The systems and apps across Apple’s platforms.
Apple has released the fourth developer beta of AppleOS 27, bringing another round of updates across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS and tvOS. Compared with earlier betas, this release introduces few major features. Instead, Apple continues refining Apple Intelligence, Liquid Glass and several core system apps while improving performance, consistency and stability throughout the operating…
China’s telecommunications authorities have published a filing confirming that Apple Intelligence has completed the country’s required generative AI regulatory process under Apple Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. The filing allows Apple to provide the feature in mainland China and removes one of the main regulatory barriers that has delayed its local launch. Apple Intelligence has…
For a few hours on July 8, a batch of old iPhones and iPads could not be restored. Apple pulled the baseband signatures for a set of legacy devices, and by early afternoon Apple put them back. Nothing was lost. What it exposed is worth keeping. What happened Apple didn’t stop signing the old iOS…
Apple posted a support document this week. Starting with macOS 28, the Mac OS Extended format, known as HFS+, will only work on drives that aren’t encrypted. A drive that is both HFS+ and encrypted stops working once you install macOS 28, so it needs handling first. The update ships in 2027. Only that one…
Apple lost in Europe today. The EU’s General Court threw out its challenge to being named a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act. The App Store and iOS stay under the rules, and Apple has to keep opening the iPhone to rival apps and stores. Apple argued its five app stores, one each for iPhone,…
Apple confirmed this week that the Home app’s new AI features need a 2TB iCloud+ plan, at $9.99 a month or $120 a year. The requirement turned up in the third macOS Golden Gate beta’s release notes on Monday. At WWDC, Apple said some Apple Intelligence features would need a paid iCloud+ plan but wouldn’t…
Jamf Threat Labs disclosed a new macOS stealer on July 3. It’s called PamStealer, and it does one thing most Mac malware doesn’t: it confirms your login password is real before stealing anything. The trick Most stealers just log whatever you type. PamStealer verifies it first, through Apple’s Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). Enter the wrong…
Apple released the third developer betas of the entire OS 27 family on July 6: iOS, iPadOS, macOS Golden Gate, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. On iPhone, the build number is 24A5380h. The update is mostly bug fixes, with a small set of feature changes. Here is what’s new. Siri Voice Customization The Pace and Expressivity…
