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Apple is about to release a new iPad mini. This will mark the first update to the device in two years, and it’s expected to be a big one. Here’s everything we know so far about the new iPad mini coming soon.

Adobe is rolling out a limited test today that gives select Project Indigo users access to several generative AI-powered photo-editing tools. Here are the details.

Apple made history in 2022 when its film CODA won the Oscar for Best Picture. And now, the director’s follow-up title—Being Heumann—has just been dated for Apple TV.

The 2026 World Cup is over, but a new update for Apple Sports makes the app an even better place to follow soccer around the world. Here’s what’s new.

Apple Wallet has long supported order tracking, but just last year the feature became much more useful thanks to an AI enhancement. With a new Amazon change though, Apple Wallet order tracking has just been downgraded again for Amazon shoppers.

A poll of thousands of 9to5Mac readers suggests that higher Apple prices are likely to slow upgrade cycles, even among the most enthusiastic of customers.

Upgrading less frequently was by far the most common response given by readers, while just 9% of respondents said that the price increases wouldn’t affect their purchasing behavior …

There have been growing complaints about users experiencing beach balls on the Mac when running macOS 26.5, with some also saying that their trackpad becomes completely unresponsive for several seconds at a time.

Activity Monitor typically reveals three culprits, and there does now appear to be a reliable solution to the problem …

Tech writer Joanna Stern wrote last month about discovering 10 fake versions of her book I Am Not a Robot on Apple Books within days of the real thing being published. While she was able to get these removed, new ones quickly appeared.

New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill found a fake biography of herself on Amazon, and discovered this was one of thousands of AI-written biographies available on sale …

The iOS 27 public beta is now available, and one of the big changes is that it makes your iPhone a lot faster. In fact, Apple has outlined more than 30 ways in which your iPhone will be faster after you update.

Apple is reportedly piloting a new “Live Notes” system at some of its retail locations. This system uses AI to record and transcribe Genius Bar sessions with customers, according to a new report.

In March, Apple announced it was discontinuing the Mac Pro and confirmed that it had no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware.

A new report from Bloomberg today offers more context on Apple’s Mac Pro strategy, with a surprising tidbit on something Apple was working on …

Apple’s hardware price increases in June were costly and unwelcome. They were also just the start of a wave of higher prices on Apple products and services. Over the last few weeks, Apple has been raising prices in all areas for different reasons.

Yesterday, Apple announced price increases for Apple Music as well as two of its Apple One bundles.

Apple offers a broad range of services nowadays, ranging from Apple TV to Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, and more. Apple One lets you bundle those together at lower prices.

Is Apple One worth it? Here’s what you need to know.

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’ve ever found yourself striking up a conversation while out and about, you may end up wanting to quickly share your contact information with another person. While Apple does offer NameDrop, it lacks granularity, and isn’t always the most reliable. Passable brings contact sharing into neat looking Apple Wallet passes, and it offers tons of granularity.

Most of your smart home lights are smaller bulbs and outlet adaptors, but the market is maturing to the point where we are seeing full hardwired fixtures that integrate natively with Apple Home (via Matter). SwitchBot just recently released the new SwitchBot RGBICWW ceiling light. It brings incredibly bright illumination and native Matter support directly to your overhead ceiling lights.

If you could go back to the early days of the internet, would you handle your privacy differently? Most of us would. We would be more cautious about the services we joined and the information we shared. Since a time machine is not an option, we have to deal with the reality of the present. Your personal data is currently available and for sale at this very moment.

Right now, your phone number, email address, home address, and even your family connections are being packaged and sold to marketers, insurers, and hackers. While Apple’s privacy protections in Safari and Mail help block some tracking as you browse the web, they cannot undo years of information already scraped and spread across hundreds of broker databases. Data brokers have built a multi-billion-dollar industry by collecting your digital data, packaging it, and selling it. It’s time to take your personal information off the market and off the internet. Let’s look at how.

The next iPhone lineup is around the corner – and it’s going to be a different one. The base model iPhone 18 won’t be making an appearance quite yet, as that model has been shifted to a spring release schedule. This September will squarely be on the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the all new foldable iPhone.

Of course, there’s one major elephant in the room: price hikes. It’s inevitable that the iPhone 18 Pro lineup will cost more, which begs the question – is buying an iPhone 17 Pro at today’s prices a good idea?

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While macOS is inherently secure by design, hackers/scammers are increasingly relying on social engineering to bypass native protections. A new report published by Netskope Threat Labs details a new and highly sophisticated macOS ClickFix campaign. This attack tricks people into deploying an AppleScript-based information stealer and a persistent remote access trojan.

We are landing for another weekend edition of 9to5Toys Lunch Break to highlight the summer price drop on AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, as well as the lowest price in several months on AirPods 4 with ANC (or score a renewed premium down at $119).

If a new Apple Watch is in line, the most popular models are $100 off right now starting from $299, while the M5 MacBook Pro is $150 off, the M5 Pro is $300 off, and M5 Max is $400 off the list price.

Also be sure to swing by the Nomad Anniversary Sale this weekend – it is loaded with discounts on Apple Watch bands, 25W MagSafe chargers, cases, and more – as well as the ongoing Anker summer charging gear sale from $8. Everything awaits below. 

Following recent hardware price increases, along with subscription hikes in the US and other markets, Apple has now raised iCloud+ prices in several countries. Here are the details.

Apple is citing a newly paused securities fraud lawsuit to support its request to pause further lower-court proceedings in its legal battle with Epic Games while the Supreme Court reviews part of the dispute. Here are the details.

Update, July 20, 7:10 p.m. ET: Apple has provided a statement to 9to5Mac, which can be found below.

An investigation by 9to5Mac reveals dozens of apps that disguise gambling platforms as simple games and utilities. Here are the details.