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Apple Card has three features that make it a go-to favorite for me
Apple Card launched nearly six years ago, and in some ways it still feels odd that the iPhone maker offers its own credit card. But here are three Apple Card features that help make it my no-brainer favorite to this day.
#1: Monthly installments for Apple products
Apple Card automatically offers the chance...
Apple unveils iOS 19 accessibility features: Magnifier for Mac, App Store labels, more
Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year’s new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. The features come as Apple celebrates 40 years of accessibility innovation, with the company originally opening its office of disability in 1985.
“At Apple,...
macOS 16 set for major clipboard privacy update, mirroring iOS alerts and adding new controls
Apple has updated the AppKit documentation to inform developers about a significant change coming to the macOS pasteboard, the system-level mechanism for transferring data between applications and Apple devices.
Here’s how it’s going to work:
Currently, macOS apps can programmatically read from the pasteboard (Apple’s term for the clipboard) without the user’s knowledge or...
M4 MacBook Pro might be one of the first worthy upgrades for Apple Silicon Mac users
Last October, Apple announced the M4 MacBook Pro. On the surface, it looks like yet another MacBook Pro spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older 14″ MacBook Pro.
Why M4?
There’s recently been a pretty big flip in MacBook Pro pricing, which...
Rumor Replay: Major new iPhone leaks for 2026 and beyond
This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: major leaks for iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 18 Pro, a new Air ‘Max’ size, and more spanning 2026 and beyond. Here are this week’s Apple rumors.
iPhone 18 release...
Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls
Apple is going to add AI search providers to the Safari browser on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Bloomberg reports Apple SVP Eddy Cue made the disclosure in court testimony today, stating “we will add them to the list — they probably won’t be the default” in reference to providers like Perplexity and...
iOS 18.5 release candidate now available with release notes
Apple has released iOS 18.5 release candidate 1. The pre-release iPhone and iPad software update has been light on features, although there are some small changes. This version is the first to include release notes from Apple.
What’s new in iOS 18.5?
Changes so far include tweaks to Apple Mail categories and profile pictures.
iOS 18.5...
Apple announces new 2025 Apple Watch Pride band, watch face, and wallpaper
Apple has revealed the 2025 Pride Edition Sport Band, watch face, and iPhone and iPad wallpaper. The new band is available to order today. The watch face and wallpapers are coming in watchOS 11.5 and iOS 18.5.
The watch band follows a tradition of making unique, limited edition bands—not just from...
Apple to shake up iPhone release calendar with base iPhone 18 launch in spring 2027, six months after Pro models
Corroborating The Information reporting from over the weekend, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has laid out his predictions for the next few years of iPhone launches in a post on Craft today. Most notably, Apple will move away from releasing all of its flagship phones at the same time in the fall, a rigid...
Apple CEO Tim Cook thanks Trump for focus on US chip manufacturing
Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared virtually at a gathering of business executives this week to celebrate President Trump’s first 100 days in office. “I wanna take a moment to recognize President Trump’s focus on domestic semiconductor manufacturing, and we will continue to work with the administration as we invest in these areas,”...