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Discovering a Mac shortcut that cuts down on daily drudge work always makes me smile. So this week’s feature story is a total grin-a-thon.
In it, Rajesh Pandey, Cult of Mac’s resident Mac power user, lays out five often-overlooked features that can speed up your workflow by making common repetitive tasks easier and less annoying.
Even if you’ve been using your Mac for decades, you might not know all these (I certainly didn’t). See what they can do for you.
Also in this edition of The Weekender:
If you’re getting ready for your summer vacation, you need these tips on traveling with AirTags to help you avoid a luggage nightmare.
And if your housemate keeps hijacking your AirPods audio every time they switch on a Bluetooth speaker, you can stop the madness (this tip might have saved my marriage 🤣).
From a news perspective, it’s hard to tell which story was more important this week, the launch of the Apple Upgrade program or Cupertino’s latest record-setting earnings report. If you’re considering leasing some hardware through Apple Upgrade, you need to consider these things first. And if you want your mind to be boggled, take a look at the dazzling numbers Apple put up last quarter.
It wasn’t all hard news this week. We also heard new rumors about Apple’s smart glasses, the touchscreen MacBook Pro and the long-delayed smart home hub (coming soon!).
However, by far the most popular story on Cult of Mac this week was Ed Hardy’s whimsical review of an iPhone accessory he really wanted to hate.
And finally, don’t miss our geeky deals on a bundle of indie Mac apps, truly unlimited lifetime web hosting and 20TB of encrypted cloud storage.
Enjoy your weekend!
— Lewis Wallace, managing editor
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