Month:February 2024

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.4 update to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to test the software ahead of its launch. The third 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. …
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Apple today announced the launch of two new personalized radio stations that are available to Apple Music subscribers. The “Love” and “Heartbreak” stations come just in time for Valentine’s Day. The songs that are available through each station are tailored to each user’s taste, featuring preferred artists and similar recommendations. According to Apple, the Love …
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It has been more than three years since Apple released the AirPods Max, leading some to wonder when the over-ear headphones will be updated. Below, we outline when to expect new AirPods Max, and rumored features. Timing In an October 2023 edition of his newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman said Apple planned to release new AirPods …
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Amazon today has the first $99 discount on Apple’s AirPods Max since Black Friday, available for $449.99 in select colors, down from $549.00. Most models can deliver as soon as February 16 with Prime delivery, but others have slipped into a late February delivery estimate. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these …
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Apple has still not fixed a bug in macOS that causes the audio balance to drift on Macs under certain conditions, despite having acknowledged the issue almost 12 years ago. A developer named Fabian highlighted the problem today in a post on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that Apple “still has not fixed the audio left/right …
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Apple has made another addition to its growing AI repertoire with the creation of a tool that leverages large language models (LLMs) to animate static images based on a user’s text prompts. MacRumors image made with DALL·E Apple describes the innovation in a new research paper titled “Keyframer: Empowering Animation Design Using Large Language Models.“ …
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today compared the Apple Vision Pro to the $500 Meta Quest 3 in an Instagram video, and provided several reasons why he thinks Meta’s headset is better than Apple’s. According to Zuckerberg, the Quest 3 is better “for the vast majority of things that people use mixed reality for,” and here …
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A vision testing app named “Kimi” with a not-so-hidden pirated movie feature recently made its way past Apple’s review team, ultimately reaching number eight on the list of top free entertainment apps. As reported by The Verge, Kimi’s App Store listing claimed that it was an app that “tests your eyesight,” but when downloaded and …
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There are more than 1,000 apps available for the Vision Pro, Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak said today. There are also more than 1.5 million iPad apps that are compatible with the Vision Pro and that are able to run on the device. When the Vision Pro launched, Apple said there were more than 600 …
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Apple is losing yet another longtime industrial design team members, reports Bloomberg. Bart Andre, who has been with Apple for over 30 years, is set to retire this year. Andre joined Apple in 1992 alongside Jony Ive, and he is one of the last remaining design team members that worked with Ive to establish the …
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