Paris Buttfield-Addison has regained access to his Apple Account after a tainted gift card locked him out. But his saga highlights serious risks associated with Apple Gift Cards that should make ...

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After trying to redeem an Apple Gift Card, Apple developer and author Paris Buttfield-Addison was locked out of his Apple Account with no explanation. Despite extensive media coverage and contact from ...

Following its traditional mid-December schedule, Apple has released the 26.2 updates across its operating systems, featuring a mix of focused enhancements and bug fixes. The most surprising new ...

In “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I wrote about the Classic view’s Recents screen: Tapping a recent call dials it, whereas tapping the ⓘ button to ...

Humor columnist—and inveterate iPad misplacer—Dave Barry shares an embarrassing incident: The reason we laughed is that a year and a half ago, I placed this very same iPad on top of this very same ...

I rarely write about Apple’s infrequent executive shuffles. People come and go, but most of the time, it doesn’t significantly affect everyday Apple users. However, this week’s changes could have a ...

Once Thanksgiving is over, Tonya and I like to play holiday music from an extensive playlist we’ve built up over the years. However, getting that playlist working this year proved intensely ...

Last month, among all the usual email I received was an anxious missive from a TidBITS reader—we’ll call her Beverley, largely because that’s her name. While walking down the street in El Calafate, a ...

With this final email issue, we’re signing off for 2025. I’ll keep watch for late-breaking news and chime in on TidBITS Talk through the week; after that, I invite you to step back with me and enjoy a ...

In the New York Times, Sam Roberts shares the sad news: David Lerner, a high school dropout and self-taught computer geek whose funky foothold in New York’s Flatiron district, Tekserve, was for ...