Refurbished USB-C Apple Pencil Now Available in U.S. and Canada The USB-C Apple Pencil that was launched in November 2023 is now available from the Apple Refurbished Store in the United States and Canada at a discount. Refurbished USB-C ‌Apple Pencil‌ models are available for $69 in the U.S., which is $10 off of the standard $79 price. In Canada, the refurbished USB-C ‌Apple Pencil‌ is available for $89, dow…

Apple Blog TUAW Returns With Stolen Graphics and AI-Generated Content If you’ve been following Apple news and rumors for the last decade, you might remember The Unofficial Apple Weblog, or TUAW. TUAW was shut down and the site was folded into Engadget way back in 2015, but this month, a zombie TUAW website reappeared. As it turns out, the TUAW domain name was purchased by a Hong Kong-based advertising agency, and…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Uses Vision Pro Every Day Apple CEO Tim Cook uses the Apple Vision Pro every day, according to an interview he did with The Sun to highlight the headset’s launch in the UK. Cook said that he uses the Vision Pro “in all aspects of daily life.” For specifics, Cook said he used the headset to watch Ted Lasso season three, and that he also watches other Apple TV+ cont…

Review: Anker and Belkin 3-in-1 Chargers Offer New Qi2 Options for Desk and Nightstand Charging With Qi2 chargers hitting the market in increasing numbers, I’ve recently spent some time testing out two similar “tree-style” 3-in-1 desktop chargers from Anker and Belkin. 3-in-1 chargers like these, which are capable of charging an iPhone, and Apple Watch, and another device such as AirPods, all wirelessly, have been my go-to bedside charger …

Samsung’s New Smart Monitor M80D Gets First Discount at $150 Off, Plus More Savings Samsung this week opened up a new sale on monitors and other devices, including one of the first discounts on the 32-inch Smart Monitor M80D, which just launched last month. You can get this brand new monitor for $549.99, down from $699.99. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Samsung. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may re…

The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals on Apple Watch Amazon Prime Day is just a few days away, but you can already get all-time low prices on multiple Apple Watch models right now. As with all early deals, there is a chance that these Apple Watch discounts get even steeper when Prime Day officially kicks off on July 16, but for right now they’re still great discounts on each model. Note: MacRumors…

Apple Vision Pro Unlikely to Hit 500,000 Sales This Year, Says IDC Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing headset has yet to sell 100,000 units in the quarter since it launched in the U.S. in February, according to market tracker IDC (via Bloomberg). The device is projected to see a 75% drop in domestic sales in the current quarter, but the launch of Vision Pro internationally this month is expected to offset th…

Apple Reduces Trade-In Values for Select iPhones, Macs, and More Apple today adjusted its trade-in values for select devices in the United States, with several reductions in value going into effect across the iPhone 14 series, Apple Watch models, select Macs and iPads, and some Android smartphones. Most Apple smartphone reductions were slight: iPhone 14 trade-in values decreased by up to $20, but there were …

EU Regulators Accept Apple Commitments to Open NFC Access to Rivals The European Union has accepted commitments from Apple to open its mobile payments system and give competitors access to the iPhone’s NFC technology, bringing an end to a lengthy investigation by EU regulators into the technology. According to the announcement, Apple has agreed to open up its payments system to other providers free of charge fo…

iPhone 17 Pro Max Will Be First to Feature Three 48MP Camera Lenses Next year’s iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature an upgraded 48-megapixel Tetraprism camera for enhanced photo quality and zoom functionality, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest investor note published to Medium, Kuo said the key specification change would be a 1/2.6″ 48MP CIS sensor, up from the 1/3.1″ 12MP sensor expected to be …

Astropad Studio Gains Support for Apple Pencil Pro Controls Astropad today announced a major update for the Astropad Studio app, introducing new features that work with the Apple Pencil Pro that Apple launched earlier this year. Astropad Studio is designed to turn the iPad into a drawing tablet that can be used with PC and Mac creative apps. The 5.4 version of Astropad Studio supports Squeeze Gesture Sh…

10+ Changes to Control Center in iOS 18 Apple redid the Control Center in iOS 18, and it’s one of the biggest changes to the iPhone and the iPad outside of Apple Intelligence. The interface is much more customizable, there are more Control Center options, and controls can be accessed from new places. This guide highlights all of the new Control Center changes that Apple added in ‌iOS…

Easily Switch From Google Photos to iCloud Photos With This New Tool Google today released a tool that allows you to transfer photos and videos from Google Photos to iCloud Photos, complete with albums and descriptions. Apple released an equivalent tool for moving from iCloud Photos to Google Photos three years ago, so this was a reciprocal move by Google. The companies released the tools as part of the Data Tra…

Apple Hopes iOS 18 AI Features Will Boost iPhone Shipments by 10% in 2024 Apple wants to ship a minimum of 90 million iPhone 16 models in 2024, reports Bloomberg. Apple is telling its suppliers and partners that it is aiming for 10 percent shipment growth over 2023, when it shipped approximately 81 million iPhone 15 models. The upcoming ‌iPhone 16‌ models will all use next-generation A18 chip technology, which will s…

Apple Releases Third Public Beta of iOS 17.6 Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 updates to public beta testers, with the betas coming a week after the second iOS and iPadOS 17.6 public betas. Apple seeded the third betas of iOS 17.6 and iPadOS 17.6 to developers earlier this week. Public beta testers can get the beta by opening up the Settings app, go…

Apple Releases Third macOS Sonoma 14.6 Public Beta Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS 14.6 update to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its launch. Today’s public beta comes a week after Apple released the second public beta. Beta testers can opt-in through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Under Beta updates, sim…

Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Sequoia to Developers Apple today seeded the third beta of upcoming an upcoming macOS 15 Sequoia update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the second beta, which added iPhone Mirroring support. Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Note th…

Apple Users Are Keeping Their Devices for Longer as Upgrades Slow Apple users are holding onto their devices for increasingly long periods of time as upgrade cycles slow, data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) suggests. In recent years, a shift has occurred in the behavior of Apple customers, who are increasingly opting to retain their iPhones, iPads, and Macs for extended periods before upg…

Apple Intelligence Settings Visible in iOS 18 Beta 3 Simulator, But Features Still Not Available The latest beta of Apple’s app development tool Xcode allows developers to simulate an iPhone running the third beta of iOS 18, and this has led to the discovery of some Apple Intelligence settings that are not yet available. Aaron Perris and Matthew Rodarmel are among those who spotted the settings, which can be seen in the screenshots above. H…

Apple’s Cutesy New Website Pushes Apple Watch for Kids Apple is encouraging parents to purchase a cellular Apple Watch for their children with a new “Apple Watch For Your Kids” campaign, which appears to be a more informative rebranding of the Apple Watch Family Setup feature that’s been around since 2020. The Apple Watch For Your Kids website walks through how the feature works and the perks. An A…