Amazon Prime Day will offer deals on storage for Mac users from July 16 to 17. To take advantage of the deals, you need an Amazon Prime membership, which costs $14.99 per month. You can sign up for a free 30-day trial and still get the deals. The deals will be available on SSDs and hard drives.

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Amazon Prime Day will start on July 16 and last for 48 hours until July 17. The event will feature deals on Apple products, including iPads, Apple Watches, and Macs. Some discounts are available to everyone, but many items are only open to Prime members.

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Apple offers various accessories, including the Apple Pencil, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad. These products can be found at resellers like Amazon, which discounts them throughout the year. Prime Day, taking place from July 16 to 17, is a good time to find deals on these accessories.

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Apple rumorsphere suggests that the company is working on a HomePod with a display, with references to HomeAccessory17,1 in backend code and a touchscreen interface hidden in a tvOS beta. The move is not yet confirmed, but it's gaining traction. The HomePod's problems are not specified, but the article questions whether a screen would be the right solution.

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The Photos app has an album called Imports that shows imported media and their import dates. This album is a view into the Photos library, not a duplicate set of images and videos. Deleting items from the Imports album is not recommended to free up space.

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The Beats Pill speaker has an IP67 rating, decent volume and sound for its size, and fantastic battery life. However, some controls are a little unintuitive. It sounds better than most portable speakers of its size, but not great at high volumes.

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Apple announced iPadOS 18, which will arrive this fall along with iOS 18, macOS 15, and watchOS 11. The new features include Apple Intelligence, a new Calculator app, and more. iPadOS 18 will be compatible with certain models, and beta releases will be available for early testing.

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Apple Mail for macOS allows users to sort messages in mailboxes according to their preference. However, users may have become confused when choosing to sort most recent messages at the top, only to find they are not in the correct order. This is because Apple uses the same language in two places in the Mail interface, with 'Show most recent message at the top' serving a different purpose than 'View conversations'.

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The Macworld Podcast discussed hot takes on Apple, specifically the Apple Vision Pro, which was called a flop by David Price. However, some people disagreed, stating it's a success and will be in the future. The episode featured Karen Haslam, David Price, and Roman Loyola, and is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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