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Ability to use PayPal to pay for Apple downloads and services expanded internationally

Dan Pye
July 12, 2017

Apple users in Canada, the UK, Germany, Mexico, and the Netherlands can now use PayPal to pay for Apple services, according to a statement from PayPal. The payment service has…

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Apple lowers price of 2TB iCloud storage to $10 a month, discontinues 1TB option 2

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Apple lowers price of 2TB iCloud storage to $10 a month, discontinues 1TB option

Dan Pye
June 6, 2017

Apple has effectively eliminated its 1TB iCloud storage tier and reduced the price of the 2TB tier to $10 a month. For those who had previously been subscribing to the…

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Extracting a still image from a video using macOS Photos

Jesse Hollington
May 9, 2017

Although the iPhone has been able to take still photos while recording videos for a while now, you have to think about it at the time. The good news, though,…

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Converting your child’s Apple ID into a Children’s Account

Jesse Hollington
May 5, 2017

When Apple introduced Family Sharing in iOS 8, we mostly welcomed it as a great solution for those families trying to figure out the best way to share iTunes and…

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Report confirms legitimacy of at least some of the stolen iCloud credentials being held for ransom 10

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Report confirms legitimacy of at least some of the stolen iCloud credentials being held for ransom

Jesse Hollington
March 24, 2017

At least some of the iCloud account credentials that a group of hackers are holding for ransom appear to be legitimate, according to an investigation by ZDNet. A London-based group…

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Hackers claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts, demand ransom from Apple 11

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Hackers claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts, demand ransom from Apple

Dan Pye
March 22, 2017

Hackers identifying themselves as the “Turkish Crime Family” claim to have access to millions of iCloud accounts and are threatening to remotely wipe victims’ devices unless Apple pays them a…

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Report: Removed Activation Lock website may have facilitated hacking of locked iOS devices

Dan Pye
January 31, 2017

Apple’s sudden removal of the Activation Lock status checker from its website could have been in response to its use in hacking locked iOS devices, MacRumors speculated in a new…

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Apple deletes ‘Check Activation Lock Status’ page from iCloud website

Dan Pye
January 30, 2017

Apple has deleted the Activation Lock checker from its website, effectively removing one method which helps customers verify that used products haven’t been stolen. First spotted by 9to5Mac, the change…

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Apple rolls out updated Photos web app at iCloud.com

Jesse Hollington
December 22, 2016

Apple has debuted a major update to its web-based iCloud Photos app at iCloud.com, presenting a new user interface that more closely resembles the macOS Photos app. A new sidebar…

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Apple intros new ‘Report Junk’ option to combat iCloud calendar spam

Phil Dzikiy
December 12, 2016

Some iCloud users have seen spam pop up in their calendar invitations in recent weeks, and Apple has now introduced a way of reporting such spam. Users will now see…

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Apple releases statement on iCloud Calendar spam

Jesse Hollington
December 1, 2016

Apple has issued a statement in response to a problem that many iCloud users — including members of our iLounge team — have experienced in recent weeks, with spam being sent…

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Apple plans to unify Cloud Services teams

Jesse Hollington
October 6, 2016

Apple is working on bringing together its various Cloud Services teams into a single campus to improve product development, Bloomberg reports. Although they all come under the oversight of Apple…

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