It’s time for Apple to hit this reset button
In the interest of an abundance of safety, the Macalope believes it’s time to shut down the App Store until we can figure out what’s going on. It is the year 2024. The Bell Riots…
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Apple is up to its old tricks again–will they work this time?
Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a…
Good bad news for Apple: The iPad Pro is soaring—and killing other iPads
Is the iPad dead? No, or at least not yet. And a new report suggests Apple’s tablet strategy is getting more things right than wrong. CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) has posted to Substack an…
Apple updates terms and fees for EU apps that link to external payments
Earlier this year, Apple complied with Europe’s new Digital Markets Act and its requirement to allow for app distribution outside the App Store, along with letting developers use outside payment methods by enacting a complex…
Macworld Podcast: Apple Intelligence early impressions
The first set of Apple Intelligence features was released to developers! What features are available? And what’s it like to use them? We’re talking about our early impressions of Apple Intelligence on this episode of…
Apple releases iOS 17.6.1 to fix Advanced Data Protection bug
Advanced Data Protection is a feature introduced in iOS 16.2 that brought end-to-end encryption to nearly all iCloud features, seriously raising the privacy and security of Apple’s cloud services. Apparently there’s a serious bug with…
Apple to patch decades-old ‘0.0.0.0 Day’ vulnerability in upcoming Safari update
Apple, along with Google, will be addressing a browser security vulnerability that’s been around for nearly 20 years, according to a report by Forbes (paid subscription required). The breach is being presented by cybersecurity firm…
TV Streamer is the most Apple device Google has ever made
If you’re looking for a cheap 4K streaming device, you can’t do much better than the Chromecast with Google TV. Available for $50 with 4K HDR and Dolby Atmos in a tidy design that plugs…
Check your mail, because Apple may send you a $395 check this week
Apple’s switch to its own chips in 2020 didn’t just deliver greater speed and efficiency to the MacBook lineup. It also brought the 16-inch model’s Magic Keyboard to the rest of the lineup, closing the…
Apple Watch SE to get ‘more kid-friendly’ with plastic redesign
Back in early July, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman started a rumor that Apple planned to make its next Apple Watch SE in plastic. Which seemed like an intriguing but odd notion… until this month, when…