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Apple has its fiscal year 2023 Q4 earnings results. The company reports $89.50 billion in revenue during the three-month period.

Analysts expected revenue around $84.18 billion. The company reported revenue of $90.15 billion for the same quarter a year ago.

Audio Hijack 4 for Mac just keeps getting better. Today’s version 4.3 release drops in a whole new Transcribe block to turn speech into text. It’s powered by OpenAI’s Whisper tech and is fully included in Audio Hijack – no recurring fees or limitations.

If you find yourself searching for Apple’s Magnifier tool in Markup on iOS 17, you’re not alone. The tool for adding emphasis to – or showing more detail from – a specific part of an image is mysteriously missing.

iOS 17.1 has been available for more than a week. Now Apple is blocking downgrades to iOS 17.0.3 as well as unpatched versions of iOS 16 and iOS 15.

In a first for Apple, the company is partnering with an in-person gym to provide members with access to Apple Fitness+. Starting in December, Anytime Fitness members will gain access to the digital workout service for no additional charge.

If you’ve bought a midnight-colored MacBook Air, the smudge factor is already baked in. If the fingerprint-magnet color sticks around, though, I wonder if Apple could apply the same anodization seal technique to midnight that it’s using with space black.

You can now order the USB-C Apple Pencil for $79, and the first deliveries start as soon as November 3.

One of the final remnants of iPhone Batterygate from the previous decade lives to see another day. Apple has failed to block a $2 billion lawsuit out of the UK that seeks damages over the long since resolved iPhone performance throttling issue.

Lest you think a space black MacBook Pro was the biggest news of the week, Apple is back with an all-new version of AirTag firmware. Still think the black aluminum laptop is more exciting? Fair. Nevertheless, new AirTag firmware awaits.

Hidden within Notes on macOS Sonoma is a handy new upgrade. Like iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Notes on macOS 14 gains the ability to links to other notes. Follow along to learn how it works.

After introducing the first Space Black MacBook Pro, Apple has also started selling the USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable in the same color.

Apple has finally done it. After making the 14-inch MacBook Pro more affordable, Apple has discontinued the last MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. So long, misunderstood and under appreciated OLED strip of dynamically changing interfaces. Touch Bar. October 27, 2016 – October 30, 2023.

Apple has unveiled its next generation of M series chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. These new chips are 3nm, like the A17 Pro. The GPU uses a new technique called Dynamic Caching.

Time moves fast. Scary fast, you could say. A week ago, we didn’t expect there to be a second fall Apple event this year. Now we’re wading through what to expect from Apple’s surprise Monday video-only affair tonight.

Update: The first iOS 17.2 public beta version is out a day later.

Apple has released the first iOS 17.2 beta for developers. The new version includes Apple’s as-of-yet unreleased features including the Journal app and Tapback reaction updates in Messages.

The new Apple Watch software update changes how you access Control Center and adds a new Smart Stack widget feature.

These changes in watchOS 10 mean there are also some tweaks to how you interact with certain watch faces.

When Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 Pro, it shared 10 customization options for the new Action button. One of those options, however, was described as coming later. With iOS 17.2, it has arrived.

The first tvOS 17.2 beta for Apple TV just dropped, and it includes a new way to navigate within the TV app.

So there may not be an Apple Watch Ultra 3 in 2024? No problem. People only want one thing from the Apple Watch Ultra anyway, and a new version number ain’t it.

The most boring tech product can easily be transformed into something delightful. All it takes is a splash of color. Buying an iPhone is more interesting when color is a factor. Color is also a big part of what makes iMacs fun. That’s not to say that white or black tech products can’t be fun — when used sparingly. It’s just that there are way more colors available to make something as basic as an iPhone charger more friendly.

After a few weeks of beta testing with users, Apple has officially released macOS Sonoma 14.1 for all Mac users. The update brings changes to the Music app and warranty information in System Settings. It also address two bugs dealing with Location Services and encrypted external drives.