A certain puppy had a crack at my Apple Watch Ultra 3 this week. The timepiece survived but the band did not. The replacement band from Apple was aud170 (usd120). Hmmm. I found this from Spigen on Amazon for aud50 (usd35). It has a nice fabric, the Velcro is strong and the buckle stylish. It… Continue reading Alternatives to #watch bands from #Apple
Re today’s show, MacGeekGab, 17 February 2026… Pilot Pete mentioned that AirPods Pro 2 and 3 and AirPods 4 have the ability to interact with the user via nodding and shaking (the head). I have PowerBeats Pro 2 and the feature works there too. Apple has a knowledge base article on it. Apart from what… Continue reading Doing more with your Apple headphones with nods and shakes
I forgot about this clean up (pictures) feature on iPhone and how good it is… Here’s the before and after. 3 February 2026
A while back Pilot Pete on MacGeekGab mentioned problems with time tracking with UTC and local. This is great. You can put a widget on your iPhone or iPad Home Screen with local, UTC and your home time zone. And you can have multiple widgets from the one app. It’s on the App Store as… Continue reading Another (yet very cool) World Clock app