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Mitchel Broussard @ MacRumors · 12/21/2024 11:25 EDT

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Record Low Prices Return for AirTag, iPad, and MacBook Air

It's the last-minute rush before Christmas, and that means it's getting very difficult to find great deals that also have guaranteed delivery by the 25th. With that in mind, some of the week's best deals that we're recapping below might not arrive in time for the holiday, but you can still find multiple record low prices on products like the 10th generation iPad and AirTag. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate... Read more ›

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MacRumors Staff @ MacRumors · 12/21/2024 09:00 EDT

Top Stories: iPhone 17 Designs, Foldable iPad or MacBook, and More

2024 is rapidly drawing to a close, but the Apple news and rumor mill remains busy. On the software side, users are still exploring the new features in iOS 18.2 such as expanded Apple Intelligence capabilities, while Apple is moving ahead with beta testing of iOS 18.3 and related updates. On the hardware side, we're hearing lots of rumors about what's coming in 2025 and beyond, including a new design... Read more ›

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Juli Clover @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 17:22 EDT

Top 5 Apple Products to Look Forward to in 2025

It's looking like 2025 is going to be an important year for Apple, with the company planning to revamp the iPhone, push further into smart home products, and improve Apple Intelligence. There are tons of new products rumored for 2025, including new iPhones, M4 Macs, a smart home command center, and much more. We've highlighted the top five Apple products that will have the biggest impact in 2025. iPhone 17... Read more ›

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Mitchel Broussard @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 13:32 EDT

Amazon Discounts USB-C AirPods Max to $499.99 ($49 Off)

Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $499.99 in four colors, down from $549.00. This is a return of the Black Friday price on the headphones, and only a few dollars higher when compared with the previous record low price. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep... Read more ›

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Juli Clover @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 12:19 EDT

'Ice Dive' Apple Vision Pro Immersive Video Now Available

Apple Vision Pro users can watch a new episode of the "Adventure" series starting today, delving into a freezing underwater dive in the Arctic with athlete Ant Williams. The Ice Dive episode follows Williams as he attempts to shatter the world record for swimming the longest distance under ice with just one breath. Ice Dive is the third episode in the Adventure series on the Vision Pro headset. The first... Read more ›

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 12:19 EDT

The MacRumors Show: Every Apple Product Coming in 2025

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we take a look ahead to all of Apple's expected hardware announcements for 2025. Subscribe to The MacRumors Show YouTube channel for more videos Rumors and reports from a range of reliable sources suggest that Apple will release at least 22 new products in 2025, with a series of minor to major updates and refreshes planned for the iPhone, iPads, Mac, Apple... Read more ›

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Mitchel Broussard @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 10:25 EDT

Apple's AirTag 4-Pack Hits Best-Ever $69.99 Price on Amazon

Today we're tracking the return of an all-time low price on Apple's AirTag 4-Pack, which has hit $69.99 on Amazon, down from $99.00. The AirTag 4-Pack was priced at $72.99 for most of December, so this is the first time we've seen it return to its record low price in a few weeks. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase,... Read more ›

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Joe Rossignol @ MacRumors 2 place · 12/20/2024 09:52 EDT

Apple Begins Discontinuing iPhone SE and iPhone 14 in EU Ahead of USB-C Requirement

Starting today, the third-generation iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus, are listed as unavailable on Apple's online store in Switzerland, ahead of a regulation that will require smartphones with wired charging capabilities that are newly placed for sale to be equipped with a USB-C port in the European Union (EU). Switzerland is not officially part of the EU, but the country participates in the single EU market and... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 07:10 EDT

ChatGPT for Mac Can Now Read Your Apple Notes – Here's How

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its ChatGPT app for macOS, adding support for Apple Notes and a range of popular third-party apps. The update builds on last month's release that introduced the ability to read on-screen content from select Mac apps. This expansion should broaden ChatGPT's utility for both casual users and developers using macOS, as the AI assistant can now interact with content in Apple Notes, Notion, and... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/20/2024 06:18 EDT

Apple Teams Up With NVIDIA to Speed Up AI Language Models

Apple has shared details on a collaboration with NVIDIA to greatly improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) by implementing a new text generation technique that offers substantial speed improvements for AI applications. Apple earlier this year published and open-sourced Recurrent Drafter (ReDrafter), an approach that combines beam search and dynamic tree attention methods to accelerate text generation. Beam search explores multiple potential text sequences at once for better... Read more ›

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 22:00 EDT

Apple Launched the Controversial 'Trashcan' Mac Pro 11 Years Ago Today

Apple launched the controversial "trashcan" Mac Pro eleven years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup. The redesign took the ‌Mac Pro‌ in an entirely new direction, spearheaded by a polished aluminum cylindrical design that became unofficially dubbed the "trashcan" in the Mac community. All of the ‌Mac Pro‌'s components were mounted around a central thermal... Read more ›

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Juli Clover @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 14:14 EDT

iCloud Backups No Longer Available for iPhones and iPads Running iOS 8 or Earlier

Making a device backup over iCloud now requires iOS 9 or later, which means iPhones and iPads that are running iOS 8 or earlier are no longer able to be backed up using ‌iCloud‌. Apple announced the change in November, and as of this week, it has gone into effect. Support for ‌iCloud‌ backups on devices that run iOS 8 or older has ended, and Apple has deleted all existing... Read more ›

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Mitchel Broussard @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 10:19 EDT

Apple's 10th Gen iPad Returns to Black Friday Price of $249.99 ($99 Off)

Amazon has brought back the all-time low Black Friday price on Apple's 10th generation iPad (64GB Wi-Fi), available for $249.99 in Silver, down from $349.00. You'll need to clip an on-page coupon worth $29.01 in order to see the final deal price at checkout. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us... Read more ›

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Joe Rossignol @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 09:55 EDT

Apple Likely to Make Vision Pro Lineup More Affordable in Two Ways

Apple plans to launch its next-generation Vision headsets as early as 2026, and they will likely be more affordable, according to TrendForce. In line with previous rumors, the Taiwanese research firm today said Apple is planning to introduce both a next-generation Vision Pro and a mainstream headset, which would likely be named "Apple Vision" without the "Pro" modifier. For the next-generation Vision Pro, TrendForce said Apple will likely consider sourcing... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 07:41 EDT

Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.1.1, Downgrading No Longer an Option

Apple has stopped signing iOS 18.1.1, preventing iPhone users who have upgraded to iOS 18.2 from downgrading to that version of iOS. Apple released iOS 18.2 a week ago on December 11. Apple often stops signing an older version of iOS, usually within a week or two after a new version is released. When an update is no longer signed, it can't be installed on an ‌iPhone‌ due to a... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 06:39 EDT

Apple Faces Criticism Over AI-Generated News Headline Summaries

Apple is facing calls to remove its AI-powered notification summaries feature after it generated false headlines about a high-profile murder case, drawing criticism from a major journalism organization. Updated to iOS 18.2? Then you may have received this notification (image credit: BBC News) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Apple to disable the Apple Intelligence notification feature, which rolled out globally last week as part of its iOS 18.2 software... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 05:39 EDT

Report: Apple in Talks with Tencent, ByteDance for Chinese iPhone AI

Apple is reportedly negotiating with China's ByteDance and Tencent to bring their artificial intelligence models to iPhones sold in China, as the company adapts its AI strategy for the Chinese market. Apple began integrating OpenAI's ChatGPT into its devices globally earlier this month with the release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, but ChatGPT is not accessible in China due to regulatory restrictions. Chinese law requires government... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 05:20 EDT

Apple's $1 Billion Investment May Soon End Indonesian iPhone Ban

Apple is close to reaching an agreement with Indonesia to lift the ban on iPhone 16 sales in the country after securing preliminary approval for a $1 billion investment proposal, according to Bloomberg. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is said to have given his support for the government to accept Apple's investment plan following a weekend briefing. The proposal includes establishing manufacturing facilities in the country, with one of Apple's suppliers... Read more ›

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 04:29 EDT

Apple Warns of Privacy Risks in EU's DMA Interoperability Requirements

Apple has released a report highlighting its concerns about how some companies could "weaponize" the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) interoperability requirements to access sensitive user data. The report came on the same day that the European Commission began consulting on the proposed measures for requesting interoperability with Apple’s iOS and iPadOS operating systems. The DMA, which came into force this year, requires major platform holders like Apple to provide... Read more ›

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Hartley Charlton @ MacRumors · 12/19/2024 04:00 EDT

Apple Released the Original AirPods Eight Years Ago Today

Today marks eight years since Apple launched the original AirPods. Unveiled in September 2016 alongside the iPhone 7, the wireless headphones became available on December 19, 2016, following a slight delay. At the time, wireless headphones were already on the market but had not yet reached true mass popularity. AirPods helped redefine the category through their convenience and seamless integration with Apple devices. Apple's Phil Schiller at the time:AirPods are... Read more ›

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