iOS update stops iPhone battery drain

March 31, 2022

Today's surprise iOS and iPadOS updates squash a bug that's been bedeviling some iPhone and iPad owners. That mysterious battery drain should be a thing of the past once you get the latest software.

Also today, Apple released a new version of macOS that should take care of problems some Mac owners have been encountering with third-party monitors and peripherals. (watchOS and tvOS also got minor bug-fix updates.)

While major new features are nice, it seems simply fixing annoying problems is the order of the day.

Time to get downloading ...

– Lewis Wallace, managing editor

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Apple introduced bug-fix updates for every one of its operating systems Thursday. These updates should improve the battery life on iPhone and iPad. And for Mac users, the new version fixes well-publicized bugs recently introduced by macOS 12.3.

Apple confirms a significant change to its App Store policy that finally allows “reader” apps like Netflix and Spotify to link to their own websites for things like creating and managing accounts.

It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown premieres April 15 on Apple TV+. It tells the story of how a single flower inspires the Peanuts gang to start caring for the environment, and features an original song by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds. Watch the new trailer!

The new service brings together device management, 24/7 Apple support and iCloud storage into flexible subscription plans.

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iFixit showed people the interior of the new Apple Studio Display next to a partially disassembled iMac and asked them to pick which is which. Most of them got it wrong, because the monitor is surprisingly sophisticated.

The Q3 is a full aluminum mechanical keyboard with gasket mount design. It features hot-swappable switches, a high-grade aluminum case, QMK/VIA mapping support and more.

The upcoming metaphysical-horror-thiller, which stars Elisabeth Moss and premieres April 29, looks even more disturbing and disorienting than we thought.

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One more thing ...

"Heathkits were these products that you would buy in kit form. You actually paid more money for them than if you just went and bought the finished product if it was available. These Heathkits would come with these detailed manuals about how to put this thing together and all the parts would be laid out in a certain way and color coded. You'd actually build this thing yourself.

"I would say that this gave one several things. It gave one an understanding of what was inside a finished product and how it worked because it would include a theory of operation. But maybe even more importantly it gave one the sense that one could build the things that one saw around oneself in the universe. These things were not mysteries anymore. I mean you looked at a television set you would think that 'I haven't built one of those but I could.'" – Steve Jobs on Heathkits and the power of DIY

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