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Apple Boosts Efforts in Renewable Energy and Water Sustainability Apple is intensifying its global investment in clean energy and water sustainability, advancing towards its “Apple 2030” goal of achieving carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by the decade’s end, the company has announced. “Clean energy and water are foundational to healthy communities and essential building blocks for a responsible…

Apple Considers Expanding Manufacturing Base to Indonesia Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company is “looking at” potential manufacturing opportunities in Indonesia following his recent meeting with the country’s president. ‌Tim Cook‌ with Indonesian ministers (photo: AP Photo) During the meeting with Joko Widodo, Cook highlighted the mutual interest in boosting local manufacturing to support Indonesia’s…

WhatsApp Rolls Out Chat Filters to Help Find Conversations Faster WhatsApp is rolling out new Chat Filters to make it easier to find the messages you are looking for and reduce the need to scroll through your inbox. The following three new filters appear at the top of the app’s main conversation list: All, Unread, and Groups. In a blog post, WhatsApp describes them like so: All: The default view of all you…

Native Microsoft OneNote App Now Available for Apple Vision Pro Microsoft today introduced a version of OneNote that is designed to run on the Apple Vision Pro headset. OneNote for Vision Pro was created for visionOS, and it includes many of the features that are available on OneNote for iPad. The app can be used to write memos, notes, and digital notebooks, and there are options to sync content to OneDrive…

Everything New in the iOS 17.5 Beta Apple is currently testing iOS 17.5, the fifth major update to the iOS 17 operating system that came out last September. Like iOS 17.4, iOS 17.5 primarily focuses on regulatory changes in the European Union, but there are a few other features worth noting. This guide aggregates everything that’s been found during the iOS 17.5 beta testing perio…

NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store The first approved Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator for the iPhone and iPad was made available on the App Store today following Apple’s rule change. The emulator is called Bimmy, and it was developed by Tom Salvo. On the App Store, Bimmy is described as a tool for testing and playing public domain/”homebrew” games created for the NE…

Apple Celebrating Earth Day and International Dance Day With New Apple Watch Activity Challenges Apple will launch its next Apple Watch activity challenge on Saturday, April 22 in celebration of Earth Day. To complete the challenge, Apple Watch owners will need to complete a workout that lasts for 30 minutes or longer, with the activity recorded through the Workout app or an app that adds information to the Health app.Let’s get moving for …

Apple Seeds Second Beta of tvOS 17.5 to Developers Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming tvOS 17.5 to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after the release of the first beta. Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 17.5 update by opting in to the beta through the Settings app on the Apple TV. A registered developer account is required. tvOS s…

Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 10.5 to Developers Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming watchOS 10.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after the release of the first beta. To install the ‌watchOS 10.5 update, developers need to open the Apple Watch app, go to the Software Update section under “General” in Settings, and toggle on the watchOS 1…

Apple Seeds Second Beta of visionOS 1.2 to Developers Apple today released the second beta of an upcoming visionOS 1.2 update to developers, allowing them to test new features ahead of the software seeing a public launch. The second ‌visionOS‌ 1.2 beta comes two weeks after the release the first beta. The ‌visionOS‌ beta can be downloaded by going to the Settings app on the device and toggling on …

Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming macOS Sonoma 14.5 update to developers, with the software coming two weeks after Apple released the first beta. Registered developers can opt-in to the beta through the Software Update section of the System Settings app. Note that an Apple ID associated with an Apple Developer account is require…

Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 to Developers Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after Apple released the first betas. Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app, going to the Software Update section, tapping on the “Beta Updates” opt…

New iOS 17.5 Beta Lets EU iPhone Users Download Apps Directly From Websites With the second beta of iOS 17.5 that’s available today, iPhone users located in the European Union are able to download apps directly from the websites of Apple app developers without going through the App Store or an alternative app marketplace. Since March, Apple has been working on support for downloading apps from websites, and the feature …

Amazon Takes $60 Off 2nd Gen Apple Watch SE, Starting at Just $189 Apple’s 40mm GPS Apple Watch SE is on sale for $189.00 today on Amazon, down from $249.00. This is just $10 higher compared to its all-time low price on the wearable. This deal is available in the Silver, Midnight, and Starlight Aluminum Case options, and only Amazon has the discount. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you…

All iPhone 16 Models to Feature Action Button, But Usefulness Debated Last September, Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models debuted with a new customizable Action button, offering faster access to a handful of functions, as well as the ability to assign Shortcuts. Apple is poised to include the feature on all upcoming iPhone 16 models, so we asked iPhone 15 Pro users what their experience has been with the additional butto…

Apple Says ‘Goodbye Leather’ in New iPhone Ad Following Controversial Switch to ‘FineWoven’ Material Apple today shared a new iPhone ad called “Goodbye Leather” on its YouTube channel in the U.K., months after the company controversially switched from leather to a much-criticized “FineWoven” fabric material for accessories. Apple discontinuing leather accessories for environmental benefits was a noble aspiration, but FineWoven accessories hav…

Apple Promotes Recycling Your Devices ‘For Free’ Ahead of Earth Day Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, Apple has added a banner to its website that reminds customers they can recycle their Apple devices “for free” with the company’s recycling partners. The process can be initiated on Apple’s trade-in page in many countries, with customers able to submit a form to receive a prepaid shipping label for their devices. …

Elusive Spotify Lossless Option May Arrive as Paid ‘Music Pro’ Add-on Spotify’s elusive lossless music experience is being teased again, this time based on code uncovered by The Verge in recent builds of the Spotify app for Android. More than three years have elapsed since Spotify announced its intention to offer a “HiFi” premium option that would give users access to a catalog of CD-quality music tracks. Origina…

Both iPhone 16 Pro Models to Feature 256GB Base Storage, Claims Sketchy Rumor Apple will allegedly offer both the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max with a minimum 256GB of storage, doing away with the 128GB starting option on its smaller Pro model for the first time. Currently, Apple’s 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 and comes with the minimum 128GB of storage, while the 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,19…

X May Charge New Users a ‘Small Fee’ to Post, Like and Reply Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) will soon begin charging new users “a small fee” for posting content and liking, replying, and bookmarking tweets, according to CEO Elon Musk. X Daily News, a feed that posts X updates, today noticed that text strings on the website have been updated to mention a small annual fee that new users will nee…