38 Apple and AI fixes you can use today
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The Mac setting that shows which apps can read everything
The 2-minute check before Apple changes the rules
Five apps that do what Siri AI cannot
Five apps for the work that happens around your inbox and calendar
What macOS 27 did to your storage
Apple Intelligence is taking 20 to 30GB on some Macs, and there is no off switch
The Mac app that remembers everything you copy
A clipboard manager that turns copy and paste into an archive you can search
Five iOS 27 settings worth changing after a week
Liquid Glass, Siri's voice, two Safari tricks, and a quieter way to hide your location
Five Mac apps inside Setapp almost nobody has heard of
HazeOver, Workspaces, Batteries, Rocket Typist and Taskheat: five small Mac apps that fix everyday annoyances, and how to try them free for 30 days.
Seven things Siri AI can now do on your iPhone
How to get Apple to switch it on, and what to ask it once you are in
Five iOS 27 features better than Siri AI
All five work on every iPhone that runs iOS 27, not just the new ones
Who Apple's new Siri AI is actually for
The early reviews split along one clean line, and it tells you whether this is worth your attention
iOS 27 can show you only the photos you actually took
A new Photos view in iOS 27 that strips out every screenshot, meme and forwarded image
The iPhone 18 Pro's $100 price rise is actually $300
Five things from Apple's iPhone event that the recaps skipped, and they all change what you should buy
How to watch Apple's iPhone event
Five things that will actually matter, and three that will sound bigger than they are
Claude finally remembers what you told it
Chat and Cowork now share one memory, and you can read and edit every line of it
5 things to know before the Apple Event on Wednesday
Apple's Surprise and Shine event, a new CEO, and the iPhone that is not coming
Apple wants $899 for a Mac mini
The M6 is Apple's fastest chip yet, and probably not the upgrade you need
Claude can now use your browser
Claude in Chrome is generally available, and it no longer asks before every click
Five macOS permissions worth auditing this weekend
Five permission lists on your Mac, and what you actually agreed to
Every message you have ever sent
ChatGPT can now read and send your iMessages. What that permission actually covers.
The battery setting Apple left switched off
Adaptive Power has been off by default on your iPhone this whole time
Five switches in the panel you have never opened
The Sharing panel most Mac users have never opened, one switch at a time
Work that happens while your laptop is shut
Cowork sessions moved to the cloud, and it changes what the tool is actually for
your AI has nothing to read
Why asking it to review your week produces flattery instead of anything useful
The button hiding in your Safari address bar
Ask Siri about the page you are reading, without leaving the page
Five privacy settings worth ten minutes this weekend
After this week's Private Relay news, the ones that actually change something
Your iPhone is leaking the IP address you pay to hide
What the Private Relay flaw actually is, how to check your own phone, and what to do until Apple ships a fix
Two iPhone annoyances that are actually just settings
The Preview app hijacking your taps, and the 10 seconds Apple gives you to unsend an email
Five things to do to your Mac before September
macOS 27 lands this fall, and not every Mac is invited
What actually changes when you install macOS 27
A working guide to Golden Gate, including the three reasons you might want to wait until September
The slider that fixes Liquid Glass
Apple finally shipped the one control every Mac user asked for after Tahoe
Two apps that fix two annoying gaps
A moving Home Screen widget, and the calmest way to track what you watch.
The Reminders trick I wish I knew sooner
Reminders that sort themselves, a flashcard app with no streaks, and a CleanShot X deal
The iPhone builds the automation for you
iOS 27 lets you describe a Shortcut in plain English, and Apple Intelligence assembles it. Here is how to build your first one tonight.
A Mac that runs itself
Tahoe brought iPhone-style automations to the Mac — build three that save you time daily
Your Mac, on every screen you own
A brand-new app that streams your Mac to iPad, iPhone, even Vision Pro
iOS 27 is almost here
The public beta is days away, plus three deals and a Spotlight trick
Delete your launcher app
macOS Tahoe quietly turned Spotlight into a Raycast rival — set it up in 10 minutes
Claude can now read every note you've ever taken
The 2026 idea that turned my notes from dead text into something Claude can actually use
5 prompts that turned Claude into an unpaid employee on my Mac
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