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Apple’s Fitness app is great, but this one improvement could take it to the next level
Apple has definitely built up quite a compelling ecosystem around the . Between all of its fitness challenges, activity rings, and competitions – Apple has certainly found a way to make exercise fun for a lot of people. The problem? Some people simpl...
2025-05-04 00:36
Apple reportedly launching new MacBook Pro later this year: Here’s whats rumored
Apple is reportedly working on a new refresh, which is set to debut ‘later this year.’ Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman describes this refresh as “a lock”, reaffirming that Apple will follow its tradition of annual MacBook Pro refreshes. more…
2025-05-03 22:28
BlueStacks Air smoothly brings hundreds of popular mobile games to your Mac
BlueStacks Air makes the best mobile games playable on your Mac. Now out of beta, the new platform brings hundreds of popular mobile games across varying genres directly to your Mac, vastly expanding the number of playable games on macOS. It’s built ...
2025-05-03 20:26
Tim Cook on Warren Buffett: ‘one of the great privileges of my life to know him’
Berkshire Hathaway CEO and longtime Apple backer Warren Buffett announced today that he will retire at the end of 2025. Buffett, 94, spent more than six decades at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, which was Apple’s largest institutional shareholder un...
2025-05-03 19:42
Indie App Spotlight: ‘Charged’ is your one stop shop for finding EV charging stations
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Finding a charging station for your electric vehicle c...
2025-05-03 19:30
Apple’s next product will likely be AirTag 2: Features, release date, and what to expect
Apple has long wrapped up its spring releases, including the new M3 iPad Air, and . Many may think that there isn’t anything left in the hardware pipeline until the iPhone 17 lineup launches in the fall. However, there is one small yet important prod...
2025-05-03 18:33
iPhone 18 Pro will have a curious design choice if this rumor is true
Apple has long pursued the goal of eliminating bezels and notches to create a truly uninterrupted iPhone display—without compromising features like Face ID or the front-facing camera. That journey has brought major design changes over the years, and ...
2025-05-03 17:22
Apple may transition to a staggered release schedule with iPhone 18 lineup: report
According to a new report from Wayne Ma from The Information, Apple may be looking to shake up its release strategy with the iPhone 18 lineup, with some models launching in the fall as they would normally, and others moving to a new spring release wind...
2025-05-03 15:58
iPhone 17 Air will revive discontinued Apple accessory to help with important tradeoff
New details about Apple’s rumored iPhone 17 Air have emerged today. Unsurprisingly, the thinner model will have “worse battery life” than the rest of the iPhone 17 line, but Apple will bring back a discontinued accessory to help with the issue. m...
2025-05-03 15:41
Will iPhone 17 Air still feel impossibly thin in a case?
This week, we got our best look yet at how impossibly thin the rumored iPhone 17 Air will feel compared to the iPhone 16 Pro. But will it still impress when used with a case? more…
2025-05-03 14:20
Apple @ Work: Understanding how Apple devices decide which Wi-Fi network to auto-join
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & pro...
2025-05-03 10:00
This reader says his Apple Watch saved his life—make sure yours is set up too
A 9to5Mac reader, Mike Taylor, recently shared a powerful account of how his may have saved his life—echoing a similar story we reported earlier this week. more…
2025-05-03 00:16
This smart fitness product could be the perfect companion for Apple Watch
Avelo Running is a fitness-focused startup that recently came out of stealth to unveil their first product. What the company is building has the potential to be the perfect running companion for Apple Watch. Any runner with a smartphone can benefit, th...
2025-05-02 23:05
HomeKit Weekly: Getting back to the basics with a HomeKit mini smart plug
When people ask me where to start with building out their HomeKit, I always come back to the same answer: start small. And by small, I mean a HomeKit-compatible smart plug. These devices are inexpensive, easy to install, and perfect for dipping your to...
2025-05-02 21:00
Apple will launch new ‘homeOS’ this year, here’s what’s coming
Apple has a big software year ahead, with major redesigns coming to iOS 19, macOS 16, and even iPadOS 19. But the company also has a brand new OS expected to launch this year. Here’s everything we know about Apple’s new ‘homeOS.’ more…
2025-05-02 20:32
Apple shares new ‘hands on’ video touting Apple Intelligence features
While some of the most anticipated Apple Intelligence features have yet to ship, Apple is ramping up its marketing of the ones that have. In a new video posted on YouTube, Apple goes in-depth on features like Genmoji, Image Playground, Clean Up in Phot...
2025-05-02 20:18
Jony Ive spotted filming something in San Francisco this week
Jony Ive’s 20-year run at Apple may have ended five years ago, but there’s still interest in what the iconic designer is working on these days. more…
2025-05-02 19:59
Silo season 3 is coming: Here’s everything we know right now
Severance is far from the only sci-fi hit in the Apple TV+ catalog. The dystopian thriller Silo aired its second season last fall, and season 3 is well under way. Here’s everything we know so far about Silo season 3. more…
2025-05-02 19:39
Tim Cook said the thing about C1 that Apple wouldn’t say before
Apple’s C1 modem launched this year in the iPhone 16e, but without much company fanfare. But Tim Cook just expressed C1’s strengths in a way that Apple—for good reason—shied away from previously. more…
2025-05-02 18:46
Apple taps Anthropic for AI coding as developers await Swift Assist
While Apple works to boost Apple Intelligence, the company is reportedly teaming up with Anthropic to integrate Claude with Xcode, Apple’s integrated development environment. However, Xcode with Claude integration could just be an internal tool for A...
2025-05-02 18:10