Apple na kritiek: apps worden snel aangepast voor iPhone Duo

Toen de iPhone Duo uitkwam waren veel apps nog niet geoptimaliseerd voor de vouwbare telefoon. Dat gaat snel veranderen, zegt Apple nu.

Zo snel is Apple Card aan te vragen (maar niet bij ons)

Apple lanceerde die eigen credit card, die erg toepasselijk simpelweg Apple Card heet, al in augustus 2019. Sindsdien is er heel wat gebeurd, zo is bijvoorbeeld sinds begin van dit jaar de bank erachter niet langer meer Goldman Sachs, maar JPMorgan Chase.

Maar één ding veranderde er... Lees verder...

MacBook Pro maakt indruk met PROLED XDR-scherm

De eerste reviews van de nieuwe MacBook Pro met PROLED XDR-display zijn verschenen. De eerste reacties van internationale techmedia zijn overwegend positief. Vooral het nieuwe OLED-scherm, het slankere ontwerp en het lagere gewicht vallen in de smaak. Toch zijn reviewers ook kritisch. De meerwaarde van het touchscreen blijkt in de praktijk beperkter dan verwacht. PROLED…

Is de iPhone Duo een flop? Dit zeggen de cijfers

De iPhone Duo heeft een lastige start. Sinds de lancering duiken er steeds meer berichten op over kapotte schermen. Maar is de iPhone Duo daarmee een flop? Problemen met het… Lees verder op iPhoned

Some HomePod Mini 2 Buyers Returning Units Over Mac Speaker Issues

One of the features of Apple's new HomePod mini 2 speakers is being able to use them as your Mac's default speakers, but it seems to be failing to work as advertised for a number of users, with some owners already returning them, based on the latest MacRumors forum reports.


The new HomePod mini 2 can be used as a default speaker on all Mac models with Wi-Fi 6E or later, according to Apple. A single HomePod can be used alone, or a pair can be twinned for stereo sound. The same setup never reliably worked with the first-generation HomePod mini, with latency and dropout issues common.

Apple introduced the stated new feature with ‌HomePod‌ Software 27.2, and it's meant to work over "a responsive and persistent AirPlay connection," or a wireless point-to-point link that's designed to survive restarts and sleep. (That's different to ordinary AirPlay, which the previous-generation HomePod uses). For the HomePod mini 2, the feature requires macOS 27.2. It's also supposed to work with the second-generation HomePod using the same software and the aforementioned Wi-Fi 6E requirement.

So far, new HomePod mini 2 owners are reporting two separate problems. For some, the option to enable the persistent connection never appears at all – even on hardware that meets Apple's stated requirements. For others, the connection works at first, but the Mac then falls back to its built-in or monitor speakers after sleep, a restart, or sometimes even after a single notification sound.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy ran into the first problem in her review for The Verge. On a Mac mini M4 – meeting Apple's Wi-Fi 6E requirement – the persistent-output option never showed up, and the speakers behaved like ordinary AirPlay devices, along with audio artifacts, dropouts, and output switching after a restart or whenever Siri was activated on a HomePod. Tuohy said that the feature "feels unfinished," and Apple had not responded to her request for comment at the time of writing.

The second problem, though, seems more prevalent, based on MacRumors forum reports. DanJoeWhitaker said they bought a stereo pair solely to use as Mac speakers, but found that the "Play sound effects through" option reverted to their Studio Display speakers within a minute, and that a single notification sound could make their Mac "forget" the HomePods entirely.

Another forum member, Nismo73, tested a pair on a Mac Studio and was greeted by an error message and sound through the machine's internal speaker after the first wake from sleep. Five owners on the forums describe similar failures, and at least two forum members say they're returning the speakers. DanJoeWhitaker said they were told at an Apple Store that they weren't the first to have the problem – Apple Support's senior team reportedly offered no fix, suggesting the issue was "maybe just an early teething bug."

As for the cause, that's still an open question. The most detailed account we've found so far was from a Redditor with an M3 Max MacBook Pro on a UniFi network. Their Mac's logs showed the point-to-point connection failing while the HomePods were on a 6GHz network, with audio falling back to standard AirPlay at around half a second of latency. Moving the speakers to a 5GHz-only network apparently restored the low-latency persistent mode in that setup. But whether the other failures correlate with 6GHz networks or specific router configurations remains unclear.

Let us know in the comments below if you've had a similar experience with your HomePod mini 2.
This article, "Some HomePod Mini 2 Buyers Returning Units Over Mac Speaker Issues" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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Adobe Photoshop 25.5 - Professional image editor.

You can download Adobe Photoshop as a part of Creative Cloud for only $54.99/month

Adobe Photoshop is a recognized classic of photo-enhancing software. It offers a broad spectrum of tools that can turn your inspiration into incredible images, photos, composites, 3D artwork, paintings, and graphics on any device.

Photoshop has become the choice of thousands of creative professionals around the world. First introduced in 1988, it still is the world's leading image-editing software.

Intuitive and clean user interface

Although Photoshop for Mac is the most comprehensive graphics and image-editing software available in the market today, it has a very intuitive and easy-to-navigate interface.

With recently improved usability, this photo-editor has become even more enjoyable to use. The interface loads as soon as you decide to use Photoshop.

A user-friendly interface updates you about new features, suggests learning content, and allows you to quickly access recent files. You can easily pick up where you left or create a new project, access cloud and desktop pictures, and open an existing document.

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Adobe has recently announced the launch of its new Content-Aware Fill workspace. It allows you to remove objects or distracting elements from your images easier than ever before.

This new option offers an interactive editing experience. Now, you can take full Control over which "good" parts of the picture to use to replace the undesired areas. It allows resizing the initial selection, rotating, scaling, and mirroring content.

Enjoy a range of new tools

The latest version of the software provides a new Frame Tool that allows you to enjoy much simpler masking. Now, you can place shapes and text into placeholder frames and fill them with pictures. To create elliptical or rectangular forms, you only need to select the Frame Tool and press "K."

There is also a new default feature of multiple undo. If you want to view an object before changes are applied, just click Control + Z (for Windows OS) and Command + Z (for macOS). Don't worry about losing any project changes in Adobe Photoshop on your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. With a new auto-commit feature, they are saved automatically.

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Version 21.2:

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