By news@appleinsider.com (Christine McKee) Holiday Apple deals are ramping up on Amazon, and this loaded M3 MacBook Air makes one excellent gift at the lowest price on record.Get the lowest price ever on a loaded MacBook Air – Image credit: AppleWhether you’re picking up the M3 MacBook Air 13-inch for yourself or a loved one, this loaded spec is sure to please thanks to an upgrade to 24GB unified memory and 512GB of storage. At $1,299, which is $200 off retail, it also delivers the lowest price on record since Apple increased the base amount of RAM in the M3 Air to 16GB last month.Buy for $1,299 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew Orr) “The Weeknd: Open Hearts”, an immersive music experience available exclusively on Apple Vision Pro has debuted, along with a premiere date for the Concert for One series.A concert from The Weeknd is coming to Apple Vision Pro. Image credit: AppleIn Open Hearts, viewers follow The Weeknd on a journey through a surreal cityscape. Fans can reserve an Apple Vision Pro demo at Apple Stores starting November 15. The experience is also available at no cost via the Apple TV app on the Vision Pro.Directed by Anton Tammi, Open Hearts draws heavy inspiration from the skyline of downtown Los Angeles, creating a surreal urban landscape for The Weeknd’s journey. Tammi previously directed the music video for Hurry Up Tomorrow’s lead single, “Dancing In the Flames,” shot entirely on the iPhone 16 Pro Max and edited on a Mac. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple’s environmental credentials have been praised, as it has scored the highest among retailers in the U.S. and Canada for removing hazardous chemicals and plastics.Apple logo in trees – Image credit: AppleThe 2024 Retailer Report Card from Toxic-Free Future has taken a look into the environmental practices of retailers in North America. Specifically, it looks into how companies are working to protect customers from toxic chemicals and reducing plastic.In the 2024 results, Apple tops the list with a score of 84%, making it the only company to score an “A” grade. Sephora is second with 69%, with Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Target following with 65%. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has announced the opening of Apple La Vaguada, in north Madrid, marking the city’s fifth store and its first in ten years.Custom wallpaper for the new Apple La Vaguada in Madrid — image credit: AppleJust over a decade on from the opening of its Apple Puerto del Sol store, Apple is adding a new retail location around 10 miles away. The new store is located on the top floor of Madrid’s La Vaguada Shopping Center, on the Avenue de Monforte de Lemos.Apple revealed the store with a new Apple Store webpage for it, which says it will open on Friday, November 28, 2024. “Let’s do cool things,” says the new store page, in translation. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple will be bringing back “Mythic Quest” to Apple TV+ for its fourth season in the new year, with spin-off series “Side Quest” to air right after its conclusion.Mythic Quest – Image credit: Apple TV+Arriving over three years after Apple renewed the show, “Mythic Quest” is finally nearing the release of its fourth season. It’s also going to bring along its spin-off, renamed “Side Quest” from the original title “Mere Mortals.”The main show, “Mythic Quest,” will start from January 29 with two new episodes, reports Variety. One new episode will be released every week, until it ends on March 26. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) All it takes is cracking open your Mac Studio and voiding your warranty, but it’s been proven that you can upgrade to 8TB SSD for less than half what Apple charges.Upgrading Mac Studio — image credit: PolysoftNow may not be the best time to buy a Mac Studio, since it’s likely that an M5 version may be just a few months away. But it is never, not ever, the right time to pay Apple’s SSD upgrade prices because they are so very much overpriced.You just may not have to. We’ll have to see what happens when this gets out into the hands of more users, but a successful Kickstarter campaign by Polysoft was offering SSD upgrades for both the M1 and M2 models of the Mac Studio. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) OWC has released the Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 SSD, an external drive that takes advantage of the M4 Pro and M4 Max Mac’s connections.OWC Envoy UltraAs part of its M4 Mac upgrades, Apple upgraded some of the ports on its M4 Pro and M4 Max models to use Thunderbolt 5. Following a preorder period, OWC has now started to ship a drive that takes advantage of the increased amount of bandwidth.The OWC Envoy Ultra is a Thunderbolt 5-based portable SSD, claimed to be the first in the world. Taking advantage of the massive bandwidth of Thunderbolt 5, it can transfer data to and from a Mac at speeds exceeding 6,000MB/s. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Google is increasing the competition with Siri and Apple Intelligence on iPhone, by releasing a standalone iOS app for Gemini.Google GeminiGoogle’s Gemini has been available to use for some time on the iPhone, but as part of the main Google app. Now, Gemini is available as its own standalone app for iOS, and is being framed even more as a personal AI assistant.In an official blog post, Google explains that the app offers something called Gemini Live, a version of the assistant offering “free-flowing conversations.” Using Live, users can have a back-and-forth conversation with Gemini, complete with the ability to interrupt mid-response, or to pause a conversation to pick it up later. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) The UK’s “Which?” consumer group and publication is to sue Apple over what it claims is the company’s anti-competitive way of locking users into paying for iCloud storage.Apple’s iCloud promo — image credit: AppleIt’s not the first lawsuit against Apple over iCloud storage, and the company’s free 5G has certainly been aggravating for many years. Now Which? has announced what it describes as a landmark legal claim over Apple’s “rip-off prices” for iCloud.”We believe Apple customers are owed nearly 3 billion pounds [$3.8 billion] as a result of the tech giant forcing its iCloud services on customers and cutting off competition from rival services,” said Anabel Hoult, Which? CEO, in a statement. “By bringing this claim, Which? is showing big corporations like Apple that they cannot rip off UK consumers without facing repercussions.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) The release of iOS 18 brought a number of new features to Apple’s Journal app, including the new ability to search and sort entries.Some of the many new features that came to the Journal app in iOS 18. Image credit: AppleApple’s Journal app was originally introduced in December 2023 alongside iOS 17. In October 2024, it received its first major update, as part of the iOS 18 upgrade.There’s new support for noting one’s state of mind, if desired, along with the ability to print individual entries, and more. The biggest new addition to Journal in iOS 18, though, is the arrival of search and sort functionality. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
