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Sponsored by Narwal:Narwal is officially launching their Black Friday discounts, offering the record-low prices of its entire lineup up to 49% off.

We mentioned last week that in iOS 26.1, Apple changed how the Clock app icon’s seconds hand moves in low power mode. Instead of continuously moving, the seconds hand ticks with each second like a quartz clock.

Analog faces on new Apple Watches have a similar behavior, using a sweeping seconds hand in active mode and a ticking seconds hand in always on mode. If you’re like me and prefer the quartz-like movement, there’s a workaround that can help.

Apple’s annual Black Friday Shopping Event kicked off on Friday, and time is running out to take advantage. The deals officially end tonight at midnight.

You can score an up to $250 gift card with purchase of an eligible product, including select iPhones, Macs, Apple Watches, AirPods, and more. Head below for the full details.

As always, however, you can save far more in cash by shopping at other retailers. Our friends over at 9to5Toys are meticulously rounding up all of the best Cyber Monday deals.

Marques Brownlee launched his first iPhone app last year, but it’s now being sunset. Here are the details on MKBHD’s Panels app getting shut down.

As it’s tradition, many indie (and major) app developers take Black Friday and Cyber Monday to offer steep and rare discounts for their apps. Here’s a list of great deals you should check out.

Outages at major web hosts can have huge impacts across society, as we see often such as with the recent Cloudflare outage. But a new collaboration between Amazon and Google might just be the start of putting major outages in the past.

Apple has plenty of software and service launches coming in December, but new hardware products likely won’t arrive until next year. Among the company’s rumored 2026 products, there’s one that’s sure to earn a lot of attention: Apple Glasses.

Apple has updated its list of vintage and obsolete products, with five new additions to the ‘obsolete’ category including the original iPhone SE, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro (2nd generation), and more. Here are the details.

Apple TV (only $5.99/month for Cyber Monday) is best known for prestige TV shows and movies. But according to a new report covering six months of Apple TV signups this year, it appears sports is a surprisingly strong driver of new subscribers.

Apple TV (only $5.99/month for Cyber Monday) is having its biggest year ever, and December brings its expected biggest movie yet with F1 The Movie. Other highlights for the month include new episodes of sci-fi hit Pluribus, a nature docuseries, and a brand new holiday special. Here’s everything new coming to Apple TV in December.

There’s been growing pressure to protect children from age-inappropriate content in both apps and websites at both state and federal levels.

Moves to shift the responsibility from individual developers to app stores is gaining momentum, and that’s reflected in a new proposed law: the App Store Accountability Act …

Here is your collection of the best and most notable Apple Cyber Monday deals. Alongside a host of ongoing deals, including AirPods Pro 3 at the all-time low and AirPods 4 with ANC back at the wild $99 deal price, we also have new all-time lows on Apple Watch Series 11 at the best prices we have tracked to date and a particularly notable iPad mini 7 offer for today only at $150 off – the lowest we have tracked online all-time. Those offers join as much as $300 in savings on M5 MacBook Pro, Mac mini from $479, and a massive lineup of deals on accessories, e-bikes, power stations, apparel, and much more.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman once described the idea of embedded ChatGPT ads as “unsettling” and “a last resort,” but there are now multiple indications that they are on the way.

It had been previously reported that the company was considering ads appearing in the AI chatbot, at least for free users, and code has now been spotted which points to preparation for this …

The Indian government has ordered Apple and other smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a state-owned “security” app on all phones before they are sold to users. Update: As we predicted, Apple has pushed back, but more aggressively by stating outright that it will not comply.

Adding fuel to the privacy fire, the government is also requiring smartphone makers to ensure that the app cannot be removed by users …

Looking for a free way to add a little cheer to your Mac for the holidays? Snowy is a free Mac App Store app that includes Christmas lights, a fun snow effect, and a festive, Aqua-inspired wallpaper.

Belkin’s always been a top accessory maker when it comes to MagSafe and Qi2 products for iPhone users, and these accessories are no different. For Cyber Monday, Belkin is offering some pretty compelling discounts on some of its leading charging accessories. I’ll be sharing my impressions here.

There are loads of intelligent lock solutions out there, many of them with HomeKit integration, but not all of them sport Apple’s super-convenient Home Key setup. Just about all of the best models are on sale for Black Friday weekend right now, from the ultra-elegant Level Lock+ (Matter) Smart Lock through to Schlage Encode Plus, the Aqara Smart Lock U100, and Yale’s Assure Lock 2, if you’re going to unlock some smart lock deals with Apple Home Key, now’s the time to do it.

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.

There’s lots of weather apps out there, but Dumb Weather goes against the grain. Rather than overwhelming you with information, it focuses on the bare essentials and the key insights that you truly need to have a good overview of your day ahead.

Scoring a sweet Black Friday deal on a set of AirPods, the M4 MacBook Air you have had your eye on, an iPad, or even Apple’s new M5 MacBook Pro at $250 off is a relatively easy process – follow 9to5Toys. An iPhone though is a bit of a different beast, especially when it comes to unlocked units. There are some seriously great iPhone deals out there, and perhaps the best source of all is Amazon’s Renewed Premium listings – there are hundreds in savings available here with solid 1-year warranties on the best condition units, but there are few things to watch out for so you don’t get burned. 

One of my favorite iPhone features is StandBy, which turns your iPhone into a smart display when it’s in landscape orientation and charging. The best to take full advantage of StandBy is with an upright wireless charger.

Head below for a closer look at some of my favorite MagSafe stands for iPhone, perfect for StandBy. Even better, most of these are on massive deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping.

You can also keep up with all my favorite Apple gear at Best Buy.

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SupportApp has been one of my favorite free tools to recommend for IT teams who manage fleets of macOS devices. It gives IT teams easy access to the kind of system information that usually takes multiple steps to collect. With the new version 3.0, SupportApp undergoes a major redesign for macOS 26 (Liquid Glass), features improved accessibility, and introduces a new Configurator Mode that enables IT to build and test configurations directly within the app.

New court filings show that Elon Musk is seeking information from a mystery South Korean entity, as Apple and OpenAI receive a deadline extension. Here are the details.