Lens-position sensors respond to magnetic fields. If you place a magnet near these sensors, the magnetic field will interfere with or temporarily disable the sensors. This can degrade the sensors’ accuracy and limit the range of movement available to the lenses. The camera will continue to take photos with other means of stabilization but without the benefit of OIS and closed-loop AF.
Third-party manufacturers make some accessories with strong magnets or magnetizable metal plates that are near the iPhone rear camera (or cameras). These magnets and plates can latch folio covers, join separable cases, or attach to rigid mounts—for example, car mounts. For best camera performance, avoid accessories that use magnets or magnetic metal near the iPhone rear camera (or cameras).
Category: Kbase of the Week
Kbase Article of the Week: Magic Keyboard for 24-inch iMac⇢
The wireless Magic Keyboard included with your 24-inch iMac has built-in features that make it easy to enter emoji, switch keyboard languages, lock your iMac, and perform many system functions with the touch of a key. The Magic Keyboard with Touch ID also lets you use a fingerprint to sign in and make purchases using Apple Pay.
Kbase Article of the Week: Using and Maintaining your Apple MagSafe Adapter⇢
Learn about using the Apple MagSafe Adapter included with your Mac notebook computer and get tips for reducing wear on the adapter.
This article has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple.
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Kbase Article of the Week: MobileMe: Using Entourage 2008 Sync Services⇢
If you synchronize Microsoft Entourage 2008 contacts with Address Book via MobileMe, events and tasks with iCal via MobileMe, or Entourage notes with MobileMe, you should install the Microsoft Office Update 12.1.2, or later, on all your Macs which sync.
You may also encounter a scenario in which certain contacts, events, notes or tasks may not appear to synchronize.
To make sure the latest Office 2008 update(s) available for your Mac are installed, use Microsoft AutoUpdate for Mac. Simply, open any Office 2008 application and choose Check for Updates from the Help menu to open Microsoft AutoUpdate.
Apple Posts Acoustic Performance Information on M1 iMac⇢
So, uhhh, this thing is quiet. 7 decibels is practically inaudible.
Kbase Article of the Week: About the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port on Mac⇢
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) port is Nbase-T Ethernet technology that supports multiple data rates for speeds up to 10 Gbps over standard twisted pair copper cabling up to 100 meters (328 feet) in length. Depending on the device you’re connecting to, the cable type and technology used, and the cable length, the highest link speed is automatically negotiated. For example, if the device you’re connecting to is 10 Gbps-capable and the cable can support the speed, the two devices would negotiate the 10 Gbps speed.
Bonus Kbase Article of the Week: What to Do If You Find an Airtag or Get an Alert That an Airtag Is with You⇢
AirTag lets you easily track things like your keys, wallet, purse, backpack, luggage, and more. If you find one, learn how to see its serial number, help return it to its owner, or disable it.
Kbase Article of the Week: ImageWriter II: Worn Spring Affects Print Quality⇢
The most common cause for the ribbon to stop spinning intermittently is a worn spring: the spring that maintains constant tension on the nylon wire that drives the ribbon-drive gear assembly. If the spring is worn, the constantly-varying tension within the ribbon cartridge (transmitted to the gear assembly), causes the nylon wire to slip.
Try replacing either the Ribbon Wire/Spring assembly (service part number 935-0001) or the spring only (available as a part of the Miscellaneous Hardware Kit, part number 076-0317).
Kbase Article of the Week: Avoid Using Apostrophes in your iWeb Site/Page Names⇢
If you create a site or page name in iWeb 1.0.1 with an apostrophe as part of the name, and subsequently update to iWeb 1.1, then the web addresses (URLs) to your site/page will no longer be valid. This will break any existing bookmarks to the page. This occurs because iWeb 1.1 handles apostrophes differently than iWeb 1.0.1.
People who bookmarked your iWeb 1.0.1 site need to bookmark your new site published with iWeb 1.1.
Kbase Article of the Week: Formulas and Functions Help⇢
Use formulas and functions in tables in the iWork apps—Numbers, Keynote, and Pages. You have access to more than two hundred fifty functions that you can use in your formulas to perform calculations, retrieve information, or manipulate data.
Kbase Article of the Week: iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com Email Addresses⇢
From a rather wordy support document:
Depending on when you created your iCloud account, your iCloud email addresses and aliases may end with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com domains. Learn how these email addresses are granted.
My main Apple ID is from the @me.com era, but the one I use for purchases is a good, old-fashioned @mac.com email address.
Kbase Article of the Week: Enabling Spoken Menus on iPod nano⇢
iPod nano (5th generation) and iPod nano (4th generation) include the ability to speak the name of selected menus in iPod software using the text-to-speech capability built into or installed into Mac OS X or Windows.
Note: Spoken menus may not be available for all menu items or synced content. Spoken menus will be generated in the language of the system voice that users have installed and configured on their computer. Some voices may not support this feature. Overall sync times will increase when spoken menus are enabled in iTunes. Audio clips for spoken menus will reduce the available capacity for audio and video content on iPod nano.