Steve Moser
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Contributing Writer at @MacRumors . Editor-in-Chief at @TheTapeDrive . iOS Developer. Mines software releases for hidden gems. ⛏💻💎
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Thread of some of my popular posts and threads about not-yet-released software and hardware.
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This is real, macOS Sonoma desktop wiggle widget mode.
Really didn't expect widgets to push icons away like that under macOS Sonoma
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- Lightning mini (AirPods Max)
- Lightning (standard)
- Lightning Pro Max (Vision Pro Battery).
l used a SIM card push pin to "unlock" the cable connected to the Apple Vision Pro battery pack. It popped right out.
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This is the first time I’ve seen how Office Key in Apple Wallet works with the Dynamic Island on an iPhone 14 Pro.
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The Lightning lineup:
- Lightning mini (AirPods Max)
- Lightning (standard)
- Lightning Pro Max (Vision Pro Battery)
- Lightning Ultra (Vision Pro band)
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Because Apple didn't label the Apple Watch Ultra 2 with a "2" on the back of the case, it can be challenging to distinguish it from the original Ultra, making them among the most difficult modern Apple devices to tell apart when turned off. When Apple didn't add an 'S' to the
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Apple killed:
💾 Floppy Disks
🎧 Headphone Jacks
✉️ SIM Cards
What’s next?
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These volume buttons are new on the Apple TV Remote Lock Screen Activity in iOS 16.
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iOS 15.4 Beta 2 changes 🧵: Apple adds 'Tap to Pay on iPhone’ i.e. Contactless Reader UI Service
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Apple announced support for NFC stickers/tags that trigger Apple Pay for payment without having an app installed. Imagine tapping your phone on a scooter or a parking-meter and paying for it without signing up or downloading an app first.
#ApplePay
Almost 10 years ago I spent a lot of time with Vivotech building our mobile wallet efforts at
@BankofAmerica
. Today I watched Jennifer Bailey of
@Apple
discuss the same contactless tag tech and all the use cases it is driving for Apple. RIP Vivotech - you were ahead of your time.
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Sony saw the future of Home Screen layouts when it released the PlayStation Vita back in 2011. Now Apple has acknowledged this with visionOS.
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Quick tweet summary thread of the changes Apple made to its Human Interface Guidelines for visionOS: Create immersive apps on Apple Vision Pro with limitless 3D space, fluid immersion levels, and Spatial Audio. Best Practices:
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iOS 15.4 Beta 2 changes 🧵: Apple is working on a new notifications prompt for Notes app.
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Just realized what the new Vitals app for iOS 18 reminds me of: the sensors on the back of the Apple Watch Series 3.
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Weather app in iOS 16 (right) seems to use a wildly different (and wrong) model than iOS 15 (left). I can confirm by walking outside that it is not 91 degrees.
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My money is on the iPhone 9 having:
3GB of RAM
3D Touch
A13 chip
64GB base storage
$399
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Apples needs to make more of these videos. They have a regular Willy Wonka factory there.
Apple Vision Pro pre-orders begin today! We’re so excited for you to experience spatial computing for the first time!
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Never seen this 1+ red bubble on the Phone app on iOS before. What does it mean?
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The holes on Mac Studio match the holes on the Studio Display just like how the holes on the Mac Pro match the holes on the Pro Display XDR. Apple’s design consistency strikes again.
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iOS 17.1 Beta 1 (21B5045h) changes:
- Double Tap for Apple Watch, codename: Elton (not yet enabled)
- NameDrop for Apple Watch
- Favorites replace hearts in Apple Music
- AirDrop over the internet
- Journaling suggestions
More:
Apple is working a "Year in Review" feature for
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It’s really odd how Microsoft is launching Word and Excel on the Apple Vision Pro App Store on day one but Apple doesn’t have a native visionOS version of Pages and Numbers yet.
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iOS 15.4.1 changes 🧵: Apple changed the World Clock widget abbreviation for Kyiv from KIE to KYI. KIE comes from the Russian spelling of Kyiv: Kiev. Screenshot is iOS 15.4.
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Oh, you love Apple?
Name Every App Store
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Could the overheating issue be indirectly related to eSIM?
There are speculations that iPhone 15 Pro models outside the U.S. overheat more than those within the U.S. This might be due to variations in motherboard designs for different regions this year. For comparison, last
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I’ve found it. The most anxiety inducing wallpaper for the Always-On display (AOD) on the iPhone 14 Pro.
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The Apple Vision Pro - visionOS 1.0 SDK reveals the overheating warning for the device and that apps can be force quit by doubling-tapping the crown. "The system is operating at high temperatures. Closing applications by double-tapping the crown may improve your experience."
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You can always count on Apple making their squircles taller.
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In November 2020, Apple added ‘iPod touch’ to their Apple Music PR blurb. Well now we know why. This Fall Apple is planning to release the next version of the iPod touch. Thanks to
@AppleLe257
for sourcing info &
@Apple_Tomorrow
for the renders!
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iPhone SE (1st generation) where SE stands for Small Edition.
iPhone SE (2nd generation) where SE stands for Second Edition.
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The new AirPods Pro firmware with Spatial Audio support is amazing and eerie. For a second I thought they weren’t connected because audio (in scenes without surround) sounds like it really is coming from the device. The setup flow has also been updated.
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SIM-eject tool (standard)
SIM-eject tool Pro Max (Apple Vision Pro dev strap)
can we talk about this massive sim tool for the vision pro developer strap
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This is what happens when you try to turn on a new Ford Maverick pickup when it is -15℉ outside.
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iOS 17.2 Beta 1 (21C5029g) changes:
- "AI-generated" & Live Activities in News
- Memoji additions
- Journal App and Journaling suggestions.
- New Weather and Clock Widgets
- Music focus filter
- Collaborative playlists
- Favorite Songs
- Translate not available w/ Action Button
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Apple TV home screens through the years: iOS 6, iOS 7, iOS 8, tvOS 13…
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I like that Apple moved the MacBook Pro branding to the bottom of the device instead of under the display. I never understood why they put it back under the display after removing it previously.
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Starlight doesn’t look like a new color to me. It looks like the ‘white’ iPhone 11 & 12. I wonder if Apple just changed the name because people complained that their white iPhone wasn’t white. iPhone XR was the last true white iPhone.
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@FamilyLawOhio
@Apple
The feature only works 100% if all of your devices are on iOS 16. Just keep at least one device on iOS 15 and you’ll get the full history.
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The new Teams seems faster but why does it have this annoying blue 'New' badge and '(work or school)' in the app name?
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iOS 15.5 Beta 1 changes 🧵: iTunes Pass is now Apple Balance, Apple Pay is now Apple Cash in iMessage, and Apple Classical references. The card should have a metal reflective effect on it like Apple Home Key.
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iOS 17.0 Beta 3 (21A5277h) changes 🧵: New Memoji splash screen video for Apple Fitness.
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Is this the first time Apple has highlighted a new price (here for the iPad's $349 new price) on their site tabs?
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Apple is flexing their AI & Machine Learning muscle with their Personal Voice feature announced today. Personal Voice will be an iOS 17 accessibility feature that allows users at risk of losing their ability to speak to create a voice that sounds like them. ElevenLabs for
#a11y
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iCloud’s new name will be ‘iCoud’ and a forward button coming to the Settings app on macOS? Preview of what we will see at WWDC or a poor mockup /s? Image is from Apple’s Accessibility Newsroom article.
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tvOS1 3 Beta 2 now includes Wireless Audio Sync which corrects for audio latency with audio setups and AirPlay. /cc
@stroughtonsmith
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Apple killed the iSight camera branding back in 2021 to make room for the Eyesight branding on the Apple Vision Pro.
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From HID’s Office Key announcement.
Ready to simplify the way employees access what they need to power their workday?
Introducing... employee badge in
@Apple
Wallet.
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I am not a fan of the design of the Apple Sports app. Where are all the gestures? Why can't I swipe to change sections or swipe down or back to go back? I don't mind the new glassily, circular visionOS like navigation bar buttons but give me some gestures. I hope this isn't the
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Unlock via Face ID while wearing a mask and a paired Apple Watch in iOS 14.5 beta 1 is so good and fast! Face ID is back to being the best biometric technology.
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The best part is when the guy says, “wow it’s surround sound” and his guide corrects him, “so that’s spatial audio”. 🤣
Apple has a full guided tour on Apple Vision Pro. No flat design on the text this time. Love depth…
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Apple Intelligence (i.e. basically Writing Tools so far) on macOS Sequoia is decent and fast even on an M1 but the killer feature for Sequoia is iPhone notifications.
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Apple updated the icon for the Pro Display Calibrator app in macOS Sonoma. *Reads the tea leaves* Since the icon isn't a silhouette of the Pro Display XDR maybe we will see a new Mac (iMac Pro?) or display that makes use of the Pro Display Calibrator app at Apple's "Scary Fast"
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The best iPhone ’S’ years in order:
iPhone 5s - TouchID, 64-bit CPU
iPhone 6s - 3D Touch, Live Photos
iPhone 13 - Sensor Shift Camera
iPhone 4s - 1080P video capture
iPhone 3GS - Video capture
iPhone XS - Edit Portrait Mode blur
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TIL that the Apple Vision Pro does not support Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). This means that in Safari, users won't find an "Add to Home Screen" option. Without PWA support, features like Web Push Notifications are not available. As a result, applications that do not launch with
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There it is. The cursive ‘hello’ on first setup of the new iMac. Just as the code indicated.
#imac2021
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Makes sense since gauge clusters are required to be run by a RTOS. Apple hasn't had a real time operating system (RTOS) until the R1 chip.
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I noticed one other odd thing with Apple's watch compare page. The Series 9 lists the side button as a feature while the Series 8 doesn't. 🤨
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When did Apple Watches start showing this screen after unboxing?
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iPhone 15 hooked up to a TV via USB-C looks so good. And it avoids the delay and compression artifacts that plagued the Lightning HDMI adapter. This plus the ability to charge other devices really shows off the benefits of USB-C. Who will be the first to make an all-in-one USB-C
HOLY SMOKES! For some reason I didn’t think about this when Apple mentioned the iPhone 15’s external monitor support thanks to USB-C..
But you can now play games at impressively high quality using an external monitor and game controller.
Apple legit just made a gaming console!
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Since the visionOS App Store is live on the web I've been poking around the store and found this visionOS app called Sunlitt - Golden Hour Tracker by Nicolas Mariniello. It looks great! I wish Zillow had something like this.
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iOS 16.0 Beta 4 (20A5328h) changes 🧵: New CarPlay Wallpaper options:
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Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro wallpaper spells “PRO” just like how their M2 MacBook Air wallpaper spells “AiR”.
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iOS 16.0 Beta 2 (20A5303i) changes 🧵: New faces in the Memoji splash screen video.
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Next Apple Watch might not have a side button. Found these in iOS 14 beta. Also what is Luxo?
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New Pairing video in the Find My app in iOS 14.3 beta 1 with the codename Hawkeye hints at Apple Tags support and new Apple over ear headphones.
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New 2021 Apple Watch Pride watch face style ‘Circular’ of the new Woven Pride watch face. The watch face in Apple’s PR only included the ‘Full Screen’ style. ⭕️
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I was hanging out with
@zollotech
and he showed me the new iPhone 15 FineWoven accessories and though the grippiness was good the feel is off to me. It feels like a 90’s nylon windbreaker and it sounds like one too if you run your fingernail over it.
[Sound On]
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MacOS 12.3 Beta 3 (21E5212f) changes 🧵: Apple is working on a new notifications prompt for Notes app; just like iOS.
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iOS 15.4 Beta 3 changes 🧵: This update mostly contains small text changes. Apple changed “people who are using an Apple device” to “contacts who are using iMessage”. Minor change or could it be related to recent EU regulation? iMessage coming to Android?
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A Tesla charger, CarPlay, and Android Automotive. A Tesla charger, CarPlay… are you getting it? These are not three separate cars. And we are calling it --
Ford Model e.
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Amazon is working on using the iPhone TrueDepth camera to “allow you to virtually try on products like Sunglasses.” $AMZN
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On the latest iOS 16 beta Apple Pay works in Edge, Chrome and I assume any third party browser. On iOS 15 Apple Pay only works in Safari.
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Will Apple give every corporate employee an Apple Vision Pro like they did with the iPhone?
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I like how Apple shows you what info will be shared when scanning your ID at a TSA reader using Apple Wallet.
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iOS 16.4 Beta 1 (20E5212f) changes 🧵: The biggest change today IMHO is support for Web Push. Web Push removes one of the big reasons a lot of companies make native iOS apps. Data Detectors now offer to “Open in Web Browser” instead of “Open in Safari”.
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Sorry folks, looks like my posting of iOS diffs has come to an end as Apple has changed the OS image (IPSW) format to Apple Encrypted Archive. 🪦 Any info on opening these up would be appreciated. (h/t
@zollotech
for the image and
@aaronp613
for the info on the change).
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Apple Releases New Privacy Policy for AirDrop in iOS 17 Beta 5
Apple has released a new privacy policy for AirDrop in iOS 17 Beta 5. The new policy clarifies how Apple uses AirDrop data and how it protects user privacy since AirDrop now includes the ability to complete transfers
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Apple added 3 new color filters (XIII, XIV, XV) to the Photos watch face (code named Kishu) in watchOS 7.4 beta.
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iOS 17 → iOS 18. I wonder why they changed the color of the iPhone 15 too.
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iOS 17.4 Beta 1 (21E5184i) changes:
1) Text hints at new iPads with horizontal Face ID Layout Even though it says 'iPad' this is most likely for the new iPad Pro due this March.
"During Face ID setup, iPad needs to be in landscape with the camera at the top of the screen."
2)
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iOS 16.2 Beta 1 (20C5032e) changes 🧵: New Walkie Talkie sounds for watchOS: unmute fail, mute, unmute, push to talk, push to talk to join.
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I imagine ProMotion will only be for the Pro line too.
Been seeing some reports speculating on iPhone 12 prices, so I asked my sources 👇
5.4 iPhone 12 D52G
OLED / 5G
2 cam
$649
6.1 iPhone 12 D53G
OLED / 5G
2 cam
$749
6.1 iPhone 12 Pro D53P
OLED / 5G
3 cam + LiDAR
$999
6.7 iPhone 12 Pro Max D54P
OLED / 5G
3 cam + LiDAR
$1,099
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Apple announces Assistive Access, AKA “Custom Accessibility Mode Apps” codename ClarityUI, before WWDC. “Assistive Access uses innovations in design to distill apps and experiences to their essential features in order to lighten cognitive load.”
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Apple just dropped a new app: Apple Sports.
The most interesting thing in this PR is that it has been 19 days since Apple released the Vision Pro and they still haven't updated their PR blurb to include Apple Vision Pro and visionOS. What are they waiting for? Has this happened
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Tip of the hat to iOS Beta Historian
@zollotech
for topping the list of YouTubers that cover iOS updates along with (according to ChatGPT and probably soon Bing)
@iupdate
and
@9to5mac
. Feels like someone or some company is missing from this list though. 🤔
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iOS 17.1 Beta 2 (21B5056e) changes:
- Double Tap support added to watchOS 10.1 Beta 2 for Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2
- New Standby settings
Apple Pencil 3?
Also, code in beta 2 suggests that Apple might be planning an Apple Pencil 3 with USB-C charging support. The Apple
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Netflix’s gaming feature has a current working name of “Shark” and is represented by this image in their iOS app: a shark fin. Could an image of PS5 controllers and Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima (director’s cut coming Aug. 20th) indicate a partnership with $SONY? Cc
@HedgeyeComm
$NFLX
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Apple Vision Pro launch day bags have no special launch day imagery like the launch day iPhone bags. The bags are just bigger (
@markgurman
was right). H/t to
@eslivka
for the photo.
ICYMI: Mark Gurman issued a correction to a previous report that Apple would be offering commemorative bags, such as those at the launch of the original iPhone
In reality, the retail bags look like regular Apple bags. They will just be larger to accommodate Vision Pro’s size
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The clown fish isn’t the only iOS 16 beta wallpaper that will support the rumored Always-on Display feature on iPhone 14 Pro. The Six Colors and the default Swirl iOS 16 wallpapers also support AOD mode.
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More evidence of a new Apple TV remote in tvOS 15.4 beta 6? During setup it asks the user to “Press the center button or the touch surface to continue.” There is no center button on the current Apple TV Siri Remote…
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The things that excite me the most about the 14” & 16” Apple Silicon MacBook Pro:
1) 120 Hz first party Mac display
2) iPad like battery life
3) Cheaper ‘internal’ storage via a low profile SD card.
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visionOS 1.0 Beta 6:
New visionOS App Store CTAs:
"Open the App Store to explore spatial apps."
"Discover visionOS Apps"
New Two-Handed Window Zoom option:
"Temporarily adjust window zoom by pinching with two hands, then pulling them apart or together
The Apple Vision Pro
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New ‘Mobile Charge Mode’ in iOS 14.5 beta 2 for an as-yet-unannounced ‘Battery Pack’ and not a case presumedly because it uses MagSafe for charging iPhone 12 devices. Also interestingly it keeps your iPhone charged to 90% for ‘battery efficiency’.
Everything New in iOS 14.5 Beta 2: New AirPods Max Emoji, Green Tint Fix, iPad Security and More by
@julipuli
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iOS 15.5 Beta 2 (19F5057e) changes 🧵: New image for Apple Account Balance card (rebrand of iTunes Pass). "Pay with your iPhone in the Apple Store, shop online, or buy apps, subscriptions, and other services”
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