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Have you been good this year? If so, you may be interested to know that Google has launched its annual Santa tracking feature , allowing Santa to be tracked in real time on his journey to the North Pole as he prepares to deliver presents...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app. Terminal for macOS The UNIX ping command is a tiny UNIX network tool that allows you to test your network, that of your ISP...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
As part of an ongoing antitrust case related to its search engine, Google has submitted proposed remedies responding to the court decision, including how Apple may be affected. Google has issued its remedies proposal in an ongoing...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple is set to have a busy spring with new iPads, iPhone SE 4, and M4 in MacBook Air , but those new MacBooks could come earlier according to a new rumor. M4 MacBook Air could arrive earlier in 2025 than initially expected Mountains of...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
A MacBook Air price war continues as retailers vie for your year-end shopping dollars, with Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air with 16GB RAM marked down to $1,099 at Amazon and Best Buy through Christmas Eve. Save $200 on a MacBook Air 15-inch....Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple appears to be working on a minor update for its iPhone operating system, with different claims hinting towards the release of iOS 18.2.1 in the near future. Apple could release an iOS 18.2.1 update in the near future. Although iOS...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Watching movies, shows, and all kinds of video is easily one of the top two best experiences Apple Vision Pro. visionOS-exclusive apps like Television and Theater exist for that reason. The latter app premiered in June with a live Apple...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Every year just before the holidays just about all of the App Store’s top publishers put many of their best and most popular titles on sale for folks to enjoy at a discount over the Christmas break. Needless to say, with so many titles...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple's push into smart home tech could see it take on Ring with a smart doorbell equipped with Face ID , one which could unlock the door by recognizing the visitor's face. Logitech Circle View HomeKit smart doorbell Reports about...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Apple is rumored to have many product announcements planned for the first half of next year, including updated MacBook Air models, an iPad 11, an iPhone SE 4, the AirTag 2, updated iPad Air models, and potentially more. In a social media...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
The annual Apple Pay donation campaign, which serves to help vulnerable communities affected by AIDS, has raised a total of $3 million in 2024. Apple has donated $3 million to fight AIDS worldwide. Apple has a long-standing partnership...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Lux, the makers of pro camera apps Halide and Kino , have today outlined their plans for the next big update for Halide. Here are three new features in the works for Halide 3.0. more…Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Next year’s iPhone purchase decision will be especially tough for a lot of users. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max both have a lot going for them , but so too will the new iPhone 17 Air. Here are four advantages the iPhone 17 Air will have...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
iOS 18.2 is now available to everyone. The update comes with big changes for iPhone users, including new Apple Intelligence features, upgrades to the Find My app, and changes to the Photos app. After you update to iOS 18.2, you’ll see an...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Apple has updated almost the entire iPad lineup this year, except for the entry-level model – which hasn’t been updated since 2022. However, it seems that the company is finally working on an updated version of the entry-level iPad as a...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Finding the perfect travel charger can be challenging, but I may have one of the best. Enter the r, a 3-in-1 charging station that can fit in your back pocket. Designed with Apple users in mind, this charger is a game-changer for...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple's age rating system in the App Store is not doing enough to protect children, a report claims, after a day's worth of research found a high proportion of apps deemed acceptable to children actually posed a risk. App Store icon...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
iOS 18.2 came packed with a lot of big and small changes. One smaller update that’s flown under the radar is a faster way to message Siri or ChatGPT. Here’s how it works. more…Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
With iOS 18 , Apple overhauled the Photos app, introducing a new, unified design that did away with the navigation bar and merged everything into a single screen. It marked the single biggest change to image management since the launch...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
(RED) today announced that the annual Apple Pay donation campaign raised a total of $3 million this year for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria . Apple's donation was capped at $3 million, so it reached that...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Honey is a popular browser extension owned by PayPal that’s at the center of a big new controversy. As a new investigative video outlines, the extension that’s meant to save users money not only misses key discounts, but also...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
From now through December 31, save 20% on all 9to5Mac Daily Plus, 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus, and 9to5Mac Pro annual subscriptions with promo code HOLIDAY ! Visit 9to5mac.com/join to sign up. Benjamin and Chance reflect on Apple’s 2024...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
While we are coming down to the wire now for holiday shipping, Best Buy has launched a surprise 48-hour flash sale with deals still arriving by tomorrow. And one of them is the best deal ever on the most affordable M4 MacBook Pro with...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but information about the software update is already starting to surface. Below, we recap the biggest iOS 19 rumors so far. More ChatGPT-Like Siri iOS 19 will introduce a " more...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today outlined mass production timing for the M5 series of chips, which he expects to be used in both future Macs and Apple Intelligence servers. The rollout will likely begin next year. Kuo...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will move away from its current processor designs that keep the CPU and GPU cores on the same chip — and see a performance gain. TSMC has just announced an all-new chip production process called "A16"...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple's rumored iPhone 18 Pro camera update has surfaced again, with the use of a variable aperture wide-angle lens expected to offer improved depth of field effects in photography. The rear cameras of a Pro-tier iPhone The iPhone 17 was...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
I’ve used an iPad Pro as my primary computer for years, despite occasionally testing the waters with the Mac. For various reasons, I’ve always stuck with the iPad, but one new feature Apple just shipped might finally be the thing that...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
On this episode of the HomeKit Insider Podcast, your hosts talk through even more smart home rumors from Apple, talk about the new 18.3 releases, and review the xBloom smart coffee maker. HomeKit Insider Podcast This week on AppleInsider...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
This year, Apple tweaked iPhone 16 Pro screen sizes to make them bigger than 2023's iPhone 15 Pro models, and next year we are also expecting a change in the size of the displays in the iPhone 17 lineup. Here's what we know. Standard...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Ray-Ban Meta have been the most successful smart glasses to date, offering an appealing mix of features in a form factor which is visually indistinguishable from normal sunglasses. So far, all of the AI functionality, notifications, and...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
One of the key elements of Apple’s A-series and M-series chips is the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design which tightly integrates all the components within a single package. This includes both CPU and GPU. But a new report suggests that the...Monday, December 23, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
VideoProc Converter lets you convert videos to MP4, MOV and other universally supported formats that work seamlessly across Apple and Windows devices. Easily convert videos, audio files and DVDs with Video Proc Converter - Image credit:...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are still nearly two years away from launching, a new feature has already been rumored for the devices. In a blog post today, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reiterated that the main...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
There have been consistent reports that we can expect a future iPhone to offer a variable aperture lens within a year or two, but there’s been disagreement about whether the new feature will launch in the iPhone 17 or iPhone 18 . Apple...Monday, December 23, 2024 from The Verge - Apple Posts
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A report over the weekend suggested an Apple smart home doorbell with support for Face ID is in development. It follows an earlier report of an Apple smart home camera next year. While it could be argued that both are commodity products,...Monday, December 23, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Even a brief review of the App Store revealed more than 200 “risky or inappropriate” apps rated as ok for children, according to a new report. They had collectively notched up more than 550 million downloads. Two child safety groups say...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
X (Twitter) has announced a big jump in pricing for its Premium Plus subscription tier, with monthly rates in the US jumping from $16 to $22, representing a 37.5% increase. The annual subscription cost will also rise from...Monday, December 23, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Apple plans to release an entry-level iPad 11 in the spring and iPadOS 18.3 will be pre-installed on the shipped devices, according to a source with a proven track record for upcoming Apple software updates. Several reports in the last...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the iPhone 17 Air will cost less than the iPhone Pro models, contradicting the long-standing expectation that the new ultra-thin iPhone would be even more expensive than the iPhone Pro Max...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
A new claim says that any iPhone that can run iOS 18 will also work with iOS 19, but some older iPad models won't get iPadOS 19. While Apple Intelligence dominates the feature list, iOS 19 will be compatible with older iPhones also....Sunday, December 22, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
While Apple appears to have no plans to revive its former AirPort routers, the networking know-how that powered them may be returning — via a new chip that will add similar functionality to the company's home devices like the HomePod...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
iOS 19 will not drop support for any iPhone models, according to French website iPhoneSoft.fr . The report cites a source within Apple. The report said that iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone that is capable of running iOS 18,...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from AppleInsider - Frontpage News
Apple's work to create its own networking chips will lead to updated and new home products, including an updated Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini , and more. Netatmo and other home security cameras are already compatible with HomeKit Secure...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence
From now through December 24th, Apple will be offering free two-hour delivery from your local Apple Store for last minute holiday gifts. This offer went live yesterday. more…Sunday, December 22, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman recently reported that Apple is developing its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip that will debut in new Apple TV and HomePod mini models next year . The report led to hopes that Apple might also use the chip to revive...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Apple is working on a variety of health features for future AirPods, including heart rate monitoring and temperature sensing, according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the heart rate technology...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories
Apple is in the early stages of developing a smart home doorbell and lock system with Face ID, according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman . In his Power On newsletter today, Gurman said the doorbell would wirelessly connect to a compatible...Sunday, December 22, 2024 from The Verge - Apple Posts
