iFixit has released the results of its teardowns of the iPhone 16 lineup. I love these posts because not only do they provide insights into the repairability of the new iPhones, but they also answer interesting questions like: Is the Cameral Control button a physical button? How … | Continue reading
One of my favorite parts from Nilay Patel’s review of the iPhone 16 Pro at The Verge was the answer he got from Apple’s VP of camera software engineering Jon McCormack about the company’s definition of a “photograph”: Here’s our view of what a photograph is. The way we like to th … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Sigmund and Devon round up the new features in this week’s tvOS 18 update, discuss Devon’s review of visionOS 2 on MacStories, and recap Sunny. Matt needs to praise the iPad, Chris drops some iPadOS knowledge, and Nil … | Continue reading
The European Commission (EC) issued a press release today summarizing two specification proceedings that they have commenced against Apple: The first proceeding focuses on several iOS connectivity features and functionalities, predominantly used for and by connected devices. Conn … | Continue reading
Friday is Relay’s annual Podcastathon for St. Jude. They’re raising money during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and the Podcastathon is a fun 12-hour live streamed show from your favorite Relay hosts that begins at Noon Eastern on Friday, September 20th. If you haven’t donated … | Continue reading
This week, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 18 to the world. One of the main new features this year is the ability to fully customize Control Center. And not only is Control Center customizable, but it now also supports controls from third-party applications. If you open the new Con … | Continue reading
In the lead-up to this year’s WWDC, it was hard to predict what an update to visionOS would look like. After all, the initial version had only shipped four months earlier when Apple Vision Pro became available for purchase in the United States. Given how late in the software cycl … | Continue reading
Apple previously said Apple Intelligence will launch with support for U.S. English only, but other languages will be added over the next year. The company has gotten a little more specific than before with statements to The Verge and others that, over the next year, additional la … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: This week, Federico and John tackle Apple’s updates to iOS and iPadOS 18 and Federico’s review of both. In a special AppStories+ segment available as a special review season perk to all listeners, Federico explains wh … | Continue reading
A decade is an eternity on the web, which makes Six Colors’ tenth anniversary something special. It’s weird how “web time” works. On the one hand, Six Colors feels like the sort of institution that’s always been there. On the other hand, it also feels like yesterday that Jason Sn … | Continue reading
It’s been an unprecedented week for Apple’s OSes, with updates to every OS landing at the same time at the beginning of the week. Today we’ll publish our fourth and final OS review with Devon Dundee’s visionOS review, which means I’m finally getting a chance to catch my breath an … | Continue reading
Sequoia is unlike any major macOS update in recent memory. Annual OS releases usually tell two stories. The first is the tale of that release, which consists of a combination of design, system, and built-in app changes that add to the existing Mac experience. The second story pla … | Continue reading
After years of steady, iterative updates to watchOS, last year, Apple dropped one of their most significant releases in years with watchOS 10. The design language was updated for all of their first-party apps, watch faces were upgraded to take full advantage of the larger screens … | Continue reading
A short time ago, Federico published his annual iOS and iPadOS 18 review. As in past years, we’re releasing a wide variety of perks exclusively for Club MacStories members throughout the week, but this year, the perks are a little different – just like the review. Here’s our frie … | Continue reading
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If you haven’t heard of Copilot yet, it’s time to check out Apple’s Editors Choice award-winning money tracker app. Copilot makes it simple to monitor your finances while providing valuable insights. Their native iPhone and Mac apps can do it all: you can track your spending, bud … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Sigmund and Devon break down the exciting announcements from Apple’s It’s Glowtime event and grade their event predictions. It’s all challenge this week as the gang brings (and defends) their phone home screens. Rules … | Continue reading
Next week is going to be fun. Not only is every OS being updated on Monday, but Apple is opening up the iPad to alternative app marketplaces and browser engines in the EU according to a post by the company on its developer news site. You may recall that in April, the European Com … | Continue reading
Apple’s Craig Federighi was interviewed by Wired about the company’s Private Cloud Compute infrastructure that will handle Apple Intelligence requests that can’t be handled locally on-device. Federighi told Wired’s Lily Hay Newman: What was really unique about the problem of doin … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: This week, Federico and John finish their tour of the apps they use for work and play to be productive. On AppStories+, Federico has an iPad surprise for John. This episode is sponsored by: Memberful – Help Your Clien … | Continue reading
Apple’s presentation moved fast yesterday, and since the event concluded, more details have emerged about everything announced. We’ve been combing Apple’s product pages, social media, and other sources to learn more about everything announced, which we’ve collected below: As repo … | Continue reading
Apple just wrapped up their September event revealing a bunch of updates to the Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPhone lineups, and I have only one major takeaway as a person who was absolutely, positively going to get the iPhone 16 Pro if it came in gold: I am seriously considering do … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. At today’s Glowtime event, Apple unveiled new AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Pro Max with a range of new features. One of the biggest updates was to the AirPods 4, which now come in two varieties. Both versions look more like the AirPods Pro than before, but wit … | Continue reading
Going into today’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ event, there were high expectations for a significant redesign for this, the tenth version of the Apple Watch. We’ve been burned before by rumors of a redesign, but thankfully, this year’s rumors turned out to be true. The new Apple Watch Series … | Continue reading
Today’s Glowtime online Apple event was packed with facts, figures, and statistics throughout the presentation and elsewhere. We’ve pulled together the highlights. iPhones iPhone 16 and 16 Plus The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are 6.1” and 6.7”, respectively The new 12MP ultrwide lens c … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Today, Apple unveiled this year’s iPhone lineup consisting of four devices: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. There are noteworthy improvements and additions across the line, so let’s dive in to what these phones have to offer. iPhone … | Continue reading
Source: Apple Today at their September 2024 event, Apple unveiled a series of major new health features coming to the Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2. The new features, centered around sleep apnea and hearing loss prevention and assistance, will be released as part of software upda … | Continue reading
Source: Apple Apple announced a lot of dates today. Here’s a rundown of all the dates mentioned in the keynote and press releases: iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max In Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Türkiye, the UA … | Continue reading
If you didn’t follow the livestream of today’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ Apple event, you can replay it on Apple’s Events site or YouTube. The keynote video can be streamed here and on the Apple TV using the TV app. A high-quality version will also be available through Apple Podcasts as a … | Continue reading
Architecture and design site, Dezeen has an exclusive first look at The Observatory, a new events space built into the side of a hill at Apple Park. The building, which is near the Steve Jobs Theater, will open officially later today, presumably for the iPhone media event. Apple’ … | Continue reading
If you’re a developer building a membership website for a client’s business, you should be using Memberful. It’s the best-in-class membership software used by the biggest creators, publishers, and media companies across the web. Memberful includes everything you need to get the j … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Sigmund and Devon highlight the triumphant return of Slow Horses and rate tvOS streaming apps based on how well they take advantage of system features. Niléane and Chris have upgraded their desk setups, but Matt didn’ … | Continue reading
Balatro+. Source: Apple. Earlier today, Apple announced several new and updated games are coming to Arcade, including one of my favorites of 2024: Balatro. Balatro is a roguelike deck-builder that mixes the familiarity of poker with special joker and other cards for combos that r … | Continue reading
15 years into its life, Reeder is one of the most popular and beloved RSS readers available on Apple’s platforms. You can’t have a discussion about the best way to follow RSS feeds without Reeder coming up as a contender – and believe me, we’ve had many such discussions here at M … | Continue reading
Today, Apple Music introduced five new mood stations: Feel Good Energy Relax Focus Feeling Blue The music featured by the stations is automatically updated from Apple Music’s catalog of over 100 million tracks and tuned to your listening tastes. This isn’t the first time Apple ha … | Continue reading
Ivory, the Mastodon app by Tapbots, was updated on iOS and iPadOS yesterday with a new navigation design. The app’s new tab bar can accommodate up to six of its many views and adds a ‘More’ button on the far right for ones that don’t fit. From the ‘More’ button, there’s also a sh … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: On AppStories+, John explains how Apple is working to make the Apple Pencil more useful to a wider audience with Smart Script. This episode is sponsored by: Sentry – Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. Try it f … | Continue reading
It seems the tech community’s search for the perfect reading setup continues unabated. Just this week on AppStories, Federico and John discussed which RSS readers have stood the test of time. Between text-to-speech apps, RSS readers, eReaders, and more, surely there’s no room le … | Continue reading
This summer, my all-time favorite window management utility Moom received a major 4.0 upgrade more than 12 years after the initial release of Moom 3. Ever since I went back to the Mac as my main computer, Moom has allowed me to create automations to arrange my windows and easily … | Continue reading
Source: Bitmo Lab. Bitmo Lab, an affiliate of JSAUX, a videogame accessory maker, has announced pre-orders for an intriguing new iPhone case. The GAMEBABY case, which I came across on Overkill.wtf, is a two-part iPhone case that allows users to remove the bottom half, moving it f … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Sigmund and Devon compete to predict what Apple will announce at the upcoming It’s Glowtime event. Then, they go on a quick trip through the ages with the Time Bandits and land in 1960s Baltimore to recap Lady in the … | Continue reading
Wired reported today that many large websites are blocking Applebot-Extended, Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) web crawler. Wired determined this by examining the sites’ public robots.txt file, which Apple says it respects, but some AI companies don’t. According to its resear … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. The carefully controlled demos of Smart Script at WWDC reminded me of every time Apple shows off the Photos app, where each picture is a perfectly composed, beautiful image of smiling models. In contrast, my photo library is full of screenshots and random images li … | Continue reading
With the rerelease of iOS 18.0, the EU and the rest of the world will have two flavors of the iPhone’s operating system. As Jason Snell writes for Macworld, this is one of Apple’s greatest fears, but there are potentially bigger risks on the horizon for the company. As Jason expl … | Continue reading
Today, Relay kicked off its annual fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help combat childhood cancer. We’d love it if MacStories readers joined us in supporting this cause. You can make a donation by visiting here. If you’re a MacStories reader, there’s a good … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: This week, Federico and I celebrate episode 400 by considering what the future will hold for apps 400 more episodes from now. On AppStories+, Federico reveals why he’s using the third generation AirPods. This episode … | Continue reading
Last year, I wrote about how I was able to display the temperature from my outdoor sensor in my Mac’s menu bar using a combination of Shortcuts, SF Symbols, and small utilities like One Thing and Data Jar. I’ve been using this approach ever since, but this summer, I came across a … | Continue reading
Apple’s Luca Maestri. Source: Apple. Apple has announced that CFO Luca Maestri will leave that position effective on January 1, 2025, but continue at Apple to lead Corporate Services. Maestri will be replaced by Kevan Parekh, Apple’s Vice President of Financial Planning and Analy … | Continue reading