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9to5Mac Daily: June 17, 2025 – Apple’s Back to School promo, more
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2025-06-17 21:03
Apple Watch Series 10 now available at discount via Apple’s refurbished store
Apple’s refurbished store has added several new products recently, and the latest could prove popular: the Apple Watch Series 10 is now available. more…
2025-06-17 20:39
Appeals court tosses $300 million Optis patent verdict against Apple
On Monday, Apple scored a big legal victory in one of its longest-running patent battles, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a $300 million damages award the company had been ordered to pay to Optis Wireless Technology. m...
2025-06-17 20:14
Here are five of my favorite iOS 26 features that you might’ve missed
Apple unveiled iOS 26 last week at WWDC 2025. While Liquid Glass and iPadOS certainly stole the show, there’s a number of smaller features for iPhone users that I think a lot of people will still enjoy, and I’ll be diving into them here. more…
2025-06-17 20:00
Threads adds dedicated fediverse feed and profile search
After a year of slow, sometimes confusing steps toward fediverse support, Threads is now making it easier for users to actually see and discover content from other platforms. Here’s how it works, and how to enable it. more…
2025-06-17 19:45
F1 reviews are here, and it sounds like exactly the movie Apple wanted
F1 The Movie is shaping up to be Apple’s biggest film gamble ever. But if critics’ reviews are any indication of success, that bet could pay off big at the box office this summer. Here’s what reviews are saying. more…
2025-06-17 19:28
CarPlay’s ‘next generation’ is already looking better than we thought
CarPlay’s evolution has in several ways been a disappointment since the “next generation” of CarPlay was first previewed in 2022. But all of a sudden, in the span of a mere month, CarPlay’s future looks brighter than it has in years—in part b...
2025-06-17 18:46
Apple’s Journal app is coming to iPad and Mac with big upgrades
Apple’s Journal app is coming to the iPad and Mac as part of iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, and several brand new features will be included too—even on iPhone. more…
2025-06-17 17:56
PSA: WhatsApp for iPhone now also lets you copy part of a message
If you got excited by yesterday’s news that iOS 26 will let you copy parts of a text message in Messages, but aren’t running the beta and don’t want to feel left out, here’s some good news: you can already do that on WhatsApp. more…
2025-06-17 17:06
Apple TV+ has a twisty new crime thriller coming: first reviews here
Next week, Apple TV+ will premiere a new crime drama—Smoke—that reunites the team behind one of its best reviewed shows ever: Black Bird. Reviews for Smoke have arrived, here’s the verdict. more…
2025-06-17 16:33
Deals: 14-inch 48GB M4 Pro MacBook Pro $300 off, iPhone 16 Pro $400 off, M2 iPad Air clearance, more
Alongside ongoing deals on M4 Mac mini at $150 off, as well as Apple Watch Series 10 at $100 off, we are starting with a notable offer on the upgraded 48GB M4 Pro MacBook Pro at $300 off the list price. Not to be confused with yesterday’s offer on th...
2025-06-17 15:46
Instagram is working on a repost button for the main feed
Instagram might be about to cross off one of the most requested features from users’ wish lists: The company has confirmed it’s testing a native repost button for the main Feed. Here’s how it might work. more…
2025-06-17 15:43
Robot vacuums in HomeKit: Here are the supported models
When Apple released iOS 18.4 to everyone earlier this year, and it came with a big upgrade to the Home app. With iOS 18.4, users can now add robot vacuums to HomeKit for the first time thanks to the Matter smart home standard. Here are the robot vacuum...
2025-06-17 15:19
Here’s everything new coming to Reminders in iOS 26
iOS 26 introduces a lot of big changes to how the iPhone software looks and feels, but there are plenty of updates for system apps too, including Notes, Maps, Photos, and more. Apple’s Reminders app gets a variety of new features too, here’s everyt...
2025-06-17 14:55
Security Bite: Infostealer malware spikes 28% among Mac users, says Jamf
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2025-06-17 14:39
Google teases Pixel 10 in latest ‘Best Phones Forever’ ad that pokes fun at iOS 26 [Video]
In its continued “Best Phones Forever” series, Google pokes a bit of fun at how many iOS 26 features are “inspired” by Pixel, while also teasing the Pixel 10. more…
2025-06-17 14:21
Fleet lands $27M Series B to expand open device management with cloud and self-hosting flexibility
Device management vendor Fleet has raised $27 million in Series B funding to accelerate development of its open device management platform. The round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and brings Fleet’s total funding to $52.3 million. The company report...
2025-06-17 14:00
Firefox quietly starts testing Perplexity AI as a built-in search engine
Mozilla is making its first official move toward AI-powered search in Firefox. As part of a new experiment, Perplexity AI is now being offered as an optional search engine directly in the browser’s address bar. Here’s how to try it. more…
2025-06-17 13:59
Apple must face lawsuit over iCloud storage, judge rules
Apple’s iCloud storage policies are unpopular with users for a variety of reasons. And according to a judge’s ruling, certain aspects of those policies might just be monopolistic, as Apple’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit related to iCloud storage h...
2025-06-17 13:36
Adobe Firefly app lets you generate AI images and videos on your iPhone
Adobe Firefly, the popular AI app for generating both images and video, is now available as an iPhone app. It follows the release of a Vision Pro app back in February. The app has the same capabilities as the the web tool, but in a form optimized for m...
2025-06-17 13:33