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Dealing With the MacBook Notch in macOS 27 Golden Gate
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Dealing With the MacBook Notch in macOS 27 Golden Gate

The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have a notch at the top of the screen that contains the Center Stage camera, camera indicator LED, and True Tone and ambient light sensors. Unfortunately, that notch obscures menu bar icons as they pile up. Utilities such as Bartender and Ice offered solutions, but in macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple provides a built-in

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Dealing With the MacBook Notch in macOS 27 Golden Gate
TidBits

Dealing With the MacBook Notch in macOS 27 Golden Gate

The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have a notch at the top of the screen that contains the Center Stage camera, camera indicator LED, and True Tone and ambient light sensors. Unfortunately, that notch obscures menu bar icons as they pile up. Utilities such as Bartender and Ice offered solutions, but in macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple provides a built-in

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Check Rosetta After Upgrading to macOS 27 Golden Gate
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Check Rosetta After Upgrading to macOS 27 Golden Gate

Has an older app stopped opening after you upgraded to macOS 27 Golden Gate? The missing piece may be Rosetta, Apple’s software that lets Intel-based apps run on Macs with Apple silicon. Even if you installed Rosetta years ago, Apple’s release notes say it isn’t automatically restored after the upgrade. Fortunately, macOS 27 still supports it. With your Mac connected

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Check Rosetta After Upgrading to macOS 27 Golden Gate
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Check Rosetta After Upgrading to macOS 27 Golden Gate

Has an older app stopped opening after you upgraded to macOS 27 Golden Gate? The missing piece may be Rosetta, Apple’s software that lets Intel-based apps run on Macs with Apple silicon. Even if you installed Rosetta years ago, Apple’s release notes say it isn’t automatically restored after the upgrade. Fortunately, macOS 27 still supports it. With your Mac connected

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Keep Your Ringer Quiet and Your Alarms Loud in iOS 27
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Keep Your Ringer Quiet and Your Alarms Loud in iOS 27

Want a quiet ringtone without making your kitchen timer easy to miss? In iOS 27, you can set alarm and timer volume separately from ringtone volume. By default, they’re still linked, so you’ll need to change a setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, find Alarms and Timers, and turn off Match Ringtone Volume. Drag the slider below it

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Keep Your Ringer Quiet and Your Alarms Loud in iOS 27
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Keep Your Ringer Quiet and Your Alarms Loud in iOS 27

Want a quiet ringtone without making your kitchen timer easy to miss? In iOS 27, you can set alarm and timer volume separately from ringtone volume. By default, they’re still linked, so you’ll need to change a setting. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics, find Alarms and Timers, and turn off Match Ringtone Volume. Drag the slider below it

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You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?
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You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?

Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its Dock icon reveals a Running

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You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?
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You Quit the App. Why Is It Still Running?

Quitting a Mac app doesn’t always stop everything it’s doing. Some apps leave background processes running to sync files, check for updates, or finish other work. In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple makes this activity more visible: you’ll see a notification the first time an app continues running after you quit, and hovering over its Dock icon reveals a Running

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Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes
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Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes

The new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 sound convenient enough. Live Rewind lets you recall anything said in a conversation in the past 15 seconds, while Siri Recap takes notes throughout the day to create an Apple Intelligence summary. That’s fine unless a meeting covers sensitive information like

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Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes
Security

Set Workplace Rules Before Your Apple Watch Starts Taking Notes

The new Live Rewind and Siri Recap features in the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 sound convenient enough. Live Rewind lets you recall anything said in a conversation in the past 15 seconds, while Siri Recap takes notes throughout the day to create an Apple Intelligence summary. That’s fine unless a meeting covers sensitive information like

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