Apple Pencil Buyer’s Guide: Which Model Should You Choose? Apple now offers three different Apple Pencil models at $79, $99, and $129 price points, each with different feature sets. Our guide helps you decide which ‌Apple Pencil‌ is best for you. Which ‌Apple Pencil‌ you should buy is firstly determined by which iPad model you have. Some ‌iPad‌ models are only compatible with one kind of ‌Apple Pencil‌…

Several App Store Employees Fired in China for Accepting Free Meals and Nightclub Trips From Developers At least five employees who worked for the App Store in China have been fired for inappropriate conduct with developers and consultants, according to a report from The Information. ‌App Store‌ employees with review and editorial roles are not supposed to meet with developers, but an internal audit raised suspicions about half a dozen workers, l…

Kuo: AirTag 2 Postponed Until 2025 Apple will not release a second-generation version of the AirTag until 2025, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Mass production on the accessory has reportedly been delayed until 2025, which has pushed back Apple’s target launch timeline. Back in August, Kuo had said that mass production would kick off in the fourth quarter of 2024, sugges…

Deals: Get the 14-Inch M2 MacBook Pro for $1,799 ($200 Off) B&H Photo today has Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro (10-Core M2 Pro, 512GB) for $1,799.00, down from $1,999.00. You can get both Silver and Space Gray at this price, and B&H Photo offers free two-day shipping in the contiguous United States. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase…

Deals: Sonos Discounts First Gen Move Speaker to $299 ($100 Off) Sonos has discounted the first generation Move speaker to $299 today on its website, down from $399. This is a rare price cut on the Sonos Move and an all-time low price for the Bluetooth speaker. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Sonos. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the…

Foldable iPad Now in ‘Intensive Development,’ Could Be Announced as Soon as Next Year Apple’s rumored foldable iPad is now in “intensive development” and could be announced as soon as late 2024, according to DigiTimes. In a paywalled report that cites supply chain sources, ‌DigiTimes‌ outlines how Apple is now working with suppliers on foldable ‌iPad‌ development, ahead of small-scale production scheduled for the end of 2024. Th…

Kuo: MacBook Sales Down 30% Amid No New Products for Remainder of 2023 MacBook sales have dropped significantly amid Apple’s decision to launch no new Macs for the remainder of 2023, Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports. In a new post on Medium, Kuo claimed that MacBook sales as a whole are expected to be around 30% lower this year compared to 2022, reducing to about 17 million units. He highlighted tha…

Apple Investigating Display Flickering Issue Affecting Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Apple is investigating an issue where the display brightness briefly flickers or “pulses” on some Apple Watch models when Always On mode is enabled, according to an internal service memo shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers today. The memo does not indicate which Apple Watch models are affected, but the issue appears to be most preval…

X Tests ‘Not A Bot’ Program That Charges New Users $1/Year to Post X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, today announced that it is testing a “Not A Bot” program that charges new, unverified users $1 per year to post and interact with content on X. Not A Bot is being tested in New Zealand and the Phillipines at the current time, and it only applies to new users. The X support account says that exist…

Upcoming 17.1 Software Brings Enhance Dialogue to Original HomePod and HomePod mini With the HomePod software 17.1 update that is set to be released in the near future, Apple is bringing support for Enhance Dialogue to the HomePod mini and the original ‌HomePod‌. Enhance Dialogue is a feature that is meant to boost the volume of spoken voices to make dialogue easier to hear over effects, action, and music in a movie or TV show…

Apple Announces Updated iPad 10 With eSIM Support in China Apple today announced an updated version of the cellular 10th-generation iPad with eSIM support in mainland China. Apple says the device will be available to pre-order in mainland China starting October 19 and released on October 25. China Unicom is currently the only supported eSIM carrier for the iPad in mainland China, according to a new App…

Apple Expands Vision Pro Test Labs to New York City and Sydney Apple today announced that it is expanding its Vision Pro developer labs to New York City, New York and Sydney, Australia to give developers additional locations where the new headset can be tested with their apps. Vision Pro developer labs first launched in August, giving developers a chance to try out the Vision Pro headsets to refine visionO…

Veterans Day Apple Watch Activity Challenge Taking Place November 11 Apple plans to launch its next Apple Watch Activity Challenge on Saturday, November 11, to honor the upcoming Veterans Day holiday in the United States. Apple Watch owners can earn the Veterans Day award by doing any workout for 11 minutes or more on November 11.Earn this special award on November 11 by doing any workout for 11 minutes or more….

Kuo: New 24-Inch iMac Coming in 2024 Apple will release a new 24-inch iMac in 2024, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo’s prediction is in line with previous rumors from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has also said that a new ‌iMac‌ is likely to come in 2024. Kuo does not mention which chip Apple will use, but Gurman has claimed that Apple will use the M3 chip in the ‌iMac‌…

32-Inch iMac With Mini-LED Display Rumored to Launch in 2025 A higher-end iMac with a mini-LED 32-inch display will come out in 2025, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo does not specify, but this machine could be positioned as an “‌iMac‌ Pro” to replace the 2017 model that Apple discontinued two years ago. There have been multiple rumors of a larger ‌iMac‌ over the last couple of years, but the…

iOS 17.1 Improves Screen Time Syncing Across Apple Devices iOS 17.1 improves syncing of Screen Time settings across Apple devices, according to the release notes for the upcoming software update. Screen Time provides parents with settings to remotely manage a child’s device, allowing them to restrict device usage to certain times, set time limits for apps, and block inappropriate content. However, some…

iOS 17.1 Fixes iPhone Display Image Retention Issue The iOS 17.1 update that Apple is set to release in the near future addresses an issue that “may cause display image persistence,” according to Apple’s feature notes for the software. Since the launch of the iPhone 15 models, there have been sporadic reports of severe screen burn-in impacting the new devices. There was speculation that it might…

Apple Seeds watchOS 10.1 Release Candidate to Developers Apple today seeded the release candidate version of an upcoming watchOS 10.1 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the release of the third watchOS 10.1 beta. To install the ‌watchOS 10‌.1 update, developers will need to open the Apple Watch app, go to the Software Update section under “General” in Setting…

Apple Seeds macOS Sonoma 14.1 Release Candidate to Developers Apple today seeded the release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.1 update to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming one week after the launch of the third 14.1 beta. Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, toggle on the Sonom…

Apple Seeds iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 Release Candidates to Developers Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1 to developers for testing purposes, with the betas coming one week after Apple released the third betas of iOS 17.1 and iPadOS 17.1. Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on t…