MagSafe battery banks: Best picks for your iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and more

With iPhone Air, Apple reintroduced the MagSafe battery pack. It’s $99, and optimized specifically for iPhone Air. It’s rather slim, though it’s rather weak in capacity – making Qi2 alternatives all the more interesting. We’ll be delving into the top options on the market, just in case you want a higher capacity MagSafe battery for your iPhone, or aren’t buying the iPhone Air.


Indie App Spotlight: ‘Mirage’ brings your Mac display to your iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, and other Macs

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 .


Mirage is a brand new app that brings best-in-class desktop wireless screen sharing to your entire Apple ecosystem. You can stream from your Mac to your iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, or even another Mac. It’s very low latency and has a plethora of great features


Indie App Spotlight: ‘Mirage’ brings your Mac display to iPad and more with retina quality

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 .


Mirage is a brand new app that brings best-in-class desktop wireless screen sharing to your entire Apple ecosystem. You can stream from your Mac to your iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, or even another Mac. It’s very low latency and has a plethora of great features


iPadOS 27: Apple is leaving these five iPad models behind, but owners deserve better

We’re about 3 weeks out from when Apple unveiled iOS 27 to the world at WWDC26, and it’s still safe to say: this is an incredible update. It’s incredibly performant , and besides some small quirks and a little battery drain, it feels much more usable than iOS 26.5.

While iOS 27 does support every device that ran iOS 26, the same isn’t true for iPadOS. A number of older iPadOS 26 devices will not be


PSA: Amazon is starting to raise prices on Apple gear; here’s your last call to save

Apple just implemented major price increases for a ton of Mac and iPad models this week. For example, the MacBook Neo just got $100 more expensive, while the MacBook Pro jumped a whopping $300. MacBook Air is also now $200 more expensive.

Some of these price increases aren’t yet reflected on Amazon — and some are still discounted for Prime Day — but that’s starting to change. Here’s how you can still save.


Apple @ Work: Deploying a new PC made me appreciate everything Apple built into macOS

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Apple asks Trump admin to approve Chinese RAM after product price increases

The Financial Times reports that Apple is seeking clearance from the Trump administration to purchase memory chips from a blacklisted Chinese company. The move would help it meet demand for product manufacturing during the ongoing global memory supply shortage.


Anthropic cleared to release Claude Mythos 5 to over 100 US institutions

Following an export control directive two weeks ago that forced Anthropic to disable access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 for all customers, the company scored a partial victory in a deal with the US government earlier tonight. Here are the details.


AI-generated knockoffs of Joanna Stern’s book keep appearing on Apple Books

In a video published on YouTube Shorts today, Joanna Stern called out Apple over AI-generated knockoffs of her book that continue to appear on Apple Books. Here are the details.


WhatsApp beta brings Liquid Glass design to the iPad app, here’s what it looks like

Following last month’s wider rollout of the Liquid Glass redesign on iPhone, WhatsApp is now testing the updated look on iPad, while a separate version remains in development for Mac. Here are the details.