By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Apple has sent out a survey to some Apple Watch users, not just to gauge satisfaction and ask about future features, but also to see if the public is using a smart ring like the rumored Apple Ring.Apple wants to know how you feel about Apple WatchAs the iPhone-maker’s media event looms for the iPhone 16 and Apple Watch Series 10, it is gathering information from its users on how they feel about the existing models.AppleInsider has seen some of the questions sent to owners of the wearable. The survey touches on many areas that have been rumored to of interest to Apple, such as other wearable categories, battery life, and how well the existing health features work. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Amazon’s $199 iPad 9th Generation deal has been extended into September, delivering the lowest price on record on remaining inventory.Snap up an iPad for just $199.The $199 iPad special is classified as a “limited-time deal” on Amazon, so it could end at any time.Buy for $199 Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Once again there’s a new iCloud phishing email that is so poorly done that AppleInsider readers will be able to spot it, but will be shockingly effective to some susceptible to its hysteria, its appalling grammar, and its blinding font choices.Detail from an apparently hysterical but really much more sophisticated phishing attemptYou’ve been using Apple gear for long enough that if you don’t happen to have had emails from the company, you at least know what they would be like. Or what they would not be like.Apple does not use exclamation marks. It doesn’t use one, it certainly doesn’t use two in a row. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) Oklahoma City’s Apple Penn Square employees set up shop outside the Penn Square Mall, hoping to gain public support and awareness ahead of its negotiations with Apple.Image Credit: Central OK Labor Federation (@OKCOLF on X)Apple Penn Square employees were the second store to unionize, with the employees voting to unionize in October 2022.On Tuesday, workers and union reps set up an “informational picket” at the Penn Square Mall, hoping to raise awareness of the unsatisfactory working conditions they face. The Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 6016 organized the picket. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Armchair generals can now conquer the world even faster on their Mac, with “Civilization VI” now supporting Apple Silicon.Civilization VISid Meier’s Civilization VI, also known as Civ VI has been a long-time mainstay of strategy gaming on the Mac, having been available on the platform since 2016. However, a recent change has brought the game kicking and screaming to modern times.In August, Aspyr Media released an update to the Mac App Store for the game, making it optimized for Apple Silicon. In AppleInsider’s testing of the game, it now loads about twice as fast as it did in its Intel-based release, and is much faster too, especially in the very demanding endgame. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Sponsored Content) Get around price gouging based on IP location, local restrictions, or streaming exclusivity by country by using Surfshark VPN on your iPhone, Mac or iPad to browse as if you’re anywhere in the world without leaving your couch.Surfshark VPN for iPhoneVirtual Private Networks are great for maintaining user security and privacy over an internet connection, but they have many more uses. Surfshark VPN can help you browse the web as if you’re in a different country for a variety of useful reasons.AppleInsider has already shared how Surfshark VPN is an excellent option for travel, but it’s great for when you’re at home as well. Travel to anywhere, from anywhere, using Surfshark to encrypt data and get around different IP-related issues. Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Investment firm Piper Sandler believes Apple Intelligence will not boost iPhone 16 sales at first, and an expected price hike may impact demand.Renders of a possible designs for the iPhone 16 rangeIn July 2024, Piper Sandler raised its Apple target price to $225 specifically because of Apple Intelligence. Ahead of the iPhone 16 launch, the company still believes that Apple Intelligence will be key — but not immediately.That’s because the features of Apple Intelligence will launch later in the year, rather than coming out alongside the iPhone 16 range. Then, too, the company says that it wants to see Apple do more to market the benefits of Apple Intelligence, given “the lack of a killer consumer AI app” to date. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Consecutive Apple Watch Series 10 reports from the same leaker offer conflicting details over whether the screen will be flat like it is on the Apple Watch Ultra.A render of what the Apple Watch Series 10 could look likeThere have long been rumors that the forthcoming Apple Watch Series 10 would feature a significant redesign to mark the device’s 10-year anniversary — and that it won’t. The rumors have also vacillated over whether the new watch, which might be called the Apple Watch Series X would be thicker or thinner than the current model.Now a series of leaks from Majin Bu only adds to the uncertainty. For in one leak, he or she shows an Apple Watch Series 10 screen protector, which appears to prove that the display will be flat, as on the Apple Watch Ultra. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) A new rumor says that the capacitive Capture button on the forthcoming iPhone 16 range will work regardless of whether cases include an opening for it.A dummy iPhone 16 model shows where a capacitive Capture button could goIt’s now as close to certain as it can be that the forthcoming iPhone 16 models will have a new Capture button. Expected to be partly a camera shutter button and partly a touch-sensitive control, Capture is only the second new button to be added to the iPhone in years.The first was the Action button, which was introduced to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max in 2023. That button, however, requires a cutout in iPhone cases for users to be able to press it. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Bon Adamson) No matter how long you’ve been reading, no matter how vast your vocabulary is, you’ll always find words you just don’t know from time to time. The Mac’s built-in Dictionary app makes those moments exceedingly temporary.Apple’s Dictionary app can be a robust tool in a pinch, and you don’t even have to open it to use it.Anywhere across macOS, you can figure out the meaning and pronunciation of a word within seconds of seeing it, and all barely any hassle at all. You can even do so without even fully opening the Dictionary app. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
