By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) The accessibility setting for AirPods, called headphone accommodations, is now available in macOS Sequoia, enabling more control over playback.Headphone accommodations are coming to macOS SequoiaApple added headphone accommodations to iOS 14 in 2020, and it finally arrived in macOS Sequoia. The feature helps users choose precisely how incoming audio can sound based on different control options.The menu can be found in Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio -> Headphone Accommodations. Users can manually tweak each section or go through a setup genie to find the right settings with audio playback. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) If you’re thinking about getting a wrist tattoo, your Apple Watch may not be able to detect your pulse — but it’s fixable with some money and pain.An Apple Watch could have trouble with a user’s tattoosThe Apple Watch, like many other wrist wearables, relies on light to gather data points about a user’s heart activity. However, users with tattoos on their wrist can sometimes find that the sensor doesn’t work all the time.In a post to TikTok, a person is seen undergoing a laser tattoo removal procedure on their wrist. A tattoo sleeve covers the wrist, which causes the Apple Watch sensor to fail. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is reportedly testing ways to make it a lot easier for users to remove the glue holding down the battery in the iPhone, with a report suggesting the new tech may arrive as soon as the iPhone 16.Pulling a battery out of an iPhoneLike many mobile devices, the battery in the iPhone is a very difficult to service element. In the majority of cases, owners have to submit their iPhones to Apple or authorized repair centers to switch a worn battery for a new one.With a large amount of components to remove to access it, as well as adhesives, the battery is quite difficult to replace normally. A user can do so via a self-service repair, but that still requires the rental of specialized tools from Apple itself. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (David Schloss) Apple is researching how to bring the simplicity and security of biometrically protected passwords to real-world objects like bike locks, door codes, safes, and more with the help of iPhone or Apple Vision Pro.Apple’s tech could allow for at-a-glance combination code access and guidance.In this patent Apple has plans to tackle the problem of having to remember real-world combination lock codes, door security codes, and more. The patent describes a process of simply looking at a physical object, seeing associated codes, and unlocking steps stored on the device.Point an iPad or iPhone at the device, or simply look at it with an Apple Vision Pro or an iPhone using the upcoming iOS 18 glance detection feature called Eye Tracking, and the correct combination and instructions on unlocking it will appear. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Best Buy Plus and Total members can save up to $600 on Apple products and more through the end of June.Best Buy’s Member Deal Days ends Sunday.Best Buy’s Member Deals Days sale, which ends Sunday, offers savings on thousands of items at Best Buy in addition to free 2-day shipping — and there are a number of deals on Apple products to snap up.Shop the sale Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) New research that suggests the future “iPhone Fold” could have a stretchable display on the outside, instead of one that just folds. Here’s how Apple thinks it can be done.An iPad showing one illustration of a stretchable disolayApple is lagging behind other smartphone firms by not yet having an iPhone Fold, but it keeps trying — and reportedly has a couple of prototypes. What it also has, though, is a slew of other devices that could benefit from a screen that’s more flexible than usual.It’s already been reported that a foldable iPad could replace the iPad mini in 2026. And Apple is looking at making a foldable MacBook Pro. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities took part in a two-week program about the creative arts, made possible by Apple’s Racial Equality and Justice Initiative.Students taking part in the two-week music programOriginally surfacing in June, the program from the Propel Center provided 50 students selected from 19 HBCUs with a ten-day experience. The “What’s Your Superpower?” course helped to empower students to embrace their authentic selves through their future careers.Based on the campuses of Tennessee State University in Nashville and Clark Atlanta University, the students were given mentorship from the HBCU faculty, as well as industry professionals in creative and executive roles. Explained in an Apple profile of the course on Thursday, the students also worked with experts at the Apple Music Nashville office. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) US users travelling overseas are sporadically unable to use the internet or even make calls on their iPhones, due to what appears to be a massive, global outage for the major carriers.An AT&T logo on a buildingIn February 2024, AT&T had an outage in the US — and later paid a miserly $5 compensation to users. Now there’s an outage for the rest of the world, and it’s affecting users on T-Mobile and Verizon as well as AT&T.Every American traveling in Europe right now with #Verizon is waking up unable to order an Uber, check banking, log in to their bank, use Google Maps, call a friend or hotel — ANYTHING — massive global roaming outage. Dangerous. Zero comms from Verizon. HELP @StateDept @cnnbrk— Nick Ponton (@nickponton) June 27, 2024 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Marko Zivkovic) A serious Apple Pay malfunction appears to have arisen in Hungary. Multiple Apple Pay users in the country have reported unexplained charges in rapid succession.Users of Apple Pay in Hungary are currently experiencing unexplained chargesUsers are reportedly seeing multiple transactions despite making no purchases, with one user experiencing 74 unexplained transactions one after another totaling well over $1,500 USD. These charges seem to be linked to previously canceled subscriptions, and some of them match the amounts of previous App Store purchases made by the user.First reported by MacRumors, the problem appears to have impacted all major banks operating within Hungary. According to multiple different news sites from the country, banks are overwhelmed with requests from customers to resolve issues caused by the mysterious malfunction. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Marko Zivkovic) Internally, Apple engineers rely on a dedicated app to view, manage, and toggle in-development features and user interface elements within pre-release versions of new operating systems. Here’s what the app is called and what it can do.Livability is an internal app used by Apple engineers to manage new featuresAn essential internal-use application known as Livability lets the company’s software engineers keep track of individual operating system features and test devices as a whole. It can be found in InternalUI builds of iOS, a specialized variant of the iPhone’s operating system that’s used internally for software development.The application itself is a core component of Apple’s pre-release operating systems. With Livability, Apple’s software development and engineering teams can enable, disable, and debug upcoming features to make sure they are fully functional before their inevitable release to the general public. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
