EU Plans to Fine Apple for Anticompetitive App Store Practices The European Commission plans to fine Apple for not adequately complying with Digital Markets Act (DMA) requirements for the App Store, reports Bloomberg. Regulators apparently believe that Apple did not implement changes that allowed developers to steer users to cheaper prices outside of the ‌App Store‌. Back in June, the EU said that Apple wa…

Veterans Day Apple Watch Activity Challenge Set for November 11 Apple is planning an Apple Watch Activity Challenge to honor Veterans Day, which takes place next Monday in the United States. Apple Watch owners are tasked with doing any workout for 11 minutes or more on November 11. Apple Watch owners who complete the challenge will win an Apple Watch activity award in the Fitness app. Earn this award on No…

Apple Stores Moving This Weekend in Three U.S. Cities, Including Tucson Apple this week announced that its retail store at La Encantada in Tucson, Arizona will be moving to a temporary location that opens Saturday, November 9 at 10 a.m. local time. Apple says the temporary store will be located on the second level of the outdoor shopping center, just in front of the stairs and escalator leading to that level. Apple…

Apple’s Employee Count Grew This Year Despite Smaller-Scale Layoffs Apple’s employee count grew in 2024, despite reports that the company had at least four incidents of smaller-scale layoffs this year. As of late September, Apple had approximately 164,000 full-time employees worldwide, the company disclosed in a filing last week. That’s up from the 161,000 full-time employees that Apple reported a year ago. The…

Anker’s Early Black Friday Sale Includes Exclusive 20% Off for MacRumors Readers, Mystery Boxes, and More MacRumors readers can get 20 percent off a collection of Anker’s best chargers, power banks, cables, hubs, and docks this month, just in time for holiday shopping. In order to get this deal, head to Anker’s website and add an accessory to your cart, then enter the code akmacrumors20ch at checkout to see the discount. Note: MacRumors is an affili…

Testing the Vision Pro With New Ultrawide Display Option in visionOS 2.2 The first developer beta of visionOS 2.2 came out yesterday, and it includes a much anticipated new feature for Vision Pro users. When using the Vision Pro as a display for a Mac, there are now options to use wide and ultrawide layouts in addition to the standard virtual display. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. We th…

Apple Silicon Unified Memory: How Much Mac RAM Do You Need? When choosing a new Mac, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is how much memory to configure. This guide helps you to work out how much RAM you need. With the advent of Apple silicon and its unified memory architecture in 2020, the traditional understanding of RAM has evolved, leading to new considerations for users when selecting a…

GM Again Attempts to Explain Its Decision to Drop CarPlay in New EVs American automaker General Motors (GM) last year announced it would be phasing out support for CarPlay and Android Auto in its new electric vehicles, in favor of its own software platform called Ultifi. The decision has been very controversial, as many drivers consider CarPlay to be a must-have feature in a new vehicle. In 2022, for example, App…

Apple Preparing to Add New Screen Savers to tvOS 18.2, Including Snoopy and More Apple on Monday seeded the first beta of tvOS 18.2 to developers for testing, and the upcoming update includes hidden code-level references to new screen savers coming soon, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Snoopy The code shows there will be four categories of screen savers added to the Apple TV, including Snoopy, TV and Movi…

Track 2024 Election Results Live on Your iPhone Lock Screen Apple News is providing Live Activities support for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, allowing iPhone and iPad users to track electoral results in real time directly from their Lock Screen. The feature is rolling out for U.S. users over the course of Election Day, November 5, providing continuous updates of the electoral count. So if you’re …

Apple Reportedly Working on 90Hz Studio Display, iMac, iPad Air A new rumor suggests Apple is developing 90Hz display technology that could make its way to future versions of the Studio Display, iPad Air, and 24-inch iMac, all of which currently feature 60Hz refresh rates. The claim, spotted by 9to5Mac, comes from an anonymous source who contacted the Upgrade podcast, hosted by Myke Hurley and Jason Snell. …

Indonesia iPhone Ban: Apple Proposes $10M Manufacturing Investment Apple has proposed investing nearly $10 million in Indonesian manufacturing operations in an effort to lift the country’s recent ban on iPhone 16 sales, according to sources familiar with the matter (via South China Morning Post). The investment would establish a factory in Bandung, near Jakarta, where Apple would partner with its suppliers to …

tvOS 18.2 Beta Adds Support for 21:9 Projector Aspect Ratio Apple today provided developers with the first beta of tvOS 18.2, and the update adds support for the 21:9 aspect ratio that projectors use. As noted by Sigmund Judge, the update includes a new option that lets the Apple TV automatically detect the best aspect ratio for a television or projector. Options include 16:9, 21:9, 2.37:1, 2.39:1, 2.4…

Apple Preparing for Upcoming Siri Onscreen Awareness Feature With New iOS 18.2 API for Developers Apple is working on more advanced Siri functionality as part of its Apple Intelligence feature set, and to prepare, it has been providing developers with App Intent APIs so apps will be ready for the new capabilities. With the latest wave of betas, Apple has a new API that lets developers make onscreen content in their apps available to ‌Siri‌ …

Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.0.1 Apple today stopped signing iOS 18.0.1, preventing iPhone users who have upgraded to iOS 18.1 from downgrading to iOS 18. Apple released iOS 18.1 a week ago on October 28. It is not unusual for Apple to stop signing older versions of iOS shortly after a new version of iOS is released. When Apple stops signing an update, it can no longer be inst…

Apple’s Internal Survey About Smart Glasses Hints at Future Product Plans Apple is surveying its employees about smart glasses as it continues to consider releasing its own version of Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple has launched an internal study of products that are on the market, and is currently gathering feedback from Apple employees. In an email sent out to employees, Apple’s Produ…

macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta Shows Weather in Menu Bar In the latest macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta, there is a new option to add the weather in your current location to the menu bar of the Mac. The menu bar weather feature shows the temperature along with an icon for the weather conditions, like a cloud if it’s cloudy and a sun if it’s sunny. Clicking into the icon shows an hourly view of the upcoming co…

Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 2 Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 updates to developers, and Apple is continuing to refine the Apple Intelligence capabilities. There are also a handful of smaller features that are worth knowing about. Find My Find My has a new option to Share Item Location with an “airline or trusted person” that can help…

iOS 18.2 Beta 2 Shows Siri ChatGPT Limit, Offers ‘Plus’ Upgrade Option With the second beta of iOS 18.2 that’s available for developers today, Apple has further fleshed out the ChatGPT integration that’s available with Siri. In the Settings app, there’s now a section that shows the ChatGPT daily limit, and offers an option to upgrade to the paid ChatGPT Plus plan. The beta includes an Advanced Capabilities section…

visionOS 2.2 Beta Adds Wide and Ultrawide Modes to Mac Virtual Display Apple today seeded the first beta of visionOS 2.2 to developers, and it adds the promised “Wide” and “Ultrawide” modes to the Mac Virtual Display feature. Mac Virtual Display allows Apple’s Vision Pro headset to be used as an external display for a Mac. The feature has been available since visionOS was first released earlier this year, but the …