By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) A new report suggests that the actual launch date for iOS 18.2 will be the first week of December, featuring new graphics tools including Image Playground and Genmoji.iOS 18.2 will focus on graphics tools that leverage Apple Intelligence.The Bloomberg report backs up some previous claims of an early December launch. comes from Bloomberg, and is Expected in the next update to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is the arrival of a few more marquee features of Apple Intelligence that Apple initially showcased in June 2024 at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference.Beta testing for iOS 18.2 is currently underway, though developers are having to join a waitlist for access to the forthcoming graphics features. In addition to the Image Playground image generator and Genmoji custom emoji engine, testers will also be working with Image Wand and ChatGPT integration. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has determined that “a very small percentage” of iPhone 14 Plus units have a rear camera issue, and has launched a repair program to fix it.Some iPhone 14 Plus units have an issue that affects the rear camera of the device.The company says that iPhone 14 Plus units manufactured between April 10 and April 28 of last year may have an issue with the rear camera. The problem prevents the device from showing a preview of the image when a photo is taken.Apple has launched a web page detailing the issue, and it allows users check their iPhone 14 Plus serial number to determine if they are eligible. If a unit is affected by the issue, Apple will fix the problem for free, regardless of the phone’s warranty status. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Apple has dropped the price of the 2024 Major League Soccer season pass from $14.99 to free for Apple TV+ subscribers, or $9.99 for non-subscribers.The 2024 MLS Season Pass has been reduced as the season winds down. Image credit: AppleAs the 2024 season winds down, Apple is offering both the remaining matches as well as interviews, previous games, and other features for the remainder of the season. There has been a lot of focus on Lionel Messi’s debut US season, along with other stars like Riqui Puig.Apple previously made a surprise offer to make Messi’s first MLS playoff debut free on Apple TV+ for both subscribers and non-subscribers on October 25. Messi plays for Inter Miami CF, and his presence is said to have doubled subscriptions to the MLS Season Pass compared to the previous year. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Gaming on the iPod barely predates the iPhone’s arrival in 2007, but fans have launched a project to be sure they can still play the games into the future.The first Apple mobile gaming device: the click-wheel iPod.An iPod fan going by the name Quix discovered a small loophole Apple’s digital rights management protection (DRM) for iPod games: they could back up their iPod games manually on a second copy of iTunes on a different machine. They then used this method to back up their own 19 iPod clickwheel games.In discussions about his discovery with a user in France going by Olsro in a iPod fan group on Discord, the pair started the iPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project. Olsro created a “communitarian virtual machine that anyone can use to sync auth[orized] clickwheel games into their iPod” using the Qemu emulator. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) The US National Labor Relations Board is again accusing Apple management of illegally deterring employee discussions of pay and bias issues, part of a general anti-union campaign by the iPhone maker.Apple has faced numerous employee allegations across 2024.In addition to a raft of ongoing complaints, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel said that Apple forced engineer Cher Scarlett to quit the company. She claims she faced pressure to leave after she attempted to post an online survey about pay, experience levels, and other Apple employee information.The board also accuses Apple of barring workers from creating a channel in the workplace messaging app Slack to discuss pay inequities and performance incentives. Apple has rebutted the new complaint, the third time the NLRB amplified employee concerns in just the month of October. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Charles Martin) Financial firm Berkshire Hathway has spent a year reducing its shares of AAPL stock, which once took up half of chairman Warren Buffett’s entire portfolio.Buffett meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook. Image credit: AppleFor the fiscal third quarter 2024, which ended on September 30, Buffett still held $69.9 billion in AAPL, or around 300 million shares. One year ago, his firm had four times as many shares in the iPhone maker.Berkshire Hathaway has given no reason for the year-long selloff, though other financial analysts have speculated that Buffett may consider the stock overvalued. AAPL is up 20 percent for the year so far, which compares to the average performance of the S&P 500 overall for 2024. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) The iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim are anticipated once again to get ProMotion support, as rumors about the high refresh rate feature continue to roll in.The display on an iPhone renderProMotion has been a Pro-level feature for the iPhone for quite some time, with rumors occasionally claiming it will be on all models in the future. After the introduction of the iPhone 16 without ProMotion, those rumors are focusing on it coming to the iPhone 17.According to an industry source of ETNews on Sunday, Apple is preparing to use low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) panels for all four iPhone 17 displays. That would include the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim, as well as the existing two Pro models. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Andrew O’Hara) Apple finally updates its Mac peripheral lineup, but it may not wholly be the update everyone hoped for. We picked up the new Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard to see what all changed.Apple’s new USB-C peripheralsWe’ve always been fans of Apple’s peripherals. They have a lot of nice benefits being made by Apple and the quality is always top-notch from the aluminum bodies to the responsive keys on the keyboard.But lately, they’ve been neglected as Apple hasn’t released an updated version since 2015. As Apple made the move to USB-C, these Lightning-equipped products were basically the last to transition. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) While the fourth quarter was good for Apple, analysts only care about the holiday quarter’s massive revenue. A period that will be heavily influenced by the rollout of Apple Intelligence.Apple CEO Tim CookOn Halloween night, Apple offered a treat to investors in the form of its financial results. Its fourth-quarter figures for 2024 hit a lot of good notes for the company.For a start, the $94.93 billion in revenue it reported for the period is a 6.1% year-on-year increase. In fact, it’s higher than the $91.8 billion Apple reported in its Q1 2020 results. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) If Apple’s surprise acquisition of Mac developer Pixelmator passes the regulators, the future of its beloved apps may be bright — or there could be dark skies ahead.Dark Sky (left) was shut down, Apple Music Classical (right) came from an acquisition, so what will happen to Pixelmator?The Pixelmator company has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Apple, pending only regulatory approval. Assuming the acquisition goes ahead, it means that Apple gains Photomator, Pixelmator, and perhaps most significantly, Pixelmator Pro.Pixelmator has been an independent developer for 17 years and when it first introduced what would become Pixelmator Pro, it did look like a cheaper alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It looked like it, it was it, and to this day it remains that lower-cost option, but it’s also become much more than that. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
