Macworld If you’ve opened your Mail app this week on your iPhone or Mac and had an issue loading images, it’s not your network. And it’s seemingly related to a feature you might not even be using. According to Apple’s System Status page, there is an issue with iCloud Private Relay this week. iCloud Private Relay acts something like a VPN to keep your DNS records and IP address hidden using a “single, secure connection to maintain privacy and performance.” When that connection gets disrupted, there can be problems. Since Thursday, Apple has reported an ongoing Private Relay outage affecting “s ..read more

Macworld While Apple may not seem to want to create its own iMac Pro, it doesn’t matter because you can put it together yourself now that the Apple Studio Display and the Mac Mini are both on sale for the best prices we’ve ever seen. The superb Apple Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand is down to $1,750, a savings of $200 from its usual $1,999, which is a superb discount for this particular model. At the same time, the Mac Mini with an M2 Pro chip is down to $1,149, down from its MSRP of $1,299. That’s a total of $400 in savings! Apple Studio Display’s 27-inch 5K Retina screen provi ..read more

Macworld Parenthood brings many challenges, but the worst for my money is when your child refuses to eat some delicious food they’ve never tasted. Just try it, you beg, tears running down your face. Everyone likes halloumi. Not that adults are much better. We’re slightly more likely to give unfamiliar food a chance, I suppose, but unfamiliar people and places and political viewpoints? Good luck with that. Unfamiliar technology, too. iPhone users: when was the last time you gave Android a proper try? All of this came to mind last week when I finally got a chance to try out Vision Pro, Apple’s ..read more

Macworld At a glance Pros Slick UI Very thorough recovery Free option may suffice for many Cons Pro version is expensive Our Verdict Disk Drill is an ideal option for recovering an email or message you’ve lost, but the price of the Pro version may make it a tall order for occasional usage. Price When Reviewed Basic: Free; Pro: $89; Enterprise: $499 Best Prices Today: Retailer Price CleverFiles $89 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket We looked at Disk Drill for Mac, a solution for when your Mac hard dr ..read more

Macworld At its last Unpacked event, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Galaxy Watch Ultra, which don’t just sound like Apple products—they look suspiciously like them too. But now that the first deliveries of the devices have started arriving in customers’ hands, it’s pretty clear that the Apple imitation is skin-deep. A picture posted by Redditor Ibuddhaa shows their new Galaxy Watch Ultra with a display that’s misaligned with the faux depth marks on the bezel. It’s only off by a millimeter or two, but it’s enough to make the watch look like a cheap knockoff of a premium s ..read more

Macworld At a GlanceExpert's Rating Pros Simple to use Decent speeds Plenty of servers Cons Two-year plans are much cheaper Lacking some power user features Our Verdict CyberGhost takes a lot of the complexity out of VPN usage, for better and for worse. On the one hand, some users may want more power-user features, but on the other, it makes it much easier to recommend to VPN newcomers. Price When Reviewed $2.03 a month for two years + 2 free months. Usually $12.99 a month. Best Prices Today: Retailer Price CyberGhos $2.03 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores wor ..read more

Macworld I have almost no regrets when it comes to Apple products. Whenever Apple introduces a new device, I can count on it being a sophisticated product even if it’s not immediately obvious. For example, despite my initial misgivings, I realized how ingenious and well-thought-out the AirPods are after using them daily. That’s why I had high expectations for the HomePod mini–maybe too high. Since I bought the stylish little speaker, I haven’t found it inspiring and now it just sits around uselessly. The problem with the HomePod mini is that Apple made too many compromises and instead of taki ..read more

Macworld What if something goes wrong and you need immediate access on-site to a full backup of your Mac’s startup volume or an external drive, and you need to return to work as soon as possible? The introduction of Apple silicon made it difficult to create a drive you could swap in and start up from, but that shouldn’t stop you from making a backup that will get you back in business. (There are workarounds, but it requires ongoing effort.) The best option to have a nearly hot-swappable copy of your most important locally stored data is a clone. A clone is an exact copy of the current state o ..read more

Macworld Charging all your devices at once is super easy to do when you have this discounted Anker USB-C Charger. Now available for just $30, down from its usual $56, it would be a shame to miss out on this versatile charger that can handle three of your devices at once. The Anker 735 Charger is designed to power your iPhone, iPad, and MacBook from a single gadget. When you’re only charging one device, the Anker 735 delivers a maximum charge of 65W—enough to quickly charge an iPhone or iPad or fill up a MacBook. When three devices are connected, the power will be efficiently distributed acros ..read more

Macworld 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the iPhone. Apple could release a new model that could sport a new design approach and possibly update the iPhone SE, and those two phones could feature another new chip. According to an X post by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the slim iPhone 17 and the iPhone SE 4 could feature a 5G modem made by Apple. “Apple is accelerating its move away from reliance on Qualcomm,” Kuo wrote. “In 2025, two new iPhone models will ditch Qualcomm’s 5G chips and adopt Apple’s in-house 5G chips: the iPhone SE4 (1Q25) and the ultra-slim iPhone 17 (3Q25).” Why just th ..read more