Owning an Apple Home: Robots, maintenance, and chores
…This is the fourth story I've written in the Owning an Apple Home series. The first covered moving , the second was about whole-home audio with HomePods , and the third was…
The whole point of Tailscale is to establish a network that's somewhat similar to your home or office network between devices. Even if they're not on the same physical network. Tailscale refers to this as a Tailnet. At a bare minimum, that means you can connect to a server while remote to access files, or to upload them. This is a fairly useful service for home users. Tailscale's web admin view. Devices on a Tailnet are listed, alongside 100-range iP addresses assigned to that hardware. Since there's file sharing, you could also use it for facilities such as remote access. You could control yo
How to use Tailscale to remotely connect to your Mac from anywhere…This is the fourth story I've written in the Owning an Apple Home series. The first covered moving , the second was about whole-home audio with HomePods , and the third was…
…That means the whole setup process could be started with a tap versus opening the Home app first. That's something still seldom seen, even on dedicated smart home products. Companies probably…
…Apple Intelligence has also improved HomeKit, with the Home App now combining related activity notifications, describing HomeKit Secure Video footage, and adding clip-based searches. HomeKit Secure Video cameras can also stream…
…device in the first place. Partly because of the price, partly because of its utility. It is safe to say that the cost is prohibitive for your average home user. To get…
…single-client Network Attached Storage (NAS) that is directly connected, not via a network. Since it holds multiple drives, this gives some considerable benefits over a single-drive system. First, more drives…
…Starting a full backup only takes a few minutes, although the first one might take longer depending on how much data you have. Future backups are incremental, so macOS only saves what…
…AirTag helps catch man accused of multiple crimes in Pittsburgh A man accused of both sexual assault and burglary has been caught after he stole an AirTag from the victim's home…
…The first-generation HomePod was similarly unveiled at WWDC 2017. Though highly unlikely, it's possible that the HomePod 3 and HomePod mini 2 will be announced at WWDC 2026. Another…
…When you think of an emergency kit, you probably picture food, water, and first aid supplies. But let's not forget about those little tech gadgets that keep us connected when…
…t be shopping with this meagre budget in the first place. MacBook Neo vs Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3x: Ports and connectivity For networking, both notebooks rely on wireless, unless you employ some…