YouTuber Creates the Apple Event We Aren’t Getting This Month Apple’s marketing chief Greg Joswiak on Thursday teased an “exciting week of announcements” planned next week, and that likely rules out a prerecorded Apple Event video this month, despite Apple streaming a short, spooky “Scary Fast” event last October. Nevertheless, YouTube channel Front Page Tech has stepped in with its own rendition of the A…

Apple Announces Announcements Next Week: What Not to Expect Apple has teased an “exciting week of announcements” starting on Monday, and going on its teaser image, new Macs are sure to feature prominently. However, there are some hardware updates on Apple’s roadmap that are unlikely to be a part of those announcements. Below, we’ve recapped what not to expect from Apple’s series of product announcements…

iOS 18.1: How to Record and Transcribe Phone Calls From business meetings to family memories, there are countless reasons to record a phone call, but until now, iPhone users have had to rely on third-party apps or complex workarounds. That changes on October 28 with the release of iOS 18.1, which introduces native call recording and transcription powered by Apple Intelligence. Apple’s new Phon…

You Won’t Get These Apple Intelligence Features Until 2025 Apple plans to introduce the first Apple Intelligence features in iOS 18.1, debuting Writing Tools, notification summaries, smart replies, and more. iOS 18.1 will be followed by iOS 18.2, which Apple started testing this week. iOS 18.2 has Genmoji, Image Playground, and Siri ChatGPT integration, but there are still some Apple Intelligence featu…

Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 Firmware Ahead of Hearing Aid Feature Launch Apple today released a new firmware update for the AirPods Pro 2, with the software available for both the USB-C and Lightning models. The ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 firmware has a build number of 7B19, up from the 7A305 firmware released in September. The new ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2 firmware comes just ahead of when Apple plans to launch Hearing Health features …

Apple Discontinued These Four Products This Year, But One Will Return As we get into the final months of 2024, now is a good opportunity to look back at devices and accessories that Apple discontinued throughout the year. Apple products discontinued this year include the iPad 9, SuperDrive, FineWoven cases for the iPhone, and the Powerbeats Pro earbuds. This list excludes most previous-generation devices that we…

What to Expect From Apple’s ‘Exciting Week of Announcements’ Apple’s marketing chief Greg Joswiak today teased that the company has an “exciting week of announcements” planned next week. Joswiak said to “Mac” your calendars, and the post includes an animated icon for the Finder app on the Mac, so it is clear that at least some of next week’s announcements will be related to the Mac. Subscribe to MacRumors…

Apple Seeds Second macOS Sequoia 15.1 Release Candidate Apple today provided developers and public beta testers with the second release candidate version of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.1 update, with the new software coming one week after Apple released the seventh beta. Apple introduced the first RC on Monday, and there’s likely a new version to address an underlying bug. Registered developers can…

Apple Shares Private Cloud Compute Virtual Research Environment, Provides Bounties for Vulnerabilities Private Cloud Compute is a cloud intelligence system that Apple designed for private artificial intelligence processing, and it’s what Apple is using to keep Apple Intelligence requests secure when they need to be processed in the cloud. Apple promised to allow security and privacy researchers to verify the end-to-end security and privacy promi…

TestFlight Now Lets Developers Set Testing Criteria and Include App Screenshots Apple today updated its TestFlight app, adding new features that are designed to streamline the app beta testing process. TestFlight is the app that developers can use to distribute their app to beta testers ahead of when the app is released. Invites to beta test an app include an app description, plus developers can opt to include screenshots …

iOS 18.2 Lets Children Report Nudity in iMessages, Starting in Australia Starting with iOS 18.2, children in Australia have a new option to report iMessages containing nude photos and videos to Apple, the company told The Guardian. Apple said it will review these reports and could take action, such as by disabling the sender’s Apple Account and/or reporting the incident to law enforcement. The report outlined what t…

iPhone 17 Pro Max Again Rumored to Feature Smaller Dynamic Island Due to Face ID Change The high-end iPhone 17 Pro Max launching next year will feature a smaller Dynamic Island, according to technology analyst Jeff Pu, who has a fairly good track record with Apple rumors. This reiterates information that he first shared in May. In a research note with investment bank Haitong International earlier this month, obtained by MacRumors,…

Apple Teases M4 Mac Announcements Next Week Apple’s Greg Joswiak today made it clear that Apple plans to reveal new products next week, teasing refreshed Macs. In a social media post, Joswiak said to “Mac your calendars” because there’s an exciting week of announcements that start on Monday morning. With Joswiak’s announcement, it appears that there will not be a dedicated October event …

iPad Mini 8 Rumored to Feature OLED Display With These Benefits Likely The next iPad mini will feature an OLED display, display industry analyst Ross Young said in a social media post on Wednesday. “Next iPad Mini will have an OLED,” he said, succinctly. Compared to the iPad mini 7 and previous models of the device, which have LCD displays, benefits of OLED technology should include increased brightness, higher c…

Snapchat Updated With iOS 18 Lock Screen Shortcut and iPhone 16 Camera Control Support iOS 18 allows iPhone users to change the flashlight and camera shortcuts on the Lock Screen to something else, and Snapchat is now an option. Snapchat today announced that iPhone users can now quickly launch the app’s camera view from the Lock Screen on iOS 18, even when the device is locked. To set this up, update to the latest version of the …

Apple Watch Series 10 Drops to New Record Low Prices on Amazon Amazon today has the 42mm GPS Apple Watch Series 10 for the new all-time low price of $366.28, down from $399.00. This sale is only available in the Rose Gold Aluminum model, and Amazon provides an expected delivery date of October 28 for most United States residences. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link an…

iPhone Could Inherit Apple Watch Series 10’s Power Efficient Display Apple could use the LTP03 display technology that debuted in the Apple Watch Series 10 to improve power efficiency and display performance in future iPhone models, industry watchers believe (via The Elec). LTPO refers to a TFT panel that adds oxide to a Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon (LTPS) TFT, which reduces power consumption at low r…

iOS 18.2 to Allow Third-Party Browser Web Apps With Custom Engines in EU Apple will allow third-party browsers in the European Union to create web apps for the iPhone Home Screen using their own custom engines when iOS 18.2 launches later this year. This expands on changes introduced in iOS 17.4, which first allowed third-party browsers in the EU to use non-WebKit engines for both standalone browsers and in-app brow…

Perplexity Launches Native macOS App for AI-Powered Search Perplexity has released its first native desktop app for macOS, bringing its AI-powered search capabilities to Mac users. The app offers a streamlined way to access the company’s advanced search features directly from the desktop, without requiring a web browser. The new Mac app includes Perplexity’s signature features, including Pro Search for…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 206 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 206 includes fixes and updates for CSS, Edit…