By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) Thieves are exploiting stolen tracking data to intercept iPhone deliveries the moment they arrive.iPhone 15 modelsThe holiday season is a time for giving — but it’s also prime time for thieves. Reports reveal an alarming rise in package thefts, with $12 billion worth of goods, stolen from porches in 2024, affecting approximately 58 million Americans.High-value items like iPhones are often prime targets. These thieves have developed sophisticated tactics, using stolen tracking information to intercept deliveries right off doorsteps. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Owners of Apple’s newest Mac models running M4 chips aren’t able to run older versions of macOS in a virtual machine, thanks to a mystery booting issue.MacBooks running older versions of macOSRunning a virtual machine with older generations of macOS can have its uses, ranging from security and development to simply being able to run software that won’t work with newer macOS versions. However, there seems to be a problem when it comes to using a virtual machine in this way on an M4 chip.Detailed by the Eclectic Light Co. and pointed out by Csaba Fitzl, issues have been found when trying to run macOS versions released before macOS 13.4 Ventura in a virtual machine on an M4 Mac. On an M1, M2, or M3-generation Mac, there is no issue, as it only happens on the M4. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has reportedly told its various recruitment partners to cease putting conditions about marital status and other issues in job ads for the company.One of several Foxconn manufacturing facilities in India — image credit: FoxconnFoxconn was first accused of discrimination in June 2024. The company’s chair, Young Liu, then tried evading questions about the issue, but India’s government demanded answers.Now according to Reuters, Foxconn has capitulated and has ordered its recruitment agencies to cease discrimination. Foxconn had previously admitted to discrimination around 2022, but denied it was still happening. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Users who haven’t got around to buying Apple’s short Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter after eight years are now out of luck, as the iPhone 7 accessory appears to be discontinued.Apple’s Lightning EarPods and (top) the adapter for users of older EarPods.Apple’s Phil Schiller may have described the iPhone 7’s dropping of the headphone jack as being “courageous,” but the company wasn’t brave enough to completely kill off wired headphones. Instead, it simultaneously launched a short, stubby Lightning to 3.5mm adaptor, and included it in the box for the iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X and XS models.Launched in September 2016, this adapter has now been available to buy for $9 until now, eight years later. Now it’s showing as sold out in the US and most other online Apple Stores. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple is said to be considering making a television set, over a decade after it abandoned that idea in favor of creating the Apple TV set top box.An “Apple television” has been rumored for more than 15 years.It’s one of the famous Steve Jobs stories, a claim relayed by biographer Walter Isaacson, which Jobs said he had figured out television. “I finally cracked it,” he said in 2010, adding that his Apple TV set would be “completely easy to use.”Now according to Bloomberg, Apple may yet be having another go at fulfilling that ambition. As yet it’s no more than a vague rumor, but Apple is said to be once again evaluating the idea. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) India’s Tata Electronics is reportedly buying a 60 percent stake in Taiwan-based Pegatron’s only India iPhone facility, strengthening Tata’s position as Apple’s main supplier partner in the country.Tata has reportedly bought a controlling stake in a former Pegatron iPhone plant — image credit: PegatronPegatron and the Tata Group have been negotiating since at least April 2024. This plant, which has some 10,000 employees and helps make five million iPhones annually, will give Tata its third iPhone factory in India, according to Reuters.Tata previously bought out a Wistron iPhone assembly facility in the southern state of Karnataka. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple’s AirTags will get its first-ever hardware update a new report claiming the tracked will gain finer location accuracy.Next-generation Apple AirTags will look the same, but feature improved range and location tracking.Backing up previous reports, Apple is said to be preparing an updated AirTag which is planned to be released in 2025.According to Bloomberg the updated model is codenamed B589. It’s said to have reached the manufacturing test phase, ahead of what will probably be a mid-2025 release. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) These early Black Friday deals are providing shoppers with an opportunity to pick up an iPad for the entire family at up to $1,000 off.Weekend flash deals offer up to $1,000 off iPads.Amazon, Best Buy and B&H are all fighting for your business this holiday season with early Black Friday deals across Apple’s entire iPad lineup. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple executives believe that by designing their own Apple Silicon chips and AI, the company now has a significant advantage over traditional chipmakers that have to cater to a wide range of markets and customers.Apple is outpacing the rate of overall industry progress with its M-series chips. Image credit: AppleApple’s Vice President of Mac Product Marketing Tom Boger and Vice President of Platform Architecture Tim Millet talked about the new M4 line of chips used in recent Apple product updates in an interview with The Indian Express. The company believes doing its own chip design gives it “a tremendous strategic advantage, said Millet.”We are not a merchant silicon company,” he added in encapsulating Apple’s advantage. “We do not build chips and sell them to other [companies].” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A GoFundMe account is accepting donations to help a Wichita, Kansas woman who fell for a common online scam that began with a text message to her iPhone.Scam callers, texts, messages, and website pop-ups are not always obvious.Shawna Perdue lost over $5,500 after falling for a ploy from scammers pretending to be “Apple Security.” According to local news station KWCH, she first received a text message claiming that her Apple ID had been used to make a purchase, and if she did not make that purchase to call a certain number.This is a con that works by volume — countless people will have received the same text. Even though only a small proportion will ring the number provided, it’s enough that the scam is profitable. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
