Indie App Spotlight: ‘InnerPulse’ is an in depth, private, and on-device mood tracker

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight . This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact .

Mood tracking apps can be really important and useful, whether you want to be more mindful – or if you need to track it for your therapist. That said, lots of apps either charge a subscription, are lacking in depth, or don’t have everything you might need. aims


Apple Vision Pro suffered from indecisive leadership – here’s how it could change

Apple Vision Pro has been one of the most perplexing Apple product launches in recent history. It’s meant to serve as the beginning of an all new product category for Apple – and more importantly – the next generation of computing. And yet, it feels like a complete afterthought to the company.

Under John Ternus, I’m slightly hopeful that we can start to see the product live up to its full potential – though there’s also reason to be skeptical.

Vision Pro does loads of really cool things


The next iPad could sport a new naming scheme, thanks to new interview insight

It’s been well over a year since Apple debuted its last , powered by the A16 chipset. The company will likely release a new version with an A18 chip in the coming months , but there’s a bigger question to be answered – what will they call it?

For the longest time, Apple had been numbering the with a generation number – up until the 10th generation iPad with an A14 chip. The next version dropped the numbers entirely, with it being branded


Apple @ Work: Is Safari the biggest shadow IT blind spot in your enterprise?

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Over the last few weeks, I have talked a lot about shadow IT and how it is evolving.


How to watch Major League Baseball games Fridays on Apple TV

Friday Night Baseball tonight for a big doubleheader: Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs at LA Dodgers. Here’s how to watch tonight’s MLB games on Apple TV.

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Court sides with iyO in trademark fight against OpenAI and Jony Ive

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has granted iyO’s preliminary injunction request, preventing OpenAI and Jony Ive’s new hardware venture from using the io branding. Here are the details.

Last year, Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced that their companies would join forces under a new venture called io to develop AI-powered products.

Soon after, a company called iyO filed a lawsuit, alleging trademark infringement. iyO secured a temporary restraining order, prompting OpenAI to scrub mentions of the newly formed


Here’s everything new Apple TV has coming in May

Apple TV has a strong lineup of top-tier shows currently airing , but May will bring several more brand new series, plus the first film directed by John Travolta, and more. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV in May.

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Apple Wallet’s new Digital ID feature just added more ways to use it

Last fall, Apple launched a new Digital ID feature in the Wallet app. Now, that feature can officially be used as an age verification method in several cases on iPhone. Here’s what that means.

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XChat, X’s standalone messaging app, now available with these features

XChat, the standalone messaging app from X, is now available. X’s new iPhone and iPad app has officially arrived on the App Store.

As of Friday, April 24th, the XChat app has officially launched.

Unlike the official X app, XChat is a little more at home with iOS 26 design. It even uses the iOS 26 keyboard. The X app still uses the iOS 18 version of the keyboard.

If you’ve ever relied on X or Twitter for communicating with

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HomeKit Weekly: The Aqara G400 brings PoE and HomeKit Secure Video to your front door

When Aqara announced the supported Power over Ethernet, it immediately caught my attention. PoE isn’t for everyone, but if you want it, you’ll likely ignore any option that doesn’t include it. Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 is great as a fallback, but absolutely nothing beats the 24/7 stability of wired cable. The Aqara Doorbell Camera G400 delivers that stability, along with local AI detection and a tall aspect ratio designed to spot packages. Let’s break

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