Latest

Apple celebrates Veterans Day with Apple Watch Activity Challenge and more

Today is Veterans Day and Apple is celebrating in a handful of different ways. There is an Apple Watch Activity Challenge available with a limited-time award as well as a new Time to Walk episode available through Apple Fitness+.

You’ll also notice a banner on Apple’s website thanking Veterans for their service and reminding them of the Veterans and Military Purchase Program.

Expand Expanding Close

M4 Mac Studio: Here’s what to expect from Apple’s upcoming high-end desktop

Mac Studio WWDC hardware

Late last month, Apple unveiled the first Macs with the M4 chip: the MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini. That’s about half of the Mac lineup, leaving the MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro. Among the two remaining desktops, the Mac Studio is definitely the more popular one – though it’s a bit outdated, still sporting the M2 Max and M2 Ultra. Here’s everything we’re expecting with the next Mac Studio, though it is a bit light.

Expand Expanding Close

M3 iPad Air: A few upgrades to look forward to early next year

iPad Air on blue background

According to recent reports from Bloomberg, Apple will be releasing another iPad Air with “internal improvements” as early as spring 2025.

The iPad Air was just refreshed with M2 earlier this year, meaning there’d be around 12 months between refreshes, rather than the typical 18-24 months between iPad Air refreshes. With such a short turnaround time, it leaves you wondering: what will Apple actually be updating in these iPads?

Expand Expanding Close

Indie App Spotlight: ‘Currency’ is an ad-free and offline app to convert currencies

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.


Currency is a completely free currency conversion app for iPhone and Mac, with no ads, a clean design, and offline functionality. It has support for over 160 currencies, making it an easy to use tool for any international travel.

Expand Expanding Close
Satechi early Black Friday sale-exclusive

Exclusive Satechi early Black Friday sale for 9to5 readers: 30% off everything sitewide – all-time lows on MagSafe stands, Find My gear, more

We have teamed up with Satechi to offer 9to5 readers exclusive early Black Friday sale pricing on the entire collection of the brand’s wonderful charging accessories, keyboards, and more. This time around we are taking things up a notch with a solid 30% off everything the brand sells sitewide – we are told there are no exclusions here either (you just can’t stack two codes at checkout). Our exclusive promo code works on all of the brand’s 2024 releases as well as items that are already seeing markdowns on the listing pages. Head over to the official Satechi site and apply our exclusive 30OFF9to5 code at checkout to redeem the sale price. But be sure to head below for some of the particular highlights form the sale as well.

Expand Expanding Close

Apple @ Work: Generative AI will impact Apple IT admins in this important way

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple.

Everywhere you read, discussions around AI everywhere. It’s in the tools we use, the news we read, and the discussions happening across nearly every industry. But with AI so embedded in our conversations, AI fatigue has set in. IT practitioners are becoming weary of promises that AI will revolutionize the world overnight, and skepticism is growing.

Expand Expanding Close

9to5Mac Daily: November 8, 2024 – M4 Mac launch day is here

9to5mac daily podcast

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts appStitcherTuneInGoogle Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

Sponsored by CardPointers: The best way to maximize your credit card rewards. Save 30% and get a $100 Savings Card today.

Expand Expanding Close

New Apple Vision Pro study reveals promising performance in radiology

A new study published this week by researchers at the University of California, San Diego highlights how Apple Vision Pro can be used in healthcare settings. In particular, this study sought to compare diagnostic performance when using Apple Vision Pro versus using a desktop.

Researchers also touted the “new opportunities for 3D virtualization” and ergonomics offered by Apple Vision Pro.

Expand Expanding Close

9to5Mac Overtime 033: M4 Mac mini and visionOS 2.2 beta

Fernando and Jeff discuss today’s official availability of the M4 Mac mini, including first impressions and planned use cases. Also, why visionOS 2.2 makes the Apple Vision Pro worth buying if you can get one used for a good price.

9to5Mac Overtime is a weekly video-first podcast exploring fun and interesting observations in the Apple ecosystem, featuring 9to5Mac’s Fernando Silva & Jeff Benjamin. Subscribe to Overtime via Apple Podcasts. You can also watch this episode on YouTube and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more.

Expand Expanding Close

HomeKit Weekly: Track your HomeKit device batteries with HomeBatteries

HomeBatteries

Keeping tabs on battery-powered HomeKit accessories like the Eve Weather can be challenging. From smart locks to motion sensors, battery status is often out of sight, out of mind—until the moment a device fails to respond. Enter HomeBatteries, an app designed to solve this problem by giving you an easy place to monitor HomeKit battery and ensuring you lose access to one of your devices.

Expand Expanding Close

Cops think iPhones are secretly communicating with each other to reboot [U]

Update: A security researcher on Mastodon has cracked the case on this, proving that it has nothing to do with iPhones secretly communicating with each other.


A new report from 404 Media says that law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan believe that iOS 18 includes a “new security feature that tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have been disconnected from a cellular network for some time.”

Expand Expanding Close
Apple deals-AirPods Pro 2-M4 Mac mini-M4 iMac

Deals: M4 Mac mini all-time low, M4 iMac up to $120 off, AirPods Pro 2 $170 via Amazon, Watch bands, more

Alongside the now live Best Buy early Black Friday Doorbuster deals, it’s now time for your Friday edition of our daily 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals on Apple gear and accessories. Alongside an ongoing deal on the brand new AirPods 4, Amazon is now taking its turn with one of the best prices to date on Apple’s flagship AirPods Pro 2. But we also spotted a new all-time low on the brand new M4 Mac mini and as well as the best deals to date on the new M4 iMac configurations at up to $120 off the going rate. Those offers join upgraded 16GB M3 MacBook Airs at up to $310 off the original prices and much more. Everything awaits below. 

Expand Expanding Close