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PSA: Today's the last day
... to get Apple Watch from Apple's website.
Leander Kahney
December 20, 2023
Today’s the last day to buy an Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2 on Apple’s website, thanks to a patent dispute the company lost. Online sales from Apple will stop tomorrow, and the company will pull the smartwatches off its store shelves on December 25.
However, the ban doesn’t apply to third-party retailers like Best Buy, Walmart or Amazon — as long as supplies last.
Amazon and Best Buy both seem to have stock on hand of Series 9 and Ultra 2 — and they are on sale at good prices — but maybe it’s best not to wait until the very last minute like I typically do. My Xmas shopping this year starts on Saturday! Pull the trigger now if you don’t want to ruin Christmas!
Also in today’s newsletter:
YouTube tech giant Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD) has chosen the iPhone 15 Pro as the best smartphone camera.
We have a sale on the AirBuddy app, which makes your AirPods play nice with your Mac. It’s one of our top Awesome Apps.
And talking of AirPods, there’s a new firmware update out: Here’s how to check that you have the latest version.
Somehow I managed to buy the worst-rated MagSafe bedside charger, which has now broken, so I’m on the hunt for a new one. I’m tempted by SwitchEasy’s 4-in-1 MagPower charger, which coincidentally is on sale in the Cult of Mac Store for 47% off. The $44.99 price is very reasonable, seeing as other 4-in-1 chargers go for $150 or more. (You’ll find more SwitchEasy chargers on sale here.)
If you’re sick of spam calls and emails (not THIS email, obviously), you might want to take a look at Incogni, a service that scrubs your personal data from the internet.
Today’s the day in Apple history that Steve Jobs returned to Apple.
The monitor-spanning wallpaper in this handsome setup is 🔥!
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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Tweetz o’ the day
😮💨 Best looking laptop of all time? 🤔
— Fernando Silva (@nandoprince93)
2:18 PM • Dec 18, 2023
Many think Apple Card failed because Goldman Sachs couldn’t earn from “wealthy Apple customers that always pay in full;” however, the opposite is actually true. Apple and GS extended more credit to more people than they ever should have (in a free card) and those people… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Snazzy Labs (@SnazzyLabs)
5:57 AM • Dec 20, 2023
One more thing ...
It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.
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