Apple’s latest iOS update brings battery management routines including throttling phones that have chemically depleted batteries to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X, though the company is optimistic most people won’t notice any difference.
The developers behind the popular image editing application Pixelmator are planning to release a new iPad app, Pixelmator Photo, which aims to provide all of the tools needed to perform desktop-class alterations to photographs on Apple’s tablet.
Analysts have offered more opinions on Tuesday’s Apple special event, with J.P. Morgan and Rosenblatt Securities issuing generally positive notes to investors about the refreshed MacBook Air and Mac mini, but were more enthused about the prospects of the new iPad Pro.
On this special episode of the AppleInsider Podcast, Victor and Daniel Eran Dilger talk through Apple’s Brooklyn ‘There’s More in the Making’ event. Dan was on site to talk to us all about the new products, and his hands-on impressions of them.
You asked for it and you got it, now let’s see if you buy it. The new Mac mini is a fine machine but it’s time to find out whether its fans are numerous or just disproportionately loud versus the market it is aimed at.
In a rare concession that Facebook’s messaging services are threatened by an industry stalwart, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Apple’s iMessage is leading Messenger and WhatsApp in key markets like the U.S.
Apple’s new dual SIM feature, available with iPhone XS and XR models, was activated with iOS 12.1 on Tuesday, but the three biggest cellular carriers in the U.S. are not supporting the feature at launch.
Apple is typically loath to reveal processor parts numbers in releasing new Mac hardware, and the company followed that trend when it unveiled the 2018 MacBook Air on Tuesday. Cross-referencing part specifications with Intel’s ARK database, however, suggests the thin-and-light is powered by a just-announced Intel processor from the same family rumored to show up in the MacBook line.
It appears Apple has another software issue on its hands with the release of watchOS 5.1, as a small number of Apple Watch owners are reporting the update renders their device useless.
The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and Vega 20, two new graphics configurations the 15-inch MacBook Pro will have starting from November, stand to offer considerable performance upgrades on the previous generation, including the use of compact HBM2 memory.