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Jan 20, 05:46 PSTInvestigating - Our monitoring systems have detected a potential issue with Studio. Our engineering team has been alerted and is actively investigating. We will update as soon as we have more information.01:37 pmApple Mail on the Mac will get Apple Intelligence sorting with macOS 15.4
The priority sorting of emails in Apple Mail for iOS will come to the Mac in an update expected around April. Here's what's coming, and whether it'll be useful.Apple Intelligence mail categorization is coming to the MacOne of the most successful elements of Apple Intelligence has been its use in Apple Mail, where alongside message summaries, it can now also categorize mail — on the iPhone. For some reason the same feature has not been released for the Mac, but this was always going to change, and now a new report says it will happen in April 2025.According to Bloomberg, the same feature of using Apple Intelligence to sort messages into categories such as Primary or Updates, will be a part of macOS 15.4. The current version of macOS is 15.2, while macOS 15.3 is still in beta testing. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums01:26 pmApple Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Apple has updated the home page of its website to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today. The page highlights some of King's most impactful quotes, and invites people to explore his legacy further through the Apple Books and Apple News apps. Apple CEO Tim Cook also honored King in a social media post today. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. As a result of this federal holiday, along with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later today, it is likely to be a slower day for Apple-related product news. Cook will reportedly be in attendance at Trump's inauguration, alongside many other high-profile CEOs.Tag: Martin Luther King JrThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums01:22 pmA gotcha with iMessage scams, powered by Chinese phishing kit [U]
A security vulnerability has been discovered in the USB-C port controller fitted to the iPhone 15 and 16. However, exploiting it would be so complex that both Apple and the security researcher who discovered it concluded that it is not a real-world threat. However, a security concern that does pose a threat to iPhone users is a tactic scammers are using to bypass one of Apple’s built-in protections. Update: A flurry in E-ZPass scam messages appears to have been driven by a Chinese phishing kit – see new section below … more…01:19 pmSMS Delivery Failures to Viettel Network In Burundi
Jan 20, 05:19 PSTInvestigating - We are experiencing SMS delivery failures sending to Viettel Network In Burundi. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We expect to provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.01:18 pmSetting a button style via a boolean
I am trying to set a buttonStyle state based on the value of a boolean, but I think I have it wrong as it won't compile as it says that it does not find the member. Any ideas what the right syntax would be? This is what I am trying: .buttonStyle( { () -> ButtonStyle […]01:09 pmX and Bluesky launch dedicated video feeds on the back of TikTok uncertainty
Social media apps X and Bluesky are both rolling out dedicated video feeds, in apparent attempts to take advantage of the continued uncertainty around TikTok. With X, there’s a new play button icon launching a continuous video feed looking very similar to TikTok, while Bluesky offers custom feeds for video which you can choose to pin … more…01:00 pmBuilding Back a Better Los Angeles With Fire-Resistant Homes
For decades, Los Angeles has had some of the strongest building codes for earthquakes and localized fires, but large-scale fire events are new to the region and appear to be a trend. Fortunately, there are a variety of technologies and approaches that can be used to build back after the fires are put out. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.12:50 pmMy first ever app, Ffragrance: To help hobbyist perfumers!
It was super difficult, it's my first ever SwiftUI project! I've got plenty of programming experience (since I do it for my job) but still, it was tricky! I was annoyed by similar solutions missing certain features and costing wayyyyy too much for the average hobbyist. So I made my own! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/ffragrance/id6740463991 submitted by […]12:46 pmSome Zaps are triggering intermittently for the LinkedIn app integration
Jan 20, 04:46 PSTInvestigating - We are investigating reports that some Zaps are triggering intermittently for the LinkedIn app integration.12:38 pmHow to tell if an iPhone is locked to a network
Macworld Some iPhones are locked to single cellular networks, especially iPhones bought in the U.S., while others are unlocked, meaning you can use them with any provider. It’s important to know which sort you’ve got (or are getting), as it could mean the difference between an enjoyable or frustrating experience when you get a new (to you) iPhone or want to switch networks. Outside the U.S. iPhones purchased from Apple or another reseller, are often unlocked by default, so you can use them with any network. In fact in the UK an Ofcom ruling in 2020 banned mobile firms from selling locked handsets. This is great news if you are in the U.K. because iPhones that are unlocked can be used on any network, which makes things a lot easier if you are trying to sell a used handset or pass on your old iPhone to a family member. But in the U.S. iPhones tend to be tied to a particular network, which can make moving networks, handing an older handset down to a family member, or selling a used iPhone tricky. PROMOTIONUnlock iPhone in One Click | EaseUS MobiUnlock How to unlock an iPhone? Use EaseUS MobiUnlock to remove Apple ID, bypass or unlock every type of screen passcode like digit code, Touch ID, or Face ID, and get access to the locked iPhone soon. In one click, fix issues like iPhone security lockout, iPhone unavailable, and iPhone disabled. Now 25% OFF Exclusive Code: MACWORLD25 MOBIUNLOCK FOR IOSMobiUnlock for Android If you are buying a refurbished iPhone it should be made clear whether it is locked to a particular network or not, but this isn’t always the case if you use private sellers on eBay or Craigslist, so being able to check is a big help. It’s not possible to tell just by looking at the iPhone whether it’s locked or unlocked: Apple does not allow other phone companies to brand iPhones. (You don’t get T:Mobile or Verizon branded iPhones, for example.) To confuse matters even further, some phones are locked when sold, but are unlocked at a later date when the owner finishes paying off the contract. It is also possible to unlock an iPhone so you can use it on any network. But don’t worry. It’s relatively easy to find out if your iPhone is locked or unlocked, and in this article, we’re going to show you how. How to check if an iPhone is unlocked in Settings Screenshot Foundry There’s an easy way to check if an iPhone is locked or unlocked using the Settings app. Here’s how to access information about whether an iPhone is locked to a Network Provider. (This information has been available in iOS since iOS 14 arrived in 2020). To access it open Settings. Tab on General. Tap About. Swipe down to Network Provider Lock. If the iPhone is unlocked, it should say that there. How to check if an iPhone is unlocked using a SIM card Since the iPhone 14 arrived in 2022, all iPhones sold in the U.S. come with dual eSim and no sim tray. So, if the phone you are concerned with doesn’t have a sim tray you’ll need to skip to the next section. If the phone you are concerned with predates the iPhone 13, the quickest way to check if it is unlocked is to simply try inserting a SIM from a different carrier. If a friend uses another network then ask them if you can borrow the SIM for a couple of minutes. Follow these steps to check that the iPhone is unlocked: Power off the iPhone. Use the SIM-card ejector tool (or a paper clip) to eject the SIM card from the iPhone. Insert your new SIM card. Press the Sleep/Wake button to wake up the iPhone. If you see a message along the lines of, ‘The SIM card inserted in this iPhone does not appear to be supported. Only compatible SIM cards from a supported network provider may be used to activate iPhone. Please insert the SIM card that came with your iPhone or visit a supported network provider’s shop’, then the device is locked. Contact your carrier It’s not such a quick solution – as it may take a while for the carrier to get back to you – but if you need to know for sure then it may be worth getting in touch with the network provider you’ve signed up to and seeing if they can help. Many carriers can check for you if you provide a handset’s IMEI. Use an online IMEI checker You know how to find your IMEI, right? Once you’ve got that code, you can go to one of the many IMEI-checking tools online and find out if the handset it’s assigned to is locked or unlocked. The problem is that most of these services ask for a payment (although generally just a nominal amount). There are free services too: you could try IMEI24.com, which appears legit and has been recommended by others. We must stress, however, that we don’t know the company and cannot vouch for its services. Get your iPhone unlocked We have a separate tutorial about How to unlock an iPhone. You can sometimes get a carrier to unlock an iPhone by calling them. You could also try a third-party unlocking service such as: Doctor SIM, promises to refund you if the unlock is unsuccessful. Doctor SIM successfully unlocked our phone with no problems and no hidden fees, so we feel confident in recommending them. Get Doctor Sim. We’ve reviewed Dr. Fone from Wondershare in our round up of the best iPhone data recovery tools. It incudes an iPhone Unlocker that does more than carrier unlock, it also removes passcodes and touchID. Get Dr. Fone. EaseUS’s MobiUnlock is another option. Get MobiUnlock. Further reading Now that you know whether your iPhone is locked or unlocked, you’re equipped to take the next step. If you needed this information because you want to sell it, read How to sell an iPhone for more advice. If you’re passing it on to a youngster, on the other hand, then How to set up parental controls may be a more useful article. Finally, remember to check out our guide to the best iPhone deals and contracts for advice on your next purchase.12:35 pmThe 850 billion reasons Apple and others aren’t taking a chance on TikTok
This weekend was quite the roller-coaster ride for TikTok. While some headlines report that TikTok is back and imply that the matter is resolved, that’s not entirely the case. The app was removed from Apple’s App Store, as well as the app stores run by Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. None of those companies have restored it … more…11:52 amTrump claims Tim Cook has committed Apple to massive US investment
IMacncoming President Trump says he has met with Apple CEO Tim Cook, who reportedly committed the company to a greatly increased investment in the US.Tim Cook (left) with Donald Trump in a meeting during the latter's first presidential termAhead of the inauguration ceremony, Trump held a victory rally in which he talked of business leaders promising to invest in the US. According to Fox Business, he named SoftBank, DAMAC, and Apple."I spoke with Tim Cook of Apple," said Trump. "He said they're going to make a massive investment in the United States because of our big election win." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums11:30 amMy apps being looked at for featuring on the App Store!
Hi, New developer, and my first app is being looked at for featuring on the App Store. I’ve got an email stating that they require 2 types of artwork: Artwork for the Apps and Games Tabs or Apple Watch, and Theme. They provide links as to what Artwork for the Apps and Games Tabs or […]11:21 amMac or MacBook won’t turn on? Here’s how to fix it
Macworld There are lots of reasons why you might find that your MacBook won’t turn on, or your Mac won’t start up, but you probably just want to get it working again. We’ll run through the various checks and changes to make to get your MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, or other Mac to turn on so you can start using it again. Read on for some simple tips that should get your Mac working, from the obvious stuff like checking the power connection, to performing a power cycle, starting in Recovery mode, and checking the file system. And if your Mac really is dead, we’ll also tell you where to turn next. The fixes in this article apply to most recent versions of macOS. The menus and interfaces may look slightly different depending on which OS you are running, but their functions are in essence the same. Similarly, M-series Macs perform certain functions in a different way to older Intel-powered Macs, for example, the method for starting up the computer in Safe mode or Recovery will be different on an older Mac, we’ll cover both methods where required. 1. Check your Mac turns on Foundry First, let’s find out if the problem is that your Mac won’t start up, or that it won’t turn on – those might sound like the same thing, but there’s actually a big difference. Press the Power button on your Mac. If you don’t hear a startup chime, you don’t hear any fan or drive noise, and there are no images, video, or visuals of any sort on your display, then your Mac isn’t turning on at all. You’re not even getting to the point where it refuses to start up. A Mac that doesn’t turn on calls for a different approach to one that doesn’t start up. If your computer doesn’t turn on then you need to do the following: i) Check your power connection Don’t be the cliché: check that the power is on and the Mac is plugged in correctly. Or if it’s a laptop, be sure that the battery isn’t dead – and if it needs charging give it a while to attempt to charge before concluding that it isn’t going to work. If your MacBook won’t charge read this. ii) Try a different power cable or adapter It may be that the fault resides with the power cable. If you’ve got a friend with a Mac power cable that fits your machine, try it to see if that solves the problem. If it does, it could be a simple fix that involves getting a new cable. We advise against buying third-party power cables that aren’t made by Apple, as they are much more likely to be faulty and possibly dangerous, unless we have tested them in our Best USB-C and Thunderbolt charging cables. If you recently had a power cut, that could be responsible: your power adaptor could have been damaged in a power surge and you may need a new one. Finally, it’s possible that the cable is loose, and pulling it out and plugging it in again will solve the problem. But we doubt it will be that easy. Apple sells various cables for charging Apple Macs and laptops. You should find the one you need here: Apple power adaptors. Also read: Which MacBook charger do I need? iii) Disconnect all accessories Unplug all the accessories (such as printers and USB hubs) attached to your Mac. It could be that one of your peripherals is causing problems with the startup sequence. If you recently installed new RAM or a new hard drive in your Mac (both of which are something you can only do with old Macs), make sure they are correctly installed and compatible. (If possible, reinstall the old memory or hard drive and see if that helps.) If none of those steps work then it’s time to move onto the next stage. 2. Perform a Power Cycle Foundry If you aren’t hearing any signs of life, you could perform a power cycle, which involves forcing your Mac to restart after killing the power to it. On a MacBook you hold down the power key for ten seconds. You’ll usually hear a squeak as the Mac’s power is forcibly cut. Hopefully after waiting ten seconds and restarting, all will be well. If your Mac is a desktop you will need to unplug it and leave it unplugged for at least ten seconds before plugging it back in and attempting to restart. If performing a power cycle on your Mac doesn’t help there are a few other simple things to try out before moving on to the more complicated steps. 3. Check your display Foundry If you’re using a desktop Mac such as a Mac Pro or Mac mini this could apply to you. If you don’t have a separate display plugged in, you can skip this step. You could have a problem with the display you have plugged in, rather than the Mac itself. Have a listen to your Mac to see if it’s making any sounds during boot-up. It is possible that your Mac does turn on, but doesn’t boot up because it can’t access the display – if that’s the case you are most likely having trouble with the display hardware (rather than a broader startup issue). If you think it’s a problem with your monitor, then take a look at this Apple Support document for advice on troubleshooting a display. If your display isn’t working the advice is to: Check the power supply to the Mac (and the power to the display if using a separate unit). Confirm that all cables are connected securely. Remove all display extenders and switches, and any other devices between the Mac and monitor. Unplug the video cable (if using a separate monitor) and plug it back in. If using more than one monitor in a ‘daisy chain’, unplug all monitors and test using just one. If possible, try to use a different display, or a different adapter (use DVI instead of VGA, for example). Apple also advises adjusting the screen resolution in System Settings (known as System Preferences in older versions of macOS. 4. Boot up your Mac in Safe Boot Foundry Safe Boot limits what checks and functionality your Mac focuses on during startup, and performs certain diagnostics. It’s rare, but sometimes you can get your unhappy Mac to start up successfully with a Safe Boot, and then restart it normally, and everything returns to hunky-doriness. If you want more help with this step read: How to start a Mac in Safe Mode. To enter Safe Mode on an M-series Mac: Press and continue to hold the power button until you see the startup options appear on the screen. Choose the startup disk (Macintosh HD). Now press and hold Shift and then click Continue in Safe Mode. Then release the Shift key. You will see the words Safe Mode in menu at the top right of your screen. To enter Safe Mode on an Intel-powered Mac: Start your Mac up while holding down the Shift key. Safe Boot can take a while to start. To get more feedback about what’s happening, you could start up an Intel-powered Mac while holding down Shift, Command and V: that enters both Safe Boot and something called Verbose Mode, which spits out some messages about what Safe Boot is actually trying to do as it goes. Now you are in Safe Mode we will discuss how to use Safe Mode to fix your Mac start up issues. While you are Safe Mode the interface will look very slightly different, with blocks of colour rather than transparency. The biggest giveaway is the Dock at the bottom of the screen, such as in the image below, for example. Once in Safe Mode you may be able to run certain checks (we’ll run through these below) and make changes that could fix your Mac. For example you could reinstall macOS or update other software. If you find you can start up in Safe Mode it is probable that the issue is related to one of your startup items, in which case you should go to: System Settings > Users & Groups and remove all the items (click on -). You could use trial and error to work out which startup item is causing the problem. 5. Reset the PRAM / NVRAM Foundry In the pre-Intel, PowerPC, days, we talked about resetting the PRAM. On Intel Macs, the term is resetting the NVRAM. The NVRAM in M-series Macs is reset automatically, but there is a way to reset NVRAM on the M-series Mac – we discuss that here: How to reset NVRAM. The name refers to special memory sections on your Mac that store data that persists even when the Mac is shut off, such as volume settings and screen resolution. Resetting that data isn’t harmful, but quite frankly it’s also rarely genuinely useful. But it can’t hurt. You might need to grow an extra finger or two for this one, or have a friend help you out. Here’s how to reset the PRAM/NVRAM on your Intel-powered Mac: Hold down all of these keys: Command, Option (Alt), P and R, and turn on the Mac (it’s the same keys to reset the PRAM). Keep holding the keys down until you hear the Mac restart again. Listen for a second reboot, and then release the keys. On M1/M2 Mac resetting the NVRAM means using Terminal, the method is discussed in the article linked above. In some cases, after performing this step, your Mac will restart normally. In other cases, you might instead see a progress bar on startup. If the progress bar fills up and then the Mac starts up, you’re probably good to go. In some cases we’ve seen, however, the Mac shuts down at around the halfway point in the progress bar. 6. Reset the SMC Foundry In some situations, you may need to reset your Mac’s SMC (System Management Controller). This is largely a last-ditch attempt to fix the current version of macOS before attempting to recover the data and moving on to reinstalling the OS. SMC is absent from M-series Macs so you can’t reset it. However you can change the settings that the SMC used to look after. We discuss how to do this here: How to reset a Mac’s SMC. We also discuss How to reset the NVRAM, PRAM, and SMC on any Mac. Here’s what to do if you want to reset the SMC (Intel Macs): On a Mac laptop: Shut down the MacBook. Unplug and then reconnect the power cable. Press Shift + Ctrl + Option/Alt keys and the power button at the same time. Now release all those keys and the power button at the same time. You may see the light on the power cable flicker. Restart your MacBook. On a Mac desktop: Shut down the Mac. Unplug it. Press the power button for 5 seconds. Plug the Mac back in. Turn on your Mac. 7. Run Disk Utility in Recovery Mode Foundry If your Mac is booting, but the operating system isn’t loading up, you may have a corrupted drive. Luckily it is possible to fix this in Recovery Mode. We have a detailed tutorial on using Recovery Mode here, but we’ll run thorough the basics below. Yet again, accessing Recovery Mode is a little different on an M-series Mac (read about the different ways of doing things on M-series Macs). The first step is to run Disk Utility. On a Mac running Mountain Lion or later, which will be the vast majority of Macs, you can run Disk Utility by booting into Recovery Mode. On an M-series Mac press and hold the Power button until the Mac starts up and eventually shows the start up options. Select Options > Continue. You will now enter Recovery. On an Intel Mac you need to make sure the Mac is turned off. If it’s not responsive because it’s stuck on a grey, blue or white screen, just hold down the Mac’s power button for several seconds until it gives up and shuts off. (Here’s what to do to fix a Blue Screen of Death on a Mac.) Hold down the Command and R keys, and power the Mac back up again. Keep pressing Cmd + R while your Mac is booting up until you see the Apple logo. Now you are in Recovery mode here’s what to do: Once your Mac starts in Recovery Mode you will gain access to Utilities. Click on the Disk Utility option. Locate your Mac’s drive – probably Macintosh HD, select it. Click First Aid. If there are errors with your disk, Disk Utility should find them and will either repair them automatically, or will ask if you would like to repair them. Click Repair Disk if this is the case. In Recovery Mode you can also do the following: Restore from a Time Machine backup. Get help online. Install or reinstall macOS (we discuss this below). 8. Revive an M-series Mac with Configurator Foundry If you have an M-series Mac and you still haven’t been able to revive it, the next option to try is to use a second Mac running Apple’s Configurator 2 to update the firmware. You will need a second Mac, a USB to USB cable, a web connection and Apple’s Configurator 2 software. Connect the two Macs with a USB-C to USB-C or USB-C to USB-A cable. Open Configurator 2 software on the working Mac. Now on the non-working Mac press and hold the power button while also pressing the following key combination: Right shift, Left Option/Alt, Left Control. You will need someone to help you unless you have gigantic hands because you also need to be pressing the Power Button at the same time. After about 10 seconds let go of the keys, but keep pressing the Power button. Hopefully the M-series Mac will appear in the Configurator app on your second Mac by this point (the M-series Mac still won’t show any screen activity though). The process is a little different for an M-series desktop, like the Mac mini, iMac, Mac Studio. In this case you need to unplug it and wait for about 10 seconds. Press and hold the power button. Plug it in again, while still holding the power button. Release the power button. How to use the Configurator software to revive an M-series Mac. The M-series Mac should be showing in the Configurator software on the other Mac. Select the Mac you want to revive. Click on Actions > Advanced. Select Revive Device. This will revive the firmware on the M-series Mac. 9. Back up if you haven’t already or copy what you can Foundry This step should be taken prior to reinstalling macOS and it depends on your backup situation. You do make regular backups, or at least sync important documents, music and photos to the cloud, right? If you’re not sweating at the moment, and are confident in your Time Machine or other backup solution, then skip to Step 10 below. But if you wish you’d backed up your Mac then now is the time to see what you can salvage from the machine. For this, you’ll need a second Mac. If you haven’t got one then ask a friend. Follow these steps to use Target Disk Mode on an Intel Mac, or Mac Sharing Mode on an M-series Mac. Connect both Macs together. You’ll need a USB-C to USB-C cable, or an older Thunderbolt or Firewire cable depending on the Macs being connected. Shut down your Mac (assuming you’d been able to turn it on at all). Start up your Mac while holding down the T button on the keyboard. Keep holding the T button down as you hear the startup chime and keep it pressed until the Thunderbolt icon appears on your screen. This places your Mac in Target disk mode. In Target Disk mode your Mac acts like an external drive. You should now hopefully see the hard drive for your faulty Mac on your second Mac’s Finder. You should be able to grab the files you need from your unresponsive Mac, or even clone the entire hard drive to another external drive. Good luck! You may also like to try one of these options to recover data from a damaged Mac: Best Mac data recovery software we include our top choices: Wondershare, Data Rescue and Stella Data Recovery for Mac. 10. Reinstall macOS Foundry This is pretty drastic, but if you have tried everything else, then reinstalling the operating system could remove the issue that is stopping the Mac from starting properly. Remember macOS Recovery from step 7 above? You can use it to reinstall macOS too. Boot into Recovery mode as above (hold the Command and R keys while you start up, or press and hold the power button if you are on an M-series Mac). Once in Recovery click to install the latest OS and follow the onscreen prompts. Our article on resetting a Mac to factory settings has more information on wiping a Mac and reinstalling macOS. 11. Make a Genius Bar appointment Apple If you’ve made it this far and your Mac still doesn’t work, you’ll need to take it to an Apple Genius Bar to see if they can help you fix it (or arrange for a repair under warranty). Hopefully you have got enough data from your Mac so as to be able to back up, or continue working on a new Mac. Wondering how many years your Mac should last for? Read: How long do Macs last? To recover lost data you could try the following apps we have reviewed: Wondershare Recoverit Read our review Price When Reviewed: 1 month/2 Macs: $79.99 (usually $109.99); 1 year/2 Macs: $89.99 (usually $139.99); perpetual license/2 Macs: $139.99 (usually $169.99) Best Prices Today: $89.99 at Wondershare (annual) Data Rescue Read our review Price When Reviewed: Standard license: $79 for a 30-day; Professional license: $399 for one year Best Prices Today: $79 at Prosoft Engineering (30-day license) Stellar Data Recovery for Mac Read our review Price When Reviewed: Standard edition: $79.99 (currently $69.99) a year, or $129.99 (currently $99.99) for a lifetime license. Professional version: $129.99 (currently $99.99) a year, or $199 (currently $149) for a lifetime license. Premium edition: $209.99 (currently $99.99) a year, or $319 (currently $199) for a lifetime license. Best Prices Today: $79.99 at Stellar Info (annual)11:15 amWhere is Apple Intelligence on my Mac?
Macworld Apple Intelligence arrived on the Mac in October 2024, and if you’ve been looking for it on your Mac and can’t find it, you’re probably not alone. It’s not as if there’s an app called Apple Intelligence on your Mac–it’s a set of features and services throughout macOS. Here’s how you can turn on Apple Intelligence on your Mac and tap into the new features. What you need for Apple Intelligence An M-series Mac. Apple Intelligence does not run on Intel-based Macs. macOS Sequoia 15.1 or later. Apple has released new Apple Intelligence gradually, so you’ll need to update to the latest version of macOS to get the latest features. For example, Sequoia 15.1 includes the first set of features; Sequoia 15.2 added Image Playground and ChatGPT support. Apple Intelligence currently supports only localized English. Apple plans to add more language support beginning in April 2025, inlcuding Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Also, the language you use on your Mac and the language you use with Siri must be the same. What countries can run Apple Intelligence? Apple Intelligence works in these English-speaking countries: Australia Canada Ireland New Zealand South Africa U.K. U.S. If you travel to a non-English speaking region, Apple Intelligence will still work, so long as English is the language your Mac is set to use. In the European Union, M-series Macs running macOS Sequoia 15.1 or later can run Apple Intelligence while using a currently supported language. Apple Intelligence does not work on Macs purchased in mainland China. If the Mac was bought outside of mainland China, your Apple Account Country/Region cannot be set to mainland China if you want Apple Intelligence to work. How to turn on Apple Intelligence To have Apple Intelligence features appear, it needs to be turned on. You can repeat this process to turn it off if you don’t want to use the features. Click on the Apple menu and select System Settings. In the left column, look for Apple Intelligence & Siri and click it. In the main section of the window, a switch for Apple Intelligence appears at the top. Click it once to turn it on. Foundry How to turn on ChatGPT ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI, a third-party company, and it can create responses that are human-like. Apple and OpenAI entered a partnership last year and ChatGPT support was introduced in macOS Sequoia 15.2. Apple may release its own chatbot in macOS 16, but for now ChatGPT is the only option. To use ChatGPT, the ChatGPT extension needs to be activated. You can also turn it off whenever you want. Here’s how. Click on the Apple menu and select System Settings. In the left column, click on Apple Intelligence & Siri. In the main section of the window, look for the Extensions section at the bottom (you may have to scroll). Click ChatGPT. At the top, flip the switch for ChatGPT. If you have a ChatGPT account, you can log into it by clicking on the Sign In button in the ChatGPT Account section. This is not required to use ChatGPT features on the Mac but will open more advanced features. At the bottom of the main window, you can toggle a Siri setting for Confirm ChatGPT Requests. When enabled, it will ask you if it’s OK to send information to ChatGPT every time it needs to fulfill a Siri request. Foundry We have a guide on how ChatGPT is implemented and how it can be used. The guide is written for iOS, but the information applies to macOS Sequoia, as well. What are the Apple Intelligence features on the Mac? Many Apple Intelligence features don’t require you to do anything, such as summaries in Messages, Mail, and Notifications, as they appear automatically. As for features you can use on an as-needed basis, here’s a quick list. Image Playground (macOS Sequoia 15.2) Image Playground is a standalone Apple intelligence-powered app that is installed on your Mac when you upgrade to macOS Sequoia 15.2. The app creates illustrations based on descriptions based on text prompts. You can also upload photos of people as the basis for a new illustration. However, Image Playground does not create deepfake photo-like images or modify existing photos—it only creates illustrations. The Image Playground app is part of macOS Sequoia 15.2Foundry Mail (macOS Sequoia 15.1) There are a couple of new features in Mail powered by Apple Intelligence. A new Show Priority feature will display time-sensitive emails at the top of your inbox. Additionally, short summaries will appear under each email so you can see what’s inside at a glance, and when you open an email, a Summarize button can be used to generate a synopsis. Also, when composing messages, Mail has suggested replies as well as Writing Tools to help you clean up replies and refine the language of what you’ve written. And ChatGPT can compose text if you enable it above. Photos Clean-up tool (macOS Sequoia 15.1) In the Photos app, when editing a photo, you’ll find a Clean-Up button. With this tool, you can “erase” unwanted items, and Photos will fill in the background with it’s best guess about what would have been there. In the before and after images below, the Clean-up tool was used to remove objects and a sign in the background. Use the slider to see the difference. Siri (macOS Sequoia 15.1) Siri has a new wrap-around look on the edge of your Mac’s display, and it does a better job of understanding natural speaking, like if you stumble or restate when you are saying. Later in 2025, a new update will make Siri smarter and more screen aware. Writing Tools (macOS Sequoia 15.1) In Mail, Pages, and other Apple apps, you’ll find new tools to help improve your writing. It can proofread, revise, and even offer rewrite suggestions. With ChatGPT enabled, you can also compose messages from scratch. Foundry Also read: Where is Apple Intelligence on an iPhone?10:30 amUnlike most AI, Apple Intelligence is already making everything better
Macworld Unlike Sir Keir Starmer (who, rather ominously, says he wants to mainline the technology into Britain’s veins) I’m broadly pessimistic about AI. We may not be talking existential doom—if you ask me, the chances of humanity being wiped out by AI are no higher than 60 or 70 percent—but eliminating jobs and spreading misinformation is bad enough. I just can’t see this thing ending well. Still, every cloud has a silver lining. The future may be gloomy, thanks to the corporate world’s unthinking embrace of AI’s dubious merits, but the situation is bringing some benefits in the short term. And frankly, I think we should take the wins where we can find them. I’m talking, of course, about Apple Intelligence specifically. Partly because I’m more interested in Apple than other tech companies, and partly because Apple’s AI platform is that much more likely to be somewhat constrained by social ethics and the principles of data privacy. The company isn’t perfect by any means, but as a general rule its reliance on customer goodwill incentivizes better behavior. While we’re on the subject of incentives, let’s talk about products. Apple came late to the AI party, and is extremely keen to catch up; this motivates the company to get as many customers using Apple Intelligence as possible, as soon as possible. And this means that the cheapest and therefore biggest-selling products need to support Apple Intelligence. The 4th-gen iPhone SE and 11th-gen iPad are both expected to launch in March or April and thanks to Apple Intelligence, they are set to be considerably more powerful than we would otherwise expect. The new iPhone SE will probably boast an A17 Pro processor (a nice jump from the A15 on the previous model) and 8GB of RAM (up from 4GB) for the simple reason that anything less would not be enough to support Apple Intelligence. The 11th-gen iPad, meanwhile, will enjoy an even bigger step up from the A14 to the A17 Pro, which is far more muscle than Apple’s entry-level tablet would get in a world without Apple Intelligence. The Mac has benefitted from Apple Intelligence as well. Predictive Code Completion in Xcode 16, part of the Apple Intelligence suite, requires 16GB of RAM, which left out many Apple silicon Macs when it launched with macOS Sequoia 15. Subsequently, several Macs got a bump to 16GB in the fall, including the M2 and M3 MacBook Airs, entry-level MacBook Pro, and M4 Mac mini. We’ve been complaining about 8GB of RAM for years, and thanks to Apple intelligence, we finally got it. Under normal circumstances, Apple likes to improve its products as slowly as possible; its philosophy is that each device should be exactly as much of an improvement on the previous model as is necessary to persuade customers to upgrade, and not one gigabyte more. Budget iPad and even Mac buyers in 2025 are unlikely to regard either the processor or RAM as dealbreakers, so Apple’s instinct would naturally be to offer the bare minimum. But because Apple needs those things to make it onto the specs sheet, it’s suddenly practical and cost-effective to include them. Funny how that works out. Of course, Apple Intelligence isn’t just here to force Apple to improve the spec lines of its budget mobile devices. It’s here to create wildly inaccurate notification summaries and put illustrators out of work. It’s here to sidetrack Apple software engineers for several years when they could be working on something worthwhile–like fixing Siri, for example. Oh but David, I hear you cry, Siri is being fixed as part of the Apple Intelligence project. To which I answer, possibly (although I haven’t noticed much improvement so far), but Siri is at its worst on the HomePod, and the HomePod cannot run Apple Intelligence. I suppose we can look forward to the HomePod miraculously leaping up to Apple Intelligence-ready specs in the near future. But that isn’t much consolation to me. Foundry Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. Trending: Top stories Apple’s string of failures shows just how badly things need to change. Go home Mark Zuckerberg, you’re drunk. Apple’s stuffed 2025 release calendar is missing one very important product. The iPhone 17 will be a small step backward–again. Apple’s Calculator app will get one of its best features back in iOS 18.3. Podcast of the week If you thought 2024 was a pretty good year for Apple products, 2025 looks to be even bigger. On the latest episode of the Macworld Podcast, we’re talking about Apple’s loaded release schedule for the year. If you’re pondering some major Apple purchases this year, you’ll want to listen in! You can catch every episode of the Macworld Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site. Reviews corner Malwarebytes Privacy VPN for Mac review: Respectable speeds, a fair price, and an easy-to-use app. FastestVPN review: A good choice for VPN newbies. Zens Nightstand Charger Pro 2 review: Slim speed for the nightstand. Ugreen Nexode Qi2 Powerbank 20000mAh 145W Max review: Smart pillar with plenty of power. Anker 140W 4-Port Charger review: Powerful PD 3.1 wall charger. The rumor mill Apple’s fall launches are shaping up to be a little smarter than usual. Apple is looking to snatch back the limelight with a huge year for the iPhone. iPhone SE 4 dummy model reveals key features of Apple’s next budget phone. The M4 MacBook Air is set to kick off a ‘loaded’ 2025 for the Mac. Apple Intelligence brings a huge spec bump for the basic iPad. Software updates, bugs, and problems Hackers have devised a simple text scam to bypass Apple’s iPhone protections. New Mac malware can bypass Apple’s XProtect security scanner. Apple tweaks AI notification summaries in iOS 18.3 following outcry. Researcher finds a vulnerability in the iPhone USB-C controller. Apple releases first MagSafe Charger firmware in nearly two years. And with that, we’re done for this week’s Apple Breakfast. If you’d like to get regular roundups, sign up for our newsletters. You can also follow us on Facebook, Threads, or Twitter for discussion of breaking Apple news stories. See you next Monday, and stay Appley.10:00 amSome M4 Mac mini users report connectivity issues between Thunderbolt ports and USB-C devices | PowerPageSome M4 Mac mini users report connectivity issues between Thunderbolt ports and USB-C devices
As impressive and well-reviewed as the M4 Mac mini is, an ongoing USB-C connectivity problem has been driving many users up the wall. Per AppleInsider, a number of users have reported that connections to their USB-C devices stop working or don’t work at all. The issue doesn’t appear to affect any of the other M4 […] Source08:00 amStruggling with calculus? This AI app can do your homework for you
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Jan 19, 22:35 PSTResolved - We are no longer experiencing SMS delivery failures on Multiple Messaging Providers. This incident has been resolved.Jan 19, 20:35 PSTMonitoring - We are observing successful SMS delivery on Multiple Messaging Providers. We will continue to monitor to ensure full service recovery. We expect to provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.Jan 19, 19:22 PSTUpdate - We are experiencing SMS delivery failures on multiple SN Messaging Provider Bind Failover and Queuing Issue. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We expect to provide another update in two hours or as soon as more information becomes available.Jan 19, 18:44 PSTUpdate - We are experiencing SMS delivery failures on multiple SN Messaging Provider Bind Failover and Queuing Issue. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We expect to provide another update in one hour or as soon as more information becomes available.Jan 19, 18:22 PSTInvestigating - We are experiencing SMS delivery failures on multiple SN Messaging Provider Bind Failover and Queuing Issue. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We expect to provide another update in one hour or as soon as more information becomes available.04:28 amI’m roasting your apps, comment it down below
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Jan 20, 04:00 UTCCompleted - The scheduled maintenance has been completed.Jan 20, 01:00 UTCIn progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.Jan 19, 22:18 UTCScheduled - We will be performing scheduled maintenance in FRA (Frankfurt) datacenter on 2025-01-20 between 01:00 and 04:00 UTC.Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region. For PNI / CNI customers connecting with us in this location, please make sure you are expecting this traffic to fail over elsewhere during this maintenance window as network interfaces in this datacentre may become temporarily unavailable.You can now subscribe to these notifications via Cloudflare dashboard and receive these updates directly via email, PagerDuty and webhooks (based on your plan): https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/#cloudflare-status.03:51 amiOS Subscription Sales Not Showing in Facebook Ads Manager – Need Help!
I’ve generated some subscription sales (free trials and paid conversions) but can’t see them reported in Facebook Ads Manager. https://preview.redd.it/wi16x1yqm2ee1.png?width=1654&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e13cbcc60da71a72fb527b8be7791e3821fe88b I rely entirely on Facebook Ads for app installs and expect sales data to appear there. I followed the setup guide on https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/getting-started-app-events-ios and use StoreKit2, assuming subscription events are sent automatically. Any idea on […]02:26 amConversations Temporary Sync Issues in Ie1
Jan 19, 18:26 PSTResolved - Twilio Conversations in ie1 was degraded between 01:21:00 and 01:31:30 UTC, on 01/20/2025 in ie1. During this period of time, customers may have experienced delayed/missed real-time updates. This issue has been resolved.12:23 amMeta's Edits is an alternative to CapCut, as Apple forgets about Clips
Even as the future of TikTok remains unclear, Meta has rushed out an alternative to CapCut while Apple continues to do nothing to promote Clips eight years after its debut.Apple's Clips app is a fun tool, but not quite a CapCut replacementThere's a lot of back and forth relating to whether TikTok will be banned or not, but competitors are taking note. Meta, Adobe, and even Apple have an opportunity to take advantage of the void left by TikTok, CapCut, and other apps owned by ByteDance if a ban is enforced.According to a Reels post from head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, a new video editing app called Edits would be released sometime in February. It's a similar move to when Meta pre-announced Threads as an alternative to the dying Twitter platform. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our ForumsSunday January 1910:53 pmConversations Temporary Sync Issues in ie1
Jan 19, 14:53 PSTResolved - Twilio Conversations in ie1 was degraded for 7 minutes between 21:28:30 and 21:36:30 UTC, on 01/20/2025. During this period of time customers may have experienced delayed/missed real-time updates. The issue has now been resolved.Jan 19, 14:36 PSTMonitoring - Our engineers are currently investigating the customer impact of a retroactive issue with Converstations. We will follow up and provide customer impact details within 2 hours.10:17 pmHow to watch the 2025 presidential inauguration on Apple devices
Last-minute changes to the location of the 47th presidential inauguration ceremony may have foiled plans by the public to watch the event in person, but here's how to catch the whole event as it's broadcast and streamed live.The US Capitol building. Image source: Visit the Capitol government websiteBecause of an unusually cold weather forecast for Monday, January 20th, the swearing-in ceremony of US President-Elect Donald Trump has been changed from the traditionally outdoor event at the US Capitol to inside the building. "There is an Arctic blast sweeping the country," Trump said in a statement about moving the event, "I don't want to see people hurt, or injured in any way."The inauguration ceremony will take place in the United States Capitol Rotunda at 12:00 pm Eastern, and all major US networks will be carrying the event live. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums10:10 pm'Ted Lasso' star drops strong hint of filming for fourth season
Evidence continues to trickle in that hit Apple TV+ show "Ted Lasso" will return for a fourth season.'Ted Lasso' star Nick Mohammed has dropped a hint about the show's return.The latest hint comes from former cast member Nick Mohammed, who played assistant coach Nate Shelley on the hit show. Mohammed posted a video on X.com on January 16th to announce that some of the early dates on his forthcoming UK tour will be rearranged due to unnamed "filming."Mohammed was scheduled to kick off the tour for "Show Pony," a live "show that goes wrong" type comedy involving music and magic, in April. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums09:54 pmBrikTok
Apple and Google, seemingly, are following the law, not Trump’s good-as-gold word and pinkie-swear promise that they won’t be held liable for violating it. But Oracle and Akamai seemingly are going with Trump’s word.09:49 pmSMS Delivery Delays To MTN Network in Zambia
Jan 19, 13:49 PSTResolved - We are no longer experiencing SMS delivery delays when sending messages to MTN Network in Zambia. This incident has been resolved.Jan 19, 11:48 PSTMonitoring - We are observing recovery in SMS delivery delays when sending messages to MTN Network in Zambia. We will continue monitoring the service to ensure a full recovery. Another update will be provided in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.Jan 19, 10:49 PSTInvestigating - We are experiencing SMS delivery delays when sending messages to MTN Network in Zambia. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.09:36 pmTikTok is Working Again in the U.S., But Still Removed From App Store
Well, that didn't last long. Less than a day after TikTok became temporarily unavailable in the U.S., the app is now functional again. In an in-app notice, TikTok says the app has been restored "as a result of President Trump's efforts." Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the social media platform would be banned. That law went into effect today. TikTok is still owned by ByteDance, so Apple removed the app from the App Store in the U.S., pursuant to the law. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump today said that he "will issue an executive order on Monday" that allows for more time before the U.S. law banning TikTok is enforced. Trump said the order will "also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order." Trump will be sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, and Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly plans to attend the inauguration. Based on Trump's promise, Apple may or may not be safe to restore availability of the TikTok app on the App Store in the U.S., after pulling it on late Saturday. Apple has yet to re-list the app, and it may be waiting to see how the situation unfolds. Apple potentially faced billions of dollars in fines had it kept TikTok available in the App Store in the U.S., so it is obviously navigating this situation extremely carefully due to the risks. In a support document published today, Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates." "Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025," wrote Apple. The outgoing White House administration declined to intervene. TikTok remains available in the App Store in other countries.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums09:36 pmTikTok is Working Again in the U.S., But Still Removed From App Store
Well, that didn't last long. Less than a day after TikTok became temporarily unavailable in the U.S., the app is now functional again. In an in-app notice, TikTok says the app has been restored "as a result of President Trump's efforts." Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the social media platform would be banned. That law went into effect today. TikTok is still owned by ByteDance, so Apple removed the app from the App Store in the U.S., pursuant to the law. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump today said that he "will issue an executive order on Monday" that allows for more time before the U.S. law banning TikTok is enforced. Trump said the order will "also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order." Trump will be sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, and Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly plans to attend the inauguration. Based on Trump's promise, Apple may or may not be safe to restore availability of the TikTok app on the App Store in the U.S., after pulling it on late Saturday. Apple has yet to re-list the app, and it may be waiting to see how the situation unfolds. Apple potentially faced billions of dollars in fines had it kept TikTok available in the App Store in the U.S., so it is obviously navigating this situation extremely carefully due to the risks. In a support document published today, Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates." "Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025," wrote Apple. The outgoing White House administration declined to intervene. TikTok remains available in the App Store in other countries.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums09:13 pmGoTo – Multiple services impacted
Jan 19, 21:13 UTCResolved - This incident has been resolved.Jan 19, 21:04 UTCMonitoring - Our engineers have implemented a correction, and we are seeing impacted services beginning to recover.We will continue monitoring the situation and provide a final update shortly.Jan 19, 20:52 UTCUpdate - We are aware of and actively investigating reports that multiple services are down.Our engineers are investigating these, and we will provide update shortly.Jan 19, 20:23 UTCInvestigating - Wr are aware of and investigating reports of multiple services impacted, including meetings, Contact Center, and voice services. Our engineers are working to identify the issue and will provide another update shortly.reports o08:37 pmTikTok has shut itself down in the US ahead of January 19 deadline.
A TikTok ban in the US that's been in the works for years started early on Saturday with the company locking down US users — but the entire saga remains more about politics than national security.TikTokAs of January 19, 2025, TikTok is no longer accessible within the US. The app is being removed from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store, plus Oracle must now stop hosting the service's US user data.Those existing users will see only an explanatory pop-up message on launching the app. TikTok's owners, Chinese firm ByteDance, is said to be working to allow users to download their data and personal information.The second notification sent to users with the app installed cites some sort of discussion taking place with president elect Donald Trump, despite him being the architect of the ban in the first place. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums08:15 pmInstagram announces new ‘Edits’ app amidst TikTok and CapCut ban, launching next month
Today, Meta is announcing Edits: a new mobile video editing platform. This comes just hours after TikTok (and as a result, CapCut) were banned in the US – though TikTok is currently being restored, at least temporarily. more…07:55 pmWhat you need to know about the U.S. TikTok ban [Update: It’s back!]
The TikTok ban kicked in on Sunday, but didn’t last long. Get the latest on the future of this popular social media platform. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)06:33 pmTikTok service restored in the US after promises that ban won't be enforced
China-based social media site TikTok has returned from a one-day hiatus in the US, following assurances from the incoming Trump administration that it will face no penalties for restoring service to its US users now.The ban on TikTok in the US turned out to last only one day.Apple and other companies temporarily took the TikTok app off their respective App Store, which complied with a law passed by Congress banning the service in the US if the parent company failed to find a US buyer by January 19th.The short-lived ban affected numerous TikTok-related apps and services, including TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop Seller Center, CapCut, Lemon8, Hypic, Lark collaboration software, the AI study companion Gauth, and the game Marvel Snap. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums06:20 pmI made a video game from scratch, and then I ported it to iOS/Mac OS. Ask me anything. | Reddit on iOS ProgrammingI made a video game from scratch, and then I ported it to iOS/Mac OS. Ask me anything.
Hi folks. I used to be employed as an iOS developer, knew most of it well enough to stay employed, but got frustrated with the complexity and over-reliance on third-party software in the ecosystem. In particular, it seems like most customers and clients want the same app to work on not just iOS, but also […]06:15 pmConvert Paid app to free with non-consumable subscription
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On January 19, 1989, Apple introduced the Macintosh SE/30, the greatest of the classic black-and-white Macs. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)05:40 pmTikTok is back online in the United States
After being offline in the United States for 14 hours, TikTok now says it is in the process of restoring service. In a statement posted to social media, the company said: In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive. It’s a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States. more…05:28 pmIs it possible to upload an app with just your email adress/ name?
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In September, Apple said that it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025, and it appears the wireless earbuds are coming very soon. Powerbeats Pro 2 images found in iOS 18 code In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the Powerbeats Pro 2 are "due imminently." In addition to Apple filing the Powerbeats Pro 2 in regulatory databases last month, Gurman said Apple is planning to hold product briefings with the media "in a week or so" to go over the new features of the wireless earbuds. Powerbeats Pro are a sportier, fitness-focused alternative to AirPods Pro with built-in, adjustable ear hooks for a secure fit. Apple's teaser video last year showed MLB star Shohei Ohtani wearing the Powerbeats Pro 2, revealing a more vertical, slimmer design compared to the original Powerbeats Pro, which are now discontinued. MLB star Shohei Ohtani wearing the Powerbeats Pro 2 We previously reported that the Powerbeats Pro 2 will offer heart rate monitoring during workouts. Based on our iOS 18 code findings, you will be able to connect the Powerbeats Pro 2 to gym equipment like a treadmill to measure heart rate, and the data will be visible in the Health app and other supported apps on the iPhone. We also confirmed that Powerbeats Pro 2 will support Active Noise Cancellation, Spatial Audio, and Adaptive Audio. The earbuds and charging case will be available in Jet Black, Quick Sand, Electric Orange, and Hyper Purple, and the case should have a USB-C port. Based on other recent Beats headphones, other potential upgrades for the Powerbeats Pro 2 include improved sound quality, longer battery life, and improved cross-platform compatibility with Android features like Find My Device.Tags: Beats, Mark Gurman, Powerbeats ProThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums04:25 pmPowerbeats Pro 2 Coming Soon: Apple to Announce Them 'Imminently'
In September, Apple said that it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025, and it appears the wireless earbuds are coming very soon. Powerbeats Pro 2 images found in iOS 18 code In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the Powerbeats Pro 2 are "due imminently." In addition to Apple filing the Powerbeats Pro 2 in regulatory databases last month, Gurman said Apple is planning to hold product briefings with the media "in a week or so" to go over the new features of the wireless earbuds. Powerbeats Pro are a sportier, fitness-focused alternative to AirPods Pro with built-in, adjustable ear hooks for a secure fit. Apple's teaser video last year showed MLB star Shohei Ohtani wearing the Powerbeats Pro 2, revealing a more vertical, slimmer design compared to the original Powerbeats Pro, which are now discontinued. MLB star Shohei Ohtani wearing the Powerbeats Pro 2 We previously reported that the Powerbeats Pro 2 will offer heart rate monitoring during workouts. Based on our iOS 18 code findings, you will be able to connect the Powerbeats Pro 2 to gym equipment like a treadmill to measure heart rate, and the data will be visible in the Health app and other supported apps on the iPhone. We also confirmed that Powerbeats Pro 2 will support Active Noise Cancellation, Spatial Audio, and Adaptive Audio. The earbuds and charging case will be available in Jet Black, Quick Sand, Electric Orange, and Hyper Purple, and the case should have a USB-C port. Based on other recent Beats headphones, other potential upgrades for the Powerbeats Pro 2 include improved sound quality, longer battery life, and improved cross-platform compatibility with Android features like Find My Device.Tags: Beats, Mark Gurman, Powerbeats ProThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums04:23 pmMultiple freezes in collection view
I have collection view with UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout. Inside my collection I have items with images. When I launch my app I see collection view. And when I start scrolling I have multiple freezes. But when I scrolled the all collection, the freezes disappear. I think that freezes are disappearing after full collection scroll because the images are already loaded. But how can I fix the problem so that after launching the app and scrolling the collection for the first time, it does not freeze? Video to reproduce the problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/145Bl2Oc3UHgwpJQZjG38YNVOZyWz7euM/view?usp=share_link There is a lot of code in the app, so I posted the project on GitHub: https://github.com/user234567890354678/carousel Main code: collection view cell class CVCell: UICollectionViewCell, SelfConfiguringCell { func configure(with item: Item) { title.text = item.title textView.backgroundColor = UIColor(item.backgroundColor) textView.layer.borderColor = UIColor(item.borderColor).cgColor titleImageView.image = UIImage(named: item.titleImage) imageView.image = UIImage(named: item.image) } } collection controller class CVController: UIViewController, UICollectionViewDelegate { var collectionView: UICollectionView! var dataSource: UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource? let sections = Bundle.main.decode([Section].self, from: "img1.json") func createDataSource() { dataSource = UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource(collectionView: collectionView) { collectionView, indexPath, item in switch self.sections[indexPath.section].identifier { case "carouselCell": let cell = self.configure(CarouselCell.self, with: item, for: indexPath) return cell default: return self.configure(CarouselCell.self, with: item, for: indexPath) } } } func configure(_ cellType: T.Type, with item: Item, for indexPath: IndexPath) - > T { guard let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: cellType.reuseIdentifier, for: indexPath) as? T else { fatalError("(cellType)") } cell.configure(with: item) return cell } func reloadData() { var snapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot() snapshot.appendSections(sections) for section in sections { snapshot.appendItems(section.item, toSection: section) } dataSource?.apply(snapshot) } func setupCollectionView() { collectionView = UICollectionView(frame: view.bounds, collectionViewLayout: createCompositionalLayout()) collectionView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight] collectionView.isScrollEnabled = false collectionView.delegate = self collectionView.contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = .never view.addSubview(collectionView) collectionView.register(CarouselCell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: CarouselCell.reuseIdentifier) createDataSource() reloadData() } func createCompositionalLayout() - > UICollectionViewLayout { UICollectionViewCompositionalLayout { (sectionIndex: Int, layoutEnvironment: NSCollectionLayoutEnvironment) - > NSCollectionLayoutSection? in let itemSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(widthDimension: .fractionalWidth(1), // heightDimension: .fractionalHeight(1)) // let item = NSCollectionLayoutItem(layoutSize: itemSize) let groupWidth = (layoutEnvironment.container.contentSize.width * 1.05)/3 let groupSize = NSCollectionLayoutSize(widthDimension: .absolute(groupWidth), // heightDimension: .absolute(groupWidth)) // let group = NSCollectionLayoutGroup.horizontal(layoutSize: groupSize, subitems: [item]) let section = NSCollectionLayoutSection(group: group) section.contentInsets = NSDirectionalEdgeInsets( top: (layoutEnvironment.container.contentSize.height/2) - (groupWidth/2), leading: 0, bottom: 0, trailing: 0) section.interGroupSpacing = 64 section.orthogonalScrollingBehavior = .groupPagingCentered section.contentInsetsReference = .none section.visibleItemsInvalidationHandler = { (items, offset, environment) in items.forEach { item in let distanceFromCenter = abs((item.frame.midX - offset.x) - environment.container.contentSize.width / 2.0) let minScale: CGFloat = 0.7 let maxScale: CGFloat = 1.1 let scale = max(maxScale - (distanceFromCenter / environment.container.contentSize.width), minScale) item.transform = CGAffineTransform(scaleX: scale, y: scale) } } return section } } func reloadItem(indexPath: IndexPath) { guard let needReloadItem = dataSource!.itemIdentifier(for: indexPath) else { return } var snapshot = NSDiffableDataSourceSnapshot() snapshot.appendSections(sections) for section in sections { snapshot.appendItems(section.item, toSection: section) } dataSource?.apply(snapshot) snapshot.reloadItems([needReloadItem]) dataSource?.apply(snapshot, animatingDifferences: false) } } What did I try to do to solve this problem? I have the same problem in a UITableView with a lot of images. To fix this I use this code: func loadImageAsync(imageName: String, completion: @escaping (UIImage) - > ()) { DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInteractive).async { guard let image = UIImage(named: imageName) else {return} DispatchQueue.main.async { completion(image) } } } override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) - > UITableViewCell { let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell", for: indexPath) as! RecipesViewCell loadImageAsync(imageName: imageName) { (image) in guard cell.imageName == imageName else { return } cell.cardImageView.image = image } } And after running, after a few seconds the images are loaded into the cells and after that I can scroll the table without freezing. Then I tried to apply this code for my collectionView in question like this: class CVCell: UICollectionViewCell, SelfConfiguringCell { func configure(with item: Item) { loadImageAsync(imageName: item.image) { (image) in self.imageView.image = image } } func loadImageAsync(imageName: String, completion: @escaping (UIImage) - > ()) { DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInteractive).async { guard let image = UIImage(named: imageName) else {return} DispatchQueue.main.async { completion(image) } } } } But this didn't help me at all. What am I doing wrong?03:57 pmGet Apple's 10th Gen iPad for $279 at Amazon and Best Buy
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Both Amazon and Best Buy have nearly every model of the 10th generation iPad for $70 off this weekend. Prices start at $279.00 for the 64GB Wi-Fi iPad [Amazon/Best Buy], which is a match of the best price we've tracked so far in 2025 and an overall second-best price on the tablet. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon and Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. You'll also find the 256GB Wi-Fi iPad on sale for $429.00 [Amazon/Best Buy], down from $499.00. Both Wi-Fi models are available at these $70 discounts in all four colors: Yellow, Silver, Pink, and Blue. Both the Amazon and Best Buy discounts have been automatically applied and do not require any coupons or exclusive memberships. $70 OFFiPad (64GB Wi-Fi) for $279.00 $70 OFFiPad (256GB Wi-Fi) for $429.00 Stock isn't as abundant for cellular models at either Amazon or Best Buy, but you can still find a few on sale. The 64GB cellular is down to $429.00 [Amazon/Best Buy] and the 256GB cellular tablet is available for $579.00 [only at Amazon], both of which are $70 discounts as well. Our full Deals Roundup has more information on the latest Apple-related sales and bargains. Deals Newsletter Interested in hearing more about the best deals you can find in 2025? Sign up for our Deals Newsletter and we'll keep you updated so you don't miss the biggest deals of the season! Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums03:55 pmIf you want to buy the 2022 iPhone SE, do it now
Ahead of an anticipated powerful new release, inventory of the current iPhone SE is dropping at retail outlets, according to a new report.The fourth-gen iPhone SE will be based on the iPhone 14, with upgraded internals.Apple is expected to launch a revamped iPhone SE sometime in the spring of 2025. The new model will offer a new look, likely based on the iPhone 14, with a larger, 6.1-inch screen.Retail inventory of the current iPhone SE is claimed to be falling fast in some locations, according to Bloomberg. AppleInsider has found that many Apple Stores in cities such as New York and Los Angeles continue to have the current iPhone SE model in stock, but it's no longer available in all stores. AT&T Wireless and Verizon are running incentives on remaining inventory. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:51 pmHey Everyone! Our free SwiftUI beginner course continues with networking. This video contains the first step in hooking up an API: JSON Modeling. Please check it out if you have a chance and thank you for the support. | Reddit on iOS ProgrammingHey Everyone! Our free SwiftUI beginner course continues with networking. This video contains the first step in hooking up an API: JSON Modeling. Please check it out if you have a chance and thank you for the support.
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It seems like this sub has an interest in becoming an iOS engineer, so I figured I document my experience of how we went about hiring an entry-level engineer a few months ago. For reference, I’m a technical mobile lead for a few teams at a large company. For starters, about two years ago, we […]02:58 pmApple Explains Why It Removed TikTok From the App Store in the U.S.
Apple on late Saturday removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., and it has now explained why it was required to take this action. Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the platform would be banned. That law went into effect today, and companies like Apple and Google risked enormous fines if they did not remove access to TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps. In a support document published today, Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates." Apple removed TikTok, and other ByteDance-owned apps such as CapCut and Hypic, pursuant to the law that required them to. "Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025," wrote Apple. Apple's support document also states that foreign visitors to the U.S. may have limited access to ByteDance app functionality due to the law. iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app as of late Saturday, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable." Outside of the U.S., the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office this Monday, January 20, and he reportedly might give TikTok a 90-day reprieve on the ban. However, it is not clear if TikTok will ever be able to operate again in the U.S. under ByteDance ownership, or if it will simply be given more time to sort out American ownership.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:58 pmApple Explains Why It Removed TikTok From the App Store in the U.S.
Apple on late Saturday removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., and it has now explained why it was required to take this action. Last year, the U.S. passed a law that required Chinese company ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok due to potential national security risks, or else the platform would be banned. That law went into effect today, and companies like Apple and Google risked enormous fines if they did not remove access to TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps. In a support document published today, Apple said it is "obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates." Apple removed TikTok, and other ByteDance-owned apps such as CapCut and Hypic, pursuant to the law that required them to. "Pursuant to the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. and its subsidiaries — including TikTok, CapCut, Lemon8, and others — will no longer be available for download or updates on the App Store for users in the United States starting January 19, 2025," wrote Apple. Apple's support document also states that foreign visitors to the U.S. may have limited access to ByteDance app functionality due to the law. iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app as of late Saturday, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable." Outside of the U.S., the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office this Monday, January 20, and he reportedly might give TikTok a 90-day reprieve on the ban. However, it is not clear if TikTok will ever be able to operate again in the U.S. under ByteDance ownership, or if it will simply be given more time to sort out American ownership.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:30 pmThese transforming charging stations power up iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods at once
With pop-out spots for Apple Watch and AirPods, the Mag Tube and Mag Qube Qi2 iPhone charging stations look great and get the job done. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:17 pmNew Magic Keyboards for iPads Launching This Year: What to Expect
Apple plans to release updated Magic Keyboards for new 11-inch iPad Air, 13-inch iPad Air, and entry-level iPad 11 models "early" this year, according to an October 2024 report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, he reiterated that these accessories are coming in the "not-too-distant future." Gurman's initial report said the new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Air will adopt "some" of the new features that were added to the latest Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro. That means potential features for the next iPad Air version of the accessory include a thinner and lighter design with an aluminum palm rest, a larger glass trackpad, and a row of function keys with shortcuts for things like display brightness and volume. The new iPad Air, iPad 11, and Magic Keyboard models will likely be released this March or April. Last week, Gurman said the iPad 11 will be equipped with an A17 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM, enabling support for Apple Intelligence features on the entry-level iPad.Related Roundups: iPad, iPad Air Tags: Magic Keyboard, Mark GurmanBuyer's Guide: iPad (Caution), iPad Air (Neutral)Related Forum: iPadThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:17 pmNew Magic Keyboards for iPads Launching This Year: What to Expect
Apple plans to release updated Magic Keyboards for new 11-inch iPad Air, 13-inch iPad Air, and entry-level iPad 11 models "early" this year, according to an October 2024 report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On newsletter today, he reiterated that these accessories are coming in the "not-too-distant future." Gurman's initial report said the new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Air will adopt "some" of the new features that were added to the latest Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro. That means potential features for the next iPad Air version of the accessory include a thinner and lighter design with an aluminum palm rest, a larger glass trackpad, and a row of function keys with shortcuts for things like display brightness and volume. The new iPad Air, iPad 11, and Magic Keyboard models will likely be released this March or April. Last week, Gurman said the iPad 11 will be equipped with an A17 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM, enabling support for Apple Intelligence features on the entry-level iPad.Related Roundups: iPad, iPad Air Tags: Magic Keyboard, Mark GurmanBuyer's Guide: iPad (Caution), iPad Air (Neutral)Related Forum: iPadThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:02 pmApple's Redesigned Mail App is Expanding to the Mac — Here's When
Apple plans to expand the iPhone's redesigned Mail app to the Mac starting with macOS 15.4, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The first macOS 15.4 beta should be made available in the coming weeks, and Apple has previously suggested that the iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 series of software updates will be released to the public in April. The revamped Mail app debuted on all iPhones compatible with iOS 18.2 last year, but it remains curiously absent on the iPad and Mac. Apple even showed off an image of mail categorization on the Mac last year, but it has yet to arrive. The upgraded Mail app automatically sorts emails into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions categories, but not everyone loves this new functionality, and fortunately it can be turned off on the iPhone if desired. Mail categorization is currently only available in English. While the feature relies on on-device artificial intelligence, the redesigned Mail app does not require a device with Apple Intelligence support. For example, mail categorization is available on all iPhone models that are compatible with iOS 18.2, going back to the iPhone XS. The redesigned Mail app is also coming to the iPad, according to Gurman. No word on timing, but perhaps it will arrive with iPadOS 18.4.Related Roundup: macOS SequoiaTags: Apple Mail, Mark GurmanRelated Forum: macOS SequoiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:02 pmApple's Redesigned Mail App is Expanding to the Mac — Here's When
Apple plans to expand the iPhone's redesigned Mail app to the Mac starting with macOS 15.4, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The first macOS 15.4 beta should be made available in the coming weeks, and Apple has previously suggested that the iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 series of software updates will be released to the public in April. The revamped Mail app debuted on all iPhones compatible with iOS 18.2 last year, but it remains curiously absent on the iPad and Mac. Apple even showed off an image of mail categorization on the Mac last year, but it has yet to arrive. The upgraded Mail app automatically sorts emails into Primary, Transactions, Updates, and Promotions categories, but not everyone loves this new functionality, and fortunately it can be turned off on the iPhone if desired. Mail categorization is currently only available in English. While the feature relies on on-device artificial intelligence, the redesigned Mail app does not require a device with Apple Intelligence support. For example, mail categorization is available on all iPhone models that are compatible with iOS 18.2, going back to the iPhone XS. The redesigned Mail app is also coming to the iPad, according to Gurman. No word on timing, but perhaps it will arrive with iPadOS 18.4.Related Roundup: macOS SequoiaTags: Apple Mail, Mark GurmanRelated Forum: macOS SequoiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums01:44 pmReport: ‘Little to no’ iPhone SE inventory remaining in Apple Stores
According to Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, supply of the current generation iPhone SE, which debuted in 2022, is quickly shrinking. This is unsurprising, given the fact that we’re all expecting a new iPhone SE to debut in just a couple months. However, it is uniquely interesting, as it indicates that Apple likely has no plans to keep the current generation model around. more…01:17 pmGurman: Redesigned Apple Mail app coming to Mac and iPad in April
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s new Mail app is going to make its way to the Mac very soon, with macOS 15.4. Apple introduced the new Mail app to the iPhone back in December with iOS 18.2, but it hasn’t made its way to any other platform since. more…01:10 pmiPhone SE Inventory 'Quickly' Dwindling at Apple Stores Ahead of New Model With These Upgrades | MacRumorsiPhone SE Inventory 'Quickly' Dwindling at Apple Stores Ahead of New Model With These Upgrades
Apple is widely rumored to be planning a new iPhone SE, and there is now a fresh hint that the device's launch is approaching. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said iPhone SE inventory is "quickly" dwindling at a "large number" of Apple Store locations in the U.S., and he believes this is a "reliable sign" that a new model is on the horizon. The current iPhone SE is still available to order on Apple's online store. According to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone SE 4 will be released around the quarter mark of 2025. That means the device will likely be released this March or April, just like all previous iPhone SE models were. The new iPhone SE is said to have a similar design as the base iPhone 14. Rumored features for the device include a 6.1-inch OLED display, Face ID, a USB-C port, a single 48-megapixel rear camera, a newer A-series chip and an increased 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence support, and the first Apple-designed 5G modem. The current iPhone SE looks similar to the iPhone 8, with outdated features such as a Touch ID button, Lightning port, and thick bezels around the display. Pricing starts at $429, but at least a slight price increase seems probable for the next model.Related Roundup: iPhone SEBuyer's Guide: iPhone SE (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iPhoneThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums01:10 pmiPhone SE Inventory 'Quickly' Dwindling at Apple Stores Ahead of New Model With These Upgrades | MacRumorsiPhone SE Inventory 'Quickly' Dwindling at Apple Stores Ahead of New Model With These Upgrades
Apple is widely rumored to be planning a new iPhone SE, and there is now a fresh hint that the device's launch is approaching. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said iPhone SE inventory is "quickly" dwindling at a "large number" of Apple Store locations in the U.S., and he believes this is a "reliable sign" that a new model is on the horizon. The current iPhone SE is still available to order on Apple's online store. According to Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone SE 4 will be released around the quarter mark of 2025. That means the device will likely be released this March or April, just like all previous iPhone SE models were. The new iPhone SE is said to have a similar design as the base iPhone 14. Rumored features for the device include a 6.1-inch OLED display, Face ID, a USB-C port, a single 48-megapixel rear camera, a newer A-series chip and an increased 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence support, and the first Apple-designed 5G modem. The current iPhone SE looks similar to the iPhone 8, with outdated features such as a Touch ID button, Lightning port, and thick bezels around the display. Pricing starts at $429, but at least a slight price increase seems probable for the next model.Related Roundup: iPhone SEBuyer's Guide: iPhone SE (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iPhoneThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums12:42 pmAdvanced Swift UI Resources?
I’m a designer/developer with a background in web design, currently working on my first iOS app. I’m aiming to create highly polished and maturely designed interfaces using SwiftUI. Do you have any recommendations for YouTube channels or other resources that focus on building professional-grade designs in SwiftUI? submitted by /u/samuelbroombyphotog [link] [comments]11:07 amApple says it is ‘obligated to follow the laws’ in response to TikTok ban
Last night, TikTok officially went dark in the United States. In addition to TikTok itself going offline, Apple also removed the app from the App Store. Apple has now addressed the TikTok ban for the first time, saying it is “obligated to follow the laws in the jurisdictions where it operates.” more…08:00 amYou might be using ChatGPT wrong
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I’m curious what everyone else’s thoughts are here, but coming from someone who tried TCA in version 0.3 I have to say the current major 1.7+ is probably the “simplest” it’s been and if you tried it early on like I did, it’s worth a revisit I think. I’m seeing more and more job listings […]05:10 amApple Updates TestFlight to Block Access to TikTok Beta in U.S.
Apple tonight updated its beta testing app TestFlight, seemingly to block U.S. users from accessing the TikTok beta on the iPhone and other devices. The update adds this fine print to the app, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris:Apple may use the IP address of your internet connection to approximate your location in order to determine whether certain beta apps that are subject to legal restrictions in some regions can be made available to you.This development comes after Apple removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S. earlier tonight. In the U.S., a law banning TikTok unless Chinese company ByteDance divests ownership of the platform takes effect Sunday, January 19. The app is "temporarily unavailable" in the U.S., according to an in-app notice being shown to users tonight. More details about the ban and what comes next are outlined in our earlier report.Tags: TestFlight, TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums05:10 amApple Updates TestFlight to Block Access to TikTok Beta in U.S.
Apple tonight updated its beta testing app TestFlight, seemingly to block U.S. users from accessing the TikTok beta on the iPhone and other devices. The update adds this fine print to the app, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris:Apple may use the IP address of your internet connection to approximate your location in order to determine whether certain beta apps that are subject to legal restrictions in some regions can be made available to you.This development comes after Apple removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S. earlier tonight. In the U.S., a law banning TikTok unless Chinese company ByteDance divests ownership of the platform takes effect Sunday, January 19. The app is "temporarily unavailable" in the U.S., according to an in-app notice being shown to users tonight. More details about the ban and what comes next are outlined in our earlier report.Tags: TestFlight, TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums04:38 amApple Removes TikTok From App Store on iPhones and iPads in the U.S.
Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there. In other countries, the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional. iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app either as of tonight, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable." In the U.S., a law banning TikTok unless Chinese company ByteDance divests its ownership of the social media platform takes effect this Sunday, January 19. Lawmakers expressed concern that TikTok's ties to China pose national security risks. TikTok is now showing the following notice to users who open the app in the country:A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday said that due to the timing of the TikTok ban taking effect, actions to implement the law must fall to the next administration. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office this Monday, January 20, and he reportedly might give TikTok a 90-day reprieve on the ban. Biden believes TikTok should remain available in the U.S. under American ownership. In a statement on Friday, TikTok warned that the app would become unavailable due to the Biden administration's lack of intervention:The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans. Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19.TikTok has followed through with making the app unavailable, and Apple has now taken action too. Apple could have faced fines amounting to billions of dollars had it still offered access to the app from January 19. TikTok has also been removed from the Google Play store on Android. This saga is far from over.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums04:38 amApple Removes TikTok From App Store on iPhones and iPads in the U.S.
Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there. In other countries, the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional. iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app either as of tonight, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable." In the U.S., a law banning TikTok unless Chinese company ByteDance divests its ownership of the social media platform takes effect this Sunday, January 19. Lawmakers expressed concern that TikTok's ties to China pose national security risks. TikTok is now showing the following notice to users who open the app in the country:A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday said that due to the timing of the TikTok ban taking effect, actions to implement the law must fall to the next administration. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office this Monday, January 20, and he reportedly might give TikTok a 90-day reprieve on the ban. Biden believes TikTok should remain available in the U.S. under American ownership. In a statement on Friday, TikTok warned that the app would become unavailable due to the Biden administration's lack of intervention:The statements issued today by both the Biden White House and the Department of Justice have failed to provide the necessary clarity and assurance to the service providers that are integral to maintaining TikTok's availability to over 170 million Americans. Unless the Biden Administration immediately provides a definitive statement to satisfy the most critical service providers assuring non-enforcement, unfortunately TikTok will be forced to go dark on January 19.TikTok has followed through with making the app unavailable, and Apple has now taken action too. Apple could have faced fines amounting to billions of dollars had it still offered access to the app from January 19. TikTok has also been removed from the Google Play store on Android. This saga is far from over.Tag: TikTokThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums04:11 amStrategies for in app ads in 2025
Like the title mentions I'm interested in the modern strategy for small~medium apps to implement in app ads. I know the current hot monetization strategy is subscriptions, but I'm still convinced ads on a freemium account to help push a user to convert to a subscription can still work. With that being said, what are […]03:40 amTikTok has officially shut down in the United States
In a new notification sent to users, TIkTok has confirmed it is shutting down in the United States. The company says it is “working to restore” its service in the U.S. “as soon as possible” with the help of incoming President Trump. Apple has also removed TikTok from the App Store in the United States. Google has removed the app from the Play Store. CapCut, the popular video editing app owned by ByteDance, is also now offline in the United States and has been removed from the App Store. more…03:00 amKazakhstan SMS Carrier Maintenance – Tele2
Jan 18, 19:00 PSTIn progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.Jan 18, 13:12 PSTScheduled - The Tele2 network in Kazakhstan is conducting a series of emergency maintenances from 18 January 2025 at 19:00 PST until 21 January 2025 at 10:00 PST. During the maintenance window, there could be intermittent delays delivering SMS to Tele2 Kazakhstan handsets when sending via toll free numbers.Note, the maintenance will be carried out on each of the following dates and times:18 January 2025 at 19:00 PST until 19 January 2025 at 10:00 PST19 January 2025 at 19:00 PST until 20 January 2025 at 10:00 PST20 January 2025 at 19:00 PST until 21 January 2025 at 10:00 PSTWe are aware of the short notice and are working with our Carrier Partners to provide earlier notification where possible.01:40 amNetwork Performance Issues in Istanbul
Jan 19, 01:40 UTCResolved - This incident has been resolved.Jan 18, 15:58 UTCIdentified - The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.Jan 18, 10:35 UTCInvestigating - Cloudflare is investigating issues with Network Performance in Istanbul, Turkey.We are working to analyze and mitigate this problem. More updates to follow shortly.01:18 amLet’s do a spinoff of this thread. What’s the most beautiful iOS code you’ve seen? | Reddit on iOS ProgrammingLet’s do a spinoff of this thread. What’s the most beautiful iOS code you’ve seen?
submitted by /u/SpreadTheLoveDupe [link] [comments]Saturday January 1811:04 pmEx-Professional Golfer First App
Note: Current wanna be professional golf submitted by /u/dhint4 [link] [comments]09:14 pmNewly-appointed Apple CFO denies 75% App Store profit claim in UK trial
Apple's Chief Financial Officer, Kevan Parekh, has testified at a UK trial, disputing claims by the prosecution that the company has a 75 percent profit margin on its App Store for iPhone and iPad.Apple CFO Kevan Parekh. Image credit: AppleThe seven-week trial happening in London is likely to the be the first case in a series of attacks on various Big Tech companies and their various paid services or app stores. The case is being heard by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal.Antitrust and consumer advocates in the case say that because the iPhone and iPad app stores are the only authorized outlets for obtaining apps and services on those platforms, they constitute a monopoly. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of 20 million UK Apple users, says that this monopoly allows Apple to charge a standard 30 percent commission, leading to inflated costs for consumers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums09:09 pmiPhone 17 Air suddenly makes a lot more sense after this new leak
Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that the iPhone 17 Air will cost less than the iPhone Pro models, contradicting the long-standing expectation that the new ultra-thin iPhone would be even more expensive than the iPhone Pro Max models. With that being the case, the phone actually makes more sense than ever. more…08:42 pmA long journey but finally my first app live.
Long story very short. For a long time I wanted to create apps, things never seem to happen and what I started I never finished. I have been successful in life and achieved a lot but this was just one thing I could never seem to get finished from perfectionism causing me to rewrite things […]08:30 pmIndie App Spotlight: ‘PostPocket’ is a universal bookmarking tool for your iPhone
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. PostPocket is a simple tool, aiming to help users keep track of various links, posts, articles, videos, or anything from across the internet. It allows you to save everything in one centralized place. The app also has categorization, allowing you to keep all of your links sorted. The app is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. more…08:05 pm[iOS][Visual LabX – Photo Editing App][$49.99 → Free Lifetime Premium]
Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a photo editing app called Visual LabX that brings professional-grade filters and tools right to your iPhone. With a wide range of filters tailored for portraits, travel shots, and influencer vibes, it’s designed to help you make your photos stand out effortlessly. For a limited time, we’re giving away […]07:56 pmMacBook Air With OLED Display Reportedly Delayed
The wait for a MacBook Air with an OLED display might take longer than initially expected. Korean website The Elec yesterday cited an industry source who said the first MacBook Air with an OLED display will likely be released around 2029, instead of by 2027 as originally planned. The report said Apple made this decision as a result of lower-than-expected sales of the first iPad Pro models with OLED displays, which launched last year. Essentially, the report claims that since OLED displays did not help to boost iPad Pro sales as much as Apple anticipated, the company has decided to delay bringing the expensive technology to the MacBook Air. However, it is unclear if there are any other reasons for the apparent delay that are not mentioned in the report. While the MacBook Air will apparently stick with LCD technology for the next four years, the report claims that Apple plans to use "oxide TFT" technology for 2027 models. This upgrade would allow for improved color accuracy, higher contrast ratio, more uniform display brightness, and lower power consumption for longer battery life. So, while no OLED, the MacBook Air should still receive meaningful display improvements in two years from now. MacBook Pro models with OLED displays are still expected to launch next year. In the meantime, Apple will likely announce updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip within the next month or two.Related Roundup: MacBook AirTag: The ElecBuyer's Guide: 15" MacBook Air (Don't Buy), 13" MacBook Air (Don't Buy)Related Forum: MacBook AirThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums07:55 pmAmazon drops 15-inch MacBook Air 512GB to $1,249 in flash sale
Amazon has issued limited-time 15-inch MacBook Air deals this weekend, with 512GB models falling to as low as $1,249.Amazon shaves $250 off multiple 15-inch MacBook Air models.Save $250 on two popular 15-inch MacBook Air configurations today at Amazon, with the Apple Authorized Reseller highlighting the discounts with its limited-time deals badge.The current M3/16GB/512GB spec is on sale for $1,249 after the discount, with the upgrade to 24GB of RAM priced at $1,449 after the $250 savings. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums07:48 pmEx-Pizza hut delivery driver first app
submitted by /u/masaldana2 [link] [comments]07:22 pmNokia’s Next-Day Internal Competitive Analysis of the Original iPhone Largely Got It Right | Daring FireballNokia’s Next-Day Internal Competitive Analysis of the Original iPhone Largely Got It Right
To the credit of the team that put this presentation together, they mostly got it.06:47 pmApple Card will soon stop offering 3% cash back at one of its partner merchants
In November, Apple announced some additional 3% cash back partners for the Apple Card, Booking.com and Chargepoint. Those were welcome additions, but one of the existing partners will also be going away in a couple weeks: that being Panera Bread. more…06:10 pmApple might start making Wi-Fi routers again, but in a way you wouldn’t expect
According to Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple is not working on a new version of its AirPort wireless router. However, they are working on something else that could potentially serve as a wireless access point, so don’t give up hope quite yet. more…06:01 pm“Body Story” is a health logging app to help with gut health issues. It is my first app, created with SwiftUI and SwiftData. | Reddit on iOS Programming“Body Story” is a health logging app to help with gut health issues. It is my first app, created with SwiftUI and SwiftData.
Hey! I just released my first app. It helps people with gut health issues log their symptoms and food/medication intake and get insights. There’s an “investigation tool” that filters the logs for a relevant timeframe. And it can also associate symptoms with causes and vice-versa. Plus you can see a range of charts with a […]05:00 pmShocker: iPhone 17 Pro’s camera will be even better [The CultCast]
This week on Cult of Mac's podcast: The latest rumors indicate the iPhone 17 Pro camera will get a major upgrade. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)04:00 pmSilo going out big while Severance comes on strong
The sci-fi mystery “Silo” stays a hit for Apple TV+ until the end of season two. Meanwhile, “Severance” is already pulling in a big audience. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)03:53 pmMacs are still missing these three software features from the iPad
In recent years, iOS and macOS have been closer than ever to having feature parity. Nowadays, macOS releases mostly bring features first introduced on the iPhone and iPad, occasionally adding a new twist. However, despite this feature parity, there are some gaps, mostly to do with customization. Here are a couple of recent customization additions that have been made on the iPhone and iPad that haven’t quite made their way to the Mac yet. more…03:22 pmBest Buy Kicks Off Weekend Sale With Sitewide Discounts on iPads, MacBooks, TVs, and More | MacRumorsBest Buy Kicks Off Weekend Sale With Sitewide Discounts on iPads, MacBooks, TVs, and More
Best Buy is hosting a new weekend sale that includes a few solid deals on iPads and MacBooks. There's also plenty of non-Apple discounts during the event, with big savings on TVs, smart home products, video games, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. iPads The best Apple-related deals during the Best Buy sale include the 10th generation iPad at $279.00 ($70 off) and iPad mini 7 at $399.00 ($100 off). You'll find a few other configurations of each model on sale, including cellular devices. SITEWIDE SALEApple Deals at Best Buy10th Gen iPad (64GB Wi-Fi) - $279.00 ($70 off) 10th Gen iPad (256GB Wi-Fi) - $429.00 ($70 off) iPad mini 7 (128GB Wi-Fi) - $399.00 ($100 off) iPad mini 7 (256GB Wi-Fi) - $499.00 ($100 off) MacBooks You can also find an all-time low price on the M2 13-inch MacBook Air for $799.00 ($200 off), and the newer M3 13-inch MacBook Air for $899.00 ($200 off). For MacBook Pros, there are low prices across nearly every model of the 2024 MacBook Pro in both 14-inch and 16-inch sizes at Best Buy this weekend. MacBook Air M2 13-inch MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 256GB) - $799.00 ($200 off) M3 13-inch MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 256GB) - $899.00 ($200 off) M3 15-inch MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 256GB) - $1,099.00 ($200 off) 14-inch MacBook Pro M4 10-Core/16GB RAM/512GB - $1,449.00 ($150 off) M4 10-Core/16GB RAM/1TB - $1,599.00 ($200 off) M4 10-Core/24GB RAM/1TB - $1,799.00 ($200 off) M4 Pro 12-Core/24GB RAM/512GB - $1,799.00 ($200 off) M4 Pro 14-Core/24GB RAM/1TB - $2,179.00 ($220 off) M4 Max 14-Core/36GB RAM/1TB - $2,899.00 ($300 off) 16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Pro 14-Core/24GB RAM/512GB - $2,249.00 ($250 off) M4 Pro 14-Core/48GB RAM/512GB - $2,634.00 ($265 off) M4 Max 14-Core/36GB RAM/1TB - $3,149.00 ($350 off) M4 Max 16-Core/48GB RAM/1TB - $3,599.00 ($400 off) TVs 50-inch Roku 4K Smart TV - $229.99 ($70 off) 55-inch Samsung 4K UHD Smart TV - $359.99 ($20 off) 75-inch LG 4K Smart TV - $599.99 ($100 off) 75-inch Hisense 4K UHD QLED Google TV - $799.99 ($400 off) 86-inch LG 4K LED Smart TV - $899.99 ($250 off) 65-inch LG 4K UHD Smart TV - $1,499.99 ($300 off) 77-inch Sony Bravia 4K OLED Google TV - $2,499.99 ($500 off) Keep up with all of this week's best discounts on Apple products and related accessories in our dedicated Apple Deals roundup.Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums03:20 pmI made an app to help to save money
Keep track of your groceries and save money by preventing the disposal of expired food. Main features: Easy overview of food expiry date, plan what to eat and buy accordingly Advance Alerts: Receive reminders before items expire Register items by using barcode and image recognition Share items with friends or family https://apps.apple.com/app/bestfor-expiry-date-tracker/id6740093217 submitted by […]03:16 pmiOS 19 Rumors: Redesigned Camera App, ChatGPT-Like Siri, and More
iOS 19 is still around six months away from being unveiled, but rumors about the upcoming software update are already starting to stack up. Below, we recap iOS 19 rumors so far. Redesigned Camera App A new leak has allegedly revealed a redesigned Camera app coming with iOS 19. On his YouTube channel Front Page Tech this week, Jon Prosser shared a video showing what the new Camera app will apparently look like, with the key change being translucent menus for camera controls. Overall, the design of these menus looks similar to visionOS, the software platform for Apple's Vision Pro headset. A re-created render of iOS 19's redesigned Camera app (Credit: Front Page Tech) More of the camera's viewfinder is visible compared to iOS 18. The camera controls are split into Photo and Video categories at the bottom of the app. The camera controls include options for recording spatial video, turning on a timer for a photo, and more. Additional controls for video resolution and frame rate pop over at the top of the screen as necessary, according to the video. It is unclear if the alleged visionOS-like design changes will extend to other parts of the iOS 19 interface, or to more of Apple's built-in apps. It was previously rumored that iOS 18 would feature visionOS-like design changes, but that never happened. Perhaps the changes were for iOS 19 all along. More ChatGPT-Like Siri iOS 19 will introduce a "more conversational Siri" powered by "more advanced large language models," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This will make Siri more like ChatGPT, allowing the assistant to "handle more sophisticated requests." Apple will likely preview the revamped Siri during its iOS 19 announcement, but Gurman said it will not be available until as early as spring 2026. That suggests the feature will be released as part of iOS 19.4 in March or April next year. In the meantime, iOS 18.2 added ChatGPT integration to Siri, and Gurman expects an integration with Google's Gemini to follow in a later update. And with iOS 18.4, Siri will gain on-screen awareness, understanding of personal context, deeper per-app controls, and other upgrades. Just don't expect Siri to become truly like ChatGPT until next year. Staggered Features A large number of new features coming with iOS 19 are expected to roll out in later versions, ranging from iOS 19.1 through iOS 19.4. Compatible iPhones According to French website iPhoneSoft.fr, iOS 19 will be compatible with any iPhone that is capable of running iOS 18, which would mean the following models: iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16 Pro iPhone 16 Pro Max iPhone 15 iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max iPhone 14 iPhone 14 Plus iPhone 14 Pro iPhone 14 Pro Max iPhone 13 iPhone 13 mini iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone 12 iPhone 12 mini iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 11 iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro Max iPhone XS iPhone XS Max iPhone XR iPhone SE (2nd generation or later) The oldest devices in that list are the iPhone XS, iPhone XS, and iPhone XR, all of which were released in September 2018. Of course, some iOS 19 features will be unavailable on older iPhone models. If this report is accurate, it would be the second year in a row in which Apple did not drop support for any iPhone models with its major annual iOS release. iOS 18 is compatible with the same iPhone models as iOS 17 is. iOS 17 dropped support for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Timing The first iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 betas should be released during WWDC 2025 in June, and the updates are likely to be released in September.Related Roundup: iOS 19This article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:28 pmToday in Apple history: Unauthorized Apple II clone sparks big legal battle
On January 18, 1983, the Franklin Ace 1200 computer launched. The unauthorized Apple II clone triggered an important legal fight. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:00 pmRCS on iPhone: New ways to chat with Android friends
RCS messaging is new to the iPhone, bringing modern features to ordinary green bubble texting like read receipts, videos and more. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:00 pmApple @ Work: What’s new for Apple IT admins in iOS 18.2 and macOS Sonoma 15.2?
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 & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple. Keeping with the trend of mid-cycle updates, Apple’s releases of OS 18.2 and macOS Sonoma 15.2 bring some new enterprise-focused features that make managing Apple devices even easier – especially around Apple Intelligence. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new for IT teams with iOS 18.2 and macOS Sonoma 15.2. more…Firehose II – Jobs, Deals, Apps
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- 09:55 pmChannel Sales Manager – *Apple* Retail – DISH Network (United States)
…large. **Job Duties and Responsibilities** Boost Mobile recently launched sales capabilities through Apple Stores and on apple .com. We are seeking a highly09:55 pmOperations Associate – *Apple* Blossom Mall – JCPenney (United States)
Operations Associate - Apple Blossom Mall Location:Winchester, VA, United States (https://jobs.jcp.com/jobs/location/191170/winchester-va-united-states) - Apple09:55 pmBeauty Consultant – *Apple* Blossom Mall – JCPenney (United States)
Beauty Consultant - Apple Blossom Mall Location:Winchester, VA, United States (https://jobs.jcp.com/jobs/location/191170/winchester-va-united-states) - Apple09:55 pmOmnichannel Associate – *Apple* Blossom Mall – JCPenney (United States)
Omnichannel Associate - Apple Blossom Mall Location:Winchester, VA, United States (https://jobs.jcp.com/jobs/location/191170/winchester-va-united-states) - Apple09:55 pmHair Stylist – *Apple* Blossom Mall – JCPenney (United States)
Hair Stylist - Apple Blossom Mall Location:Winchester, VA, United States (https://jobs.jcp.com/jobs/location/191170/winchester-va-united-states) - Apple Blossom09:55 pmCashier – *Apple* Blossom Mall – JCPenney (United States)
Cashier - Apple Blossom Mall Location:Winchester, VA, United States (https://jobs.jcp.com/jobs/location/191170/winchester-va-united-states) - Apple Blossom Mall09:54 pmSr. Software Engineer ( *Apple* iOS Developer) – CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. (United States) | Job Search EngineSr. Software Engineer ( *Apple* iOS Developer) – CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. (United States)
**Sr. Software Engineer ( Apple iOS Developer)** **Category:** Software Development/ Engineering **Main location:** United States, Missouri, St Louis **Position ID:**09:54 pmBi-lingual (Spanish) Level 1 *Apple* Support Specialist – CompuCom (United States) | Job Search EngineBi-lingual (Spanish) Level 1 *Apple* Support Specialist – CompuCom (United States)
…right people. Our client is currently seeking a qualified Bi-lingual (Spanish) Level 1 Apple Support Specialist to join their team. This role can be hybrid / remote09:54 pmBrand Manager – *Apple* Roofing – Apple Roofing (United States)
Position Overview: Apple Roofing is seeking a dynamic and experienced Brand Manager to oversee and drive the company's marketing tactics and strategy. This09:27 pmCommercial / Residential Roofing Site Supervisor – Apple Roofing (United States) | Job Search EngineCommercial / Residential Roofing Site Supervisor – Apple Roofing (United States)
Description Apple Roofing is currently seeking a highly skilled and professional Residential / Commercial Roofing Site Supervisor to join our team. As a Site09:27 pmCommercial Account Manager – Apple Roofing (United States)
…in the greater Kansas City, MO area to service designated territory and clients. Apple Roofing is a leading name in the roofing industry, recognized for providing09:27 pmPart Time – Student – Blue *Apple* Cafe Worker (Spring 2025) – Pennsylvania State University (United States) | Job Search EnginePart Time – Student – Blue *Apple* Cafe Worker (Spring 2025) – Pennsylvania State University (United States)
…to enhance your work experience. Student openings are available at the Blue Apple Cafe. Employee meal discount during working hours is provided. Job Duties +09:26 pmNurse Anesthetist – *Apple* Hill Surgery Center – WellSpan Health (United States) | Job Search EngineNurse Anesthetist – *Apple* Hill Surgery Center – WellSpan Health (United States)
Nurse Anesthetist - Apple Hill Surgery Center Location: WellSpan Medical Group, York, PA Schedule: Full Time At WellSpan Health, our community of 23,000 employees,09:26 pmField Services Desktop Support Technician (Microsoft and *Apple* ) – CTG (United States) | Job Search EngineField Services Desktop Support Technician (Microsoft and *Apple* ) – CTG (United States)
…to provide onsite technical assistance and support for our Microsoft OS and Apple iOS environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with mobile09:26 pmEnvironmental Services Technician – *Apple* Hill – Evening/Night – WellSpan Health (United States) | Job Search EngineEnvironmental Services Technician – *Apple* Hill – Evening/Night – WellSpan Health (United States)
Environmental Services Technician - Apple Hill - Evening/Night Location: WellSpan Health, York, PA Schedule: Full Time Full time (80 hours biweekly) Monday - Friday09:26 pmPart-time *Apple* and Peach Research Assistants- Kumar lab – Pennsylvania State University (United States) | Job Search EnginePart-time *Apple* and Peach Research Assistants- Kumar lab – Pennsylvania State University (United States)
…and minimum qualifications: + Assist with planting, pruning, and harvesting of apple and peach trees + Conduct regular maintenance tasks to ensure optimal09:26 pmFacilities Technician III – *Apple* Hill – WellSpan Health (United States)
Facilities Technician III - Apple Hill Location: WellSpan Health, York, PA Schedule: Full Time Work Schedule: 7am to 3:30pm On-call requirements General Summary09:26 pmLicensed Practical Nurse – Internal Medicine *Apple* Hill – WellSpan Health (United States) | Job Search EngineLicensed Practical Nurse – Internal Medicine *Apple* Hill – WellSpan Health (United States)
Licensed Practical Nurse - Internal Medicine Apple Hill York Location: WellSpan Medical Group, York, PA Schedule: Full Time Schedule Full Time: Monday - Friday Days09:25 pmPhysical Therapist Assistant- *Apple* Hill Medical Center (Outpatient Clinic)- Day/Evening – WellSpan Health (United States) | Job Search EnginePhysical Therapist Assistant- *Apple* Hill Medical Center (Outpatient Clinic)- Day/Evening – WellSpan Health (United States)
Physical Therapist Assistant- Apple Hill Medical Center (Outpatient Clinic)- Day/Evening Location: York Hospital, York, PA Schedule: Part Time Part time (40 hours09:25 pmSolutions Engineer – *Apple* – SHI (United States)
**Job Summary** An Apple Solution Engineer's primary role is tosupport SHI customers in their efforts to select, deploy, and manage Apple operating systems and09:25 pmChannel Sales Manager – *Apple* Retail – DISH Network (United States)
…large. **Job Duties and Responsibilities** Boost Mobile recently launched sales capabilities through Apple Stores and on apple .com. We are seeking a highly09:25 pm