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Apple Shares 5 Helpful AirPods Tips and Tricks A recent video uploaded to the Apple Support channel on YouTube offers five helpful tips and tricks for AirPods that you may not have known about. AirPods features highlighted in the video include Audio Sharing, Live Listen, Background Sounds, Announce Notifications with Siri, and the ability to rename AirPods in the Settings app on the iPhone…

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Get the AirPods Pro 2 With USB-C for $189, Plus Low Prices on Apple Watch and iMac This week’s best deals can all be found on Amazon, which is hosting steep discounts on the AirPods Pro 2, Apple Watch Series 9, and the M3 iMac. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. AirPods Pro 2 What’…

The MacRumors Show: Apple Shortcuts and iOS 18 ft. Matthew Cassinelli Matthew Cassinelli, one of the minds behind Workflow, joins us on this week’s episode of The MacRumors Show to talk Apple Shortcuts and potential improvements and AI features coming to the app in iOS 18. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Workflow was a unique iOS app that allowed users to create macros for executi…

Pixelmator Pro 3.5.8 Adds Support for Editing Text in PDFs Pixelmator Pro 3.5.8 has gone live on the Mac App Store, and the latest update to the popular image editing app brings the ability to edit text in PDFs, along with a handful of other notable additions. Pixelmator recently added support to the app for vector PDFs, which allows users to import image, shape, and text elements in the portable docum…

Browser Companies Criticize Apple’s EU Choice Screen in iOS 17.4 Several third-party browser companies have experienced a spike in iPhone installs since Apple made major changes to iOS in order to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the European Union, but many are not happy with Apple’s implementation of its default browser choice screen. In iOS 17.4, released last month, Apple no longer limits EU users …

Google One VPN to Shut Down Later This Year Google One VPN will be discontinued later this year, according to a customer email seen by Android Authority. The service was rolled out for Android in October 2020, before coming to iOS devices and Macs in 2022. When it originally launched it was part of Google One’s Premium 2TB storage plan, priced at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year. Last …

DuckDuckGo Launches 3-in-1 ‘Privacy Pro’ Subscription With VPN and Personal Data Removal Tool DuckDuckGo today announced the launch of Privacy Pro, a new subscription service that bundles three privacy-focused features together. Privacy Pro includes a VPN for anonymous browsing and secure connections regardless of location, personal information removal for removing personal data from data broker sites, and identity theft restoration sho…

Review: Nanoleaf Debuts New Matter-Connected Outdoor String Lights Popular home lighting company Nanoleaf today introduced its latest product, Smart Multicolor Outdoor String Lights that bring HomeKit-compatible decorative lighting to decks, porches, backyards, gardens, pool areas, and more. Nanoleaf is known for unique light designs, and the Outdoor String Lights aren’t an exception. The bulbs have an angular…

Apple Responds to Criticism Over iPhone’s ‘Parts Pairing’ Process Apple today announced that customers and independent repair shops will be able to repair select iPhones with used genuine Apple parts starting later this year. Alongside the announcement, Apple’s hardware engineering chief John Ternus spoke with TechCrunch about the iPhone’s controversial “parts pairing” process. Repair website iFixit criticize…

Amazon Takes $149 Off M3 iMacs With New All-Time Low Prices Amazon today has a big sale on the newest 24-inch M3 iMac, including both 256GB and 512GB models. All of these deals require you to clip an on-page coupon in order to see the final deal price at the checkout screen, and in every case these are all-time low prices. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and mak…

Apple to Allow Used Parts for Repairs, Starting With Select iPhones Apple today announced that customers and independent repair shops will be able to utilize used Apple parts in repairs, starting with select iPhone models later this year. Beginning in the fall, Apple says calibration for both new and used genuine Apple parts will happen on device after the part is installed. If your iPhone has been repaired, a…

Apple Warns Users in 92 Countries About Mercenary Spyware Attacks Apple on Wednesday sent threat notifications to users in 92 countries warning that they may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks, likely because of who they are or what they do. According to TechCrunch, Apple sent the alerts to the individuals at 12 p.m. Pacific Time, delivered via email and iMessage using the contact details associa…

Apple Suggests Solution for ‘Ghost Touch’ Issue on Apple Watch Series 7 and Later The touch-related bug that was known to be impacting the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 also affects the Apple Watch Series 7, Series 8, and Ultra 1, Apple said in a memo shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers. Service providers have been told not to replace watches for the ghost touch problem, instead instructing cust…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 192 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ 192 includes fixes and updates for Authentication, CSS, Editing…

Apple Store Employees in New Jersey File to Unionize Apple employees at the Apple Store in Short Hills, New Jersey have petitioned to unionize, reports Bloomberg. Retail store unionization efforts have died down in recent months after locations in Oklahoma and Maryland successfully unionized in 2022. There are 104 workers at Apple Short Hills, which is located in the Short Hills Mall. Communicati…

Review: Six Months With the iPhone 15 Pro It’s been a bit over six months since the iPhone 15 lineup came out in September, and MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera has been using an iPhone 15 Pro Max sans case since launch. Over on our YouTube channel, Dan did a long term review to demo how his phone has held up and his thoughts on the Action button, battery life, and camera features. Su…

iOS 17.5 Adds New ‘Quartiles’ Word Game for Apple News+ Subscribers While the first iOS 17.5 beta is slim on new features, there is one fun addition for Apple News+ subscribers: a daily word game called Quartiles. Quartiles tasks you with combining tiles to form words and earn points. Each puzzle starts with a grid of 20 tiles, and words can be formed with one to four tiles. A quartile is a four-tile word, and …

Apple Watch Series 9 Drops to New Low Price of $295 on Amazon Amazon today has discounted the 41mm GPS Apple Watch Series 9 down to $295.20, from $399.00. This price is only available in the (PRODUCT)RED color, and it’s a limited time deal at Amazon so be sure to check out the sale before it’s fully claimed. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we …

Apple Now Assembles 14% of iPhones in India Apple now produces as much as 14% of its iPhones in India, indicating the company’s accelerating efforts to diversify beyond China (via Bloomberg). The figure accounts for $14 billion of assembled iPhones in the country, or about 1 in 7 of the company’s flagship devices, a doubling of production compared to the last fiscal year. Models assemble…

iOS 18 May Feature All-New ‘Safari Browsing Assistant’ It appears that iOS 18 will feature a new Safari browsing assistant, according to backend code on Apple’s servers discovered by Nicolás Álvarez. MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris confirmed that the code exists, but not many details are known at this time. Álvarez said it seems like the browsing assistant will use iCloud Private Relay’s infrast…