Several older iPhones and iPads reportedly won‘t be able to upgrade to iOS 16 when it debuts in 2022. While that’s sure to disappoint anyone still using these devices, the newest one will be 5 years old at that point. And one of them will be 8 years old. Apple continues to offer operating system […]

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Apple has seeded the first public betas of iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 to public beta testers.

A French TV crew was given unprecedented access to the Apple Park headquarters while speaking to some of the company's top dogs such as marketing guru Greg Joswiak.

Intrepid concept creator Ian Zelbo is back with a fantastically detailed rendering of Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset. The renderings are based on illustrations created with credible information published by The Information earlier this year. Zelbo calls the concept “Apple View”, but the real name is still completely unknown.

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iPhone will get a periscope camera lens for the first time in 2023 after a 48-megapixel sensor upgrade next year, according to one analyst. The periscope lens should allow for significantly greater optical zoom. A number of iPhone rivals are now using this technology to allow photographers to take more detailed snaps of their subjects. […]

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Annoyed by popups and notifications asking to enter your Apple ID password? Check out the solutions to fix this issue on your iPhone.

iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max cameras come with a new Macro mode that’s quite impressive. However, it originally shipped with a design that automatically kicked in, with no option to manually control it. Now with iOS 15.2, there’s an easy way to control the feature. Read on for how to enable the Macro toggle on iPhone 13 Pro and also make your preference the default.

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OK, so no 2021 award for Most Fastidious Cable Management, mentioned in this article’s headline, exists — at least not around here. But if it did, we might hand it to the person behind today’s setup. It centers on a 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 32-inch LG 4K display. And it keeps cable clutter […]

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Rumor has it that iOS 16 will drop support for the iPhone 6s lineup, the first-generation iPhone SE, and several iPad models.

Starting off the week, all of today’s best deals are headlined by an Apple Watch and iPhone sale at Woot. That’s alongside HomePod mini dropping to $80 and Apple’s M1 MacBook Air at $199 off. Hit the jump for all that and more in the latest 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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It’s not every day that you buy an Apple product online and receive something completely different. A Brazilian actor recently ordered an Apple Watch Series 6 online and somehow got a stone instead…

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On December 20, 1996, Apple Computer officially bought NeXT, the computer company Steve Jobs founded after leaving Apple a decade earlier.

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A reliable analyst says iPhone 14 arriving in 2022 isn't getting a pericope camera after all. That upgrade is reportedly destined for a 2023 iPhone.