December 8, 1975: San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneur Paul Terrell opens the Byte Shop, one of the world’s first computer stores — and the first to sell an Apple computer. Years before Apple would ...

In addition to hundreds of bug fixes, iOS 26.2 will bring much-needed refinement to the iPhone’s operating system — along with more than 20 new features. iOS 26.2, likely to be released within the ...

Lots of Apple fans are saying good riddance to Alan Dye, but they're overlooking his best work. Screenshot: D&AD Alan Dye, the former chief of Apple’s user interface design, has done brilliant, ...

December 4, 1992: Apple engineers demonstrate a “proof of concept” of the Mac operating system running on an Intel computer. More than a decade before Macs will switch to Intel processors, getting Mac ...

How to make a killer contact poster. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Contact Posters let you customize how your Apple contact card looks to other people when you call them. If they have your ...

The Abxylute M4 game controller is genuinely pocket-size, but clip it to your iPhone and you’ll have all the buttons and sticks you want to play retro and modern games. It clings to your iPhone’s ...

Meet Steve Lemay, the new head of user interface design at Apple — the highest-profile software design job at the giant company, and possibly the world. Unfortunately for Lemay, who has worked at ...

Turning your iPhone off and on again is the closest thing there is to a magical, just-fix-it solution. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If your iPhone ever experiences odd technical problems, the ...

You can change any icon on your Mac to suit your taste. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac A great way to personalize your computer is to change your Mac icons. New in macOS Tahoe, you can give ...

Here are my tips for spending less time on your phone. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Phone addiction is real. Constant iPhone use can literally change the makeup of your brain. Sure, people ...

This is an easier way to share passwords with your friends and family. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can share passwords on iPhone automatically with ...

In what may be the strangest twist in the ongoing smartphone wars, London phone thieves have developed a strong brand loyalty to iPhone. Some phone thieves return Androids, literally giving the ...