By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has migrated to the seventh round of developer betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2, as it prepares to make the operating systems available within weeks.Apple releases fifth developers betas for iOS 18 and the restThe seventh round arrives after the sixth, which Apple brought out on August 12. The fifth round landed on August 5, while the fourth round was issued on July 23, though Apple did roll out a minor update to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 builds on July 26.The betas are for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, tvOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, as well as visionOS 2. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Save $460 on the Babbel All Languages plan today only when you snap up this flash deal.Save $460 on Babbel today.The steeper price cut on a lifetime of Babbel is available through StackSocial, with the language learning app dropping to $139.97 on Aug. 20.Save $460 on Babbel Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) There are thousands of external computer storage cases on the market. Some are good, some are bad, and we have opinions on which are the best hard drive enclosures for Mac users.An assortment of drive enclosuresStorage is a persistent problem when it comes to buying Apple hardware. The cost of upgrading the internal storage of a Mac or MacBook can get very steep very quickly, especially when other upgrades are involved (check the latest Mac prices).To avoid nosebleed stakes when it comes to storage, there are other ways to get more capacity without paying Apple’s storage charges. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A series of promotional images for the iPhone 16 have supposedly leaked, blowing the cover off the launch of Apple’s 2024 flagship smartphones.Colors of the iPhone 16 Pro according to an image leak [X/Lakhwinder Singh]As time draws closer to when we expect the September Apple Event to happen, the rumors start to include marketing material leaks. In one post to X, a leaker claims this has happened for the iPhone 16 series.The four images posted on Saturday by Lakhwinder Singh have the appearance of marketing materials intended for China, based on the currency visible in one shot. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Even silent alerts can be audible if an Apple Watch haptic engine is too powerful, but Apple has plans to make notifications entirely private.Detail from the patent. Notice the armband and possibly an Apple Bracelet tooYou’re at a meeting and it’s time for your medication. Or you grudgingly agreed to stop by a party for ten minutes. Or you want to cheat in a card game.In each case, you need an alert or a notification that only you are aware of. Haptics are the answer, but you also know how often you’ve heard even the small haptic engine of someone’s Apple Watch going off. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon is slashing Apple Watch prices ahead of the September Apple event, resulting in the return of Prime Day pricing on multiple Series 9 and Ultra 2 styles.Amazon is blowing out Apple Watch inventory.As September inches closer, the Apple Watch deals are heating up at Amazon, with triple-digit discounts on numerous models. Pick up a Series 9 for just $299 or grab the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $699 (the latter reflecting the best Prime Day price).Latest Apple Watch sales Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) New users can now try out Apple Music for three months for free, instead of the normal one month trial. Here’s how to get the super-sized music streaming introductory offer.Apple MusicApple offers people who haven’t tried Apple Music before a free month’s trial run. In the past, this was a much lengthier three-month period, but that reduced down to one month in February 2022.One month is the norm, but there have been opportunities to benefit from a longer free trial period. Typically this has been in the form of an offer included as part of a hardware purchase. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) If you thought last week that just about every piece of personal data about you was stolen last week was bad, wait until you hear about how the passwords for the holding company were stolen too.New NPD breach exposes passwords, raising fresh security concernsIn April, cybercriminals began selling data stolen from NPD, which included names, addresses, phone numbers, and even email addresses of more than 272 million individuals, many of whom were deceased. NPD acknowledged the breach in August, attributing it to a security incident dating back to December 2023.However, the situation worsened when it was discovered that a sister site, recordscheck.net, inadvertently published administrator passwords and source code on its homepage. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Claiming a five-fold improvement in accuracy, image editing developer Pixelmator has replaced Apple’s straightening tool with its own for both Pixelmator Pro and Photomator.Photomator works across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision ProPixelmator Pro for the Mac is a regularly updated all-round image editor, while Photomator — previously called Pixelmator Photo — is more specifically for photography. Now the company has updated its photo straightening tools in updates to both apps.”Auto Straighten has been completely redesigned,” says the company, “now offering 5x more precision, particularly in images with unclear horizons and low-quality images.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple still won’t make us a touch-screen Mac, but it is at least considering adding touch-sensitive displays on just about every surface that surrounds the MacBook Pro keyboard as the next best thing.Detail from the patent showing an image of a surprised rabbit perhaps being edited using the smaller displays by the keyboardUnbelievably, it was 2016 when Apple first introduced the Touch Bar, the touch-sensitive display that sat atop MacBook Pro keyboards. For something that looked good but didn’t really catch on, it lasted a long time, too.But the end of the Touch Bar in October 2023 may not truly be its final demise. While the Touch Bar was not in any way updated during its seven years on the market, a newly-granted patent shows that it was only part of a plan to make more use of the base of a laptop. Called “Portable Computer With Dynamic Display Interface,” it describes a laptop with “a light-transmissive cover defining a first touch-sensitive input region along a first side of the keyboard and a second touch-sensitive input region along a second side of the keyboard.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
