Apple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in France Apple has announced Tap to Pay on iPhone in France, allowing independent sellers, small merchants, and large retailers in the country to use ‌iPhones‌ as a payment terminal. Tap to Pay first arrived in February 2022 in the US, and allows iPhones to accept payments via Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and other digital wallets‌‌‌….

iOS 17.2 Beta: All the New Features So Far Apple is beta testing iOS 17.2, the second major update to the iOS 17 operating system that came out in September. We are expecting to see a public launch in December, so there are still several betas to go before the software debuts. This guide includes everything new in the iOS 17.2 beta, and we’ll be updating it throughout the beta testing p…

Performance Comparison: M3 Max MacBook Pro vs. M1 Max MacBook Pro Apple last week launched its new MacBook Pro models with M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips. We already took a look at the M3 Pro MacBook Pro, but we also wanted to test out the top-of-the-line M3 Max chip to see how it measures up. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. While the M3 Pro’s performance was disappointing overall co…

Apple Gets 36% of Google’s Safari Search Revenue As Google battles an antitrust lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice, secrets about its search deals with Apple have been leaking out. We previously learned that Google is paying Apple billions of dollars to be the primary search engine on Apple devices, and now, Bloomberg has shared the total percentage of Google’s revenue that Apple earn…

All the Hardware Apple Still Sells With a Lightning Port Apple introduced the Lightning port in September 2012 with the launch of the iPhone 5. The connector was a significant change from the previous 30-pin connector used in Apple devices, offering a smaller, more efficient connection that could be inserted either way up, enhancing ease of use. In September 2023, over a decade later, Apple caught u…

iPad Pro OLED Panels Rumored to Start Production in 2024 Production of OLED displays designed for the next-generation iPad Pro will begin in February 2024, the Korea Herald reports. Sources familiar with the matter speaking to the Korea Herald claim that LG Display is set to initiate OLED production for the new ‌iPad Pro‌ as early as February next year at their facility in Paju, Gyeonggi Province – a…

The Best Early Black Friday MacBook Deals We’ve been highlighting all of the best Apple product deals you can already get in the lead-up to Black Friday on November 24, but have yet to focus on MacBooks. In this article we’re doing just that, with the best early Black Friday MacBook Air and MacBook Pro deals you can get right now. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of the…

Apple Wi-Fi 6E Support: What iPhone and Mac Users Need to Know Wi-Fi 6E, the latest advancement in Wi-Fi technology, offers several benefits when enabled on your iPhone or Mac, but it can also cause problems. This article explains what Wi-Fi 6E is, which Apple devices support it, and how to turn it off if you encounter issues. What is Wi-Fi 6E? Wi-Fi 6 operates on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, while Wi-Fi 6E …

iPhone App Sideloading Coming to Users in the EU in First Half of 2024 iPhone users in the EU next year will be able to download apps hosted outside of Apple’s official App Store to comply with European regulations, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Otherwise known as sideloading, the change coming sometime in the first half of 2024 will allow customers to download apps without needing to use the App Store, wh…

Kuo: New Larger 12.9-inch iPad Air Coming in Early 2024 Apple will add a new larger 12.9-inch iPad Air to an entirely refreshed iPad lineup coming next year, with two ‌iPad Air‌ models taking priority in Apple’s launch roadmap, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest outlook, Kuo predicts that Apple will compensate for this year’s lack of movement in its ‌iPad‌ lineup by updating all…

Top Stories: M3 Macs Launch, iOS 17.1.1 Released, and More Following Apple’s “Scary Fast” event on October 30, the new M3-based MacBook Pro and iMac models have officially launched, so media and everyday users alike have been sharing their thoughts on what’s almost certainly the last of Apple’s new hardware for 2023. While hardware may be wrapping up for the year, Apple’s still hard at work on software…

iFixit Shares M3 MacBook Pro Teardown, Explains How Apple Created Space Black Finish Repair website iFixit today shared a video teardown of the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with both the M3 and M3 Pro chips, providing a closer look inside the laptops. The internal design is virtually unchanged compared to the previous MacBook Pro models. iFixit also shared a blog post in which it explains how it believes Apple achieved its new, dark…

Project Alaska: Apple’s Second-Generation Vision Pro Headset Over the last several months, we’ve heard reports that Apple is working on a second-generation AR/VR headset, although there have been few details shared about the device. MacRumors has now received new information about the project, giving us some insight into the design and hardware of the successor to the Vision Pro. The second-generation Ap…

First Impressions: iPhone 15 Pro Spatial Videos on Vision Pro Starting with iOS 17.2, which is currently in beta and expected to be released in December, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max can record spatial video with 3D depth for playback on Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro headset. When held in landscape orientation, the iPhone’s main and ultra wide cameras combine to record 3D video. The feature can b…

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Black Friday Sales Introduce Big Discounts on AirPods, Apple Watch, and More We’re just two weeks away from Black Friday, and Apple deals are in full swing right now. We’re tracking the year’s best prices on Apple Watch Series 9, AirPods 2, HomePod, HomePod mini, and more in our recap of the week’s best deals. For a more in-depth look at the current best Black Friday deals, check out our post on early Black Friday Apple …

Apple Seeds Second Public Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.2 Apple today seeded the second public beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.2 update, allowing non-developers to test out the software ahead of its release. The second public beta comes two weeks after the first public beta. Beta testers can opt-in through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, simply toggle on…

Apple Seeds Second Public Beta of iOS 17.2 With Journal App and More Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 updates to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to try out the software ahead of its release. The second iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 public betas come two weeks after Apple released the first public betas. Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Setting…

MacBook Air Black Friday Deals Bring Massive $200-$300 Discounts to 13-Inch and 15-Inch Models Best Buy is back with a few steep discounts on MacBook Air models today, including $200 off the 13.6-inch MacBook Air and $300 off the 15.3-inch MacBook Air. The best deals can be found if you’re a My Best Buy Plus or My Best Buy Total member, with everyone else able to buy these notebooks at solid second-best prices. Note: MacRumors is an affil…

The MacRumors Show: Is Apple Finally Taking Gaming Seriously? ft. TouchArcade TouchArcade’s Jared Nelson and Eli Hodapp join us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show to talk through the current state of gaming in Apple’s ecosystem. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos TouchArcade is MacRumors’ sister site that focuses on iOS gaming. Jared is the website’s Editor-in-Chief and host of The TouchA…

8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599 comes with just 8GB of working memory. In 2012, Apple launched the first MacBook Pro with Retina display, which also started with 8GB of RAM. Of course, Apple now uses integrated chips with unified memory archi…