The most popular Apple tips of February 2026

We are regularly asked whether it is safe to always charge a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro and keep it connected to the power adapter. It may sound strange to always connect a wireless device to power, but these users have their reasons for this.

After all, you can attach a MacBook to an external screen and then use it as a desktop in combination with an external keyboard or mouse. If necessary, you can disconnect your Mac and use it on the go. When used as a desktop, the MacBook is always charged, but is that a good thing?

Image Playground lets you create fun, unique images using Apple Intelligence. You can choose from various concepts, such as themes, costumes, accessories and places. It is also possible to type a description or select a photo of someone from your photo library and create an image based on it.

Image Playground generates images in a certain style including Animation for a modern 3D variant and Illustration for images with simple shapes. Realistic images cannot be generated so that they are a recognizable AI image.

You may have recently used the training load feature on the Apple Watch Ultra, SE 2nd Generation, Series 6 or newer. This feature is an insightful way to measure how the intensity and duration of your workouts affect your body over time.

This way you can check whether the workouts are too intensive and you may have put too much strain on your body. These insights will be especially helpful when you’re preparing for an event – ​​whether that’s your first 5K run, a cycling race or a marathon.

Are you going abroad soon? Then you will undoubtedly want to stay connected to the internet during your trip. Within the EU you can continue to use your data bundle without extra costs, but outside of that it is a different case. Fortunately, eSIM is the solution.

In most cases you cannot use your data bundle outside the EU and you will have to pay the costs. Some providers do offer special bundles that you can use outside the EU, but these are often expensive for what you get. Do you own an iPhone with dual SIM? Then you can use an affordable eSIM data bundle.

Chinese web shops are still very attractive to consumers, not only AliExpress is getting more European customers, Temu is also increasing in popularity. The products are cheap and of mediocre quality. But beware, some products do not always meet the official CE mark.

The CE marking is a mandatory conformity marking for electronic products sold in the EU. The marking indicates that they comply with European health, safety and environmental legislation. It shows that the product complies with all relevant EU directives and can be traded freely on the European market. But is a CE marking always the EU version?