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The last 11-inch MacBook Air model ever made has now been declared officially obsolete by Apple, some nine years after it was last sold by the company.

The smallest of Apple’s MacBooks had long proved a popular choice with many, for two different reasons …

Like in previous years, Apple is dropping the price of the MLS Season Pass service as the year progresses. The annual sub is now just $29 for the rest of the 2025 season. That price is further discounted to $25 for Apple TV+ subscribers.

The price change affects the 2025 season pass only, the monthly plan price remains the same. The price will return to its usual $99 at the beginning of the 2026 season.

Apple’s commitment to end-to-end encryption is so strong that it withdrew a key privacy feature from the UK market rather than be forced to compromise it globally. The company also faced pressure on this front from the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

In a surprising twist, the White House came out in support of strong encryption, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now urging Apple and other tech giants to stand firm on the issue …

Labor Day has arrived and we are tracking a sizable collection of notable discounts over at 9to5Toys across both Apple’s current lineup and some previous-gen gear. There is as much as $300 off just about all of the most popular M4 MacBook Pro models and $200 in savings on M4 MacBook Air, alongside discounts across the M3 iPad Air and iPad mini 7 lineups. Deals on AirPods 4 are also up for grabs today with the base set coming very close to the lowest price we have tracked all-time and there are even some notable iPhone 15/16 Pro discounts for folks not looking to upgrade to iPhone 17 next week. Head below for a closer look at this year’s best Labor Day Apple deals, followed by a series of discounts on accessories for all of it, HomeKit gear, e-bikes, power stations, and much more.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said back in March that he expected the iPhone Fold to have Touch ID on the side button rather than using Face ID. He has today reiterated this.

While there have been some suggestions that Apple might use an in-display ultrasonic Touch ID sensor, Kuo says this is “unlikely” …

A dedicated Pickup counter has been one of the most notable changes in Apple store designs over the last few years, giving a faster service to those customers who have ordered a product for in-store collection.

First launched in 2021, the very latest Apple store design has combined this with the Genius Bar in a single counter …

A while ago, Apple used to include a software feature with macOS on older iMac models. It was called Target Display Mode, and it allowed you to turn an iMac into an external display once your iMac was too dated to be a usable computer. The company got rid of it with the introduction of the 5K iMac due to technical limitations at the time – though said limitations no longer pose a challenge.

CarPlay Ultra arrived this year after taking a bit longer than expected to materialize. The only catch is that next-generation CarPlay is only offered in cars that start around $200,000. That appears to be changing soon with an affordable EV option coming soon.

There have been a plethora of varying rumors for Apple’s next generation spatial computer. Is Apple prioritizing a cheaper model, or going all out with a second generation Pro model? We’ll summarize all of the Vision headset rumors here today.

Apple will unveil the iPhone 17 lineup in just a few days. Before that happens, leaker Majin Bu has provided new details about a third case option from Apple with some unexpected changes.

Apple is likely going to introduce a new Apple Watch SE at its Awe Dropping event in just over a week. While we’ve been referring to this device as Apple Watch SE 3 for quite some time now, we’re yet to ask: will it actually be called that?

We all miss Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack and want to see it return. In the meantime, the old magnetic battery accessory has resurfaced in an unlikely place.

RODE is rolling out a major firmware update for the RODECaster Video this week that turns the iPhone into a powerful wireless camera source.

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.

If you’re someone who invests, things can easily become messy, and you can end up with a wide variety of brokerage accounts for varying purposes. Profit makes tracking everything a whole lot easier, bringing everything together in one cohesive and beautifully designed interface for iOS and macOS. It doesn’t require account syncing, and runs entirely privately.

A few years ago, Apple used to have a much simpler iPad keyboard lineup. It just offered a Smart Keyboard for each of their iPad models, and they all essentially served as the same product. Nowadays, after the introduction of trackpad support in iPadOS and the Magic Keyboard, everything is unnecessarily convoluted – with each iPad model having a slightly different Magic Keyboard and varying features.

While the keyboard lineup is a mess, that’s not what I take issue with right now – it’s the fact that we’ve lost the Smart Keyboard Folio, which in hindsight was an incredible offering.

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For many Mac admins, the ideal balance between security and productivity comes down to how you handle local admin rights on your fleet. Too much access creates risk. Too little access creates daily annoyance. Apple has done a great job of making it so you can operate as a Standard User day to day, but there are times when local admin rights are needed. SAP’s Privileges app has been a popular way to thread that needle by letting users elevate themselves to admin status when needed, and then return to a standard user when they are done. It gives IT teams more control while giving end users the ability to solve their own problems without waiting for a help desk ticket to be approved.

With the release of Privileges 2.4, SAP is adding new tools that make it even more flexible and reliable in enterprise environments.

Last October, Apple announced the M4 MacBook Pro. On the surface, it looks like yet another MacBook Pro spec bump. However, there are a number of key features that make it worth upgrading to, even if you already have an older 14″ MacBook Pro.

Earlier this evening, Apple filed a reply brief with the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, arguing multiple points why the court should either reverse Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ 2021 decision, or vacate the new injunction and assign a new judge to the case. Here are the details.

This is probably not the first time you’ve read about an iPhone automatically calling 911 following a serious car crash, but stories like this never cease to impress. Watch the video below.

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A few days ago, Apple fixed a vulnerability on iOS and macOS that “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Now, new details have emerged, and it appears that the hacking campaign also leveraged a now-fixed WhatsApp flaw to target its victims. Here are the details.

Apple’s next big iPhone update, iOS 26, will bring a Liquid Glass redesign and tons of new features. Beta testers can try out iOS 26 now, but its official release date for the public is getting very close—here’s when to expect its launch.