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Apps for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS power our modern world. 9to5Mac will update you on the latest news, review, and updates for all types of apps. “There’s an App for that”.

The term came became part of our vocabulary when Steve Jobs announced The App Store as part of the iPhone 2.0 software update in 2008.

Over the years, the term has become as common as kleenex for describing applications on all of our devices. Apple’s platforms have apps for just about anything from finance, banking, sports, social media, podcasting, music, and more. We have a guide for helping you discover the best ones as well. Apps are now on everything from our TV, to our smartphones, on our laptops, and all the way down to our wrists.

As new ones are released or existing ones have major updates, the team here at 9to5Mac will bring you the latest news and reviews. If you want to follow along with video footage, be sure to follow 9to5Mac on YouTube. Scroll down below our latest updates on all things relating to applications on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch.

Popular media player VLC confirms Apple Vision Pro app is in the works

VLC app

Apple Vision Pro still lacks many of the apps that iOS and macOS users are already familiar with, and some big developers have already said they have no interest in bringing their apps to Vision Pro for now. However, one app that is coming to visionOS is the popular VLC media player – at least according to VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf.

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Don’t count on a mobile app making you rich; you’ll likely make $50/month

Mobile app revenue | Charts on a MacBook screen

If you’ve got big dreams about earning a living from creating iPhone apps, a new report makes for some sobering reading. The median monthly revenue generated by an app after a year on the App Store is less than $50 per month.

There is some encouraging news, though: There seems to be a tipping point if you can get an app to the point where it’s earning $1,000 per month …

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TikTok ban: Congress and Biden in favor, but Senate may block

TikTok ban may be blocked by the Senate | Logo with prohibition sign

There’s been significant progress toward a US TikTok ban, with Congress looking likely to vote in favor, and President Biden confirming that he will sign the bill if it passes – but the latest report saying that it may be blocked by the Senate.

In particular, Senator Rand Paul has said that he would seek to block the ban on First Amendment grounds …

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Reddit shares will cost between $31 and $34; Redditors can sell immediately

Reddit shares | Close-up of illustrative trading screen

We don’t yet know the exact cost of Reddit shares when they go on sale, but the company has indicated that the initial public offering (IPO) price will be between $31 and $34 per share.

Selected Redditors will get priority access ahead of the IPO, and unlike most preferential access deals, they will be free to sell their shares immediately if they wish to …

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Mindfulness app 'Moonly' updated with AI-based feature to interpret dreams

Mindfulness app ‘Moonly’ updated with AI-based feature to interpret dreams

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Moonly is an app that combines psychology and Eastern astrology to help people find harmony and acknowledge their feelings. The app was recently updated with a new artificial intelligence-based feature that let users describe their dreams so that Moonly can interpret them with text and images.

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Indie App Sales event is back with great discounts on iOS and macOS apps

Indie App Sales event is back with great discounts on iOS and macOS apps

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“Indie App Sales” has become an important event in the community of independent developers working with Apple platforms, as they come together to promote their apps with special discounts. And the event is back with great deals on apps for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and even visionOS.

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PSA: X audio and video calls probably don’t use strong encryption

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X audio and video calls started rolling out last year, in a feature nobody appeared to ask for and few seem to want. We previously shared how to deactivate the feature, and now it seems there’s another reason to do so …

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Signal usernames (screenshot)

Signal usernames rolling out in beta, to keep your phone number private [Update: Availability]

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Update: After rolling out in beta last month, Signal has announced that usernames are now available to everyone.


Signal usernames have long been inexplicably absent from the secure messaging app, requiring users to share their phone number with contacts. That’s changing, however, in the latest beta …

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Doctors prescribing app, with walking steps targets for patients

Doctors prescribing app, with walking steps targets | Typing on Mac next to stethoscope

A pilot scheme is effectively seeing doctors prescribe an app – specifically one which measures the number of steps patients walk, with each person being prescribed a personal target.

At the end of the ‘prescription’ period, the results are sent to the patient’s doctor, to be combined with other health data in order to assess the effectiveness …

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iOS 17.4 adds new prompt in the EU when downloading from the App Store [U]

Update: Apple tells Joe Rossingol that this is a bug and will be fixed. In iOS 17.4, users will not receive this alert when they download from their default app marketplace. “App installation sheets are automatically turned off for installations from a user’s default marketplace,” Apple says on its website.


iOS 17.4 includes a number of changes that come in response to the Digital Markets Act in Europe. One of those changes is support for alternative app marketplaces, and Apple is making a change to its own App Store too.

As spotted by Niléane from MacStories on Mastodon, iOS 17.4 in the EU includes a new splash screen when you want to install an app from the App Store.

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