You love your Apple Watch, and to you, it’s more than just a fantastic fitness and communication device. It’s also a fashion statement. If this sounds like you, you’re in good company. I’ll confess to owning several dozen Apple Watch bands. I do change my band daily to match my outfit, in fact, most days I wear one band to work out and a different band for the rest of the day. From one true Apple Watch band aficionado to another, here are some of the best Apple Watch bands to enhance both its looks and its functionality. Unless otherwise noted, each of the bands below will fit any generation Apple Watch and is available in both the 38/40mm size and the 42/44mm size.

Best Overall: Apple Milanese Loop

When I first saw this band announced, I didn’t get it, even with Jony Ive’s silky smooth introduction. But it’s simple, elegant design won me over, and now it’s one of my absolute favorites. Light hits the stainless steel mesh just right and gives it a subtle shine. The magnetic loop…

It’s now far easier to find what you want to watch, when you want to watch it.

What you need to know

This live guide has been in the works for a while now.
It hit a number of devices in the spring, including Amazon Fire TV, Xbox and Apple TV.
Now Roku is on board, as well as the updated Apple TV operating system.
Hulu today announced that it has rollout out its new live TV guide on Roku, on Apple TV’s tvOS, and on its web player.

The improvements — which, frankly, have been sorely needed for quite some time — give you the ability to see two weeks worth of listing, making it far easier to find and record shows and movies that are coming up. You’ll also be able to add channels to ”My Channels,” so you can get to what you want to watch faster.

In addition, Hulu has made it easier to find recommendations of live shows or movies that are on right that second, all right from the home menu. And, finally, you’ll be able to more quickly sort through live content collections.

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More and more airlines are taking a stance against Apple’s laptop.

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Qantas is the latest airline to ban Apple’s recalled 15-inch MacBook Pro.
The laptop can no longer be in checked luggage.
Apple in June announced a voluntary recall on certain 15-inch MacBook Pro models due to a fire risk.
Earlier this month, the FAA banned the recalled 15-inch MacBook Pros from all flights in the U.S., citing a possible fire risk. Now, airlines across the globe are following suit, with Qantas the latest airline to take a stance against the laptop.

Qantas announced (via Bloomberg) that all 15-inch versions of the MacBook Pro can no longer be in checked luggage for fear the batteries could catch fire. Instead, the laptop must be carried in the cabin and switched off.

Virgin Australia, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency also announced new rules related to the recalled 15-inch MacBook Pro.

In June, Apple launched a voluntary recall o…

Best answer: Yes! A co-op mode is available only if you remove the Joy-Con controllers from the sides of the Nintendo Switch and use one for the main character, and one for Legion.

Stop the alien invasion: Astral Chain ($60 at Amazon)
How do you activate co-op in Astral Chain?

Speaking to Kotaku, game director Takahisa Taura said that there is indeed a way to play co-op in Astral Chain. It can’t be done just by hooking up a second controller. You have to remove the Joy-Con controllers from the Nintendo Switch. When you do this, the game will switch modes to allow one Joy-Con to control the main character, and the other to control their ”living weapon” assistant, Legion.

How does the gameplay work in co-op?

When you play Astral Chain, you control your character while your living weapon, Legion, serves as a sort of AI assistant who will perform offensive, defensive, or supportive strategies to fight alongside you. You can give it commands, perform combos, and use it to your lik…

Looking to try out iPadOS 13? The public beta is now available. Here’s how to download it!

iPadOS 13 is on its way with features that need to be tested before the software is made available to the general public. As such, Apple is letting interested users check out iPadOS 13 and provide feedback before it goes into wide release.

If you’re one of those interested users, however, you will have to go through the public beta download and install process. While it’s not complicated, it’s a bit of a departure for how you might normally get software onto your iPad. So, we’re going to walk you through it and give you a place to ask questions if you need extra help.

Apple occasionally offers updates to iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS as closed developer previews or public betas for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac (sadly, no public beta for the Apple Watch). While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple …

Looking to try out iOS 13? The public beta is now available. Here’s how to download it!

iOS 13 is on its way with features that need to be tested before the software is made available to the general public. As such, Apple is letting interested users check out iOS 13 and provide feedback before it goes into wide release.

If you’re one of those interested users, however, you will have to go through the public beta download and install process. While it’s not complicated, it’s a bit of a departure for how you might normally get software onto your iPhone. So, we’re going to walk you through it and give you a place to ask questions if you need extra help.

Apple occasionally offers updates to iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS as closed developer previews or public betas for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac (sadly, no public beta for the Apple Watch). While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, …

If you are a developer and want to know what to expect in macOS 10.15, here is how to install the developer beta.

macOS Catalina 10.15 will be arriving soon with new features that need testing before they’re launched to the public. As usual, Apple is providing an early version of this macOS release to developers so that they can test their apps against it and prepare for its release to Mac owners.

What’s new in the macOS Catalina beta?

August 28, 2019: Apple releases macOS Catalina beta 7 for developers

Apple has just released macOS Catalina beta 7 for developers. Follow the instructions below to get started with the macOS 10.15 beta. If you’ve been waiting for macOS 10.15 to start testing with macOS, now’s the time to start downloading.

August 19, 2019: Apple releases macOS Catalina beta 6 for developers

Apple has just released macOS Catalina beta 6 for developers. Follow the instructions below to get started with the macOS 10.15 beta. If you’ve been waiting for macOS 10.15 …

What you need to know

Apple published a new FAQ page addressing Siri recording concerns.
The page follows Apple’s apology for the Siri controversy.
Among the topics the FAQs address are grading, transcripts, minimizing data and more.
If you have a Siri privacy question, you’ll find an answer here.

Following the release of its apology for the Siri recording controversy, Apple published a new FAQ site that answers some of the most common questions regarding its Siri recording policy.

Titled ”Siri Privacy and Grading,” it is aimed at calming customers’ concerns over their audio Siri recordings. Apple says it listened to feedback and suspended the program, for now. It will return in the fall with new changes, but that still leaves a lot of questions. You’ll find answers with this page.

The first questions answers the lingering concern about grading:

What is grading?

Before we suspended grading, our process involved reviewing a small sample of audio from Siri requests —…

Give your eyes a rest.

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Microsoft is bringing a dark mode to Outlook and the rest of its Office mobile apps.
Outlook and Office.com will see the updates today, while the rest of the Office mobile suite will be updated alongside iOS 13’s launch.
This brings the mobile apps in line with the rest of Microsoft’s Office suite on other platforms.
Microsoft announced today that it’s finally bringing a dark mode to Outlook mobile, the rest of the Office mobile suite, and Office.com. Outlook mobile and Office.com are the first to get the treatment starting today, while the rest of the Office mobile apps will follow once iOS 13 launches later this year.

”A cross-company design collaboration propels us to seamlessly bring Dark Mode to the broader M365 product suite, and today marks the initial rollout of Dark Mode on Outlook for iOS and Android, as well as Office.com,” Microsoft said in a blog post announcing the new design. ”The upcoming launch of iOS 13 will then exte…