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8 Mac-focused features coming in macOS Tahoe 26

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月25日 07:06

While macOS Tahoe 26 shares redesign polish with iOS and iPadOS, its best new features double down on what makes the Mac the Mac. Terminal upgrades, automation triggers, and power-user tweaks are the kind of Mac updates that you won’t find on the iPhone and iPad. Apple aims its focus on the Mac with these features.

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watchOS 26 public beta lets you try smarter workouts with personality, new and improved Apple Watch apps

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月25日 01:13

Apple is now offering the first public beta of watchOS 26, the next major update for , ahead of its official fall release. While the biggest visual update may appear to be the limited Liquid Glass elements, the substance of watchOS 26 exists in how it integrates with Apple Intelligence for smarter workouts and more context-aware communication. After some hands-on time with the update, here’s what stands out so far.

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Apple solves its social media fragmentation problem with ‘In the Loop’

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月24日 22:48

Social media has been fragmented since Twitter got X’d and cleared the path for Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and others. Still, Apple personalities like Tim Cook still rely on sharing company news, often exclusively, on X. Others seem more fond of Instagram. It’s a lot to follow, especially if you’re off one or more social media networks.

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Apple announces AppleCare One multi-device bundle with simplified pricing

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月23日 20:01

AppleCare is taking a page from the Apple One services bundle and introducing a bundle of its own. AppleCare One is a new way to pay for additional warranty status on all your Apple products, and the window to add coverage is more generous than ever.

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13 underrated iOS 26 updates that improve your iPhone

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月23日 06:43

Apple’s headline iOS 26 features like Apple Intelligence and redesigned apps tend to get all the attention. But some of the most useful changes are easy to miss. These underrated iOS 26 updates quietly improve the iPhone experience in ways that don’t make the keynote but still matter in everyday use.

From smarter AirPods behavior to new journaling tools and better battery estimates, here are 13 updates you might have missed.

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Synology masters both ease and control with BeeStation and DiskStation

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月10日 07:30

Synology is synonymous with NAS, or network-attached storage, and there’s good reason for that. The DiskStation line of products is reliable and robust with a great community that supports consumer and professional use cases. More recently, DiskStation DS925+, a traditional NAS with a familiar product name to us at 9to5. Both are great in their own way. Here’s how they perform and compare.

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COO exit creates unanswered questions about Apple Watch and Health future

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月10日 02:23

Apple made an interesting omission in yesterday’s chief operating officer transition announcement. Design, which previously reported to COO Jeff Williams, will soon report to CEO Tim Cook, but the press release stopped short of explaining where Williams’ other product responsibility will go when he leaves.

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Review: BenQ GP520 unlocks Vision Pro movie night vibes for Apple TV 4K, gaming, more

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月9日 07:53

I’ve tested a few BenQ products lately. My favorite has been their and a more affordable price. The most fun? A new category for me: projectors. The GP520 4K HDR model BenQ loaned me to test alleviated my concerns about the practicality of a projector instead of a TV.

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Tim Cook has a new deputy but Apple’s next CEO is probably still someone else

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月9日 06:16

Jeff Williams, often considered Tim Cook’s successor, is leaving Apple. Sabih Khan, a 30-year veteran of the company, is Apple’s next chief operating officer. Does Khan taking Cook’s old job make him CEO-designate? Jeff Williams retiring certainly clears the path for Khan to climb up the succession planning ladder. However, I would wager that Apple’s CEO succession plan isn’t changing.

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macOS Tahoe: Reports of FireWire’s death not greatly exaggerated

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月8日 11:12

How dead is FireWire support in macOS Tahoe 26? As dead as the iPod, as far as the Mac is concerned, which is at least a little sad. Stephen Hackett checked.

In classic 512 Pixels fashion, he’s conjured together a real world demonstration using a battle-tested FireWire 800 cable-connected drive, two Thunderbolt adapters including a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 dongle, and a Mac. Woof.

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Liquid Glass in iOS 26 beta 3 less dramatic as Apple optimizes redesign for usability

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月8日 02:42

Sorry or you’re welcome? Apple’s new Liquid Glass visual element is getting any icy design change in some places before it reaches customers. iOS 26 developer beta 3, which will likely be iOS 26 public beta 1 later this month, reduces the transparency effect in a number of places like navigation bars in certain apps. In the example above, the top shows beta 2 while the bottom shows the current look in beta 3.

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Apple releases iOS 26 beta 3 for iPhone

作者 Zac Hall
2025年7月8日 01:09

Four weeks have passed since Apple unveiled iOS 26 and the major software redesign coming for iPhone. Now it’s time to start testing the third developer beta preview and see how performance and polish have improved. iOS 26 also includes loads of new features and functionality in addition to the new Liquid Glass-inspired look and feel.

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T-Mobile launching T-Satellite with Starlink next month, working with Apple on satellite enabled apps

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月24日 03:44

T-Mobile has been testing a beta version of its T-Satellite service with customers for several weeks now. Starting next month, the beta period will start to wind down as satellite connectivity officially launches as a paid service. Beyond the commercial launch, T-Mobile has also announced when the service will expand beyond text message support to include data.

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Apple releases iOS 26 beta 2

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月24日 01:06

Apple has released iOS 26 beta 2. The update replaces iOS 26 beta 1 which arrived on June 9 (followed by an updated build for iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 on June 13).

The second version of the pre-release iPhone software update is available now for developer beta testers. Apple will expand iOS 26 beta testing in July when it adds the major new version to its public beta channel too.

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PSA: Fortnite for iPhone and iPad no longer runs on iOS 26 beta after Blitz Royale update [U]

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月26日 11:51

Update 6/25/2025: Eight days later, version 36.10.1 on the App Store restores iOS 26 support.


Fortnite returned to the U.S. App Store last month after a five year hiatus over litigation between Epic Games and Apple. As of today, however, Fortnite is as good as gone on iPhones and iPads running the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta.

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Fortnite and Roblox are making Apple’s kid-friendly iPad obsolete sooner than expected

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月17日 01:54

Apple doesn’t talk much about RAM and iPads. Popular iPad games, however, are forcing the conversation. Fortnite and Roblox, for example, are saying game over to an iPad model with a kid-friendly price that Apple sold until last year.

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Vision Pro’s first third-party Apple Immersive Video brings MotoGP racing via Blackmagic

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月12日 00:00

Apple Vision Pro owners will soon get to experience the exhilarating world of motorcycle racing. CANAL+ announced an upcoming Apple Immersive Video film that will bring viewers directly into the world of MotoGP racing. The project marks the first third-party studio production in Apple’s Immersive Video format, filmed entirely with Blackmagic’s URSA Cine Immersive camera system designed specifically for Vision Pro content.

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watchOS 26: More Apple Watch faces using Series 10’s upgraded display

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月10日 08:14

features an upgraded display with a faster refresh rate. This enables select watch faces to display a ticking seconds indicator even in always-on mode. However, most watch faces don’t actually take advantage of the new hardware yet. The watchOS 26 software update coming this fall will change that.

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iOS 26 developer beta 1 for iPhone now available

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月10日 03:05

iOS 26 beta 1 for iPhone is now available for developers. Apple announced the next major software update for iPhone today as part of its WWDC 2025 keynote event. iOS 26 follows iOS 18 as each Apple operating system replaces the incremental version number with a reference to the year ahead.

The update is available as an over-the-air software update in the Settings app on devices with the developer beta software option enabled.

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watchOS 26 coming to Apple Watch with AI-powered Workout Buddy, new design, more

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月10日 01:18

Apple has officially announced watchOS 26, the successor to watchOS 11. The new name aligns with iOS 26 (and using the upcoming year to reference each software version). The flagship new software feature for Apple Watch in watchOS 26 is called Workout Buddy, an Apple Intelligence-powered fitness feature.

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WWDC 2025: The Talk Show livestream returning to Theater for Vision Pro, early bird tickets for 3D video available now

作者 Zac Hall
2025年6月6日 04:44

Theater for visionOS premiered a year ago with a clever software launch campaign: exclusively streaming John Gruber’s The Talk Show post-WWDC event live with 3D video.

The Apple Vision Pro app has continued to mature since its debut, adding extensive Plex support and a full-blown immersive planetarium that now hosts the 2025 SXSW award-winning “Resolution” music experience.

Next up, Theater is returning as the exclusive home to The Talk Show Live event stream.

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