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2024 may be winding down, but things are still busy in the Apple universe as the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear with massive deals while we’re also tracking a number of rumors about upcoming Apple products. This week also saw several operating system updates from Apple to address some security issues, so read …
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Apple is working on a new Home accessory that is designed to serve as a central hub or “Command Center” for smart home management. The Apple TV and the HomePod are already home hubs and almost all Apple devices can control a HomeKit setup, but Apple is designing an all-in-one home management product to make …
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Repair site iFixit today shared a teardown video of the M4 Pro MacBook Pro, giving us a look inside of the machine. Apple didn’t make any external design changes to the ‌MacBook Pro‌ models, but iFixit was hopeful for repairability improvements. Unfortunately, the M4 Pro ‌MacBook Pro‌ that iFixit took apart was almost identical to …
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Apple this week expanded Tap to Pay on iPhone to New Zealand, which means independent sellers, small businesses, and other merchants in the country can use an ‌iPhone‌ as a contactless payment terminal. With Tap to Pay on ‌iPhone‌, an ‌iPhone‌ is able to accept payment using Apple Pay, contactless credit and debit cards, and …
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Next year’s iPhone 17 and all-new “iPhone 17 Air” will not have a 5x optical zoom lens, according to Korean publication The Elec (via 9to5Mac). The report said the tetraprism camera system that enables 5x optical zoom will remain exclusive to the Pro models in next year’s iPhone lineup, meaning that it would only be …
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Apple today began selling certified refurbished iPad 10 models through its online store in the U.S. for the first time since the device was released in October 2022. Apple lowered the iPad 10’s starting price to $349 in the U.S. in May, and the refurbished models are discounted by an additional 15%, bringing the starting …
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On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show, we talk through some of the biggest changes in our personal Apple ecosystems this month. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos We discuss alterations in behavior motivated by the likes of AirPods malfunctions, better library management in music streaming services, the iPhone 16 …
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As someone who regularly uses my M4 iPad Pro as an extended Mac display via Sidecar and often plays around with Apple’s Universal Control feature, finding the perfect iPad stand that will sit pretty on my constrained desk space has become something of a hobby. With this in mind, KUXIU’s Pro MAX line of magnetic …
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Apple has encouraged its display panel suppliers to scale up their investments in laptop-sized OLED displays, Taiwanese research firm TrendForce said in a press release this week. This revelation comes as Apple prepares to launch its first MacBook Pro models with OLED displays, which are likely still a few years away. In line with previous …
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