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Apple Update Frees Families From Sharing Only 1 Payment Option

At last, Apple’s Family Sharing plan is gaining some financial flexibility. Apple’s iOS 26.4 update won’t reach all iPhone users until March 25, but its release notes feature a welcome change. Family group members will no longer be limited to a single payment option. An Apple representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The change is visible in Apple’s updated payment details. Previously, Family Sharing let you add people to a single group (up to six) to share purchased content. However, with Purchase Sharing enabled, every group member had to use the single payment method selected by the family organizer, leading to numerous frustrations. Family organizers seldom wish to grant permissions or approve purchases for members they already trust. Certain family members turned to Venmo for reimbursing each other, or to purchasing Apple gift cards and adding funds to them for payments. New purchase methods are coming to Family plans in iOS 26.4. Apple. iOS 26.4 eliminates that inconvenience. Soon, adult family members in Family Sharing can use their own saved payment methods—possibly in Apple Wallet—without any workarounds. This applies only to adults, allowing continued monitoring of kids’ purchases. The payment method update is one of several changes Apple is introducing in iOS.

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for March 19, #542

Searching for the latest regular Connections answers? Click for today’s Connections hints, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is challenging. Keep in mind that the last names of many athletes resemble everyday words, so if you’re struggling to organize the answers, consider if a specific word might be an athlete’s surname. If you’re having trouble with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, keep reading for hints and answers. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It’s not available in the NYT Games app, but it is in The Athletic’s app. Alternatively, you can play it for free online. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Exits Beta. Clues for today’s Connections: Sports Edition categories. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Football division. Green group hint: They catch the pigskin. Blue group hint: College hoopsters. Purple group hint: Where’s the glass slipper?

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for March 19, #1012

Searching for the latest Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle includes another challenging purple category, where words are concealed within the clues and you must extract them. Continue reading for hints and today’s Connections solutions. The Times offers a Connections Bot, similar to the Wordle one. After playing, go there to get a numeric score and have the program analyze your answers. Registered Times Games players can now track their stats in detail, such as puzzles solved, win percentage, perfect scores achieved, and current win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time. Tips for the groups in today’s Connections. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group. Yellow group hint: Children’s stories. Green group hint: Lucky charms. Blue group hint: One color, then the next. Purple group hint: Hidden words relating to music. Answers for today’s Connections groups. Yellow group: Characters from folk tales. Green group: Symbols of good luck. Blue group: Items that change color. Purple group: Ending with music genres. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for March 19 #746

Searching for the latest Strands solution? Check out our daily Strands hints, plus answers and tips for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands is an enjoyable challenge, and I solved it pretty fast. If you’re seeking hints and solutions, keep reading… I dive deep into the Strands rules in this story… For today’s Wordle, Connections, and Mini Crossword answers, check out CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page… Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far. Tip for the Strands puzzle today. Today’s Strands theme is: Bring a plate. If that’s not enough, try this hint: A dish to share. Clue words to unlock hints in-game. Your objective is to discover concealed words that match the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, use whatever words you can find. Whenever you locate three words with four or more letters, Strands will uncover one of the theme words.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for March 19, #1734

Searching for today’s Wordle solution? Click for today’s Wordle hints, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle isn’t overly difficult and uses fairly common letters. If you need a new starting word, check out our list of the most common letters in English words. If you want hints and the answer, keep reading.. Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025. Hints for today’s Wordle. Before revealing today’s Wordle solution, here are a few hints. If you want to avoid spoilers, look away now. Wordle hint #1: Repeats. The Wordle answer for today features no repeated letters. Wordle hint #173: Vowels.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, March 19

Searching for the latest Mini Crossword solution? Click here for hints on today’s Mini Crossword, plus our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need help with today’s Mini Crossword? Today’s puzzle is fairly straightforward, but we have all the solutions ready if you get stuck. For daily solving hints and guidance, check out our Mini Crossword tips. If you’re seeking today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition, and Strands answers, head to CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword. Here are the Mini Crossword clues and answers. The solved NYT Mini Crossword for March 19, 2026. Screenshot courtesy of CNET from The New York Times. Small clues and their solutions combined. 43A hint: Specter’s term.