegram. iMessage isn't available for Android smartphones or Windows. A court document now provides Apple's reasoning behind this decision.

In a recent podcast interview with The New York Times, Tim Cook answered several questions concerning his future in the next 10 years. Apple has been working on a succession plan for a while, as reported by Bloomberg last fall.

10 years ago, Microsoft was set to dominate the smartphone market, according to a forecast from the International Data Corporation at the very least. Although things were looking good in 2011, the Windows Phone met a similar fate to Microsoft's Zune.

Since April, numerous reports have mentioned the arrival of new hardware. Now, there's even further indication that something new might not be too far off – Apple's allegedly planning to provide select media outlets with test devices. A common tradition in the past.