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Photo : Ground Picture ( Shutterstock ) Black Friday brings some of the deepest discounts of the year for all sorts of tech products—and apps are no exception . If you’ve been holding off on buying any pricey paid, it’s worth taking another look this week. It might just be the perfect time to tap “Buy.” Below, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite apps currently available at a discount. The list is accurate as of publication time , but things may have changed by the time you read this, so i f you see something you like, grab it before the deal expires. Many of these apps are good enough to be totally worth the full price, which makes these holiday bargains even sweeter. Affinity Suite: A great Photoshop alternative Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher are among the best alternatives to Adobe’s Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign apps, respectively. Affinity allows you to pay once and keeps these apps until the next major version update. Many people p...

Companies want you to buy their products, Samsung included. Whenever the company drops a new product—like, say, the highly anticipated Galaxy S23—it hopes you’ll ditch your old smartphone and upgrade. And now, aside from offering a device with enticing new features like improved cameras and hardware, Samsung has another incentive up its sleeve: It wants to give you money. Samsung is currently running a promotion for its “upcoming” Galaxy phone and Galaxy Book devices. While the company doesn’t explicitly refer to the upcoming Galaxy Phone as the S23, you can rest assured that’s what will be announced during the next Unpacked Event on Feb. 1. We can also expect to see the Galaxy Book3 lineup, seeing as last year’s models go by Galaxy Book2. Under the promotion, Samsung will give you $50 in Samsung Credit if you “reserve” the upcoming Galaxy phone or Galaxy Book, or $100 credit if you reserve both. That’s a reservation, not a pre-order, mind you—that means no payment is required tod...

Photo : oasisamuel ( Shutterstock ) I recently picked up a new iPhone, and for the most part, I love it. What I didn’t love was not having my iMessages on my new iPhone synced up with my other Apple devices. Sure, my new phone had my most recent messages, but from there, things got weird. For example, most of the messages I saw when I first opened many of my chats were from 2017 , which isn’t ideal. Luckily, I have managed to fix  this problem, and so can you. iMessages sometimes fall out of sync across your Apple devices For some reason when you set up a new iPhone or Apple device and try to sync it with Messages stored in iCloud, your new device might not download all of the available messages. You’ll see messages you sent that day, but then run into messages from years ago, with nothing in between. It’s possible your phone is still be downloading your iMessage library, which, depending on how large it is, might take a long time. However, if you don’t see any indication that yo...

Photo : Formatoriginal ( Shutterstock ) If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, your Apple ID is among your most important digital accounts. If it is compromised, bad actors can access your iCloud information, see your location, or outright steal your devices from you. Keeping your Apple ID safe is obviously paramount. While code-based two-factor authentication (2FA) has been Apple’s go-to way to protect your account for years , with the latest update to iOS 16.3 , you can now use physical security keys to lock up your Apple ID from would-be intruders. It’s the best way to protect your account. What are security keys? Security keys have been around since long before Apple decided to implement them into Apple ID. In short, they’re a small piece of hardware resembling a USB thumb drive that can be used to authenticate yourself when signing into an account or device . Once set up, you can use a security key as an alternative form of two-factor authentication (2FA). Rather than rely on ...