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For as long as I can remember, my Apple Music and iCloud charges would go against my Apple ID balance first, and only hit my credit card if my balance was $0. But for the last few months, Apple Music and iCloud have been charging my Apple Card in spite of me having $140 in my Apple ID balance...

I haven't been tracking that closely, but last night I lost about 35% while I was sleeping. I'd usually lose no more than maybe 5%. It's already noticeably better since I did a hard restart. ... No new weird apps. Battery shaming shows nothing out of the ordinary. I give VERY few apps access to...

Those periodic iOS stories from ppl claiming their battery life is in a tailspin. Never experienced it until the last few days. I've used every iPhone since the 4S iPhone X (non Beta iOS) started going through battery MUCH faster than normal. Battery Settings show nothing odd. I can only...

I added a glass screen protector I like. And I've always used a very minimalist case on my iPhones (since 4S). I bought an InCase bumper case but not entirely thrilled with it. It makes the gestures a bit awkward and the buttons on the side are hard to press. Seriously considering going...

I've followed this story for a couple years. Wasn't there a big announcement from Google earlier this year claiming that that while Chrome still wasn't as good as Safari with respect to battery life, they'd improved it quite a bit? I much prefer the UI of Chrome over Safari on macOS (20-15...

Thanks! I did the NVRAM a few days ago. Just did the SMC reset this morning. I'll give it a few days and see how it goes. Thanks again, Chris

Bought a new 13.3" MBA two weeks ago. I've noticed that sometimes when I wake it up by lifting the lid, there will be a second or two of screen color flickering in the top 3rd of the display. It doesn't happen when I am using an external display. I'm pretty much always running Chrome when this...

I remember reading many times over the last 2+ years about how hard Chrome is on a Mac laptop battery compared to Safari. I haven't owned an Apple laptop in years so I didn't pay much attention. But both of my kids in college have MBPs, so I advised them to use Safari. Though in the last 6...

What are the best ones these days? I don't mind paying if an app is really better than the others. Thanks in advance.

That was definitely it.

I might have solved it. Compared iStat Menus settings between the two machines. The problematic machine had a fan setting that was much more aggressive. I reset it to the default. Will see if it's better over the next couple days.

Thanks, I would be joining.

My current ATT iPhone is paid-off in full. I plan to order the 7+. If I choose the Upgrade Program, will it be sent to me FedEx next Friday like usual? Or do I have to pick it up in a store? Or some other option? Thanks in advance, Chris

Ahh, thanks. You mean do it on iTunes. I was hoping to be able to do it on my phone. Thanks though.

In iOS9 you could view your music by genre, and force all songs to be downloaded that way. Then you only had to tell it to download 8-10 times, instead of for each individual song. But I can't quite seem to find that same functionality in iOS10? Anyone know how to do that? I think the...