With iOS 18, loving your iPhone is a real chore
It’s fair to say that iOS 18 is more highly customizable than any prior release. The big personalized lock screen update of iOS 16 definitely let us add some personality to our iPhones, but that’s…
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Do Apple’s iOS charging limits actually do anything for battery health?
With the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, Apple added a new battery management feature where users can charge those phones to a maximum of 80 percent instead of 100. It’s also possible to view…
How to use new Messages text effects and formatting in macOS Sequoia and iOS 18
Apple added a new kind of effect in Messages in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 18 that let you apply basic styling to selections, like bold or underline, and animate text with effects. These…
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 18.0.1 to fix launch bugs and M4 iPad support
Apple has issued an unusually-timed iOS update to fix a few critical iOS 18 launch bugs. The iOS 18.0.1 version was released on a Thursday afternoon–very unusual for Apple OS releases–and it fixes a few…
Macworld Podcast: Your hot takes on the iPhone 16, iOS 18’s Photos, and more
On this week’s episode of the Macworld Podcast it’s all about your hot takes! You have thoughts and we’re going to share and respond to what you wrote. This episode we’re focusing on comments about the…
How to downgrade iOS on iPhone: Revert from iOS 18 to iOS 17
Apple updates iOS every year without fail, bestowing upon our iPhones a range of new features and security improvements as well as the occasional redesign. In September 2024 iOS 18 made its debut. Most iPhone…
iOS 18: Latest version, features, latest beta, bugs, compatibility
Even if you’re not planning to buy one of the new iPhones, your existing iPhone (XR and later) can now get a bunch of new features following the release of iOS 18. Among the new…
PSA: Link-sharing bug in iOS 18 Messages can cause iPhone crashes, data loss
iPhone owners who have installed Apple’s new iOS 18 software update should be warned: There’s a Messages bug that can cause crashes and may even result in the loss of valuable data. One of 9to5Mac’s…
iOS 18 is missing more than just Apple Intelligence
Look, I’m not ungrateful. But the truth remains that nothing stokes the imagination of what Apple could do with its products more than the release of its latest hardware and software. As iOS, iPadOS, macOS,…
Macworld Podcast: Why you should bother with iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and more
New major releases of Apple’s operating systems are available, but should you even bother? We talk about iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and why you should update now or wait, in this episode of…