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Apple pitches the Apple Watch as a tool for health and fitness, but a new patent takes the idea to the next level.
Apple patented a system where your Apple Watch looks for unusual underwater behavior — i.e., you drowning — and, if it detects something ominous, sends an alert to all the nearby iPhones, no matter if they are connected to you or not.
Hopefully, someone on the beach or poolside is looking at their iPhone and will alert the lifeguards or spring into action to save you.
It’s a super-clever idea. And with my name (Leander, a mythological Greek figure who drowned), I’m all for it!
Also in today’s newsletter:
It’s April Fools’ Day: the auspicious day in Apple history that the company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and poor Ronald Wayne.
The big Amazon Woot! sale on older Macs and iPads is still going on. There are pretty good prices on older M1 and M2 Macs, like this 13-inch M1 MacBook Air for $610, which is about as low a price as I’ve seen for this machine. (It’s still a good computer.) There are also decent discounts on the iPad Magic Keyboard and this super-cute 11-inch MacBook Air from 2014 (which has an older Intel chip) for just $140. It’s still one of the most portable MacBooks Apple ever made.
For some head-scratching reason, Apple doesn’t offer a 1TB storage tier in iCloud. Here’s why it should.
With the full solar eclipse fast approaching, early weather reports predict clouds for some parts of the country, including Texas, where I’m headed with the family this week to experience it. Gosh darn it! We might need something like this radar-powered weather app to find a gap in the clouds.
Here are some of the best external SSDs for Mac or iPad and iPhone.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
A message from the Cult of Mac Deals team
A message from the Cult of Mac Deals team
Tweetz o’ the day
I made a little iPhone #shortcut that gives me an audio briefing of the day when I turn off my alarm in the morning 😴⏰📱🗣️
— Diego Jimenez (@diegojimenez)
Mar 31, 2024
The most underrated iOS feature ever. I legit smile every time I see it after connecting to a public Wi-Fi network like on a plane
— Ray Wong (@raywongy)
Mar 30, 2024
Why does Apple Vision Pro have Shake to Undo 💀 💀
— 🅳🆈🅻🅰🅽 (@DylanMcD8)
Mar 31, 2024
on popular demand, 300+ hi-res desktop wallpapers collection
too good, even if i say so myself...
🧵
— Amriting (@saamaanyafreaky)
Mar 30, 2024
Wallpapers 😄
— SUNNY 𝕏 (@sunnny1583)
Mar 30, 2024
My current iOS Home Screen Set Up
What’s yours?
— Andrew Clare (@andrewjclare)
Mar 30, 2024
After trying numerous to-do list apps and even building my own in Notion, I ended up right where I started:
Apple Reminders
— Leo Keller (@leokellr)
Mar 29, 2024
2024 is all about simplicity
Switching back to Apple's stock apps for now
— Leo Keller (@leokellr)
Mar 30, 2024
One more thing ...
Basically, Steve Wozniak and I invented the Apple because we wanted a personal computer. Not only couldn't we afford the computers that were on the market, those computers were impractical for us to use. We needed a Volkswagen. The Volkswagen isn't as fast or comfortable as other ways of traveling, but the VW owners can go where they want, when they want and with whom they want. The VW owners have personal control of their car.
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