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Apple Watch Series 7 owners can now use their on-screen keyboard in Due.
Other changes include a change that shows notification recurrence details when expanded.

One of the best reminder and timer apps just got even better.

Owners of the Apple Watch Series 7 hardware can now enter details into Due using their on-screen keyboard for the first time.

The update, which is available for download from the App Store now, builds on the already impressive voice-based data input by taking advantage of the Apple Watch Series 7 on-screen keyboard. Due version 22.3 also includes support for creating reminders from search text without parsing for dates, the update notes say.

Those full update notes include a healthy number of bug fixes and read:

Keyboard can now be used to create reminders on Apple Watch Series 7
Reminders can now be created from search text without parsing for dates
Notification now shows recurrence details when expanded
Fixed bug where n…

Setting up your Medical ID on your iPhone can be a lifesaver, literally. Here’s how to get it set up.

Back in 2014, Apple added a little feature to iOS called Medical ID. While it’s a relatively small feature on your favorite iPhone, it can be one that ends up saving your life in case of an emergency. But if you don’t set it up, well, that could be a fatal mistake.

Whether you’re using the best iPhone or not, as long as you have iOS 8 or later, you have access to the Medical ID feature. Here’s how to set up and manage your Medical ID and Health Details on iPhone.

Manage Medical ID on iPhone:

How to set up your Medical ID
How to add Emergency Contacts on your Medical ID
How to set up Emergency Access
How to view someone else’s Medical ID on iPhone

How to set up your Medical ID

Your Medical ID can be accessed two ways: through the Health app or through the Settings app.

To access Medical ID in the Health app

Launch the Health app on your iPhone.
Tap your Apple ID avatar …

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A new Apple Watch concept shows us how great third-party watch faces could be.
This watch face concept shows a design that updates based on how much time people spend doing certain things.
The watch face would use calendar entries to popular on-screen data.

Imagine if your Apple Watch looked like this!

A stunning new Apple Watch face concept shows how people are spending their time based on the content of their calendars.

As we await the announcement of watchOS 9 at this year’s WWDC event in June, not to mention the Apple Watch Series 8 launch later this year, one hope is that Apple will finally allow third-party watch faces to be offered. People have been creating concepts of new watch faces for years and the latest imagines what could be done with a face that changes based on the time we spend doing things.

Created by designer Fons Mans, the Planning View watch face shows an analog clock for the time with the bulk of the face made up of sections that sh…

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Someone has created a way to put iMessage onto a classic Macintosh.
Physical hardware or emulation should work equally well.
A full guide on how to get ’Messages for Macintosh’ up and running is provided.

What a time to be alive!

Someone has been able to come up with a way to put iMessage onto a Macintosh and it works just fine — although there are some considerable hoops to jump through if you want to try ’Messages for Macintosh’ for yourself.

Created by Cam Henlin, the process of getting iMessage onto a classic Macintosh isn’t a hugely complicated one but it’s definitely more involved than most people are likely to want to deal with. But then again, most people don’t have a classic Macintosh and the required hardware to make this work — if you do, you’re probably going to want to take a look at Henlin’s explainer.

The purpose of this article is to outline how to get your classic Macintosh system set up to send and receive iMessages with a familia…

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Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso has won two SAG Awards.
The show picked up the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series award.
Star Jason Sudeikis won the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series award.

Jason Sudeikis was among the awards personally as well.

The show that just can’t stop winning awards was at it again during the SAG Awards ceremony yesterday with Apple TV’s Ted Lasso picking up both personal and collective awards.

The hugely popular Apple TV+ show was able to match CODA in winning two awards.

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series – ”Ted Lasso”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis in ”Ted Lasso”

These are far from the only awards that Ted Lasso and Sudeikis have picked up, something Apple alluded to in its press release.

After garnering a record-breaking 20 nominations, freshman comedy ”Ted Lasso” was recently honored with seven Emmy Awards, inclu…

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Apple TV+ movie CODA has won two SAG Awards.
CODA won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award.
The Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role award went to Troy Kotsur.

CODA has won two SAG Awards and made history with both of them.

Apple TV+ movie CODA has picked up two SAG Awards and has made history in the process.

Sunday saw the announcement of the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards with Apple TV+ coming out with two wins in terms of motion pictures. Those wins both went to CODA with the movie picking up collective and personal accolades.

By winning the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award, CODA makes history as the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to do so.

Star Troy Kotsur also became the ”first Deaf actor to receive an individual SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role,” Apple confirmed in an evening press release.

CODA has been on som…

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Apple is reportedly working on a foldable display that could transform into both a Mac and iPad.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says it would be completely touch-based and ditch a physical keyboard.
If it does come to fruition it would be as early as 2026.

This would be a really insane one for Apple.

Last week, Ross Young from Display Supply Chain Consultants said that Apple may be venturing into the world of notebook computers with a foldable display.

According to Young, Apple is working on a 20-inch foldable display that could see the light of day as soon as 2026:

On the other hand, we are now showing Apple in our roadmap for foldable notebooks. We hear there is interest at the largest size yet, around 20.x”. This size could create a new category for Apple and would result in a true dual use product, a notebook with a full-size keyboard when folded and for use as a monitor when not folded and used with an external keyboard. It may also allow for UHD/4K reso…