Macworld If you own any computer for any length of time, inevitably there’s going to be some mess to clean up. The CleanMyMac X utility will clear out the junk from your Mac to help it run smoothly.   This data cleanliness utility is a one-click solution to Mac maintenance. Once you start it, the smart assistant built into the program walks you through what it’s doing. Using its constantly updated database, it finds junk apps, broken downloads, hidden files for programs you’ve long since deleted, and other crud and cruft you can live without. The assistant will even highlight apps you need to update and find and isolate malware and other problems that may be slowing down your Mac.…

Macworld There’s a lot of hype around AI, but not many ways to put it to use in our daily lives. Taskio changes all that with a simple, accessible AI-powered assistant to handle all the chores and problems of daily life. Taskio can do the expected tasks of writing first drafts of content and creating custom images, yet it can also go above and beyond. Use it to rewrite and summarize content you’ve already written, or to optimize your copy for SEO or sales impact. Use it as a chatbot to brainstorm and bounce ideas off of and to help you research new markets and approaches. Deploy its native translation feature to smoothly communicate across language barriers, or have it…

With the advent of iOS 17 this coming fall, Apple Music is getting a handful of notable new features that should make using the Music app and the ‌Apple Music‌ streaming service in general a more immersive and enjoyable experience. Below, we run through all the changes and improvements that you can expect to arrive when ‌iOS 17‌ is released later this year. 1. Collaborative Playlists Perhaps one of the most requested features coming to ‌Apple Music‌ this year, Collaborative Playlists will give subscribers the ability to invite friends to add and edit songs in a shared playlist. Rival streaming services like Spotify have had similar features for a while now, so it's good to see that Apple has finally…

With the power of Apple silicon, users experience incredible graphics performance on every Mac. And now, tens of millions of Macs with Apple silicon can run demanding games with great performance, long battery life, and breathtaking visuals. Developers continue to take advantage of Metal 3, bringing exciting new titles to Mac, including DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR’S CUT, Stray, Fort Solis, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, HUMANKIND, Resident Evil Village: Winters’ Expansion, The Medium, ELEX II, Firmament, SnowRunner, Disney Dreamlight Valley, No Man’s Sky, Dragonheir: Silent Gods, and Layers of Fear. To make it easier to port games from other platforms to Mac, Metal introduces a new game porting toolkit, eliminating months of upfront work and enabling developers to see how well their…

Macworld Apple had plenty of great things to show off when it unveiled iOS 17 at WWDC. We’re psyched about vastly improved autocorrect, StandBy, Live Voicemail transcriptions, custom contact posters, and all that other good stuff. But sometimes it’s the little things that have the biggest impact. A small interface change or tiny unsung feature might change the way you use your iPhone day-to-day more than all the fancy AI-powered gimmicks ever will. Here are some of the little things in iOS 17 that you didn’t hear about in the keynote, but are sure to have an impact on your iPhone. Ping your Apple Watch One of our favorite features of the Apple Watch is that you can open Control…

Macworld Apple had plenty of great things to show off when it unveiled iOS 17 at WWDC. We’re psyched about vastly improved autocorrect, StandBy, Live Voicemail transcriptions, custom contact posters, and all that other good stuff. But sometimes it’s the little things that have the biggest impact. A small interface change or tiny unsung feature might change the way you use your iPhone day-to-day more than all the fancy AI-powered gimmicks ever will. Here are some of the little things in iOS 17 that you didn’t hear about in the keynote, but are sure to have an impact on your iPhone. Ping your Apple Watch One of our favorite features of the Apple Watch is that you can open Control…