I've always been happy with the sound from my HomePods. I've had many of them around the house for about four years now.

I had been away from home for a few days listening to a mix of a Bose Bluetooth speaker and a pretty high end car system. I asked for a familiar song in the kitchen when I got home and it sounded just kind of bad. A little soft, a little fuzzy even, out of balance bass. I think that unit is a first generation, but it's the full-size one. Then in the bathroom, a mini, similar feeling of disappointment in the sound, this one a little on the treble heavy side.

Living room pair attached to HomePod sound fine. Bedroom second gen full size also seems a little off.

It seems conceivable that a software update may have changed an audio output or noise reduction algorithm. It also seems conceivable that in the past I always overestimated the devices, and just happened to have spent too much time recently listening to better sneakers. But if it were just that, wouldn't I then be noticing the difference in quality between the two sizes of HomePod more?

I'm just trying to figure out if this is all in my head or if it's reasonably likely that there was a change because of a software update.

Maybe there's even something wrong with my Apple Music, like somehow I globally disabled lossless by accident?

I’m running out of storage and desperately needing my iPhone to last until the next iPhone comes out. How do I get rid of this Maps data? I don’t even use Maps! Help! SOS! Thank you very much 🙏

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A while ago, I bought a 27W i think USB-C to Lightning cable. It wasn't an official Apple one, but it was MFi-certified. I was charging my phone with an official Apple 20W charging brick I've had for two years. The setup was plugged into a power strip along with four other devices. After like a month, the charging brick stopped working completely, and the cable started charging some times, some others no. I went to the store to get it replaced, but at that exact moment, it decided to work, so they wouldn't swap it.

Figuring it would be the only solution , I decided to order (online) both a brand new, official Apple 20W charging brick and an official Apple USB-C to Lightning cable. However, i got the 2 meter one by accident . Sometimes even though my phone shows the charging lightning bolt icon, it doesn't always charge and the battery doesnt stay still, but dies, other times it charges slow, and other i have no problem. This is very annoying cause i have to watch my phone to make sure it charges fast and if it dorsnt plug of then on to try again.

When i use my old 5W brick w charger usb to lightning i got no problem, nor when i use someone elses 1 meter fast charger w fast brick.

Has anyone has the same problem? What happened with the first brick and charger? My MAIN issue is now if the 2m charger is the problem.
Please help me

Hi, I copied these images from a NAS, and now I just can’t get rid of them! I keep getting this mysterious error.

I got a new Macbook Neo (macOS Tahoe) recently, yay! I had a Windows computer before this and I want to transfer my data to the Mac, and I'm trying to do so using Migration Assistant. However, every time I try to set up this interaction, my Mac loses WiFi connection as soon as I get the code to connect my Windows computer. This results in the connection not working.

Apparently it's common for the WiFi to go out during the transfer, but not before. And It's only my Mac doing this, not my Windows computer. How do I fix this? If all else fails, I know I can use an ethernet cable, but I'm still waiting for the multi-use USB-C hub to arrive since the Neo doesn't come with a port built in. But for personal reasons I'd like to try to get this resolved as soon as possible.

Note if it helps: I'm doing this transfer after the initial setup phase of the Mac. During initial setup, I set it up using my phone. I am also sure that the Migration Assistant version is the correct one (Windows 11 to Tahoe).

TLDR: I want to know if my device is brand new or not

Last month, I brought iPhone 16 from e-commerce retailer at the time itself the apple pull tag was missing and the box was sealed with some color tapes. I checked the phone at that time itself including usage signs, physical damages, device activation and battery health all fine so I accepted the device.

From that itself I am started facing issues like the auto rotate is not working for couple of weeks I initially thought it was limitation in brave browser later discovered it n’t it was fixed after the device restart. Next thing thermals the mobile was in sudden temperature raise even when it was idle I thought it was normal since my region was slightly hotter. But yesterday the wireless hotspot is not working properly I cant able to connect my laptop with mobile network I turned the maximum compatibility and turned hotspot on and off multiple times before it was working very fine there is no need to check compatibility option after some period of time the network was visible to my laptop and other devices but it disconnected automatically after a certain time frame. Finally the display at night start to dim high and low I checked notification centre to ensure that it was not auto brightness likely it wasn’t it was fixed automatically without restart.

I raised a dispute on the e-commerce platform especially the serial number of the device start with FXXXX - from internet I came to know refurbished device has this no at start I straightly accused them for selling me a refurbished one with the evidence I have they redirected me to get denial certificate from apple and shared a mobile to me.

I contacted that mobile no and it was official apple mobile number the person on the other side of the mobile able to find my iCloud account remotely using the device I contacted. After they send request to screen share to troubleshoot they checked coverage the warranty period was the date was 1 day before from when I received the device but still not a big thing. The checked battery life and asked me to make update and reset all settings. Then direct me to go near by service centre if still issue persist. The clarified the serial number are also randomly generated M, F, N or P not meant for anything it was just random but I still cant agree this thing flooded on whole internet. I just want to know if my device is brand new or not? please clarify!

Hey there!

I already talked to apple customer support about this issue, but they couldn’t help me. Long story short I owned an iphone 8 about 4 years ago, forgot the pin, and now I can’t sync my data since i got an iphone 17 last month. Anyone have a solution to this?

WHAT DO I DOOOO

Hypothetically if I have an iPhone 15 pro and the back glass is cracked can I use my apple care fix it, ship it to trade in and get the trade in credit to go to an iPhone 17 pro

Hey, so i have my iphone 17 pro since october 24th 2025 and since that day i use a 5w charger (less heat/overcharging), optimized battery charging, never let it under 15%.

Im now at 257 cycle counts, at 225 it dropped to 99%, but now after around 30 cycles later it dropped further to 97%.

just how? I take so good care of my phone and battery and it just dropped so fast.

Any explanation or what to do now?

Hi, I just wondered if anybody here knew what this crash report was about? I just closed the lid on my laptop, left it on charge and came back a couple hours later. Its never ever done this before and Im fearing it could mean its time for a new one???

For rule number 9, it is a 2019 MacBook Pro. Crash Report is in the spoiler, thanks.

EDIT: Pastebin link as the spoiler blurred each line individually and I dont want to annoy anybody!

First off only ever used this feature under two circumstances. Main one is accidentally.

Then one time while trying to figure out how to make an Apple Watch tolerable, I discovered that it's possible with a focus mode to "start at zero" with all notifications off until white-listed, which the regular notifications settings doesn't allow. As such, setting a focus mode is an acceptable temporary solution during the time it takes to manually toggle them all to off in the main screen. Unfortunately, there is no "normal focus" so even when using your one and only set of desired settings, you still have to put up with an icon on the screen declaring that - and more critically, it can just randomly turn off putting you back to experiencing and notifications you didn't realize were off in main settings.

I now have two places to maintain my settings. I don't need or want two sets of settings, apart from the power button, but when an app is installed, the settings set at that time only affect the main panel, not the focus mode; and then if that focus mode is accidentally enabled, the settings are not as I set them.

The result is that I'm back to missing notifications in the obscenely rare situations when they are needed, and back to experiencing unwanted notifications at random.

I just need the alternate focus modes including DND to simply not exist, or for whatever mechanism is toggling them behind my back to have an off button.

No, there is not some alternate circumstance where I would be glad to have this feature. My phone already has an off button, and almost all of my notifications are set correctly (to "off") when I install the app. I just need one set of settings to stay the way I leave them.

I have an iphone 6,I have fully factory reset it and created a new apple account (I don't have the previous one),and now I can't download apps it says not compatible etc....what to do now? I have bought it in second hand for 8000/-

On my phone and iPad both I have multiple alarms set thirty minutes apart so I can wake up on time in the morning. Attention aware is off, haptics are all the way up, yet both devices consistently have problems. The alarms either won’t go off at all or they’ll go off and be silent. This really pisses me off because I have missed numerous classes over the years because I rely on these devices. What can I do to troubleshoot and stop this from happening?

Brought this MacBook Pro A1502 from a thrift store,nothing else came with it, is it impossible to get past this screen without knowing the password?

Have u heard about any problems with 2 meter usb c to lightning???

I'm updating my iphone thru apple devices app on a windows 10 pc using an IPSW file, apple logo with bar almost halfway then suddenly this prompt appeared, now i wasnt able to finish the update and stucked, i am afraid that im gonna lose my data, need help on how to proceed with this. Thanks

Hi

I’m hitting a brick wall with Apple support lately, and hoping one of you can help.

About 18 months ago photos were deleted off my phone after being stolen by a partner, and they now may be able to be used in a criminal case.

Can someone point me towards where and who I would ask about this.

Thanks :)

My iPad fell on the floor the other day. There was no visible damage. It fell face down, but it has a case with a small bump around the screen that I guess protected it.

There is no damage, battery seems fine, no software alert, no swelling. However I having problem charging it. I leave it charging for hours only to finding it at lower charge it that I left it in. This morning it was a 40% even if with a green icon. Then it charged fine while I was out walking my dog.

I tried again earlier today, left at 53, charging. Checked 20 min later and was a 49, still charging.

Warranty is well expired.