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As winter finally thaws and the weather warms up, we’re all tackling our annual spring cleaning routines. We declutter our closets and deep-clean our homes, yet we often overlook our digital lives.

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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.

Everyone probably has a massive photo library going back for years, maybe even over a decade. Over time, that consumes more and more storage – and this becomes a problem, especially if you’re paying for iCloud storage. On the other hand, decluttering isn’t easy.

This Day turns photo decluttering into a habit, by designing an interface that allows you to address it one day at a time.

Apple CarPlay recently gained support for AI chatbots, and the third app to add support is coming soon: Grok.

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If you spend enough time managing Apple devices in an enterprise environment, you start to spot patterns in how security incidents happen. It is rarely a cinematic Ocean’s 11-style hack. Instead, it is usually a user delaying an iOS update for three months or an employee connecting to an open Wi-Fi network at a hotel or coffee shop. Jamf recently released its Security 360: Annual Trends Report on Mobile Devices, and the data paints a very clear picture of the vulnerabilities that IT departments are currently facing. Even in the age of AI, what’s old is new again

Starting with the 2026 season, Apple TV has entered an exclusive deal to broadcast Formula 1 in the United States, including all Grand Prix, qualifying and practice sessions in the United States.

In short, that means you need an Apple TV subscription to watch Formula 1 races this season. In this post, we’ll break down exactly how to subscribe, how to save money, what is the best device to use to tune in, and what you can watch for free.

Look, it’s Friday. OpenAI updated Codex. It has Tamagotchi-style pets. You can make your own. Lil Finder Guy is hovering over my Dock.

Apple has accused the Competition Commission of India (CCI) of overstepping its judicial authority in a new court filing tied to an ongoing antitrust case in the country. Here are the details.

As WhatsApp continues its glacially-paced rollout of the Liquid Glass look to the main Chats screen, Meta is also working to add the revamped look to the in-chat interface. Here are the details.

As the 2026 F1 season lands in Miami for the first of three U.S. races for the year, Apple SVP of Services and Health Eddy Cue spoke to the press about the company’s growing involvement in the sport, including John Ternus’s passion for racing. Here are the details.

Apple gave Perplexity a shoutout during its Q2 2026 earnings call yesterday, and now the company is offering more details on why it is building its Mac-first Personal Computer platform. Here are the details.

Tim Cook’s Apple may have passed on buying Tesla, but the company sure has an interesting list of smaller companies it bought during the outgoing CEO’s tenure.

Let’s stroll down Mergers and Acquisitions memory lane and revisit some of the top company takeovers during Tim Cook’s time at the top.

iOS 26 overhauled one of the iPhone’s original and most iconic apps: the Phone app. While I’ve never enjoyed phone calls, two excellent new features make them a lot better in iOS 26—and have made me a big fan of the app.

Last week, the base model $599 Mac mini with 256GB went completely out of stock at the Apple Store. After extended delays, Apple updated the shipping estimates to simply say “currently available.”

Now, Apple has taken the next step: the base model $599 Mac mini is no longer listed on its website at all. It has effectively been discontinued.

May is here, which means we’re only one month away from Apple’s big WWDC reveals. But the company still has plenty happening in May, here’s everything we know is coming this month.

When Aqara first announced the Camera Hub G350, the headline that caught my eye was the claim that it is the first Matter-certified camera on the market. Matter, while not perfect, is a huge part of what I want out of the smart home industry: freedom from vendor lock-in. Let’s take a look at the new Aqara Camera Hub G350 and see how it works with Matter and HomeKit.

I haven’t mowed my lawn in over a month, but it’s manicured like a golf course. That’s because I switched from a push mower to a robot lawn mower that I manage from my iPhone. It’s the Anthbot M9, and it’s by far my favorite new piece of technology I’ve tried this year.

iOS 26.5 is coming soon, complete with new iPhone features. Here’s when iOS 26.5 is expected to launch to all users.

The Apple Hearing Study, run in collaboration with the University of Michigan, is out with new findings this week that highlight the importance of the Apple’s hearing health features for AirPods.

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Apple is rumored to have a special 20th anniversary iPhone coming next year, but according to a new report, this won’t be a standalone new model, but rather an all-new design for the iPhone Pro line.

Rising memory costs have led to price increases on many Android smartphones, but in a new report, analyst Jeff Pu predicts that Apple will use “aggressive pricing” for this fall’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

Another huge quarter for Apple came with across-the-board strong performance, but the iPhone 17 family was a big part of the company’s earnings. Here’s why Tim Cook says the iPhone 17 is performing so well, based on customer feedback.