![Living with a MacBook keyboard is like managing a chronic condition [Cult of Mac]](https://grahambower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/keyboard-rage-1080x675.jpg)
by Graham Bower | Apr 6, 2019 | Technology
At this point, we all know the MacBook’s butterfly keyboard can prove problematic. Apple recently admitted the problem is real — and even issued a rare apology. Anecdotally, pretty much every MacBook owner I know has experienced keys sticking or repeating at one time...
by Graham Bower | Apr 2, 2019 | Technology
Got a new Apple Pencil? Once the initial novelty wears off, you might find that it spends most of its time magnetically clipped to the side of your iPad Pro or, worse, stuck in the back of a drawer. After all, there are only so many PDFs to annotate and screenshots to...
![VO2 max: The Apple Watch metric that reveals your aerobic fitness [Cult of Mac]](https://grahambower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/vo2-max-1080x675.jpg)
by Graham Bower | Mar 7, 2019 | Fitness, Technology
Want to know how fit you really are? Apple Watch provides loads of insightful metrics you could check. So many, in fact, that there is not enough space for them all in the Workout app. Instead, you’ll find much of this crucial data buried away in the Health app on...
![How to win Apple Watch Activity Competitions every time [Cult of Mac]](https://grahambower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/activity-competitions-1080x675.jpg)
by Graham Bower | Mar 1, 2019 | Fitness, Technology
Apple Watch Activity Competitions are a perfect way to fall out with friends and colleagues. Simply send a challenge via the Activity app on your watch and, if they accept, a seven-day grudge match commences. With Activity Competitions, a new feature in watchOS 5,...
![How gesture controls could replace 3D Touch and bring multi-touch to the Mac [Cult of Mac]](https://grahambower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gestures-1080x675.jpg)
by Graham Bower | Feb 22, 2019 | Technology
Next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG looks set to unveil a revolutionary new smartphone with gesture controls. In a brief teaser video, the South Korean tech giant boldly promises the end of multi-touch — the way we’ve all been interacting with...
![Top 40 tips that make you love the Touch Bar [Cult of Mac]](https://grahambower.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/love-touchbar-1080x675.jpg)
by Graham Bower | Jan 17, 2019 | Technology
The Touch Bar is one of Apple’s most controversial innovations of recent years. Located inconspicuously at the top of the MacBook Pro keyboard, where the function keys used to sit, some users ignore it altogether. Others actively hate it. For pro users, like software...
