Macworld If you plan to buy a major technology device in the next couple of months, you might have difficulty finding it in stock. According to Reuters on Monday, the Trump administration’s tariff policy will lead to shortages of consumer electronics in the U.S. Pegatron Chairman T.H. ...   Mac Central

Macworld If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to get a new MacBook Pro, now’s the time to do it. Why? Well, because B&H Photo is clearing out the space black M3 Pro models for $900 off, which means you can get one for as little as $1,499. The catch is that this deal is only available today so you have to ask fast. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 charging Fast 15W for iPhone Fast 5W for Watch and AirPods Compact and lightweight Cons Requires USB-C wall charger Our Verdict This 2-in-1 and 3-in-1 Hyperjuice multi-device chargers are compact and good-looking enough to look sharp in a modern home or work environment. ...   Mac Central

Macworld This September’s iPhone launches just got a tiny bit less interesting, with reports that the previously rumored anti-reflective, anti-scratch screen is no longer likely to appear on the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Impressive 5K 60Hz touchscreen Color accuracy Minimalist design Fantastic adjustable stand Cons Fiddly Mac touchscreen software install Hub doesn’t daisy-chain extra displays Our Verdict Artists and video pros will appreciate the higher 5K resolution of this premium 27-inch touchscreen display with a fantastic height-adjustable, tilt and ...   Mac Central

Macworld These days, iPhones can do a lot – and we mean a lot. From photography and video editing to gaming and artificial intelligence, it’s enough to make you forget they can also, you know, make phone calls and send text messages. With all these headline features, it’s not surprising that a bunch of clever capabilities slip through the cracks. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Every day, the Macalope is more and more convinced that we need less artificial intelligence and more human intelligence. (Zing! Walk that one off, human race.) Fresh off credulously telling us how close we are to artificial general intelligence, The New York Times’s Kevin Roose is back to ask, if you prick AI, does it not bleed? “If A.I. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Your Mac is capable of so much more than the default settings let on. Beneath that polished exterior, there’s a treasure trove of powerful features waiting for you to access. Instead of digging through Terminal commands or endless menus, MacPilot makes it easy to unlock over 1,200 advanced macOS features, and you can grab lifetime access for $29. ...   Mac Central

Macworld With summer rapidly approaching, it’s time to stop putting off upgrading your earbuds and just order the AirPods Pro 2 already! That’s because they just hit their 2025 low: Amazon is selling the AirPods Pro 2 for just $169, a massive savings of more than 30 percent off the $249 MSRP. These earbuds are easily one of our favorites, as the 4. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Apple is quite secretive about the sales numbers of individual products, so we have to make do with revenue figures for entire categories. But even with those vague numbers, most analysts agree that this year’s iPhone 16e is shifting considerably more units than the 3rd-gen iPhone SE it (sort of) replaced. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Buying a new iPhone is always exciting, especially when it’s your first. If you’re coming from another smartphone, there are some cool tricks you should learn to get the most out of your iPhone, but you should also be aware of some common mistakes among first-time iPhone users so you don’t repeat them. ...   Mac Central

Macworld If there’s one thing that annoys me, it’s the way Apple describes its phones as being “7.8mm thin.” Not thick, like the way people talk in the English language, but thin. As if the 7.8mm part of the sentence isn’t already telling you that. I wonder what they’ll do when the new models come out? Perhaps they should go with “The iPhone 17 Air measures just 5. ...   Mac Central

Macworld It’s frustrating when your MacBook’s sleek design comes at the cost of functionality—just USB-C ports and no way to adjust the screen height. That’s probably why everyone’s grabbing this MacBook stand with a built-in hub to avoid annoyances and neck pains. ...   Mac Central

Macworld With every iPhone launch, people are excited until they start to voice their frustration over Apple’s incremental hardware changes. The rage is typically justified. Over the past several years, Apple has given us largely tweaked iterations of the same device. ...   Mac Central

Macworld When you’re starting your own business, one of the first things you need to establish is your brand. That’s only possible by creating logos and other content, but you’re probably not capable of hiring a full-blown creative team to do those tasks. ...   Mac Central

Macworld It’s no longer true that the best games aren’t available to play on the Mac. Recently we’ve seen many many A-list games arrive on the Mac, including Assassins Creed: Shadows, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Civilisation V11, and Resident Evil.  You can see reviews of our favorite A-list games that are now on the Mac below. ...   Mac Central

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Good grip Automatic right-left detection Good sound Cons Fit and sound depend on the ear cups Our Verdict The Freeclip is an exciting alternative to open-ear headphones with a headband. They fit well and impress with a solid sound that is particularly effective with electronic music. ...   Mac Central

Macworld Keeping your iPhone or iPad backed up and organized can be more of a chore than it should be, especially if you use iCloud, iTunes, and your computer to store different things. Between scattered music files, old texts, and cloud backups that are hard to manage, it’s easy to lose track of what’s where, but there’s a new app that can help. ...   Mac Central

Toontrack announced the release of the Kaleidoscope EZmix Pack, a new expansion for EZmix 3 featuring effect chains for guitars, synths, drums, bass and more, all with various amounts of saturation, lo-fi-esque noise, pitch, distortion, LFOs as well as ambience effects like heavily treated reverbs and delays. ...   KVR Audio

JSplash Apps has announced the release of GtrWiz, a new iPhone app designed to be an essential practice and songwriting companion for guitarists of all skill levels. ...   KVR Audio

Spitfire Audio (including LABS) has been acquired by Splice. Splice has become a cornerstone of modern music production and is home to the industry's highest-quality royalty-free sample catalogue, where one million sounds are downloaded every day by a global community of over 10 million music producers and creators. ...   KVR Audio

The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its fundraising raffle for a brand new Geddy Lee Minimoog Model D synthesizer, serial number GLMD-0233. The limited edition synth was hand-built in Asheville, NC, and is one of 500 released by Moog Music on March 20, 2025. It comes with several exclusive items, including a certificate of authenticity signed by Geddy Lee. ...   KVR Audio

MeldaProduction has announced the release of MMatcher saying: We are incredibly excited to announce the official release of MMatcher. For months, we've poured our hearts and minds into creating what we believe is the ultimate spectrum-matching tool, and we can't wait for you to experience its power firsthand. ...   KVR Audio

The 2025 MIDI Innovation Awards are now open, inviting creators worldwide to showcase their groundbreaking MIDI-based innovations. Established in 2021, this annual event is a collaboration between The MIDI Association, Music Hackspace, and NAMM, aiming to spotlight advancements in MIDI 1.0 and 2.0 technologies that enhance musical creativity. ...   KVR Audio

Press Play has released Wave Breaker v2.0, a major update to the limiter plug-in for macOS and Windows. Version 2.0 introduces two new limiter models: PeakMaster Pro is designed for mastering and and other high-quality limiting tasks, offering low distortion even at high gain reduction levels. ...   KVR Audio

Norwegian sample library developer Wrongtools has announced the release of Overvoltage, describing it as a characterful Kontakt instrument built from vintage transistor organs and shaped by an arsenal of eccentric analog gear. More than just another organ library, Overvoltage is a creative statement — a wild, living sound library intentionally designed to go beyond what you've heard before. ...   KVR Audio

ENGL, known for its high-performance amplifiers, has introduced the EP635 Fireball IR Pedal, a 2-channel preamp pedal designed to deliver the Fireball tone in a compact and feature-rich format. ...   KVR Audio