Get Apple’s 13-Inch M2 MacBook Air for Just $749 During Best Buy’s Presidents’ Day Sale Best Buy’s Presidents’ Day sale kicked off yesterday, and we’ve already covered all of the iPad discounts you can find during the event. Today, we’re focusing on MacBook Air deals, including a new all-time low price on the M2 model. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we …

MacBook Air to Get More Advanced LCD Panel Before Transition to OLED Apple plans to release a MacBook Air with an improved LCD display in 2027, featuring Oxide TFT technology instead of the current amorphous silicon (a-Si) panels, according to a new report from The Elec. The new display technology is said to be a significant upgrade over current MacBook Air screens. Oxide TFT LCD panels offer better power effici…

Apple’s Latest Updates Re-Enable Apple Intelligence on Some Devices Some users are reporting that Apple’s latest software updates are quietly re-enabling Apple Intelligence features, even after they had explicitly disabled them in the previous update. If you’re catching up, Apple on Monday pushed out new macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 and iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 point releases that include important security fixes and are reco…

OpenAI Swiftly Rebuffs Musk’s Surprise $97.4 Billion Buyout Attempt Elon Musk on Monday led a consortium of investors in making a $97.4 billion unsolicited offer to acquire ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s nonprofit arm – only to face immediate rejection from CEO Sam Altman. The Wall Street Journal reports that the bid included backing from Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI and prominent investors like Valor Equi…

Use Safari Quick Website Search for Faster Site-Specific Results There are several ways to search the web in Apple’s Safari browser. In this article, we’re going to highlight a way of searching specific websites using a lesser-known Safari feature called Quick Website Search. The option is designed to work with sites that have a built-in search field, like the one you can find at the top of the main page at…

Some Apple Watch Series 10 Users Experiencing Speaker Volume Issue If the audio playing through your Apple Watch Series 10’s speaker becomes harder to hear after repeated use, you are not alone. There are a growing number of complaints about a potential Apple Watch Series 10 speaker issue across the Apple Support Community and Reddit. Affected users say the speaker audio becomes quiet or muffled over time, eve…

Apple Reportedly ‘Passed Over’ DeepSeek as Apple Intelligence Partner Apple in recent months “passed over” the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, according to The Information. DeepSeek has garnered significant media attention over the past few weeks, as it developed an artificial intelligence model at a lower cost and with reduced power consumption compared to competitors. However, the U.S. and som…

Powerbeats Pro 2 Debut With Heart Rate Monitoring, H2 Chip, Active Noise Cancellation, and More Apple’s Beats brand is officially introducing the Powerbeats Pro 2 today, bringing significant updates to the wireless earphones aimed at active users. Among the upgrades for Powerbeats Pro 2 are Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) with Transparency mode, Personalized Spatial Audio, an H2 chip for improved power efficiency and Apple ecosystem integr…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Visited New Orleans for Super Bowl Apple CEO Tim Cook spent the weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is where Super Bowl LIX was held on Sunday. Cook visited several locations in New Orleans, and chronicled the trip in a short social media video. Cook started his trip off visiting Harry Connick Jr. at the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM), known for youth music educatio…

Siri Provides Stroke Victim With Life Saving Help Fort Lauderdale resident Daniel Vallaire suffered a devastating stroke last year, and it ended up being Siri that provided life saving help. Just days before his 70th birthday, Vallaire collapsed in his bathroom. He spent the next 48 hours crawling “inch by inch by inch” from the bathroom to the living room in an attempt to get help. He was con…

Apple Releases watchOS 11.3.1 Apple today released watchOS 11.3.1, a minor update to the operating system that runs on the Apple Watch. watchOS 11.3.1 is compatible with the Apple Watch Series 6 and later, all Apple Watch Ultra models, and the Apple Watch SE 2. watchOS 11.3.1 can be downloaded by opening up the Apple Watch app and going to General > Software Update. To inst…

Apple Releases visionOS 2.3.1 Apple today released visionOS 2.3.1, a minor update to the visionOS 2 operating system that came out in September. visionOS 2.3.1 comes two weeks after the launch of visionOS 2.3, and more than a year after the release of the Vision Pro headset. visionOS 2.3 can be downloaded on all Vision Pro headsets by navigating to the Settings app, selecti…

Apple Releases iOS 18.3.1 With Bug Fixes Apple today released iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, minor updates for the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS 18.3.1 comes two weeks after Apple released iOS 18.3. The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. Apple has also rel…

Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Apple today released macOS Sequoia 15.3.1, a minor update to the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ operating system that came out last September. macOS 15.3.1 comes a few weeks after the launch of ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.3. Mac users can download the ‌‌‌‌macOS Sequoia‌‌‌‌ update through the Software Update section of System Settings. Apple has also released macOS 13…

Make Sure to Update: iOS 18.3.1 Includes Fix for Actively Exploited Vulnerability The iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1 updates that Apple released today include an important security fix, and it’s important to install the new software as soon as possible because this bug was exploited in the wild. According to Apple’s security support document for iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1, it addresses an accessibility vulnerability that cou…

M4 MacBook Air Release Continues to Appear Imminent There continue to be signs of a new MacBook Air with an M4 chip, indicating that we could see the machine launch in the not too distant future. A private account on X today shared the identifiers that the ‌MacBook Air‌ will use, and those identifiers correspond to the M4 chip. According to the source, both the 13-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ and the 15-i…

Will Apple Release New iPhone 16 Colors This Year? Apple typically releases new iPhone color options every year as a mid-product cycle refresh, so when can we expect a new finish in 2025? Apple has added new ‌iPhone‌ colors on six occasions in the past, consistently in either the March or April following an ‌iPhone‌’s launch: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus: (PRODUCT)RED (Tuesday, March 21, 2017) iPhone…

Apple’s Rumored Smart Home Hub Still ‘Months Away’ From Shipping If you have been waiting for Apple’s rumored smart home hub to launch, prepare to wait some more. In his Power On newsletter over the weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said the device is still “months away” from shipping. A made-up concept of an Apple smart home hub Based on that wording, the home hub will not ship until April at the earliest,…

Apple Increases Mac Trade-In Values, Here’s How Much You Can Get Apple today increased its estimated trade-in values for select Mac models in the United States, with the full changes outlined below. Apple’s maximum trade-in values increased by between $10 and $50 for the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro. Model New Value Old Value MacBook Pro Up to $925…

Gurman: New iPhone SE Coming ‘This Week’ Apple plans to announce a new iPhone SE this week, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, and a corresponding social media post, Gurman said the new iPhone SE is “coming this week.” Until now, he said that Apple planned to announce the device “as early as” this week, but his wording is now more firm. Apple has …