Tim Hardwick
Tim is a Senior Editor at MacRumors and has been writing for the site since 2016. Formerly a magazine journalist, his work has appeared in over 30 newsstand print publications and online brands covering a range of topics, from the latest trends in technology to the mysteries of ancient history.
Based in the UK, Tim's current role at MacRumors involves editorial oversight and how tos, in addition to covering daily news and contributing occasional reviews. Tim can be reached at tim@macrumors.com, Telegram (@waxeditorial) or Twitter.
Based in the UK, Tim's current role at MacRumors involves editorial oversight and how tos, in addition to covering daily news and contributing occasional reviews. Tim can be reached at tim@macrumors.com, Telegram (@waxeditorial) or Twitter.
Tim Hardwick's Articles
iOS 16: How to Share Your Medications List in the Health App
Apple in iOS 16 introduced the ability to keep a log of vitamins and prescription medications you take to the Health app, which can remind you when doses are due. This article shows how you can export your medications list as a PDF document for sharing.
In iOS 16, Apple added a new medication management feature to the Health app that helps you keep track of your medications and reminds you...
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Apple's Self Service Repair Store Now Taking Orders for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro
Apple is now accepting orders through its Self Service Repair Store website for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, as per its announcement on Monday.
The online store briefly became unavailable on Tuesday morning while the website was updated to reflect the expansion of Apple's Self Service Repair program to Macs.
Owners of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with chips from the M1 family ...
Apple's Secrecy Standards Complicate iPhone 14 Production in India
Apple will begin iPhone 14 production in India about two months after the first wave of devices are released out of China as manufacturing partners try to replicate the complex iPhone supply chain operation in another country for the first time.
Bloomberg reports that Apple has been working with suppliers to ramp up manufacturing in India and "shorten the lag in production of the new iPhone...
iOS 16: How to Add a Medication or Vitamin to the Health App
In iOS 16, Apple lets you add vitamins and prescription medications to the Health app, allowing you to get reminders to take them. Keep reading to learn how it works.
Do you find it a challenge keeping track of your medications and making sure that you take the right doses at the correct time? Your iPhone can help you with that, because Apple in iOS 16 added a new medication management...
Sennheiser's $350 Momentum 4 ANC Headphones Boast 60-Hour Battery Life
Sennheiser will begin shipping its fourth-generation Momentum wireless noise-canceling cans this week, throwing down the gauntlet to Apple, Bose, and Sony in the hotly-contested premium ANC headphones market.
The Momentum 4's boast a headline-grabbing 60 hours of listening time on a single charge, and also introduce a complete redesign of the company's flagship Momentum line for better...
WhatsApp Group Admins Can Delete Any Message for Everyone in Latest Beta
WhatsApp has rolled out a new group chat feature to beta users on iOS that gives group admins the ability to delete messages from other participants, reports WABetaInfo.
WhatsApp has been busy building out its group chat features in recent updates, and this latest feature aims to help group admins better moderate conversations, which can involve up to 256 people on the platfrom.
For beta ...
iOS 16: How to Make Siri Announce Notifications Through Your iPhone's Speaker
In iOS 16, Apple has made iterative improvements to its built-in Siri voice assistant, including expanded offline support, the ability to hang up calls using Siri, and new accessibility features.
One of these new accessibility enhancements is an option to have Siri announce notifications and incoming calls through your iPhone's speaker.
Previously in iOS 15, Siri's announce notifications ...
iOS 16: How to Make Siri Wait Longer for You to Finish Speaking
In iOS 16, Apple has made iterative improvements to its built-in Siri voice assistant, including expanded offline support, the ability to hang up calls using Siri, and new accessibility features.
One of these new accessibility enhancements is an option to increase Siri's pause time, which causes the voice assistant to wait a longer period for you to finish speaking.
There are now three...
iOS 16: How to Automate Messages Sent With Siri
iOS 16 lets you send messages with Siri without you having to confirm each message with the voice assistant before it's sent. Keep reading to learn how it's done.
If you've ever sent a message to someone using Siri, you'll know that Siri will ask you to confirm each message by reading it back to you.
Confirming each message before it is sent can be a nuisance if you're having a long...
iOS 16: How to Use Multi-Stop Routing in Maps
In iOS 16, Apple Maps has received an update that brings multi-stop routing to the navigation app. Keep reading to learn how to use it.
With iOS 16, the Maps app allows you to plan a route that has multiple stops instead of just a single destination. While Google Maps has had this feature for some time, this is the first version of Apple's Maps app to include support for it.
When entering ...
iOS 16: How to Customize Suggested Strong Passwords
Like previous versions of Apple's mobile software, iOS 16 is able to automatically generate strong passwords for app and website logins, but now you can also edit them, and even generate passwords with no special characters. Here's how.
Automatic strong passwords ensure that if you're prompted by a website or app to make up a password on the spot, Apple will automatically offer to generate a ...
PSA: Safari Security Flaw 'Actively Exploited,' Update Your Apple Devices Now
This week, Apple released critical software updates for Safari which fix a security flaw that exists in the browser across iPhone, iPad, and Mac platforms. Here's what you need to know.
Specifically, the platform-wide fix is for a vulnerability in Safari's WebKit engine that Apple believes may have been "actively exploited" in the wild by hackers.
The flaw, according to Apple, could...
VPNs for iOS Are Broken and Apple Knows It, Says Security Researcher
Third-party VPNs made for iPhones and iPads routinely fail to route all network traffic through a secure tunnel after they have been turned on, something Apple has known about for years, a longtime security researcher has claimed (via ArsTechnica).
Writing on a continually updated blog post, Michael Horowitz says that after testing multiple types of virtual private network (VPN) software on...
iOS 16: How to Lift Subjects From Images on the Web
In iOS 16, Apple has made it possible to isolate the subject of a picture from its background so that you can copy it to the clipboard for use elsewhere. This feature also works for images on the web. Keep reading to learn how it works.
With iOS 16, Apple has enhanced its Visual Look Up capability for photos to such an extent you can now drag subjects right out of images, and it works not...
iOS 16: How to Share Safari Tab Groups
In iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, Apple allows you to share Tab Groups in Safari. Keep reading to learn how it's done.
Introduced in iOS 15, Tab Groups are designed to make organizing and preserving open tabs more manageable in Safari without having to have those tabs active.
In a Tab Group, you can easily collect and save related tabs, whether the webpages are being used to help you plan a trip...
How to Cancel Your Netflix Subscription on iPhone, iPad, and Desktop
Are you done with Netflix? This article explains how to cancel the streaming service on iPhone and iPad as well as on desktop.
With living costs on the rise, more and more people are looking for ways to cut costs, and one of the main reasons people have been turning away from Netflix is that the service has increased its prices.
In January 2022, Netflix increased the prices for all of...
Beats Fit Pro in Kim Kardashian Colors Sold Out in US and Canada at Apple
Apple's special-edition Beats Fit Pro colors, designed in collaboration with Kim Kardashian, have sold out on Apple's online stores in the U.S. and Canada within hours after launching.
All three colors – Moon, Dune, and Earth – have shown as no longer available for online orders since Tuesday afternoon, with no date given for when they will be available again for purchase. Amazon US though do...
iOS 16: How to Create Favorites Within a Safari Tab Group
In iOS 16, Apple has made several enhancements to its Safari browser, including some new features when working within Tab Groups. One of these is the ability to select webpages from your bookmarks so that they appear as Favorites in the Start Page of any new tab that you open within a specific Tab Group. Here's how it works.
If you're unfamiliar with Tab Groups, they provide a handy a way to ...
iOS 16: How to Pin Tabs in Safari on iPhone and iPad
In iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, Apple's Safari browser has inherited a handy feature from Safari on Mac – the ability to pin tabs. Keep reading to learn how it works on iPhone and iPad.
Safari's pinned tabs feature lets you better organize your tabs, especially if find you have too many open at the same time. It's particularly useful if you have certain websites that you tend to visit frequently ...
System Settings App in macOS Ventura Beta Still Riddled With UI Issues
It seems Apple's redesigned macOS Ventura System Settings app, which replaces the System Preferences found in macOS Monterey and earlier versions, is still not without its problems five betas in, as catalogued by developer Niki Tonsky on Twitter.
For those unfamiliar with it, the new System Settings app looks more akin to the Settings app on the iPhone and iPad than it does to the earlier...
