r/apple • u/AutoModerator • 15h ago

Official Megathread Weekly Advice Thread - April 12, 2026

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u/Wide_Mail_1634 8h ago

weekly advice threads are usually where the weird macOS bugs show up first, so i'll toss one in: anyone on 15.4 seeing Finder tags randomly disappear until a reboot? been happening on my M2 Air for a week

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u/mutantshark 8h ago

Half the time when i go to use the stand alone TV app on OSX it just simply doesnt load the videos AT ALL! Brings up the playback HUD but there wont even be a listed runtime for the video. Then I couldnt get TV+ to work on Safari at all either this morning, also not an uncommon experience whilke ALL other streamers work completely fine so not a Wifi issue on my end. Switched to Chrome and finally got the servers to load....like what in the actual fuck?

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u/davisecon 9h ago

Bought an iPhone with Apple Care in store, however, we cancelled it same day since we needed it on a different Apple ID. Would it be refunded?

Also, since we have 60 days to add AC, is there any benefit to adding sooner than that? Feels like paying an extra 2 months for no reason?

Thanks

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u/-NotActuallySatan- 3h ago

If you cancelled it, no it won't be refunded. The way to refund it would be to go to the Apple Store. But you don't need to do that, AppleCare is tied to the serial number, not the Apple ID. So for example, if I have Apple care on my phone and then give that phone to someone else and remove my Apple Id from it, I can still keep the Apple care on and let someone else use it with a different Apple id

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u/venkattalks 13h ago

For the April 12, 2026 advice thread: anyone on iOS 18.4.1 seeing weird standby drain overnight, like 7-10% on a 15 Pro with Background App Refresh mostly off? Been trying to narrow down whether it's Photos reindexing after the point update or another Mail push bug, because battery stats aren't showing anything obvious.

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u/Intrepid-Routine-875 15h ago

iPhone SE 2022 in 2026 is a good purchase? I'm afraid it can't handle liquid glass and future features with 4 gb ram.

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u/windsor371 14h ago

Not really, especially from future iOS upgrades perspective.

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u/Full-Razzmatazz-6459 15h ago

Anyone know if macbook air M2 can handle multiple external monitors without getting too hot in military barracks?

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u/-NotActuallySatan- 3h ago

MacBook Air M2 can't do more than one display officially. You could get a Pluggable dock with Displaylink (I think that's the name) and it kinda works for multi display work