iPhone Exports From India Surge 33% as Apple Reduces China Reliance Apple’s iPhone exports from India reached nearly $6 billion in the six months through September, representing a 33% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Bloomberg. The growth puts Apple on track to exceed its fiscal 2024 export target of $10 billion from the region. The increase in exports is a result of Apple’s expandin…

Amazon Leaks Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, Up to 64GB of RAM, and More Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple’s announcement this week, revealing several details. Our concept of a smaller Mac mini According to a comparison chart on Amazon’s product listing for the new iMac, the new Mac mini will be available with M4 and M4 Pro chip options, with up to a 14-core CPU and up…

iOS 18.1 Features: Everything New in iOS 18.1 iOS 18.1 is the first major update to iOS 18, and it brings a slew of new features including Apple Intelligence, phone call recording, and more, plus bug fixes. This guide highlights everything that’s new in iOS 18.1. Apple Intelligence iOS 18.1 includes the first ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features for the iPhone 15 Pro models and the iPhone 16 lin…

iOS 18.1: What You Get If You Don’t Have an iPhone With Apple Intelligence iOS 18.1 is the first iOS 18 update with Apple Intelligence capabilities, and that’s what a lot of the coverage about the new software has focused on. If you don’t have an iPhone that’s capable of ‌Apple Intelligence‌, you’re probably wondering just what’s in the update for you. While ‌Apple Intelligence‌ does make up the bulk of what’s new, if…

Mac Pro Now Comes With USB-C Accessories, Including Magic Mouse and Keyboard Apple today updated its website to indicate that the Mac Pro now ships with a USB-C to USB-C charging cable in the box, instead of a USB-C to Lightning cable, and we have learned that the high-end desktop computer now comes with the new USB-C versions of the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard accessories in the box as well. There are no other chang…

Apple Card Users Can Get Up to 5% Daily Cash on All Purchases Through Holiday Season Apple is launching a new Apple Card promotion for ‌Apple Card‌ users, providing the option to earn up to five percent Daily Cash on purchases made from November 6, 2024 to April 30, 2025. To unlock the Daily Cash back promotion, users will need to spend between $5,000 and $15,000. At $5,000, three percent Daily Cash is unlocked. Spending $10,00…

Lower-End Apple Silicon Macs With 10-Core M4 Chip to Fully Support Two External Displays In addition to the new iMac with the 10-core M4 chip being the first-ever Mac with support for up to an 8K external display at 120Hz, the computer also supports up to two 6K external displays at 60Hz. That’s a very notable upgrade, as lower-end Apple silicon Macs like the MacBook Air, entry-level MacBook Pro, and previous iMac models have mostly…

iMac With 10-Core M4 Chip is First Mac to Support 8K Display at 120Hz When configured with a 10-core M4 chip, the new iMac announced today supports up to an 8K external display at 120Hz, or up to two 6K displays at 60Hz each. The impressive feat was noted by Vadim Yuryev, co-host of the YouTube channel Max Tech. This means the latest iMac is the first-ever Mac to support an 8K display at 120Hz, beating out higher…

Everything You Need to Know About Apple Intelligence Apple Intelligence is what Apple is calling its artificial intelligence feature set, previewed at WWDC in June 2024. The first Apple Intelligence features launched with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, but this is only an initial taste of what Apple has planned. There are a selection of Apple Intelligence features that are availab…

Apple Promises Two More Mac Announcements This Week Following New iMac Today Apple introduced a new iMac today with the M4 chip and more, but that’s not all, as it still has two more Mac announcements planned this week. “This is a huge week for the Mac, and this morning, we begin a series of three exciting new product announcements that will take place over the coming days,” said Apple’s hardware engineering chief John …

Apple Confirms iOS 18.2 With Image Playground, Genmoji and Siri ChatGPT Integration Will Launch in December The iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates that Apple started testing last week are set to be released to the public this December, Apple said today in a newsroom article highlighting Apple Intelligence capabilities. “New ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features will be available in December,” reads Apple’s article. The update will add the …

Watch Apple’s Full 10-Minute M4 iMac Keynote To introduce the new M4 iMac models today, Apple didn’t hold a standard event, but the company did record a short keynote video to go through all of the machine’s new features. The announcement is themed just like one of Apple’s full pre-recorded event videos, starting with a view of Apple Park that zooms in to Apple executives highlighting th…

Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025 Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025, according to information included in today’s M4 iMac announcement in European countries. The French version of the announcement specifies that Apple Intelligence will come out in April, but other versions mention “this spri…

Apple Shares New Ads Highlighting Apple Intelligence Features With the launch of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, Apple is going all in on promoting Apple Intelligence. Today’s iMac announcement was heavily focused on the Mac’s Apple Intelligence features, and Apple has also shared two new Apple Intelligence ads. Apple’s first ad shows off Writing Tools, featuring an office worker who sends…

These Are Apple’s Only Products Still Sold With Lightning After Magic Accessories Switch to USB-C Apple has been gradually transitioning its products from Lightning to USB-C in recent years. This trend continued today with Apple updating the Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad accessories for the Mac with USB-C charging ports. The accessories have no other changes, meaning the Magic Mouse’s charging port is still on the bottom. …

M3 vs. M4 Chip Buyer’s Guide: How Much Better Really Is M4? Apple today announced the first of its M4 Mac models, but how much better really is the M4 chip over its predecessor? The M4 chip debuted in the iPad Pro earlier this year, promising around 20% faster performance than the M3 chip in both single and multi-core tasks. All of the key differences between the two chip generations are listed below: …

Nano-Texture Display Option Returns to iMac Apple’s new iMac models are available with a nano-texture display option for the first time since the product line switched to Apple silicon. First introduced with the Pro Display XDR in 2019, nano-texture glass is etched at a nanometer scale, which is meant to preserve image quality while scattering ambient light to cut down on glare. It is th…

Higher-End iMac’s Ports Are All Thunderbolt 4 Apple today released new iMac models, and while there are few external changes with the exception of some color tweaks, Apple made several internal updates to the machine. The inclusion of the next-generation M4 chip is the biggest update, but the ports have also seen improvement. For the M4 ‌iMac‌ models with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, all f…

The Meme Lives On: Magic Mouse’s USB-C Charging Port Still on Bottom Apple today updated its Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad accessories for the Mac with USB-C charging ports, but the accessories have no other external design changes. Yes, that means the Magic Mouse’s charging port is still located on the bottom of the mouse, despite the switch from Lightning to USB-C. The position of the chargin…

M1 vs. M3 vs. M4 iMac Buyer’s Guide: 25+ Upgrades Compared Apple’s third Apple silicon iMac gains the M4 chip alongside a range of other small but notable improvements, so how does the new machine compare to its two predecessors? The 2021 ‌iMac‌ was the first of its kind to feature an Apple silicon chip, replacing previous Intel-based models with 21.5- and 27-inch displays. It offered an all-new ultra-…