By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) An early Black Friday deal on the Costco Gold Star or Executive membership offers new members a free $45 Shop Card just in time for holiday shopping.Get a $45 Costco Shop card with this membership deal.Whether you’re looking to pick up a new monitor for the 2024 M4 Mac mini or are eager to finally commit to an OLED TV to pair with your Apple TV 4K, this Costco membership deal has you covered.Get the Costco deal Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Wesley Hilliard) Apple CFO Luca Maestri has been with Apple since 2013, and his last, incredibly uneventful, earnings call was Thursday’s.Apple CFO Luca Maestri is stepping downWe’ve been hearing Maestri’s voice on quarterly earnings calls for over a decade, but he is stepping down from the role. Kevan Parekh is taking over as CFO and will be present at the next quarterly earnings call.Maestri may not be a keynote presenter or a known personality like other Apple leadership members. In fact, he’s effectively spent his entire career at Apple as a relatively unknown entity besides his voice and name — yep, we only have that one photo of him. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Tim Cook has revealed that the adoption rate of iOS 18.1 is far faster than it was for iOS 17.1 at the same time in 2023.Tim Cook and the Apple Intelligence icon — image credit: AppleJust ahead of its latest earnings call, Tim Cook has announced that the first indications of Apple Intelligence’s success have come from the increased rate of updates.”A really early stat, which is only three days worth of data,” he told CNBC, “but users are adopting iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted 17.1 in the year ago quarter.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple has reported its results for the fourth quarter of 2024, with revenue of $94.93 beating Wall Street expectations mostly on the strength of iPhone sales.Apple CEO Tim Cook [left] and outgoing CFO Luca Maestri [right]The final quarter of Apple’s fiscal year, Thursday saw Apple release its results for the three-month period that concluded at the end of September. As the end-of-year results, it was also the opportunity for Apple to report its full-year results.In the fourth quarter, Apple achieved $94.93 billion in revenue, up from the $89.5 billion it reported in Q4 2023. The earnings per share was also declared at $1.64. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) There’s no doubt about it — buying a new MacBook Pro in full every two years can get expensive. But with this subscription service, it’s easy to get the latest technology (and enjoy the peace of mind of having AppleCare included) for a low monthly fee.Get low monthly payments with option to upgrade every 2 years – Image credit: UpgradedIf you’re like me and want to upgrade your Mac regularly, it’s worth checking out GetUpgraded.com, a service operating similarly to Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program, but for MacBooks.Check out the service Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The iPhone 17 and other late 2025 Apple devices will feature the company’s own Wi-Fi 7 chips as part of a longterm move away from third-party suppliers.Broadcom offices — image credit: BroadcomIt’s long been documented that Apple is working to replace Qualcomm’s 5G modems with its own design, but now a new report says it’s doing the same with Wi-Fi. Previously, it was rumored that Apple was aiming to drop Broadcom’s Wi-Fi processors, but now analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says it will happen with the iPhone 17.Broadcom currently supplies over 300 million Wi-Fi+BT chips (hereafter referred to as Wi-Fi chips) per year to Apple. However, Apple will rapidly reduce its reliance on Broadcom. With new products in 2H25 (e.g., iPhone 17), Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi chips, which will be— (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) October 31, 2024 Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) This Samsung deal not only discounts the popular M8 monitor by 43%, but it also includes a free 2TB T9 portable SSD valued at $219.99.Get extreme bundle savings on the Samsung M8 monitor & T9 SSD – Image credit: SamsungThe special bundle deal from Samsung is a great way to upgrade your home office setup by expanding your screen real estate and storage.Get the bundle deal Continue Reading on AppleInsider
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) It has been over five years since Apple launched the last Intel iMac. This is how much of an upgrade you would get with a thoroughly-modern M4 24-inch iMac.M4 24-inch iMac [left], 21.5-inch Intel iMac [right]Apple’s self-designed chip initiative, Apple Silicon, has been around for quite a few years. Introduced in 2020, Apple Silicon has systematically replaced all of Apple’s Intel-based Mac models with versions using its own design of processor.The iMac saw its last Intel release in 2019, a time when Apple continued to use an older iMac design.Two years later, Apple changed the game by not only bringing out an Apple Silicon iMac, but one that was radically redesigned. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) CEO Tim Cook says that Apple intends to donate to relief efforts in Valencia, Spain after the area experienced catastrophic flooding.Tim CookFollowing heavy rainfall that struck Valencia, Spain, the region experienced what may be the deadliest flooding in modern Spanish history. More than a year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours, destroying bridges and buildings and resulting in at least 95 deaths in the area.In response, Cook said the company would help fund relief efforts on the ground. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Following the news that the New Mac mini has its power button on the underside, fans with 3D printers have been proposing how to make it more accessible.A power lever for the new Mac mini — image credit: Ivan KuleshovThe first of what just might become a wave of Mac minipower button tools have begun to spread across social media, but maybe the archetype of them all is from engineer Ivan Kuleshov. He previously redesigned the Magic Mouse so that it got a charging port on the front.Believe it will work pic.twitter.com/dZkYFAPDik— Ivan Kuleshov (@Merocle) October 30, 2024 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
