There ain’t no AI Siri and there never was
Ladies, gentlemen, and those who identify otherwise, start your outrage engines because we may be on the cusp of a new Apple-gate! This is very exciting. We haven’t had one of these in quite some…
Apple’s 2025 roadmap is reportedly missing a major product badly in need of an update
With WWDC in Apple’s rearview mirror, we can now all turn our attention to the next round of hardware releases coming in September. We already know the iPhone 17 is on the way, but a…
If your out-of-warranty M2 Mac mini won’t turn on, Apple will fix it for free
Apple has started a service program to specifically address a problem that owners of the M2 Mac mini may be having. According to Apple, “a very small percentage” of these Mac minis have an issue…
Hey AirPods users, you can soon beta-test new features coming this fall
Amid the chaos and excitement of an Apple event, one or two interesting announcements will generally fall through the cracks and go unreported. Sure enough, one WWDC25 news item affecting the AirPods has only just…
5 popular iPhone and Mac apps in serious danger of being Sherlocked this fall
It wouldn’t be WWDC if Apple didn’t do a little stealing. In fact, Apple has such a longtime habit of introducing new software features that overlap and eventually overtake third-party Mac apps there’s even a…
Apple may be behind in AI, but it leads the industry in cringe
Much as I enjoy writing serious articles for Macworld, it’s fun from time to time to be silly. Earlier this month, for example, I wrote a fake script for the WWDC25 keynote featuring, along with…
iOS 26 developer beta updated just days after initial release
As is tradition, Apple released beta versions of its new operating systems to developers on the first day of WWDC on June 9. Beta 1 is for developers only–the public beta will begin in July,…
VirtualMacOSX.com user data exposed in breach
Cybersecurity researchers SafetyDetectives reported on Friday about a data breach involving VirtualMacOSX.com, an online provider of cloud services targeted at Mac users. The breach involves data that “belongs to 10,000 of its customers.” SafetyDetectives states…
iOS 26 will finally stop annoying misdials once and for all
Ever since I’ve been using an iPhone to make calls, I’ve been accidentally calling people. Sometimes my fingers just fumble on the call list, sometimes I’m trying to view someone’s contact card and miss, other times…
macOS Tahoe vs Sequoia:What’s different, what’s new, should you update?
At its WWDC event on 9 June 2025, Apple showed off the next version of macOS that will be making its way to desktops near you later in 2025. macOS Tahoe comes with some impressive…