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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.

If you want more of a nostalgic video feel from your iPhone footage, Flipcorder is a great app to check out. It’s optimized for iPhone Duo, though the app also works on all other iPhone models.

Yesterday, I picked up my iPhone Duo at Apple Fifth Avenue, and it’s been a wonder to use. Of course, the phone isn’t perfect, but after my first day of usage, I’m looking forward to daily driving it – even if it has a couple quirks.

It actually seems like an episode of Black Mirror that it’s legal for a company to buy and sell our personal data without our consent, but that’s the reality in the US. Apple has built some really useful tools to limit future tracking, including App Tracking Transparency, Hide My Email, and iCloud Private Relay, but this doesn’t solve your actual problem, though. What they can’t do is remove the data that has already been collected, bought, and spread across hundreds of broker databases over the past decade.

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Most IT teams have a reasonable handle on what AI apps are installed across their Mac environment. Your device management vendor can show you what’s running; policies can block which apps shouldn’t be there; and vendors have been adding AI visibility features over the past year. The app layer is mostly solved, but the browser remains a concern depending on your environment.

The early discount on the new Apple HomeView has disappeared, but you can still land a pre-order deal on the next-gen Apple TV 4K if you’re quick (or just upgrade the one you already have with the new Apple TV Siri Remote instead). Those deals join AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off and the owest price on Apple Pencil (USB-C) for your new Duo, not to mention an ongoing all-time low on AirTag 2.

On the Mac side of things we have a gigantic $900 price drop on this high-end MacBook Pro config, $200 off M5 MacBook Air models, and ongoing all-time lows at as much as $200 off the new M6 Mac mini and the latest Mac Studio. Hit the jump for everything, including a host of discounts on iPhone Duo cases and accessories.

In a new post on the WebKit blog highlighting what’s new in Safari 27.1, Apple’s Jen Simmons said the company is exploring ways to let websites make better use of the iPhone Duo’s outer display. Here are the details.

Following today’s launch of the iPhone Duo, Apple has now published multiple repair guides and manuals for users and independent technicians looking to replace or repair individual components in the device. Here are the details.

Apple TV subscribers in the US can now watch Formula 1 live in Dolby Atmos, starting with this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Here’s the schedule.

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Rising memory prices continue to weigh on the global smartphone market, with shipments in China alone falling 10% year over year in Q3. Here are the details.

iPhone Duo is officially out in the wild, and users keep discovering new details about the device. The latest: there’s a hidden trick that makes opening Control Center significantly easier.

Apple has a fully redesigned MacBook Pro launching next week that promises to be a major upgrade, except in one key area.

Even if you’re not planning on getting an iPhone Duo, you can now download its light and dark wallpapers for any of your devices. Get them below.

Lighting effects can make or break your TV room, gaming setup, etc. SwitchBot’s RGBICWW Light Bars take a different approach from most products, with dedicated cool-white and warm-white LEDs alongside the color zones. The end result means real white light for work and reading, and 12-zone RGBIC color for movies. It all works over Wi-Fi/Matter as well, so you don’t need a hub.

Apple is publishing a slew of support documents today corresponding with the launch of iPhone Duo, as it does for every iPhone launch. The support documents cover Touch on iPhone Duo, troubleshooting hinge issues, and much more.

iPhone Duo has arrived, and if you managed to snag Apple’s new foldable on launch day, here are our top recommendations for accessories.

Apple TV’s November lineup includes the return of a beloved comedy, a heist thriller with big stars, the follow-up film to its Oscar winner, and a lot more. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV in November.

No, I haven’t managed to get my hands on a prototype pair of Apple Glasses, but I now have experience of the rough equivalents of what we’re expecting from both a 1st- and 2nd-gen product.

In both cases, I could definitely see attractions, and I would absolutely upgrade to smart glasses if I wore conventional eyeglasses. But as someone who doesn’t, I can’t see the technology persuading me to do so …

Today is the 25th anniversary of Apple unveiling the first iPod. And as discovered by Kian on X, the company’s website now has a fun new iPod easter egg.

iOS 27.1 has officially launched, but you wouldn’t know it by checking your iPhone’s Settings app. That’s because the latest iPhone update is exclusive to iPhone Duo.

iPhone Duo supports fast charging in both wired and wireless setups, but only with the right accessories. Here’s what Apple says you’ll need.