Is Apple One worth it for you after recent price hikes?

Yesterday, Apple announced price increases for Apple Music as well as two of its Apple One bundles.

Apple offers a broad range of services nowadays, ranging from Apple TV to Apple Music , Apple Fitness+ , and more. Apple One lets you bundle those together at lower prices.

Is Apple One worth it? Here’s what you need to know.


YouTube picture-in-picture (PiP) mode is broken on iPhone, Android

YouTube is aware of an issue on Android and iPhone where picture-in-picture (PiP) mode does not activate when closing the app.


Indie App Spotlight: ‘Passable’ makes it easy to share your contact through Apple Wallet

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 .


If you’ve ever found yourself striking up a conversation while out and about, you may end up wanting to quickly share your contact information with another person. While Apple does offer NameDrop, it lacks granularity, and isn’t always the most reliable. Passable brings contact sharing into neat


HomeKit Weekly: Hardwired Matter lighting arrives with the SwitchBot RGBICWW ceiling light

Most of your smart home lights are smaller bulbs and outlet adaptors, but the market is maturing to the point where we are seeing full hardwired fixtures that integrate natively with Apple Home (via Matter). SwitchBot just recently released the new SwitchBot RGBICWW ceiling light. It brings incredibly bright illumination and native Matter support directly to your overhead ceiling lights.


Your personal data is for sale: here is how to take it off the internet

If you could go back to the early days of the internet, would you handle your privacy differently? Most of us would. We would be more cautious about the services we joined and the information we shared. Since a time machine is not an option, we have to deal with the reality of the present. Your personal data is currently available and for sale at this very moment.

Right now, your phone number, email address, home address, and even your family connections are being packaged and sold to marketers


iPhone 18 Pro is just two months away, but you probably shouldn’t wait for it

The next iPhone lineup is around the corner – and it’s going to be a different one. The base model iPhone 18 won’t be making an appearance quite yet, as that model has been shifted to a spring release schedule. This September will squarely be on the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the all new foldable iPhone .

Of course, there’s one major elephant in the room: price hikes. It’s inevitable that the iPhone 18 Pro lineup


Apple @ Work: New macOS ClickFix malware brings a new potential backdoor to your enterprise fleet

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Apple weekend deals: AirPods Pro 3, MacBook Pro up to $400 off, Series 11 $130 off, chargers, bands, more

We are landing for another weekend edition of 9to5Toys Lunch Break to highlight the summer price drop on AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, as well as the lowest price in several months on AirPods 4 with ANC (or score a renewed premium down at $119).

If a new Apple Watch is in line, the most popular models are $100 off right now starting from $299, while the M5 MacBook Pro is $150 off, the


Apple raises iCloud+ subscription prices in several countries

Following recent hardware price increases in the US and Japan, along with subscription hikes in the US and other markets, Apple has now raised iCloud+ prices in several countries. Here are the details.


Apple cites paused securities fraud case in bid to halt Epic proceedings

Apple is citing a newly paused securities fraud lawsuit to support its request to pause further lower-court proceedings in its legal battle with Epic Games while the Supreme Court reviews part of the dispute. Here are the details.