iOS 18.2 comes with a lot of new features that are hard to miss, like the Mail redesign , new Image Playground app , and Genmoji . But there are also two new tools hidden inside the Settings app in iOS 18.2: you can add volume controls back to your iPhone’s Lock Screen, and also set maximum volume limits.
Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by a pair of return all-time lows on Apple’s most affordable M4 and M4 Pro MacBook Pro configurations. You’re looking at and , respectively, to mark the return of the best prices ever on the and the – there’s no telling how long these deals might last for. From there we move over to the return of Doorbuster pricing on the black for Best Buy members (this deal will be live for everyone tomorrow morning
Apple’s M4 Mac mini is a surprisingly and wildly successful product. Per our homepage poll, it’s readers’ favorite product of the year—by far. Why is it such a hit? Because it’s the strongest evidence yet that Apple has learned from past mistakes.
The Mac is in the midst of a very exciting new era, inaugurated by Apple silicon. Macs are updated regularly with new chips, battery life and performance regularly impress, and exciting changes like cellular may be on the horizon
Apple’s Vision Pro strategy of launching a very high-end professional product first, and a more affordable consumer version second, is likely to prove successful in the long-run, predicts market intelligence company TrendForce.
The company says that although many have criticized the very high price tag, the device has still captured a respectable 5% of the market, and has created expectations which competitor brands will need to meet …
Vision Pro is not the most expensive VR/AR headset on the market, but it is the
Analytics data suggests that we’re downloading fewer iPhone apps this year than last, but spending significantly more money on them. That’s because almost half of developer revenue now comes from subscriptions.
App Store downloads declined slightly in the past 12 months, but the total spend increased dramatically from $73.7B last year to $91.6B this year …
Analytics company Appfigures reports that total app downloads were down 2.3% while spending was up 15.7% – but
An Apple Intelligence Chinese launch isn’t looking much closer, as the company continues forced talks with local companies about partnerships.
Apple reportedly wanted to use its own generative AI models in China , but that would require government approval which – it has been strongly implied – would not be forthcoming …
Apple can’t just create a Chinese version of Apple Intelligence, as the government requires all AI systems to be submitted for approval – and we’ve noted before that the reason for this is obvious.
The Chinese government exerts
One or more backup bugs in macOS 15.2 Sequoia is affecting Apple’s own Time Machine utility, as well as third-party apps SuperDuper and CarbonCopyCloner.
Initially the problem appeared to affect bootable backups only, but it now appears that it is either more general than this, or there is more than one bug affecting Mac backups …
SuperDuper developer Shirt Pocket originally used its own code to create bootable backups of Mac volumes, before Apple locked things down so that developers had to use the company’s own
The Apple Intelligence summary feature should be banned after it falsely claimed that Luigi Mangione had shot himself, says Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF).
The non-profit body advises the United Nations, Council of Europe, and other governmental agencies on issues relating to journalism and freedom of information …
The controversy began after the summary feature claimed the suspect in the killing of United Health CEO Brian Thompson had shot himself.
Luigi Mangione shoots himself
BBC News complained to Apple about the major mistake.
“BBC News is the most
AirTags will be made in Indonesia for the first time, and production will ramp up to 20% of global production over time, according to a new report.
The plan is Apple’s way to meet a government requirement for a billion dollar investment in the economy in order to reverse a ban on the sale of iPhones in the country …
The governments of populous countries are getting increasingly savvy about seeking a quid pro quo for giving Apple access to their markets, demanding inward investment in return.
For example, India
Apple this year was forced to drastically change how iOS works in the EU due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust law, which establishes a series of rules to prevent big techs from engaging in anti-competitive practices. However, it seems that the EU wants even more from Apple, as the European Commission is now demanding that the company ensure the “effective interoperability” of iOS with other platforms.
As reported by , the European Commission on Wednesday as part of its antitrust investigations against Apple. In the document