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Zac Hall is a Senior Editor, covering Apple, AI, and the modern technology landscape.

He joined 9to5Mac in April 2013, originally as a writer and copy editor.

He later served as Lead Editor from May 2016 through December 2020, before shifting focus to 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 created and hosted multiple seasons of the 9to5Mac Watch Time podcast, a health and fitness-focused interview series.

Zac currently focuses on writing for 9to5Mac. He is based in the lovely Gulf Coast town of Ocean Springs, MS, where he lives with his brilliant kids and Nova, his adventurous Cavachon rescue pup.

Contact: zac@9to5mac.com

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Apple releases iOS 17 beta 7, macOS 14 Sonoma beta 6 for developers [U: Public Beta]

iOS 17 Beta 7

It’s new beta day for iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma. Apple has released iOS 17 beta 7 alongside macOS 14 Sonoma beta 6. For macOS, the release comes a couple weeks after the prior build. iOS, on the other hand, is seeing more frequent releases ahead of its September debut.

Update: Apple is now rolling out the same updates to public beta testers. You can read the original article below.

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Using Apple Pay benefits national parks, but probably don’t buy an iPhone 14 Pro Max

Apple national parks donations Apple Pay

Apple is holding its annual Apple Pay promotion to benefit national parks this week. From now through August 27, the company is donating $10 to the National Parks Foundation for every transaction using Apple Pay on Apple.com, through the Apple Store app, or at an Apple Store. Apple caps its donation to the NPF from the promotion at $1 million.

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Saturn says only students can see user data, but anyone can join the iPhone app for teens [U]

8/14: Saturn has submitted an update to the App Store that could address the most obvious privacy concerns. As you’ll read below, however, we’ll need to compare the words on their blog with how the app actually works.


What if I told you there was a new app that let anyone easily look up names and social media accounts for local teenagers? Creepy much? That’s exactly what a new app called Saturn does. It’s also currently one of the top 15 iPhone apps on the App Store.

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It’s Friday so… could Apple really be planning to release 6 new USB-C iPhones?

USB-C Lighting iPhone

Let’s face it. We probably know just about everything there is to know about the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro line.

Apple will announce the iPhone event on August 29 or September 5. The phones will be officially unveiled on September 12. Pre-orders will go live on September 15. New phones will start reaching customers on September 22.

But it’s fun to speculate about what could happen, and this year there’s more than enough to speculate over.

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