Zac Hall is a Senior Editor, covering Apple, apps, and AI. His work is regularly featured by Techmeme.
He joined 9to5Mac in 2013. He later served as Lead Editor from 2016 through 2020, before creating the Space Explored website.
In 2015, Zac began co-hosting 9to5Mac Happy Hour, establishing the format of the site’s premier podcast, which he hosted for eight years.
In 2018, he created 9to5Mac Daily, providing audio recaps of Apple and technology news each weekday. He also hosted multiple seasons of the 9to5Mac Watch Time podcast, a health and fitness-focused interview series.
Zac is based in the lovely Gulf Coast town of Ocean Springs, MS, where he lives with his brilliant kids and Nova, his loyal Cavachon rescue.
Contact: zac@9to5mac.com
Apple officially confirmed that it will begin launching new products starting on Monday, March 2. With new iPhones, iPads, and Macs, Apple will modernize its hardware lineup in three ways by saying goodbye to some old technology decisions.
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Ever wish you could rearrange or delete apps from CarPlay? It turns out you can, although it works differently than rearranging your iPhone Home screen. The trick is in the Settings app on iPhone. Just don’t try to do this while driving. You don’t even need to be connected to CarPlay for it to work.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook just confirmed that the company will announce new products starting “Monday morning.” This will be the start of a release cycle that includes a press “experience” on Wednesday. 9to5Mac’s Chance Miller will be in attendance in New York City.
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There’s some serious competition happening right now between music streaming services to make transitions between songs sound better. Spotify’s new Smart Reorder feature continues that push.
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Apple Vision Pro has the power to transport users from their physical surroundings into a variety of immersive Environments, whether it’s the shores of Mount Hood or the surface of the Moon looking back at Earth.
With visionOS 26, Apple expanded its library with another planetary view that takes the immersive experience even further. Now, two of the people behind the work are revealing new details about the intricate design process required to bring these virtual spaces to life.
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The Steve Jobs Archive has published a project online called Letters to a Young Creator. Timed with what would be the late Apple co-founder’s 71st birthday, the collection of notes includes submissions by Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and more.
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Sonos has a plan to bring a highly requested audio control feature to iOS, but don’t expect the company to rush it before it’s ready.
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Apple has announced that it plans to start manufacturing one of its Mac computers, the Mac mini, in the United States starting this year.
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Apple has released the second iOS 26.4 beta version for iPhone. iOS 26.4 includes a number of exciting new features and changes, including AI-powered Apple Music updates.
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There’s a new AirTag in town, but you might not know it based on the official product name. Fortunately, there’s a way to distinguish between old and new AirTags just by looking.
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How does Apple follow up on the fun of Cosmic Orange from the iPhone 17 Pro line? By bringing back the red iPhone, according to the latest iPhone 18 Pro rumor.
Despite making more than a half dozen red iPhone models before, the red iPhone 18 Pro will be a first…
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Apple changed the charging port from Lightning to USB-C with the iPhone 15. A USB-C charging cable comes in the box, but upgraders to the iPhone 15/16/17, iPhone 16e, or iPhone Air may need to purchase a separate cable to continue using CarPlay.
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Torn between reading an ebook and listening to the narrated version? Amazon’s Audible is introducing a clever solution that it calls immersion reading.
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Starting with iOS 26, Apple will officially allow video playback through CarPlay. Released this week in beta, iOS 26.4 appears to be the first version with support, as long as two conditions are met. While CarPlay video playback isn’t ready for users yet, one developer has shown off how it will look as well as how Apple’s TV app looks in the car.
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Anthropic just released the second Claude model upgrade this month. Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the first upgrade to Anthropic’s medium-sized AI model since version 4.5 arrived in September 2025.
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Apple has released the first iOS 26.4 public beta version for iPhone. iOS 26.4 includes a number of exciting new features and changes, including AI-powered Apple Music updates.
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Apple just released the first iOS 26.4 beta, and it seems to feature a number of under-the-hood improvements. One change includes an overhauled Wallpaper Gallery system.
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As part of iOS 26.4, Apple is upgrading its Podcasts app to “bring advanced video podcast capabilities” to creators and listeners, Apple says. The new “enhanced video podcast experience” will allow users to seamlessly switch between viewing a video podcast and listening to the audio.
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Apple has released the first iOS 26.4 beta for iPhone. While we originally expected iOS 26.4 to include upgraded Siri, it sounds like we won’t see those changes just yet.
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Despite inking a deal with Google to use Gemini AI as the brains behind upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly facing internal challenges in getting the final product ready for prime time. The reported delays could stretch into iOS 27 this fall. Apple first announced a more capable version of Siri in 2024; that update hasn’t shipped yet.
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There’s a new software update available for iPhone. Apple has released iOS 26.3, the third big update to Apple’s redesigned operating system and the last before a major improvement to Siri.
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The legacy iTunes Wish List feature for saving movies and TV shows to buy or rent later is “going away soon,” according to Apple. For customers with items still saved to an iTunes Wish List, Apple is providing one last chance to migrate to the modern equivalent.
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Back in December, Rivian released support for using an Apple Watch as a digital key. Next, the EV maker is launching a dedicated Apple Watch app with remote access and control capabilities.
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Per Mark Gurman in his weekend Power On newsletter, Apple is preparing to launch M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros as early as the week of March 2. For those waiting on the major redesign with OLED displays and touch support, this spec bump revision that we expect first can’t come soon enough.
Does waiting another month for the M5 Pro update to arrive rule out an M6 Pro release in 2026? There’s a good reason to keep the M6 Pro MacBook Pro dream alive this year.
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