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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.

Snap reports strong Q2 earnings, beating revenue and daily active user expectations

Chance Miller Jul 23 2019 - 6:42 pm PT

Third-party Snapchat games launching next month, says report

Snap today reported its second quarter earnings, and the results sent its stock up over 10 percent in after-hours trading. Snapchat generated an increase in daily users, and beat analyst expectations on revenue and earnings-per-share.

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Twitter says it’s removing the ‘Quality Filter’ setting from search

Chance Miller Jul 23 2019 - 3:23 pm PT

Twitter announced today that it is removing its “Quality Filter” from search settings. This setting initially allowed users to filter out low-quality content like spam, but now Twitter says it was only further confusing users.

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Panic teases upcoming beta testing of all-new text editor and Coda replacement ‘Nova’

Chance Miller Jul 23 2019 - 2:03 pm PT

Panic, the company behind several popular developer applications and more, is teasing the forthcoming launch of its new new coda editor. Dubbed Nova, the new editor is a follow-up to Coda 2, and Panic describes it as a major shift in thinking.

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Flighty for iOS is a beautiful data-driven flying assistant app with delay predictions and more

Chance Miller Jul 23 2019 - 10:03 am PT

Flighty is a new app for iOS that aims to be the “ultimate flight tracker.” The app was developed over two years with input from pilots and frequent flyers, with the goal of making it as easy and hands-off as possible to track your flights.

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Online dating apps and websites now the standard way to meet

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Online dating apps and websites now the most common way for couples to meet

Ben Lovejoy Jul 22 2019 - 6:47 am PT

Online dating apps and websites are now the most common way for couples to meet, shows a new study …

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TikTok ramps up Instagram competition as it tests copycat ‘Discover’ page, more

Chance Miller Jul 20 2019 - 7:54 am PT

Viral video sharing and creation app TikTok is setting its sights on Instagram with a new round of interface changes and more. As detailed by TechCrunch, TikTok is testing a “Discover” tab, a redesigned “For You” section, and more.

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Spend Stack for iOS lets you easily track any running totals with smart lists

Chance Miller Jul 18 2019 - 12:57 pm PT

Indie developer Jordan Morgan has today released a nifty new app called Spend Stack, which aims to make it easier to track running totals while shopping. The app syncs across devices and makes it easy to share lists and more.

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Democrats warn presidential candidates, call for FBI to investigate FaceApp

Ben Lovejoy Jul 18 2019 - 4:23 am PT

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US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has officially called on the FBI and FTC to investigate FaceApp, citing national security concerns.

The controversy over FaceApp, which allows users to choose a photo and then have the app make them look younger or older, began with what turned out to be a false alarm…

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Plex adds HDR support for Apple TV, Face ID and Touch ID support on iOS

Chance Miller Jul 17 2019 - 10:00 am PT

Plex has announced a pair of notable updates for its apps on iOS and Apple TV today. Today’s updates make further improvements to Plex’s enhanced video player on Apple TV, and add support for Touch ID and Face ID on iOS.

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[Update: Company responds] Viral FaceApp raises concern about how personal photos are being used

Chance Miller Jul 17 2019 - 8:00 am PT

Update #3: In a statement to 9to5Mac, FaceApp has addressed some of the privacy concerns. The company says it “might store” some uploaded photos in the cloud:

We might store an uploaded photo in the cloud. The main reason for that is performance and traffic: we want to make sure that the user doesn’t upload the photo repeatedly for every edit operation. Most images are deleted from our servers within 48 hours from the upload date.

FaceApp says that photo processing is done in the cloud:

FaceApp performs most of the photo processing in the cloud. We only upload a photo selected by a user for editing. We never transfer any other images from the phone to the cloud.

FaceApp is based in Russia, but it says that no data is returned to Russia:

Even though the core R&D team is located in Russia, the user data is not transferred to Russia.

Read the full statement below.

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Niantic’s new ‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ game not yet gaining as much steam as Pokémon GO

Chance Miller Jul 3 2019 - 5:25 pm PT

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Niantic released its highly-anticipated Harry Potter: Wizards Unite game for iOS and Android last month. The AR-based game looks to capitalize on the success of Niantic’s Pokémon GO, but early indications are that it’s not taking off with quite as much momentum.

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Agenda note taking app for iOS and macOS adds full integration with Apple’s Reminders

Chance Miller Jul 2 2019 - 5:07 pm PT

The popular note-taking app Agenda has received a major update today, adding seamless integration with Apple’s Reminders app. It works much like Agenda’s integration with Calendar, and it works across all platforms.

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Apple updates iWork for iOS and macOS with new style options, Apple Pencil customization, more

Chance Miller Jun 25 2019 - 11:25 am PT

Apple today has released notable updates to its Keynote, Pages, and Numbers applications across both iOS and macOS. The updates add new features including additional style options, face detection, and more.

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Apple updates Indoor Survey business app with new design, map notes, and more

Chance Miller Jun 24 2019 - 12:42 pm PT

Apple today has pushed a major update to its Indoor Survey app on iOS. The update brings an all-new design, a new survey workflow, map notes and more.

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‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ AR game now available in 25 additional countries

Chance Miller Jun 23 2019 - 8:17 am PT

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is the latest augmented reality from Pokémon GO creator Niantic. It launched earlier this week in a handful of countries, and now it has expanded to 25 additional countries.

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Podcast app Castbox adds Waze support in latest update

Bradley Chambers Jun 19 2019 - 7:00 am PT

While I use Apple Maps day to day, I love Waze for car rides longer than a half hour or so. Thanks to its proactive alerts for speed traps, upcoming traffic, and debris on the road, I find it to be essential for summer traveling. One of Waze’s biggest innovations recently has been its Waze Audio Kit, a developer toolset that allows approved partners to fully integrate their apps with the Waze Audio Player.

While apps like Spotify have been on there for years, we are starting to new new apps get approved and take advantage of it. Pandora was a recent addition. Castbox, a popular podcasting app, is the latest such app to get approved to work right inside of Waze.

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Adobe details upcoming ‘Fresco’ iPad drawing and painting app with Live Brushes

Chance Miller Jun 17 2019 - 3:53 pm PT

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Last year, Adobe demonstrated a new iPad drawing and painting application that it referred to as Project Gemini. This afternoon, Adobe is offering more details on that application, and giving it a real name: Adobe Fresco.

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Twitter offers new details on its upcoming Mac app using Project Catalyst

Chance Miller Jun 15 2019 - 6:21 am PT

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At WWDC last week, Apple announced its new Project Catalyst technology to make it easier for developers to bring iPad applications to the Mac. Apple teased that Twitter was an early partner and would be using Project Catalyst to bring Twitter back to the Mac. Now, Twitter has offered up some more details on that process in a blog post.

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Apple continues transition from iTunes brand with new ‘apps․apple․com’ URLs

Chance Miller Jun 12 2019 - 3:44 pm PT

Apple continues to move away from the iTunes brand this week. Now, when you view an iOS or Mac app listing on the web, the URL is based on apps.apple.com, whereas it was previously itunes.apple.com.

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PBS CEO warns App Store crackdown on content for kids forcing it to pull apps

Chance Miller Jun 12 2019 - 9:49 am PT

As part of its WWDC announcements last week, Apple tightened guidelines around privacy in kids’ apps in the App Store. Speaking at the Recode Code Conference yesterday, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger said that these new guidelines from Apple mean that it will have to remove several of its apps from the App Store.

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Soulver notepad calculator app for Mac adds Dark Mode, date & time math, more

Chance Miller Jun 9 2019 - 8:42 am PT

Soulver for Mac is a powerful hybrid between a calculator app and a text editor, allowing you to make quick calculations using a notepad-like interface. Now, version 3 of Soulver has been released with new features like a redesigned interface, date and time math, Dark Mode, and more.

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Apple says apps will be required to offer ‘Sign in with Apple’ if they support other sign in platforms

Chance Miller Jun 3 2019 - 4:15 pm PT

One of the more surprising announcements from Apple at WWDC this afternoon was that it will be launching its own “Sign In with Apple” platform. In a post on its developer blog this evening, Apple notes that it will be required that apps implement “Sign in with Apple” if they also implement competing services.

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OmniFocus launches on the web as companion to macOS and iOS applications

Chance Miller May 30 2019 - 6:05 pm PT

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The popular task management system OmniFocus has this week officially launched on the web after a beta testing period. OmniFocus on the web is designed to be used in conjunction with the OmniFocus app on iOS or Mac.

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Alfred 4 brings Dark Mode, Rich Text expansion, and more to the powerful macOS productivity app

Chance Miller May 29 2019 - 1:38 pm PT

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The powerful productivity app Alfred for Mac has today been updated to version 4. The update brings a handful of new features and enhancements, including Dark Mode, more powerful search, and more.

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