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- 03:44 pmApple Expected to Adopt Technology That May Pave Way for 2TB iPhones
Taiwanese research firm TrendForce this week said it anticipates that Apple will begin releasing iPhones with quad-level cell (QLC) storage by 2026. This technology could pave the way for iPhones with 2TB of storage in the future. QLC is a denser storage technology compared to the triple-level cell (TLC) technology used for storage chips in existing iPhones, and this would allow for higher storage capacity within the same physical footprint. In addition, QLC storage is typically less expensive than TLC in terms of price per gigabyte. However, one downside is that QLC storage typically offers slower read and write speeds compared to TLC storage. The density and cost advantages of QLC could pave the way for Apple to release a 2TB storage capacity for future iPhones. TrendForce's estimate that Apple will adopt the technology by 2026 means that it could be incorporated into iPhones starting with iPhone 16 models, iPhone 17 models, or iPhone 18 models, so there is still no exact timeframe for this change. A report from supply chain publication DigiTimes earlier this year claimed that Apple was evaluating QLC for 1TB models of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, so the technology could end up being used for both 1TB and 2TB storage capacities. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 16 series in September, so we are only a few months away from finding out whether a 2TB storage capacity and QLC storage technology are introduced this year or further into the future.Tag: TrendForceThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums03:44 pmApple Expected to Adopt Technology That May Pave Way for 2TB iPhones
Taiwanese research firm TrendForce this week said it anticipates that Apple will begin releasing iPhones with quad-level cell (QLC) storage by 2026. This technology could pave the way for iPhones with 2TB of storage in the future. QLC is a denser storage technology compared to the triple-level cell (TLC) technology used for storage chips in existing iPhones, and this would allow for higher storage capacity within the same physical footprint. In addition, QLC storage is typically less expensive than TLC in terms of price per gigabyte. However, one downside is that QLC storage typically offers slower read and write speeds compared to TLC storage. The density and cost advantages of QLC could pave the way for Apple to release a 2TB storage capacity for future iPhones. TrendForce's estimate that Apple will adopt the technology by 2026 means that it could be incorporated into iPhones starting with iPhone 16 models, iPhone 17 models, or iPhone 18 models, so there is still no exact timeframe for this change. A report from supply chain publication DigiTimes earlier this year claimed that Apple was evaluating QLC for 1TB models of the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, so the technology could end up being used for both 1TB and 2TB storage capacities. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 16 series in September, so we are only a few months away from finding out whether a 2TB storage capacity and QLC storage technology are introduced this year or further into the future.Tag: TrendForceThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums03:43 pmCrash Caused by Apple Mail’s Previous Recipients Window and Editing in Contacts
Mail will crash if you open its Previous Recipients window and then edit a contact in Contacts. This bug has existed since macOS 12 Monterey and continues to plague the betas of macOS 15 Sequoia.03:42 pmiPhone 17 again said to kill off plus size in favor of iPhone slim
More details have emerged about Apple's iPhone model that will replace the iPhone 17 Plus, spelling out expected screen size, resolution, and more.iOS on an iPhone 14 Pro MaxMing-Chi Kuo is having a busy Wednesday. Just hours after discussing the iPhone 17 camera supplier situation, he's revealing what he says he knows about a rumored "iPhone 17 slim" device.Kuo is mostly reiterating previous reports on the subject in his report. He says that the device will be 6.6-inches diagonal, larger than the non-Plus iPhone, but smaller than the Plus. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:41 pmKuo: Apple set to replace Qualcomm with in-house 5G chips in two 2025 iPhones
Apple has been working on its own cellular modems for years, with little to show for it. But according to Ming-Chi Kuo, it seems the company is finally ready to move its 5G chips in-house in 2025. more…03:33 pmRumor: New ultra-slim iPhone 17 to focus on form over function with just one camera
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with new details on the all-new “iPhone 17 Slim” set to debut next year. According to the analyst, the iPhone 17 Slim (Ultra?) will focus on form over function, with the company making significant compromises to achieve an “ultra-slim” design. more…03:30 pmAdd some class with a cool keyboard-and-trackpad tray [Setups]
Twelve South MagicBridge and other trays for Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad are a cool way to compartmentalize in your setup. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)03:26 pm9to5Mac Daily: July 24, 2024 – iOS 18 beta 4 changes and features
On today’s episode of 9to5Mac Daily, we discuss the new Lake Vrangla Environment rolling out to Apple Vision Pro users. We also highlight what’s new in iOS 18 beta 4. Additionally, we delve into Apple’s work on next-gen iPhone camera upgrades and more, as detailed in a new report. Tune in for all of the latest Apple news! Sponsored by 1Password: Make sure that your family and their data are safe online. Everyone, from children to grandparents, has a digital identity – along with logins and passwords to who-knows-how-many things. Managing these accounts doesn’t have to feel like a chore. 1Password makes it easy to keep your family’s credentials safe online. Try a Free 14 day trial today. more…03:26 pmBest Buy is blowing out M2 iPad Pro inventory with savings up to $600 off
Best Buy is clearing out M2 iPad Pro inventory and both 11-inch and 12.9-inch models are up to $600 off. Cellular models start at just $699, but inventory may be limited.The Great Summer Sale at Best Buy offers discounts on hundreds of electronics, but we're particularly interested in the blowout deals on Apple's M2 iPad Pro. With markdowns of up to $600 off and prices dipping to as low as $699 for cellular models, the blowout savings can save you a bundle on a tablet that's still highly capable (see our M2 iPad Pro vs M4 iPad Pro comparison for a deep dive into the differences).M2 11-inch iPad Pro deals Continue Reading on AppleInsider03:25 pmApple's Expansion in India Set to Accelerate Thanks to Duty Reductions
Apple stands to benefit significantly from India's recent reduction in import duties on mobile phones and components, aimed at boosting local manufacturing and making high-end smartphones more affordable (via Reuters). India has announced a 5% cut in import duties on mobile phones, printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), and mobile device chargers, reducing the rate from 20% to 15%. The move is expected to save Apple $35–50 million annually and supports the company's efforts to increase its manufacturing presence in India. Apple's assembly operations in the country, conducted through its partners like Foxconn, have grown significantly in recent years, with 14% of all iPhones now being produced in India. Foxconn has recently invested in new manufacturing plants in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, further boosting production capacity. The reduction in import duties is part of India's broader strategy to enhance its role in the global supply chain, particularly in the electronics sector. Apple continues to import a significant number of its premium models, such as the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, into India. The reduced import duties will make these high-end models more affordable for Indian consumers. The country's official economic survey for 2024 also highlights the positive impact of initiatives such as the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and the Districts as Export Hubs (DEH) program. These programs have attracted substantial foreign investment, leading to increased local manufacturing capabilities.Tags: Foxconn, IndiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums03:21 pm17% of iPhone buyers upgraded from an Android phone in Q224; up sharply YoY – CIRP
CIRP assesses the percentage of iPhone owners that upgrade from another iPhone and what percentage upgrade from Android to iOS… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.03:15 pmApple Intelligence might let users generate custom artwork for music playlists
Make your Apple Music playlists on iPhone more fun with AI-generated artwork, a feature supposedly coming in iOS 18. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)03:14 pmApple Intelligence release date: When to expect iOS 18’s AI features to launch
Apple is prepping for one of its biggest software launches ever with iOS 18. A major component of new OS updates for the iPhone, Mac, and iPad is Apple Intelligence. Apple’s suite of AI features are not yet included in the developer or public betas. So when will they arrive? Here’s when to expect Apple Intelligence to release. more…03:01 pmiOS 18: How to lock and hide apps on iPhone
Apple is improving iPhone security and privacy with iOS 18. One of the valuable new features is the ability to require Face ID for individual apps as well as putting them in a hidden folder. Read along for how to lock and hide apps on iPhone in iOS 18. more…03:00 pmGoRoostr: A top choice to sell used Apple devices
Need to sell your used Apple gear? GoRoostr offers high buyback rates for individuals, businesses and schools, with plenty of perks. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)02:57 pmUnfold’s Modern Mobile Releases and the Subtle Art of Making Them Boring | Reddit on iOS ProgrammingUnfold’s Modern Mobile Releases and the Subtle Art of Making Them Boring
submitted by /u/RichieSomething [link] [comments]02:32 pmReport: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhone
There are also several new details about the iPhone 16, 17, and SE.02:30 pmApple TV+ debuts trailer for ‘Bad Monkey’ comedy series starring Vince Vaughn
Apple TV+ on Wednesday unveiled the trailer for “Bad Monkey,” the highly anticipated comedy starring Vince Vaughn as… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:30 pmM3 MacBook Air Gets Big $250 Discounts at Best Buy for Members, Plus Last Chance for OWC's Thunderbolt 3 Dock at $99.99 | MacRumorsM3 MacBook Air Gets Big $250 Discounts at Best Buy for Members, Plus Last Chance for OWC's Thunderbolt 3 Dock at $99.99
Best Buy today has every model of Apple's 15-inch M3 MacBook Air on sale for new all-time low prices. These deals are only available to My Best Buy Plus and Total members, and reach $250 off each of these computers. We're also still tracking a massive $180 discount on OWC's 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock today. 15-Inch M3 MacBook Air Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. Starting with the 8GB RAM/256GB SSD 15-inch M3 MacBook Air, you can get this model for $1,049.00 if you're a My Best Buy Plus/Total member, down from $1,299.00. The 8GB RAM/512GB SSD model is available for $1,249.00 for members, down from $1,499.00, while the 16GB RAM/512GB model is on sale for $1,449.00, down from $1,699.00. Note: My Best Buy Plus/Total membership required to see deals. $250 OFF15-inch M3 MacBook Air (8GB/256GB) for $1,049.00 $250 OFF15-inch M3 MacBook Air (8GB/512GB) for $1,249.00 $250 OFF15-inch M3 MacBook Air (16GB/512GB) for $1,449.00 It's worth noting that even if you have to pay the $49.99/year starting fee to join Best Buy's membership, today's MacBook Air deals are so steep you'll still come out paying around $1,099.99 for the entry-level model, which is a match for the typical best price on the computer. The same goes for the other two models as well. OWC Thunderbolt 3 Dock If you're looking to expand the port options on your new MacBook Air, or any other recent Mac model, OWC this week has its popular 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock available for just $99.99, down from its original price of $279.99. This sale will end later tonight, and we're not sure when it will return, so it's worth checking out today before it expires. $180 OFFOWC 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock for $99.99 This accessory features two Thunderbolt 3 ports, five USB Type-A ports, one USB Type-C port, one Mini DisplayPort port, one gigabit Ethernet port, one S/PDIF digital audio output port, and one 3.5mm stereo audio input/output port. There are also two memory card slots for microSD and SD cards. You can also find even more docks, hubs, external drives, and memory on sale in our main post on OWC's sale. Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we've been tracking over the past week.Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums02:28 pmTed Lasso’s creator has a new show coming to Apple TV+, here’s the first trailer
Ted Lasso’s third and possibly final season wrapped up a full year ago, but the show’s creator, Bill Lawrence, has been hard at work on other Apple TV+ projects. One of those projects, Bad Monkey, is debuting soon. And today, Apple released the first trailer for the new comedy series. more…02:26 pmAndroid users switching to iPhone hits 5-year high, but there’s a downside for Apple
Following a report that iPhone 15 device sales are below what Apple saw with the iPhone 14 series, CIRP has published its newest study on Android users switching to iPhone. While an increase in the metric means fresh customers, CIRP highlights there’s a negative side effect. more…02:12 pmSanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD review: Ruggedized external 6TB HDD
Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsRuggedized and weatherizedUp to 6TB of capacityGood 2.5-inch HDD performanceCheap per terabyte compared to SSDsConsNot an SSDA bit bulky for a 2.5-inch hard driveOur VerdictSanDisk Professional’s sturdy, jacketed, weatherized ArmorATD USB hard drive ships with up to 6TB of capacity and is a good performer for the ilk. Price When Reviewed$99.99 (1TB), $119.99 (2TB), $149.99 (4TB), $189.99 (5TB), $229.99 (6TB) Best Prices Today: G-Drive ArmorATD Retailer Price Western Digital $99.99 View Deal $169.99 View Deal $174.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket External 2.5-inch hard drives have been stuck at 5TB of capacity for a number of years, but WD/SanDisk has just released a peck of new 6TB drives, including the impressively ruggedized and weatherized SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD that’s the subject of this review. SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD: Features The ArmorATD is a bulkier-than-usual, external 5Gbps 2.5-inch USB hard drive available with up to 6TB of capacity. In this case, bulk is a good thing as it provides room for shock absorption and crush resistance (up to 1,000 pounds/454 kilograms). Though we don’t have the means to test the ArmorATD with 1,000 pounds of pressure, the construction of the drive leads us to belive the claim. The drive also carries an IP54 rain/dust rating. Part of the 5.1 by 3.45 by 1.15-inch (13.30 by 8.76 by 2.92 centimenters), 13-ounce (0.37-kilogram) heft of the G-Drive ArmorATD is a silicone jacket that covers the edges, corners, and ends. This includes a captive silicone plug covering the USB-C port. WD/SanDisk bundles both USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to USB-A cables so you can use it on any computer. The warranty on the G-Drive ArmorATD is three years, limited. “Limited” with hard drives generally refers to major physical abuse such as dropping it from the Empire State Building, running it over with a steam roller (now generally gas- or diesel-powered!), or baking it in an oven. The ArmorATD with the weatherizing Type-C port plug extended. The ArmorATD with the weatherizing Type-C port plug extended. The ArmorATD with the weatherizing Type-C port plug extended. SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD: Price That the ArmorATD wasn’t pricier is surprising, given the extra material required for ruggedizing/weatherizing. It’s only marginally more expensive than the WD My Passport Ultra for Mac and ships in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 5TB, and 6TB flavors. As typical with hard drives, the price is better per terabyte when you go with the larger capacities. As of the time of this writing, the 6TB ArmorATD is $230/£226, which is about $38/£38 per terabyte. However, the 5TB model is the current sweet spot for price/capacity in our estimation–it was $170/£170, which is $34/£34 per terabyte. SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD: Performance Being a 2.5-inch hard drive, the ArmorATD’s performance is not going to look sexy compared to SSDs. We did use hard drives for decades and still managed to get along. The 110 to 140MBps or so that the ArmorATD reads and writes at is plenty fast enough to stream music and audio (multiple streams), record video, and back up using Time Machine or some such in the background. Note also that the ArmorATD approached 140MBps under CrystalDiskmark 8 on the PCWorld test bed’s USB 3.2×2 port–10MBps faster than the WD My Passport Ultra for Mac, or the stirringly named “My Passport, Works with USB-C” drive. Factor that into your buying calculation. These are slightly better numbers than the recently reviewed My Passport Ultra for Mac turned in and right on par for an external 2.5-inch hard drive. These are slightly better numbers than the recently reviewed My Passport Ultra for Mac turned in and right on par for an external 2.5-inch hard drive. These are slightly better numbers than the recently reviewed My Passport Ultra for Mac turned in and right on par for an external 2.5-inch hard drive. The Blackmagicdesign Disk Speed Test numbers for the ArmorATD are slightly better than the My Passport Ultra for Mac, and right on par for an external 2.5-inch hard drive. The G-Drive ArmorATD’s performance under AmorphousDiskMark is about average for an external 2.5-inch hard drive. This is an average performance for a 2.5-inch external hard drive under AmorphousDiskMark. This is an average performance for a 2.5-inch external hard drive under AmorphousDiskMark. This is an average performance for a 2.5-inch external hard drive under AmorphousDiskMark. Should I buy the G-Drive ArmorATD? I can’t think of an external 2.5-inch hard drive that outstrips the SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD in terms of ruggedness, weather-proofing, features, or performance. It’s no small fry, but it’s a travel beast–in the best possible sense. See how it compares to other hard drives for Mac in our round-up of the best. Macworld: How we test storage devices Macworld runs Blackmagicdesign’s Disk Speed Test and AmorphousDiskMark 4 with the drive formatted to APFS. But we also put drives through sister publication PCWorld’s battery of tests as follows: IDG storage testing currently utilizes Windows 11, 64-bit running on an X790 (PCIe 4.0/5.0) motherboard/i5-12400 CPU combo with two Kingston Fury 32GB DDR5 4800MHz modules (64GB of memory total). Both 20Gbps USB and Thunderbolt 4 are integrated to the back panel and Intel CPU/GPU graphics are used. The 48GB transfer tests utilize an ImDisk RAM disk taking up 58GB of the 64GB of total memory. The 450GB file is transferred from a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro which also runs the OS. Each test is performed on a newly NTFS-formatted and TRIM’d drive so the results are optimal. Note that in normal use, as a drive fills up, performance may decrease due to less NAND for secondary caching, as well as other factors. This is less of a factor with the current crop of SSDs with their far faster NAND. Caveat: The performance numbers shown apply only to the drive we were shipped and to the capacity tested. SSD performance can and will vary by capacity due to more or fewer chips to shotgun reads/writes across and the amount of NAND available for secondary caching. Vendors also occasionally swap components. If you ever notice a large discrepancy between the performance you experience and that which we report, by all means, let us know.02:09 pmSMS Delivery Delays to Djezzy Network in Algeria
Jul 24, 07:09 PDTInvestigating - We are experiencing SMS delivery delays to Djezzy network in Algeria. Our engineers are working with our carrier partner to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.02:09 pmSamsung to break Sony’s iPhone monopoly in 48MP camera sensors with iPhone 18 – analyst | Mac Daily NewsSamsung to break Sony’s iPhone monopoly in 48MP camera sensors with iPhone 18 – analyst
The upcoming iPhone 16 Pro Max is rumored to feature Sony's advanced 48MP Exmor IMX903 sensor. This new sensor boasts double-layer… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.02:05 pmThe best external hard drives for your Mac
Macworld It’s never been easy to upgrade the storage in Macs, so it’s always a good idea to buy an external drive to provide extra storage for all your work files, photos, videos, and games. And, of course, you should always have an external drive available for making Time Machine backups in case anything ever goes wrong. Modern solid-state drives (SSD) are the best option as they’re really fast, reliable, and compact. However, SSDs are still relatively expensive, with 1TB drives costing around $100/£150, whereas that same amount of money can get you a 4TB basic desktop hard drive with a USB interface (drives with high-speed Thunderbolt ports tend to be more expensive). Hard drives are slower than SSDs, but if you need lots of storage for your important files and back-ups then a good old-fashioned hard drive is still the most affordable option. (If it’s an SSD you are after, read Best external SSD for Mac.) There are plenty of choices, too, with compact, portable hard drives designed for use with laptops, and desktop drives with larger capacities if you really need a lot of storage. Some hard drives also provide additional features, such as built-in docks with lots of Thunderbolt and USB ports, or perhaps allowing you to open up the casing of the drive and insert a new drive for an instant upgrade. Below we rank the best hard drives we have reviewed recently, plus you’ll find general buying advice that explains what you should be looking for. Update July 2024 to add the Western Digital My Passport Ultra for Mac and Western Digital My Passport, now in 6GB versions. 1. Seagate Ultra Touch HDD: Best Mac hard drive Pros Competitive price 2TB, 4TB or 5TB storage Password protection and encryption Cons Average performance Larger and heavier than original model Price When Reviewed: $99.99 (2TB), $159.99 (4TB), $164.99 (5TB) Best Prices Today: $99.99 at Seagate$103.73 at Walmart$106.82 at Amazon The original Seagate Ultra Touch was a pocket-size hard drive with an attractively slim and lightweight design. It was a fairly old design though, limited to either 1TB or 2TB of storage, and it was still using an old USB 3.0 interface that required an adaptor in order to work with more modern Macs and PCs with USB-C. This updated version of the Ultra Touch updates most aspects of the drive’s design. It’s slightly larger and heavier, but now starts with a minimum of 2TB storage, with 4TB or 5TB models also available if you need additional storage. This new model now has a USB-C interface too, with a lengthy (50cm) USB-C cable included as well. The 2TB model – which is finished in cloud white – is still fairly slim, measuring just 13.2mm thick, 80mm wide and 115mm long, and weighing a modest 168g, so it’s a good option if you just need a lightweight, portable drive that you can slip into your pocket or a bag. The 4TB and 5TB models are finished in a darker pebble grey and are slightly larger and heavier, measuring 23mm thick and weighing 267g. You can’t buy the Ultra Touch directly from Seagate, so you’ll have to shop around online, and prices do seem to vary quite a lot. Seagate pricing is as follows: $164.99/£179.99 for 5TB, $159.99/£154.99 for 4TB, $99.99/£109.99 for 2TB. However, the average prices that we came across during testing were around $79.99/£99.99 for the 2TB model that we tested, while the 4TB and 5TB models are around $124.99/£139.99 and $207.99/£164.99 respectively. Performance is similar to that of the original Ultra Touch, at 130MB/s for both read and write speeds, which is around average for a portable drive such as this. The Ultra Touch includes some additional features too, such as the ability to create mirror folders on your Mac and the Ultra Touch drive that are automatically synced and updated whenever you make any changes to those folders. The Toolkit app also provides 256-bit encryption and password protection for extra security, making the Ultra Touch a good option for people who need to keep important files secure when they’re working away from the office. Customers in the US can also use Seagate’s Data Recovery service to rescue files in the event that the drive is damaged (although this service isn’t available in all regions).–Cliff Joseph 2. LaCie Mobile Drive: Best value Pros Competitive price LaCie’s ToolKit app Cons Not the fastest hard drive available Price When Reviewed: $79.99 (1TB); $109.99 (2TB); $149.99 (4TB); $169.99 (5TB) Best Prices Today: $77.99 at Walmart79.99 at LaCie$83.68 at Amazon LaCie’s Mobile Drive has been on our list of the best hard drives for Mac users for a while and this version was released in 2022. The 2022 Mobile Drive adopts an Apple-style slimline, rectangular design with smooth rounded corners with the LaCie logo right in the center. Prices start at a competitive $79.99/£69.99 for a drive with 1TB storage (that’s a price cut from the initial £79.99 in the U.K.), but there are also models with 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB available too. The 1TB and 2TB models measure just 10.4mm thick, 85mm wide, and 118mm long, and weigh 200g, so they’re easy to pick up and carry around with your laptop. The 4TB and 5TB models are a little thicker – at 20.4mm – and weigh 300g, but that’s still a good size for portable hard drives that provide such high capacity. They’re all constructed out of recycled aluminum, and sturdy enough to cope with life on the road. You can use them for your Time Machine backups, but LaCie’s ToolKit app – for macOS 10.14 or later – also allows you to create a Mirror folder that is automatically updated whenever you make any changes to the files or data within that folder. The drive has a USB-C interface, with a USB-C cable included in the box, and recorded write and read speeds of 126MB/s and 130MB/s respectively when running the BlackMagic Disk Speed Test. There are faster hard drives available, but that’s still a respectable speed for a compact hard drive such as this, and the Mobile Drive 2022 remains a good, affordable backup drive for MacBook owners – and even owners of desktop Macs who may need the larger 4TB or 5TB models. —Cliff Joseph 3. SanDisk Professional G-Drive ArmorATD: Best rugged portable drive Pros Cheap for the capacity Attractive design USB Type-C Cons Formatted to exFAT so you'll need to reformat it in Disk Utility Price When Reviewed: $99.99 (1TB), $119.99 (2TB), $149.99 (4TB), $189.99 (5TB), $229.99 (6TB) Best Prices Today: $99.99 at Western Digital$169.99 at Walmart$174.99 at Amazon The ArmorATD starts at $99.99/£89.99 for 1TB, rising to $229.99/£225.99 for the new 6TB model. It’s an enclosure with a 2.5-inch hard drive inside that’s shock-mounted, and the rugged aluminum case is surrounded by a silicon sock for extra protection. It will withstand minor abuse, more when off than on and the disks are spinning, but your best bet with any hard drive is not to treat it like a hockey puck. The connection is USB-C with a speed rating of 5Gbps (USB 3.1/Gen 1)–plenty fast enough for any hard drive. The drive warranty is for three years. You’ll get around 120MBps writing and 127MBps reading maximum (with large files) from the ArmorATD on your Mac. Good stuff. The Armor ATD arrives formatted to exFAT so you’re good to go out of the box under both macOS and Windows. However, exFAT will extract a 5 percent max penalty, so Mac users will want to reformat the drive. –Jon L. Jacobi Read our full G-Drive ArmorATD review 4. Western Digital My Passport Ultra for Mac – Big storage in a small case Pros Up to 6TB of storage Far cheaper per terabyte than SSDs Type-C connectivity Attractive design fits in your (large) pocket Cons Hard drive-level performance Price When Reviewed: $84.99 (2TB), $129.99 (4TB), $139.99 (5TB), $199.99 (6TB) Best Prices Today: $84.99 at Walmart$85 at Western Digital$89.99 at Amazon The WD My Passport Ultra for Mac is a 2.5-inch external USB hard drive that offers a pretty decent storage capacity of 6TB for around $200/£200. The 5TB unit currently offers the best bang for your buck at $28 per terabyte. The drive delivers 110MBps read and write speed, making it suitable for media streaming and Time Machine backups running in the background. The My Passport Ultra for Mac features a USB-C port. Until recently, external 2.5-inch USB hard drives unanimously used USB micro-B SuperSpeed connectors (for extra power) on the drive and USB-A on the other end of the cable. WD bundles a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to USB-A adapter to accommodate older and current connection scenarios. The first time you attach the drive a.dmg file for installing WD’s Discovery application appears. Discovery can import your data from your Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive accounts. You’ll also find links for the WD Drive Utilities, WD Security (encryption, password protection), and a branded version of Acronis’s True Image backup software. It’s not a bad software bundle, you don’t have to use it of course. In our tests the My Passport Ultra for Mac delivered a transfer rate of up to 110MBps, which is fast enough for several audio or movie streams. But in a world becoming accustomed to 3GBps speed on USB4/Thunderbolt external SSDs you may not find this fast. It is still a great storage device for a large multimedia collection and is suitable for background backup with Time Machine. The My Passport Ultra for Mac is a great storage device for a large multimedia collection and can stream across the network at 2.5Gbps. Read our full My Passport Ultra for Mac review 5. Western Digital My Passport: Best budget drive Pros Provides up to 6TB storage Competitive price Password protection Cons Could be faster Larger than most portable drives No USB-C interface Price When Reviewed: $84.99 (2TB), $127.99 (4TB), $139.99 (5TB), $184.99 (6TB) Best Prices Today: $79.66 at Amazon$84.99 at Western Digital Western Digital has updated its popular portable hard drive. The 2024 version of My Passport, available in dark blue, offers the world’s first 2.5-inch 6TB model (claims the company). There is no longer a 1TB version. Instead, the range starts with 2TB for $84.99/£75.99. There are also 4TB and 5TB models, while the 6TB model costs a reasonable $184.99/£165.99.The 2TB model is slimmer and lighter than the others, measuring 13.5mm thick, 75mm wide, and 107mm long, and weighing just 140g. The 4TB and 5TB models increase to a thickness of 19.2mm, while the 6TB model is 20.6mm thick, weighing 210g.The My Passport drive still uses an ageing USB Micro-B interface, but Western Digital includes a USB-A cable with a separate USB-C adaptor for compatibility with newer Macs with USB-C and older Macs with USB-A. We’ve also looked at the My Passport Ultra for Mac (above), which uses USB-A pr USB-C via an adaptor. The My Passport drive also includes Western Digital’s Discovery app for Mac and Windows, providing password protection and encryption features. Read our full Western Digital My Passport review 6. WD Black P10: Best for gamers Pros Competitively priced Cons USB 3.2 with USB-A cable – USB-C adapter not included Price When Reviewed: From $79.99 Best Prices Today: $79.98 at Western Digital$109.99 at Amazon$114.84 at Walmart The WD Black P10 provides a more portable alternative to the WD Black D10, which is geared for desktop use. It’s not as fast as the D10, but it can draw power from a USB port, so you can simply plug it into any Mac, PC, or games console when you need to back up your files. It’s relatively large for a portable drive, measuring a chunky 20mm thick, 88mm wide, and 118mm long, but its reinforced casing is sturdy enough to cope with being bumped around in a backpack when you’re traveling. The drive is rated at a relatively modest 140MB/s for both read and write performance, although our tests actually recorded speeds of 120MB/s and 110MB/s for read and write performance respectively. That’s not going to break any records, but it’s fine for the occasional Time Machine backup or for storing lots of games, photos, videos, and other multimedia files. The P10 is also competitively priced, starting at just $89.99/£80.99 for a healthy 2TB of storage. There are 4TB and 5TB models available too, so the P10 is a good option for Mac users who have really large collections of photos and videos that they can’t fit onto their Mac’s internal drive. The only oddity is that the P10 uses an aging USB 3.2 interface. There’s a USB cable included, but it has a USB-A connector, so you’ll need to provide an adaptor for Macs that only have USB-C. —Cliff Joseph 7. Western Digital My Book: Best if you need A LOT of storage Pros Up to 22TB storage Good performance (for a hard drive) Competitive price Cons Uses old USB 3.0 interface Requires mains power Price When Reviewed: $134.99 (4TB), $159.99 (6TB), $179.99 (8TB), $259.99 (12TB), $299.99 (14TB), $319.99 (16TB), $349.99 (18TB), $499.99 (22TB), $579.99 (24TB) Best Prices Today: $499.99 at Amazon$499.99 at B&H$499.99 at Western Digital More and more people are now using a MacBook as their main computer, so the trend with hard drives in recent years has been towards smaller, more portable drives that you can easily carry around with your laptop. That’s fine if you only need 1TB or 2TB of storage, but there are times when you may need a larger, desktop drive that can store several terabytes of files and data. Western Digital’s My Book range of desktop drives has been around for quite a few years, but the range provides up to 24TB of storage (we looked at the 22TB model) – which should be more than enough for photographers, designers and video-editors who work with large, high-res files every day. Prices actually start at $134.99 / £120.99 for a My Book drive with 4TB of storage, and there are several other models along the way before you reach the 22TB drive that we review here, which costs $499.99 / £502.99, and the 24GB drive that costs $579.99 / £570.99. Not surprisingly, the My Book is very much designed for desktop use. It measures 6.7 x 1.9 x 5.5-inches (170 x 49mm x 139mm), and weighs 2.20 pounds (1kg), and also requires a mains power supply, so it’s not a drive that’s going to leave your home or office very often. It’s a bit odd that the drive still uses an aging USB 3.0 interface, with a USB-A cable provided for connecting to a Mac or PC, so you may need to provide a USB-C adaptor for Macs that no longer have USB-A ports. However, the My Book does provide good protection and security for all your files, with 256-bit encryption and password protection available in the WD Security app for Mac and Windows. The drive itself has a three-year warranty, and professional users might also want to sign up for WD’s Data Recovery plan – from $9.99 / £9.99 for two years – which can retrieve lost data if the drive does get badly damaged. Performance is good too – despite the aging USB interface – with the My Book recording read and write speeds of 215MB/s. That’s almost twice as fast as most of the smaller, portable drives that we review here, so the My Book will be a good option for people who need a lot of storage for their important work files. And if 22TB isn’t enough, there’s also a model called the My Book Duo, which provides RAID storage options using two internal hard drives for a total of 44TB of storage for $1,119 / £1,289.99. 8. Seagate Special Edition Firecuda: Best for collectors Pros It's Baby Yoda! ToolKit app Cons USB-C adapter not included Formatted for Windows PCs, so you'll need to reformat it using Disk Utility Price When Reviewed: $139.99 Best Prices Today: $89.99 at Amazon$139.99 at Seagate Seagate has a range of special edition Firecuda drives that sport designs taken from Marvel and Star Wars films. There are drives with Spiderman, Boba Fett and the Mandolorian, but our favorite is the ‘small and powerful’ Baby Yoda drive (yes, we know his name is Grogu, but he’ll always be Baby Yoda to us). And, when attached to your Mac, the drive is even displayed on your desktop with a Baby Yoda icon as well. These special edition drives are only available with 2TB storage. They’re priced at $139.99/£139.99 on Seagate’s website, which is a little pricey for a 2TB drive so you’re paying a bit extra for the Star Wars vibe. Some are now discounted including Grogu, who is now $59.99 in the U.S., and we have seen them at lower prices elsewhere online. It’s a little larger than some portable drives, measuring 14.5mm thick, 80mm wide, and 122mm long. It’s sturdily built though and only weighs 167g, so it’s still light enough to just pick it up and slip it onto a bag with your laptop when you’re traveling. The only minor oddity with the design is that it uses a USB 3.2 interface with a USB-A cable–to provide compatibility with Xbox consoles, apparently, so you’ll need a USB-C adaptor if your Mac only has USB-C. The Firecuda drive is formatted in the ExFat format for Windows PCs, but you can reformat it for Macs using Disk Utility, and Seagate’s ToolKit app will run on any Mac with macOS 10.14 or later. The drive will work with Time Machine on your Mac, but the ToolKit app also allows you to create a special Mirror folder on your Mac that is always kept in sync with a matching Mirror folder on the Firecuda drive. The app even lets you customize the colored lighting effects for the status light on the front of the drive too. Seagate doesn’t quote a speed for the drive, but we recorded read and write speeds of 130MB/s in our tests. Professional users might prefer a faster hard drive or SSD, but that’s a respectable speed for a portable hard drive such as this, and the Firecuda is a really good – not to mention seriously cute – option for day-to-day backups on your Mac. –Cliff Joseph 9. LaCie 1big Dock: Best for pro and creative users Pros Multiple ports including a second Thunderbolt port, DisplayPort 1.4 interface and memory card slots Cons Smallest capacity of 4TB Price When Reviewed: $369 (4TB); $469 (8TB); $519 (10TB); $679 (16TB); $789 (18TB) Best Prices Today: $354 at Adorama$354 at Amazon$354 at B&H As the name suggests, LaCie’s 1big Dock is more than just a straightforward hard drive. It starts at $369/£349.99 for a drive with 4TB storage, going up to $889/£869.99 for 18TB, and its 7,200rpm IronWolf Pro hard drive provides strong performance with read and write speeds of 235MBps via its Thunderbolt 3 port. That makes it a good option for anyone that needs a fast drive for large video, photos, and audio files. The primary Thunderbolt port also provides power for charging a MacBook laptop as well. You even have the option of popping open the front panel to swap out the standard hard drive and insert a new drive to provide an instant upgrade. But the thing that really makes the 1big Dock stand out from most of its hard drive rivals is its built-in hub and connectivity features. There’s a second Thunderbolt port that will allow you to connect additional Thunderbolt and USB-C devices, and a DisplayPort 1.4 interface for an external monitor. The front of the drive also provides a standard USB 3.0 port and slots for both SD and CompactFlash (CF) memory cards, making it a great option for creative users who need to import files from cameras and other devices. There’s also a version of the 1big Dock available that uses faster solid-state storage too–of course, it’s quite a bit more expensive. –Cliff Joseph 10. WD Black D10: Best budget performer Pros Competitive price Fast Cons 8TB model only Requires USB-C adapter Requires external power supply Price When Reviewed: 8TB – £259.99 Best Prices Today: $165.31 at Walmart$189.99 at B&H$189.99 at Best Buy$224.66 at Amazon Western Digital’s WD Black drives are primarily aimed at gamers who want a fast drive to boost loading times for their games, which explains why the menacing black design of this D10 desktop drive looks like a piece of heavyweight munitions from the Call Of Duty games. But a fast drive will also appeal to anyone that has a lot of photos, videos, and audio files that they want to store on their Mac, and the D10 has other features that can come in handy too. Some aspects of the design are a little odd. There’s only one version available, with 8TB storage, although its $240/£199.99 price tag on Amazon is still competitive for a fast drive such as this. It’s equipped with only an old USB A interface (even though it is USB 3.2) perhaps to provide compatibility with older games consoles, so you’ll need an adapter if your Mac only has USB-C. Its 7,200-rpm drive provides very good performance, reaching read and write speeds of 245MBps and 240MBps, respectively. The D10 requires an external power supply, so it’s very much designed for desktop use, but it also has two additional USB 3.2 ports on the back of the drive that can provide power to other devices, such as an iPhone or iPad. These ports are only for charging, though, so you can’t use the D10 as a dock for connecting peripherals such as a printer or memory stick. –Cliff Joseph How to choose the right Mac hard drive We’ve rounded up the best Mac hard drives above, but before making a buying decision you need to think about how you’ll be using the device. To find the best hard drive for your needs, you need to answer a few questions. How much storage do I need? Hard drive storage is relatively cheap. Unless you are really out to save your pennies, the smallest size of hard drive we’d recommend is 1TB. Upgrades to 2TB, 3TB, and even 4TB are also cost-effective–the price per megabyte goes down the higher the capacity, so making the bump up to the next model is a good idea. Each terabyte can store around 11,000 music albums at 192kbps quality, but such storage doesn’t seem so grand when you start archiving 4K video. Portable or desktop? If you think you’ll be happy with a 1TB to 4TB hard drive, you can buy a portable drive. These use small 2.5-inch disks, and they fit happily into a coat pocket. Portable drives are usually bus-powered, too. This means you just need to plug them into your desktop or laptop, no separate power supply is required. There’s just one cable, and the drive will barely take up any space. If only an ultra-high capacity hard drive will do, consider a desktop unit. These use larger 3.5-inch drives and tend to cover capacities from 4TB to 18TB. They’ll need to be plugged in for power; that’s fine if it stay home all of the time, or moves from office to office. Rugged drives for travel Some portable drives offer ruggedization. Shock protection is the most important kind for a hard drive, as unlike an SSD they have moving parts that can be permanently damaged following a drop. Rugged drives usually have some form of rubber coating that soaks up impact forces, and a toughened enclosure that won’t dent, crack or collapse under any normal amount of pressure. A few also have water resistance. While few are rated IP68 like an iPhone 11 Pro, meaning they can be submerged in water without damage, several can handle rain or water jets/splashes. What extra features do you need? Buy a larger drive, though, and you’re more likely to get other features. Desktop units may have a built-in “hub”, letting you plug-in memory cards or peripherals using USB ports. These are particularly useful if your current setup has limited connectivity, or the USBs you do have just aren’t that handy. Which connector do you need? Matching the hard drive’s connector to those of your laptop or desktop is also essential. You’ll get a cable in the box, but it will either terminate with a USB-A or USB-C shaped plug, as seen here: USB-A (left) and USB-C. USB-A (left) and USB-C. USB-A (left) and USB-C. Unless you have an old Mac or MacBook that only offers the old USB-A port, you’ll will want the newer USB-C connector, which also doubles up as Thunderbolt. Every Mac sold by Apple in the past few years features a USB-C style connector, although some Mac desktops still offer the older USB standard as well. Not all USB-Cs are the same, though. The USB-C port on Macs also supports Thunderbolt 3 and in some cases Thunderbolt 4. USB-C is based on USB 3.1 and offers up to 10Gbps. Thunderbolt 3 offers up to 40Gbps. Thunderbolt 4 also offers 40Gbps, but has a few other advantages, including a 32Gbps data rate, which will be a benefit to anyone who needs to transfer large video files to from the drive to their desktop for editing. There’s also a new USB 4 standard that offers between 20Gbps and 40Gbps bandwidth that you will see alongside the newer Thunderbolt 4 standard, but note that USB 4 doesn’t offer all the features of Thunderbolt. It’s clear that Thunderbolt is a better option than USB if you are looking for the best interface for your hard drive, but Thunderbolt options are likely to be more expensive than their USB counterparts. Wireless and NAS Not every hard drive needs to be plugged in: you can also opt for a network-attached storage (NAS) drive which enables to to wirelessly transfer files and backups. These network-attached storage drives connect to your home Wi-Fi to share their data with other devices in your home. That might be a smart TV, Apple TV, a tablet or laptop. 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Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsProvides up to 6TB storageCompetitive pricePassword protectionConsCould be fasterLarger than most portable drivesNo USB-C interfaceOur VerdictIt’s not the fastest hard drive around, but the My Passport for Mac provides plenty of portable storage at a competitive price. Price When Reviewed$84.99 (2TB), $127.99 (4TB), $139.99 (5TB), $184.99 (6TB) Best Prices Today: Retailer Price $79.66 View Deal Western Digital $84.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket The high performance and compact design of solid-state drives makes them ideal for people who want a portable backup drive that they can carry with them when they’re traveling with their laptop. However, SSDs are still relatively expensive, and they also tend to have more limited capacity than old-fashioned mechanical hard drives. If you need several terabytes of storage for your Time Machine backups or work files then a traditional mechanical hard drive is still worth considering. Hard drives have their own limitations, though, as they’re generally heavier and larger than SSDs, and portable hard drives such as Western Digital’s popular My Passport could generally only offer 5TB of storage before they simply became too large and heavy to carry around with your laptop. So Western Digital now claims to have made a breakthrough with the 2024 version of the My Passport, which it describes as “the world’s first 2.5-inch 6TB portable hard drive”. In fact, Western Digital doesn’t even bother to provide a 1TB option with the My Passport anymore, starting with a minimum of 2TB for $84.99/£75.99, with 4TB, 5TB and 6TB models also available. And even the 6TB model that we review here only costs $184.99/£165.99, so the My Passport certainly provides a very affordable backup option for laptop users. The basic design of the drive hasn’t changed very much with this update, with a very straightforward dark-blue, rectangular plastic casing that is adorned with only a few diagonal stripes running across the top panel. As we’ve seen with previous My Passport drives, the 2TB model is quite a bit slimmer and lighter than the other models, measuring 13.5mm thick, 75mm wide and 107mm long, and weighing just 140g. The 4TB and 5TB models increase to a thickness of 19.2mm, while the 6TB model that we review here is a relatively chunky 20.6mm thick, with these three models all weighing 210g. Somewhat oddly, the My Passport drive still uses an ageing USB Micro-B interface, although Western Digital does include a USB-A cable with a separate USB-C adaptor, so you can use the drive with newer Macs that only have USB-C as well as older Macs with USB-A. It’s a little odd that Western Digital doesn’t simply adopt the more modern USB-C interface for the drives, but that’s not really a major criticism as the limited speeds of mechanical hard drives don’t really require the higher data transfer rates that are supported by USB-C. The My Passport drives also include Western Digital’s Discovery app for Mac and Windows, which provides password protection and encryption features to help you keep important files and data safe in case the drive gets lost or stolen. Foundry Foundry Foundry The other oddity is that – as we’ve seen in the past – Western Digital continues to offer a rather confusing variety of models within the My Passport range. The standard My Passport drive is aimed at Windows users and includes a USB-A cable, while the My Passport For Mac that we review here throws in a USB-C adaptor and is also pre-formatted for use with Macs straight out of the box. There’s also a model with the daft name My Passport Works With USB-C, which seems to be identical to the ‘For Mac’ model but uses the exFAT drive format, which is compatible with both Macs and Windows. More useful perhaps are the two ‘Ultra’ models – My Passport Ultra and My Passport Ultra for Mac (read our review) – which are slightly more expensive, but have a sturdy metal casing that might be useful for people who work outdoors and need some extra protection. Western Digital is also a little vague about the drive’s performance. Its website states that all the My Passport drives provide a transfer rate of ‘up to 5Gb/s’ – but that actually refers to the USB interface rather than the hard drive itself. Our tests with the My Passport for Mac showed that it nudged just past 100MB/s for both read and write performance, which is obviously far slower than an SSD drive, but similar to previous. It’ll be fine for routine Time Machine backups, although creative users who need to work with large graphics or video files might still prefer a faster solid-state drive. Should you buy Western Digital My Passport for Mac? There are faster hard drives available – as well as SSDs, of course – and it’s long past time for WD to adopt a modern USB-C interface. Even so, the My Passport for Mac still stands out from most of its portable rivals by offering up to 6TB of storage at a very competitive price. See how it compares to other hard drives for Mac in our round-up of the best.11:06 amKuo: 2026 iPhone to Use New Advanced Camera Sensor From Samsung
Apple's iPhone will adopt a new 1/2.6-inch 48MP Ultra Wide CMOS image sensor (CIS) made by Samsung as early as 2026, breaking Sony's years-long monopoly as Apple's CIS supplier, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Writing in a brief report published on X (formerly Twitter), Kuo said Samsung has already established a dedicated team within its ranks to work on the camera components with a view to specifically supplying Apple. For years now, Apple has exclusively sourced CIS for its iPhones from Sony. However, recent developments suggest a strategic shift away from the Japanese supplier due to concerns about reliability and Apple's need to integrate new technologies into its camera system. If the 2026 production roadmap goes to plan, Apple could be using Samsung-made image sensors in the camera system that features on its iPhone 18 series.Tags: Samsung, Ming-Chi KuoThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums10:54 amTextField sometimes fails to paste OTP code from keyboard suggestion
I've noticed that the one-time-password from keyboard suggestions sometimes fails to paste into my text field in my SwiftUI iOS app. Most of the time it works, but sometimes the first time I click the suggestion it doesn't paste. Then I try to click the suggestion a second time, and luckily that second time always seems to work. I think it might be an issue with iOS 17.3 and later, since I've only experienced the issue on devices running versions of iOS 17.3 and iOS 17.4. But have never experienced it on iOS 15, iOS 16, or my device running iOS 17.2.1. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Anyone have any solutions?10:47 amSamsung again rumored to be battling Sony for future iPhone camera business
It's been said before that the iPhone 16 Pro ultra-wide camera will get an update to 48 megapixels, but a new rumor claims that Samsung — not Sony — will supply those image sensors two models later, in the iPhone 18 Pro.Rendered iPhone 16 Pro modelsIt's been said before, and it's been repeated by others — 48 megapixel sensors are coming to the ultra-wide camera in the iPhone 16 Pro line. A previous rumor claimed that Apple was looking at Samsung as a potential supplier for this camera.Uncharacteristically, that rumor was flat-out denied by Samsung. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums10:30 amThis app shows how the MacBook’s ugly notch can be pretty useful
Macworld If you bought a new MacBook recently, you likely have one with a notch at the top of the display. As with the cutout on the iPhone, it’s where the FaceTime camera is housed, but unlike the newer iPhones, macOS doesn’t have a Dynamic Island-like feature where the cutout is used as a user interface anchor. NotchNook shows that it can be done—the notch on the MacBook can be a more useful part of the UI. It basically adds a Dynamic Island-like UI to the menu bar with things like media and shortcuts widgets, a file repository, and more. It has a lot of potential, but some aspects of the app could make you hesitate before installing it. The Nook section of NotchNook houses media controls, Shortcuts, and a FaceTime Mirror. you can swap out the media controls or Shortcuts for Calendar. You can also rearrange the order of these widgets and adjust the size of NotchNook. The Nook section of NotchNook houses media controls, Shortcuts, and a FaceTime Mirror. you can swap out the media controls or Shortcuts for Calendar. You can also rearrange the order of these widgets and adjust the size of NotchNook.Foundry The Nook section of NotchNook houses media controls, Shortcuts, and a FaceTime Mirror. you can swap out the media controls or Shortcuts for Calendar. You can also rearrange the order of these widgets and adjust the size of NotchNook.Foundry Foundry NotchNook opens simply by moving the cursor to the MacBook’s notch (it also works with non-notched displays, appearing as its a half-sized notch in the middle of the top of the screen). It has two functions, with the first being the Nook where you can access media controls, shortcuts that you’ve created in the Shortcuts app, and a Mirror that activates the FaceTime camera so you can see yourself. The media controls work with Apple Music and Spotify but I couldn’t get it to recognize Podcasts or QuickTime Player. When music is playing, you can even use two-finger horizontal swipes to move forward or back a track when the cursor is inside the notch. NotchNook also lacks volume controls. NotchNook asks for permission to access aspects of your data several times. However, the developer does not provide a privacy policy, so you don’t get the whole story as to what they do with your data. NotchNook asks for permission to access aspects of your data several times. However, the developer does not provide a privacy policy, so you don’t get the whole story as to what they do with your data.Foundry NotchNook asks for permission to access aspects of your data several times. However, the developer does not provide a privacy policy, so you don’t get the whole story as to what they do with your data.Foundry Foundry With the Nook, there’s an option to substitute your Calendar for the media controls or Shortcuts. Doing this, however, means you must grant NotchNook permission to access your Calendar. If you’re comfortable with that (which I’ll expand upon in a bit), you’ll be able to see the date and any appointments you have. Swipes to the left and right change the date in the Calendar timeline so you can see other appointments, but you can’t launch the Calendar app via NotchNook. The other NotchNook function is the Tray, which has a couple of useful utilities. The first is AirDrop support—just drag a file to NotchNook, drop it in the AirDrop box, and the AirDrop interface appears. The other is a Tray tab that’s useful for moving files. Drag a document to the file tray, and it’ll add a copy without deleting it from its original location. When you drag the file from the File Tray to the new location, the file moves from the original place. You can have several files in the Tray, but there’s no way to select more than one file and move them to a location–you must move them out of the Tray one by one. You can place several files in NotchNook’s File Tray. but when it comes time to remove them, you can’t select the whole group. You must click and drag each file one at a time. You can place several files in NotchNook’s File Tray. but when it comes time to remove them, you can’t select the whole group. You must click and drag each file one at a time.Foundry You can place several files in NotchNook’s File Tray. but when it comes time to remove them, you can’t select the whole group. You must click and drag each file one at a time.Foundry Foundry NotchNook has a couple of things about it that could make you thing twice about downloading. The first is its price. It’s a $25 single payment for a lifetime license (it’s not clear how long you’ll be able to get major software updates) for use on up to five Macs. Or you can sign up for a $3 per month subscription for use on two Macs. There’s also a free 48-hour trial with no commitment, and signing up for a subscription plan includes a 15-day trial period. To soften the blow to your wallet, a 35 percent discount coupon is also available for anyone who agrees to post something on X about the software. The second curious aspect of NotchNook is the lack of a privacy policy posted on the developer’s website. You won’t find a disclaimer like you do in Apple’s App Store, so it’s not clear if NotchNook collects data about you and sends it to the developer. It’s a concern, especially since you need to allow NotchNook to gain access to sensitive data, such as your Calendar. When I contacted lo.cafe, the developer of NotchNook about the privacy policy, they said they are working on a press kit to provide that information. The settings for NotchNook. Overall, NotchNook offers an alternative way to access media controls, your calendar, and AirDrop, though the macOS menu bar and Control Center already offer ways to get to these controls. Access redundancy isn’t a bad thing, especially if it’s done in a non-intrusive way, and NotchNook does that. You might even prefer to access these features through NotchNook–if you do, then the price is worth it. If you’re not convinced that NotchNook is for you, but are convinced that a Dynamic Island would be very useful on your MacBook, several other notch utilities are available that you can try, though they are somewhat limited compared to NotchNook. MediaMate (€6.99) adds media controls to the notch, and NotchDrop (free) uses the notch for AirDrop and a recent-file repository. Several apps can be used to hide or highlight the notch, too.10:20 amSpain launches antitrust investigation over Apple's App Store practices
Spain has become the latest country to accuse Apple of possible anticompetitive actions concerning alleged unfair treatment of developers on the App Store.Apple Passeig de Gracia store in SpainThe investigation is to be conducted by Spain's Comision Nacional De Los Mercados Y La Competencia (CNMC), which has previously fined Apple and Google a combined $218 million for antitrust behavior. That fine is currently suspended as the two companies appeal the decision with the Spanish High Court.Now according to Europa Press, the CNMC has announced a new investigation into the App Store. The investigation concerns possible anti-competitive behavior over allegedly "imposing unfair commercial conditions" on developers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums10:00 amRumor: At least one iPhone 17 model could incorporate mechanical aperture feature
When in doubt, go for the mechanical option. Apple is rumored to be planning to release at least one iPhone model in 2025 that will feature a mechanical aperture. Per The Information, such a system would allow users to adjust the size of the iPhone 17’s aperture, which refers to the opening of the camera […] Source09:51 amBest Antivirus for Mac 2024: Top Security Software Compared
Macworld It’s typically Windows computers that get all the news headlines for attracting computer viruses, which can mean it’s all too easy to forget that Macs are vulnerable to malware, too. Our pick of the best Mac antivirus software will help keep you and your Mac or MacBook safe from whatever rogue software comes your way. Macs have traditionally been a far less tempting target for malware writers, leading some to believe that Macs don’t even need antivirus, but their increasing popularity means they’re not immune from viruses and other types of malware – don’t find this out the hard way. Our Best Pick: Intego Mac Internet Security Not everyone is a security expert or knows how to check their Mac for viruses, but you also don’t need to be a security expert to keep your Mac safe. Apple does include some built-in antivirus protection, but a good Mac antivirus product will do it all for you, protecting your Mac from new and known malware, blocking ransomware, protecting older systems from security vulnerabilities caused by outdated software, and so on. The most difficult decision for you as a Mac user is deciding which of the multiple Mac antivirus programs on the market is going to do the best job of keeping you and your data safe, and which ultimately offers the best value. Our Macworld experts are here to help, and no-one is better placed to guide you on which antivirus to choose for your Mac than the leading authority on Mac products and products built for Mac (the clue is in our name). We thoroughly test all Mac antivirus products from a usability and functionality perspective and use a combination of our own testing data and AV Comparatives/AV-Test lab data to ascertain which is the most reliable and trustworthy security product for your Mac. These are the security products our own editors would (and do) choose for their own machines, so you can place your full trust in our Mac antivirus recommendations. Our top pick right now is Intego Mac Internet Security. But depending on the type and number of devices you want to protect, and your budget, you may prefer one of the other Mac antivirus recommendations in our list below. You won’t find every Mac antivirus product we’ve tested here, only the very best contenders, meaning you can be sure that any of these products will do a decent job of protecting your Mac. We’ve also included some free options for those of you looking for the best free antivirus for Mac. If value is the most important criteria for you, we also recommend looking at our best Mac antivirus deals round-up. And if you’re running Windows and macOS, also check out the advice from our sister site PC World for the best Windows antivirus. Updated for August 2024 with our review of Malwarebytes Premium for Mac. Best Mac Antivirus: Reviewed and Ranked 1. Intego Mac Internet Security X9 – Best overall Mac antivirus Pros Built for Mac with useful features and effective overall malware protection Easy to set up, with reliable antiviral and network scanning tools Two-way firewall Includes whitelists for files and customization tools for network profiles Cons Missed one file in our malware-removal tests Safe Browsing does not protect from phishing links in email Price When Reviewed: From $24.99 for first year, then $84.99 a year (1 Mac) Using our link Best Prices Today: $24.99 at Intego (first year) AV Comparatives, June 2023: Approved Covers: macOS Sometimes a software company gets its utility completely right, complete with a focus that deserves additional attention. Intego’s Mac Internet Security X9 falls into this category, the utility bundling the company’s VirusBarrier and NetBarrier applications to act as both an antiviral protection program as well as a network traffic filtering program. Simple to download, install, and configure after granting the application full access to your Mac’s files, the program then checks for the latest viral definitions, downloads them, and gets to work setting up real-time scanning features as well as intuitive network monitoring that allows you to see and work with both incoming and outgoing Internet connections on your Mac. While Mac Security X9 doesn’t try to offer every feature under the sun, it offers an impressive amount of configuration and customization to both its VirusBarrier and NetBarrier tools. VirusBarrier does a good job of keeping you safe from viruses, while NetBarrier is a firewall that protects your connection. VirusBarrier’s scheduled scanning works well and there are Quick Scan and Full Scan options. Real-time scanning jumped in every time I mounted an external drive. VirusBarrier was able to remove just about all the infected files on my MacBook Pro, leaving only the questionable Free Download Manager behind, which had to be removed manually. NetBarrier makes it easy to see both incoming and outgoing Internet connections to services such as Apple, Adobe Creative Cloud, Dropbox, and others. Set up is simple and the application allows you to create settings for your home, work, or public connections and either allow or deny connections as needed. It’s easy to set up rules for each connection wherein the application will allow the connection, block it, or ask what to do with it. A real-time network protection feature can be enabled or disabled as needed, and it’s helpful to see what connections your Mac is processing. There were a few issues to address. A running counter tracks the number of files processed in a VirusBarrier scan, but a timer would also be helpful. It’s impressive that the application caught dozens of infected files, but this needs to be 100% in the future. Another issue is that while NetBarrier sets up a Safe Browsing feature within your installed web browsers, it still allows traffic to questionable websites linked to in spam messages offering the usual phishing-based scams. To its credit, Mac Security X9 doesn’t try to upsell you as to Intego’s other suites and services, which given some of its competitors, is saying something. The tools in place are effective, work well, and make this worth your consideration, Intego’s Internet Security bundle costs $24.99/£20.00/CA$31.99 for the first year. You can get Intego Mac Internet Security X9 here. Read our full Intego Mac Internet Security X9 review 2. Avast Premium Security – Best Mac antivirus for malware protection Pros Doesn't generally impact performance Caught all problem test files Cons Slow manual scanning No option for single device license Upselling Price When Reviewed: From $34.68 for first year, then $77.99 a year. Best Prices Today: $34.68 at Avast Software (first year) AV Test, March 2024: 100% AV Comparatives, June 2023: Approved Covers: Mac, PC, iOS and Android There are four Mac antivirus products from Avast. The paid for Avast Premium Security and Avast One, and the free Avast Free Antivirus and Avast One Essential. If you want just a virus scanner, Avast’s Free Antivirus, which is the free version of Avast Premium Security, is a good option. Avast One Essential is the free version of Avast One, and offers some additional functions compared to Avast Free Antivirus. It includes options such as ransomware protection, privacy protection, recommends cleaning up the hard drive without being asked, and searches for data leaks. There’s also a free VPN service with 5GB data volume per week, but, you can only select the location in another country for an additional charge. Avast Premium Security ($50.28/£39.99/CA$52.80) does a great job keeping your Mac secure. It’s a well-featured suite that will protect from all sorts of nasties including watching for browser script hacks, potential ransomware and other remote attack activity. Avast Premium Security offers various modules: Virus Scans, Core Shields, Traffic Monitor, Network Inspector, Email Guardian, Ransomware Shield, and Quarantine. These are all easily accessed from the home screen. Virus scan options include Smart Scan, Deep Scan, Targeted Scan, or External Storage Scan. Once suspect files are found, they can be readily quarantined and/or deleted. The Traffic Monitor shows how much data you’re using and where your bandwidth is going. Network Inspector scans the network you’re on, gauges its safety, offers a list of which devices are on the same network, and alerts you as to when an unfamiliar device joins the network. We tested the Core Shields feature with a fake website that spawned from a random text message regarding an undelivered package. Avast’s Real Site feature prevented the site from loading and triggering software. The software installed quickly and ran well on macOS Sonoma. It’s necessary to grant the program full hard disk access and permission to filter network content, but that is standard with AV software. The main frustration is the subscription-based model, but again, that tends to be standard these days. There are some features that are only available on the Avast Ultimate subscription tier. If you’d prefer to save your money, or get an idea of what’s on offer before parting with your cash, you might like to try the two free Antivirus for Mac solutions from Avast. When we ran the free version of Avast we experienced no slowdowns and no negative effect on system performance. In a test by AV-Comparatives in June 2023, Avast’s Free antivirus for Mac was among the best products, detecting 100 percent of Mac malware, 99 percent of potentially unwanted applications and 100 percent of Windows viruses. Avast also performed well in AV-Test’s investigations in March 2024, scoring full marks for protection, performance and usability. You can get Avast Premium Security for Mac here. Also consider Avast One, Avast Free Antivirus and Avast One Essential. Read our full Avast Free Antivirus and Avast One Essential for Mac review Read our full Avast Premium Security review 3. Norton 360 – Best value Mac antivirus Pros Easy-to-use & effective Multiple device cover Minimal performance impact Cons No backup on macOS Didn't spot threats in zip files Price When Reviewed: From $49.99 for first year, then $119.99 a year (Norton 360 Deluxe with LifeLock: 5 devices) Best Prices Today: $49.99 at Norton Security (first year) AV Test, March 2024: 100% Covers: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android Norton 360 is a security utility that performs a range of different monitoring and safeguarding operations to keep your Mac free from threats such as browser hacks and search engine hijack scripts to intrusion attempts and actual malware. There are various options, with differences between what’s on offer in the U.S. and elsewhere: in the U.S. the entry-level covers 5 devices, while in the U.K there is a cheaper version that covers just one device (Norton 360 Standard). There is also an Advanced edition in the U.K. which is similar to Select in the U.S., with both covering 10 devices. There’s also the addition of +LifeLock in the U.S. which isn’t available elsewhere. The core Norton 360 protection features do a good job, but the cloud backup benefits are missing from the Mac edition. If you go beyond the Standard edition you get Dark Web Monitoring, Parental Control and School Time, and licenses for up to five devices (for the Deluxe edition) or 10 (for the Advanced or Select versions). Norton 360 focuses on catching unwanted software, but it also offers some useful additional features including a VPN for securing personal data while online, and a tool for managing passwords, bank card details and similar data. You’ll also get protection against identity theft with some editions, Norton calls this Dark Web Monitoring. The service regularly checks whether your email, telephone number, credit card number or other contact details have fallen into the wrong hands. Note that the Cloud Backup feature doesn’t work on macOS, but that is more of an extra rather than a vital part of the package. There is also protection against unwanted, uninvited and possibly malicious software. A Norton Password Manager utility that also helps manage wallet data for autofill payments, addresses, notes and favorites. Much of these are things that macOS does already, but the clear interface makes it easy to understand. Beware that the first year is discounted, so you will be charged more in subsequent years. The price starts at £24.99/$49.99/CA$39.99 for the first year (renewing at a higher price, as is so often the case with antivirus suites). Note the UK and Canada have the option of Norton 360 Standard but in the U.S. only Norton 360 Deluxe with LifeLock, is available. Norton performed well in tests and was efficient at spotting unwanted and potentially risky software, from browser search engine hack scripts to actual trojan. You can get Norton 360 here. Read our full Norton 360 review 4. AVG Antivirus Free for Mac – Best free Mac antivirus Pros Capable basic protection for a free product Quick and easy installation Clean and helpful dashboard Cons Occasional prompts to convince you to upgrade to the paid version Lacks the ransomware, phishing, and fake website protection built into the paid product Price When Reviewed: Free download Best Prices Today: Free at AVG AV Test, March 2024: 100% AV Comparatives, June 2023: Approved Covers: macOS AVG Antivirus for the Mac is one of a handful of free antivirus for Mac programs. As such it is basic, but it’s effective at protecting you from viruses, spyware, and malware. Despite being free, AVG covers all the bases: blocking viruses and malware from websites, downloads, and email attachments. AVG will scan applications and check every file and remove threats from your Mac. It auto updates so you shouldn’t miss out on protection from the latest threats. In the AV-Test for March 2024, AVG was certified and was considered Outstanding for protection, performance and usability. AV-Comparatives June 2023 tests saw AVG Antivirus Free for Mac score 100% for Mac Malware Protection, 99% for Mac PUA Protection, and 100% for detecting Windows malware, which is better results than some paid-for options. Though it lacks the advanced features of paid antivirus products, it handles the core tasks cleanly and seamlessly. However, if you need to resolve any advanced issues you will need to pay to upgrade to the full version of the software, which is about $2/£2 per month for a one-year subscription. There is a 60-day free trial though, which could be enough for your purposes. All in all, this is a great option, despite being basic. You get much more than you ‘pay’ for. You can get AVG Antivirus for the Mac here. Read our full AVG AntiVirus for Mac review 5. Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac Pros High malware detection rate Monitors for ransomware-style attacks from unknown software in specific folders Cons Wouldn’t detect some malware in real-time in our tests Fewer extra features compared to less-expensive or similarly priced higher-rank competitors Price When Reviewed: $29.95 for first year, then $39.95 a year (1 Mac) Best Prices Today: $29.95 at Trend Micro (first year) AV Test, March 2024: 100% AV Comparatives, June 2023: Approved Covers: macOS Trend Micro Antivirus is a good program with well-rated antivirus protection and a simple, straightforward interface that users will appreciate. Anyone looking for additional features will be disappointed with this suite, but it offers good protection at a fair price. In March 2024 AV-Test gave Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac full marks for protection, performance and usability. In their tests AV-Comparatives gave Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 100% for Mac malware protection, 99% for PUA protection and 100% for Windows malware detection. Our own spot checks produced similarly good results. Lining up against the Objective See malware library Trend Micro had no trouble detecting most threats. However, in a few cases, it didn’t detect all the malware contained in a folder until a scan had been run. Trend Micro is an excellent choice for those looking for something that’s simple and easy to use. There are options with better protection, but Trend Micro’s protection is still good and pricing is fair starting at $29.95/£19.94/CA$29.95 for one Mac for the first year (then $39.95/£49.95/$39.95 a year). Read our full Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac review 6. McAfee Total Protection Pros Good, customizable set of security tools for multiple devices Background scanning feature comes in handy Cons Program feels laggy when initially launched McAfee demands your credit/debit card to create an account and download and use the software, even on a 30-day trial basis Price When Reviewed: From $39.99 for first year, then $119.99 a year (5 devices) Best Prices Today: $39.99 at McAfee Total Protection (first year) Covers: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, ChromeOS McAfee Total Protection continues to be steadily updated and offers a good suite of anti-viral, anti-malware, identity protection, VPN, and scheduling tools. Prices start at $39.99/£34.99/CA$44.99 for the first year. It is simple to use; once you’ve walked through the guided steps for giving it permission to work behind the scenes it is essentially something you can just leave to get on with its job. The software can perform a full scan of your hard drive as well as scan custom locations such as external volumes, and schedule scan times. You can control what Total Protection does when it finds suspect files, such as notifying you, quarantining them, or deleting the files. During our tests, it located and quarantined two suspected virus files I didn’t know about, thereby earning its keep. Other features include an ID Protection tool that compares your email address to known data and password breaches, a firewall, and a Secure VPN feature that lets you quickly set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN). McAfee’s Total Protection package extends up to five devices on one account, so it’s easy to add the app to other Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android-based phones and tablets as needed. It’s worth noting that the Windows version offers features that you don’t get in the Mac app. We noted some occasional performance impacts as it ran in the background, but it was largely unobtrusive in its efforts. Our only other grumble is the lack of simplicity if ending the trial. You can get McAfee Total Protection here. Read our full McAfee Total Protection review 7. Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac Pros Doesn't slow down your Mac Effective real-time protection Unobtrusive browsing protection Cons No password manager Very limited VPN No identity protection Price When Reviewed: From $34.99 per year Best Prices Today: Free at Bitdefender (first year) AV Test, March 2024: 100% AV Comparatives, June 2023: Approved Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac covers: macOS, Bitdefender Total Security covers: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android Bitdefender is another maker of antivirus solutions that has a number of solutions for the Mac, including a free option. There’s Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac, which offers basic protection for up to three Macs, Bitdefender Total Security, which protects up to five devices (macOS, iOS, Windows and Android), and Bitdefender’s free Virus Scanner for Mac. Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac is easy to download, install, and assign full drive permissions. It offers a speedy Quick Scan mode that performs a quick overview and locate, quarantine, and remove viral candidates within a few minutes as well as a Full Scan mode which runs in the background so you can continue to work. External volumes such as USB flash drives can be scanned. There isn’t much in the way of malware that gets by it. However, we found the application’s ability to locate and neutralize malware that was already on the system mixed – it missed four significant pieces of malware. Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac offers anti-phishing protection in the form of web browser extensions for the Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox web browsers. These offered varying degrees of success. Under Safari, Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac offered no prominent phishing protection, allowing us to visit questionable websites with no warning whatsoever. Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac offers an anti-tracker for web browsers and access to a VPN with basic functionality and a limit of 200MB a day. It encourages you to update to the full version, there are better VPNs for Mac out there. https://www.macworld.com/article/231047/best-vpn-for-mac.html When we reviewed it Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac retailed at “50% off” which is $19.99/£14.99 a year for one Mac (then $39.99/£29.99 a year), but the deal prices change often. There is also a 30-day trial available. There is also Bitdefender Total Security which includes Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac as well as coverage for iOS, Android and Windows. That software retails for $69.99/£44.99 a year for five devices (then $109.99/£74.99 a year) and offers a license that covers five devices, including Macs, Windows, Android and iOS with a 30-day trial available. Read our full Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac review 8. Avira Prime Pros Easy to use Full VPN Won't slow down your Mac Cons No fine-tuning scan options Price When Reviewed: From $59.99 for first year, then $104.99 a year. Best Prices Today: $59.99 at Avira – Prime (first year) AV Test, March 2024: 99.5% AV Comparatives, June 2023: 99%, Approved Covers: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android Like Avast, Avira makes a paid-for and a free version of its antivirus solution. Avira Prime is a security utility designed to keep your Mac safe from potentially unwanted programs; which covers everything from simple scripts designed to compromise and redirect your browser searches through to actual malware. Prices start at $59.99/£51.99/CA$67 for 5 devices for the first year, then $104.99/£90.99/CA$118 a year. While Avira Free Security for Mac lets you run a quick scan to check out system files and other vulnerable areas, or a full scan to analyze your entire Mac for malware, but not much else. Avira Prime is designed around several modules: Virus Scans (including Quick Scan. Full Scan and Custom Scan), Protection Options, Quarantine, VPN, Passwords, Cookie Cleaner, Identity Assistant, Junk Cleaner, Uninstaller, and Startup Apps. A single large window presents the various features, from scans to app management and cleanup, although a couple of its features use a separate panel for a web-based console. In our tests, it detected all our compromised files and installers–although we were concerned that it missed the problematic Wave web browser virus. It doesn’t look inside zip archives or disk images, but it pounces as soon as items are extracted from these. Even while Avira Prime is actively scanning for trouble it has such a small impact on the general performance of our Mac that we wouldn’t notice it without comparing timings. Avira Prime scored well in AV Comparitives June 2023 tests scoring 99% for Mac Malware protection and 99% for Mac PUA Protection, while AV Test gave Avira 99.5% in March 2024. You can get the basics of the security features with Avira Free Security, but Prime’s annual subscription provides useful additional capabilities, including an unlimited VPN, if you can stomach the cost. Avira Free Security for Mac seems to offer a lot of features for free. But most actually require a paid subscription, so the product’s overall usefulness is limited and the constant sales pitches are annoying. The free app will run scans daily, weekly, or monthly. You can also create a custom scan. There are also real-time virus protection scans to scan new files saved to your computer or downloaded from the internet. You have to pay to scan a USB drive. Malware discovered is automatically quarantined. Avira was effective at detecting and stopping malware when we tested it. The free version of Avira also includes the junk cleaner that can identify issues via a smart scan, but you need to pay to actually clean up anything beyond the junk files. You can get Avira Prime here. Also consider Avira Free Security for Mac. Read our full Avira Free Security for Mac review. Read our full Avira Prime review 9. BitMedic Pro Antivirus Pros Fast, simple to use, handy set of modules to work with. One-time $10/£10 payment, no need to worry about annual subscriptions. Good external drive scanning and scheduling tools. Cons Clunky user interface, lack of description as to where infected files are or what their effect can be. Buggy, occasional application crashes under macOS Ventura 13.5.1, drop-down menus refused to function at times. Overbroad web browser extension removal tool favors deleting all extensions as opposed to specific ones. Price When Reviewed: $9.99 (single payment) Best Prices Today: $9.99 at Mac App Store (one off payment) Covers: macOS BitMedic Pro Antivirus is a good antiviral program, albeit with some shortcomings that need to be worked through, not lest the fact that this hasn’t been updated since 2020. The program, which retails for $9.99/£999/CA$9.99 on the Mac App Store, features a nice complement of tools, including an Antivirus Scan module, an Adware Cleaner module, a Result Log, a Custom Scan module, a Browser Privacy module, and a System Settings module that allows you to schedule deep scans, customize system behaviors, and create a whitelist of files not to scan. Initial tests with the Antivirus Scan module’s quick scan and deep scan went well and BitMedic Pro Antivirus was able to find several phishing-based emails. The application crashed twice during testing though. Frustratingly, there was a lack of specific descriptions as to what the infected files were and their full location, even after a drop-down arrow was clicked. The inclusion of an Adware Cleaner module is a nice touch, performs well, and runs quickly. The Browser Privacy module functions as a quick and easy way to clean up your history, auto logins, bookmarks, remove all extensions, and reset the preferences on your browser, but this is an all-or-nothing option and we’d prefer to disable or delete individual extensions. The $10/£10 price point with no subscription, is very appealing, but there are a few elements that let it down. Read our full BitMedic Pro Antivirus review 10. Sophos Home Premium for Mac Pros Effective protection Reasonably priced Cons Confusing setup process Configuring software and running scheduled scan is cloud-based Price When Reviewed: From $44.99 for first year, then $59.99 a year (10 devices) Best Prices Today: $44.99 at Sophos (first year) Covers: macOS Sophos used to offer a free version of its Home product with antivirus protection and website protection, but in 2021 that version was discontinued, leaving Sophos Home Premium as the only option for personal use. There’s now a 30 days full trial, but after that it costs $44.99/£37.46/CA$44.99 for the first year and $59.99/£49.99/CA$59.99 for each subsequent year. You can install on 10 Macs or PCs though. Setup was confusing. Initially, the software guides you through the process, but then setup stops and you have to sign into your Sophos Home dashboard to complete setup (it’s not clear that you need to do this step). There’s also no Dock icon to launch the program, instead, you use a menu bar icon to access the online dashboard where you can control the five types of protection including: Antivirus protection – real-time scanning for local and network drives, perform a manual scan or schedule one, plus a quick scan can be triggered from the menu bar icon. Web protection Ransomware protection Privacy protection Malicious traffic detection Web filtering A 2017 evaluation of macOS security software by AV-Test gave Sophos Home outstanding grades for protection, performance, and usability, however, Sophos hasn’t been tested by the team at AV-Test since. When we tested, we ran the EICAR test, which simulates a virus, and Sophos detected and blocked it with no trouble. The website filtering worked well. Sophos Home Premium provides effective protection, but the setup process and cloud-only features are drawbacks. It needs a clearer set up and the ability to do more locally. Read our full Sophos Home Premium for Mac review 11. ClamXAV Pros Effective antivirus protection Cons Charges an annual subscription for basic malware protection with no other features Price When Reviewed: From $29.95 a year (3 devices) Best Prices Today: $29.95 at Canimaan Software Ltd AV Test, September 2023: 100% Covers: macOS Installing ClamXAV from the ClamXAV website is quick and easy. Either click the Free Trial button or sign up for a $29.95/£23.99/$42.95 a year subscription and the installation file is automatically downloaded. After the initial setup, where you need to grant permission to access the Downloads folder and modify security settings, you are all set. You can run a manual scan from the main screen, but there are several other options. A quick scan checks system files and other areas on your Mac, you can select just your hard drive to run a scan on all folders and files on the disk, and dragging and dropping a single folder or file onto the scanning pane checks it for malware. You can also select an external drive or connected USB stick for scanning. There’s also a real-time scanning component–Sentry–that is always on guard. It is possible to schedule any type of scan to run on specific days and times. By default, any malicious files are automatically quarantined, but you can decide whether or not to quarantine infected files. You can open the quarantine folder to see what files were caught. ClamXAV scored perfectly in AV-Test’s June 2022 tests, but hasn’t been evaluated since. ClamXAV proved effective at detecting and stopping test malware files, but there’s nothing more to the program beyond the basic antivirus scanning and options. ClamXAV is certainly effective at virus scanning, but that’s a capability found in many free and equally effective security products for the Mac. Read our full ClamXav review 12. Malwarebytes Premium for Macs Pros Friendly user interface Impressive scan speed Reliable malware removal Cons Leaves behind some malware elements Lack of a custom scan feature Some features found in the Windows version not available Price When Reviewed: Basic: $3.75/£2.50 a month; Security + VPN: $5.00/£4.15 a month; Complete Protection: $7.92/ £6.25 a Month (down from $15.83/£12.50 a month) Best Prices Today: $44 at Malwarebytes (annually) Covers: macOS Malwarebytes Premium Security for Mac offers antiviral, VPN, and Real-Time Protection features and is available at $3.75/£2.50 a month for its Basic version, $5.00/£4.15 a month for its Security + VPN version, and $7.92/ £6.25 a Month (down from $15.83/£12.50 a month) for its Complete Protection version. Malwarebytes Premium builds from the handy free version of Malwarebytes https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download, which has been a convenient catch-all that needs to be run manually. The paid for version sports a bright, friendly user interface and a good array of features. It includes quick viral scans, functional scheduling for scans, decent customization elements including whitelist creation, a good VPN client, and Real-Time protection that keeps an eye on what’s attempting to be installed. The software performed well, offering speedy scans. Malwarebytes was able to quarantine and remove almost all the malware I installed, although it left elements behind such as the controversial Wave web browser, an incompatible version of MacSecurity, and a fake Adobe Album application. The VPN isn’t as customizable as a dedicated VPN client, but it performs well and gets the job done. There doesn’t seem to be a custom scan element that allows you to easily scan an external volume such as a thumb drive, and the Real-Time Protection feature doesn’t kick in and scan an external volume once it’s mounted, nor can you drag and drop a volume into Malwarebytes for it to scan – which you can do in the Windows version of Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes offers no warnings against questionable websites and links either. Read our full Malwarebytes Premium for Macs review 13. F-Secure Total for Mac Pros Includes virus protection, secure browsing, ID monitoring, a VPN, and a password vault in one package Effective and flexible VPN Cons Missing key capabilities such as a quick virus scan and a scheduled scan Certain options unavailable in the Mac version vs the Windows version No notification for malware infections No way to view malicious or quarantined files Charges a hefty annual subscription Price When Reviewed: From $69.99 a year (1 device) Best Prices Today: $69.99 at F-Secure AV Test, March 2024: 99.6% Covers: macOS F-Secure Total for Mac is a simple-to-use security software suite that works on macOS, iOS, Windows and Android devices and protects your data from a wide range of threats. It includes several useful features, but lacks certain key options, especially in virus scanning. The program is $69.99/£59.99 a year for one device, which is steep, but there’s a free 30-day trial that requires no credit card and even gives you free technical support if you need it. Clicking the Scan button runs a full virus scan that checks your entire system, while clicking the link for Viruses & Threats takes you to another screen where you can scan just specific folders. But there are no options to run a quick scan or even to schedule a scan, unlike the Windows version which includes a quick scan. It provides real-time virus and spyware scanning to automatically block malware, and ‘DeepGuard’ monitors applications for any changes indicative of a malware infection. You can set up ID monitoring to check your email address for data breaches among your online accounts. The VPN is another defense and includes tracking protection to prevent advertisers from monitoring your online activity and a kill switch to quickly cut off all internet traffic. F-Secure offers a password vault that creates and stores secure logins for all your accounts. The password vault requires an extension that supports Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Safari isn’t yet supported. Unfortunately, F-Secure doesn’t let you review blocked or deleted malicious files, and no setting allows you to quarantine files instead of removing them. F-Secure’s Safe (which was the old name for F-Secure Internet Security) was tested by AV-Test in June 2023 and scored 5 out of 6 for protection, 5.5 out of 6 for performance and 6 for usability. Read our full F-Secure Total review 14. Eset Home Security Premium Pros Good level of antiviral and real-time protection Excellent customization and preference options Cons Extremely slow drive scan Didn’t include the promised password manager or encryption features Mac App Store purchase option doesn’t work Price When Reviewed: From $59.99 a year for one device Best Prices Today: $59.99 at ESET Covers: macOS, Windows and Android ESET Home Security (available in Essential, Premium and Ultimate configurations) is developed by Slovakian software company ESET. The suite will protect your Macs (as well as PCs, and other smartphones and tablets, but unfortunately not iOS). We tested ESET Home Security Premium, which offers extensive antiviral and malware protection, and Real-time File System Protection, as well as a password manager, an encryption tool – although it turned out the latter two were missing from the version we reviewed, which appears to be an error. The software can be downloaded from ESET’s website. There is a 30-day trial available with only an email address and no credit or debit card needed. ESET Home can also be found on the U.S. version of the Mac App Store, but the download doesn’t actually work. ESET Home Security Premium retails at different price points given the number of devices it’s installed on and the number of years you subscribe for. It’s usually $59.99/£44.99 for one device for one year, scaling up from there, but there are discounts from time to time which can be seen on the ESET website. The application allows for changes such as blacklists and whitelists to be created, different levels of detection and sensitivity, access to the logs and proxy servers, reactions as to new volumes being mounted, and an impressive level of customization. Scheduled scans can be set up easily, and it’s fairly simple to designate which areas of a local or cloud-based drive will be scanned and when. In our tests ESET’s initial scan was able to locate and quarantine 18 suspect files without incident. However, issues within the software included: extremely long scan times ranging from seven to more than 24 hours to look over an internal solid-state drive, the scheduler feature failing to activate a scan, a lack of a progress bar or elapsed time readout during a scan, the software’s uninstall feature failing to install multiple times, and our copy of the ESET Home Security Premium software arriving without the advertised password manager or encryption features. While ESET Home Security Premium completes its primary task of antiviral and malware prevention, several bugs and omissions need to be fixed. Read our full Eset Home Security Premium review Best Free Mac Antivirus We’ve included our pick of the best free options above, but here are our top five recommendations: Avast Free Antivirus AVG Antivirus for the Mac. Bitdefender Virus Scanner for Mac. Avira Free Security for Mac Intego VirusBarrier Scanner Best Mac Antivirus: Specs Comparison DeveloperProduct nameUSB scanRansomware protectionAdware preventionAnti phishing protectionEmail protectionFirewallVPNiOS versionParental ControlsSupportTrialPriceIntegoInternet Security X9YYNYNYNYYY7 days$49.99/£49.99 / ye ($24.99/£20.99 /yr deal)AVGAntiVirus for MacNNNNYNNYNN60 daysFree (Paid for version is $2.49 per month for one year / $2.39 a month for two-years / $2.29 a month for three-years)Norton 360 DeluxeYYYYYYYYYY30 days$39.99/£34.99/yrMcAfeeTotal Protection YYYYYYYYYY30 days$34.99/£34.99/yrAvast Premium SecurityYYNYYYYYNY60 days$44.99/£39.99/yrBitdefenderTotal Security YYNYYYYYYY30 days$39.97/£34.99/yrEset Cyber Security Pro YYNYYYNNYY30 days$49.95/£39.95/yrTrend MicroAntivirus for MacNYYYYYYYYY30 days$39.99/£49.95Avira PrimeYYYYNYYYYY30 days$99.99/£85.99 Best Mac Antivirus: Buying Advice FAQ 1. Do Macs even need antivirus software? Plenty of Mac users will tell you that Apple computers are inherently secure and don’t require protection. We’d argue that they are wrong, or at very least overconfident. Not long ago, the Silver Sparrow malware was detected on Macs powered by the M1 processor and infected hundreds of thousands of Macs. And it’s just one example. The bad guys are absolutely targeting Mac users – and they’re getting smarter and greedier. Cyber security is something you can’t afford to ignore, and good Mac antivirus will help keep you safe. Macs are generally more secure than their Windows brethren because macOS is a Unix-based operating system, which means it is sandboxed. This is like having a series of fire doors: even if malware gains access to your Mac, it is unable to spread to other areas of the machine. But while they are more difficult to exploit than Windows PCs, it is not impossible. You can about this topic in our article do Macs need antivirus? More general advice can be found in our Mac security tips; and those who have been hit by a malware attack should see how to remove a virus from a Mac. 2. What features should I look for in Mac antivirus? All Mac antivirus software packages find viruses using both on-demand- and always-on protection. The former examines individual files either during scheduled scans or when you decide to run one. This can take a long time, especially if you have a lot of files, and some antivirus products will hog your Mac’s processor power to prioritise the scan, so it’s worth selecting a convenient time. Always-on malware protection protects you when a scan is not currently active. If malware arrives – perhaps via an email or a downloaded file – your antivirus software should detect and quarantine it. Quarantining a file involves moving it to a safe folder, allowing you to decide what to do with it. You’ll typically receive a notification of the discovered malware, but some Mac antivirus products can be more informative than others in these notifications (something we keep in mind in our testing). The effectiveness of this on-demand and always-on virus protection is absolutely the most important thing when it comes to choosing Mac antivirus, but additional features may also affect your choice. Many Mac security suites now include ransomware protection. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts your files and demands a fee to decrypt them. An anti-ransomware feature will typically block any app from writing to a user’s home folders, such as Documents or Photos, unless that app has been whitelisted. Some apps, such as Microsoft Word, are pre-approved, and you can whitelist any that you trust. Web protection via browser plugins or extensions is also a common component and aims to stop you (or your children) from visiting infected websites or handing over personal information when you shouldn’t. Different vendors offer different add-ons, and it is certainly a case of you get what you pay for: free products will have fewer bells and whistles, but the most comprehensive Mac security suites will include password managers, parental controls, cloud storage and more. The underlying antimalware engine will usually be the same for all security products from a particular company, so you can save money if you don’t need all those extra features. 3. Should my Mac antivirus include a VPN? One of the add-ons you might find with Mac security products, although also commonly sold separately, is Mac VPN (virtual private network). For many users these are of interest because they can mask your location and allow you to view things (like streaming series) that are otherwise off-limits in your location. But they also have a very real benefit for security, protecting your internet connection by encrypting it, which is especially useful when using public Wi-Fi networks. In this day and age we should all be using VPNs and, while we’d recommend buying a dedicated Mac VPN product, one built into your antivirus software is better than nothing – just be prepared to be nagged to upgrade to the full product. 4. What is the best value Mac antivirus? Value is perceived differently by all users: for some the best value Mac antivirus is the free one, and for others it is the one that is affordable but includes the most useful add-ons. We prefer to consider value in terms of which is the best all-round offering, rather than the budget deal. That said, there are ways you can save money even on the more expensive products. Bear in mind that all antivirus for Mac apps are sold as yearly subscriptions, and often the first year has a hefty discount. When that first year is up, there’s nothing stopping you switching to another product and benefiting from that discount again. Alternatively, opt for a three- or even five-year subscription to save even more money – and why not: it’s not like viruses are going to disappear in the meantime and you won’t need it. Some of the best Mac antivirus products can also cater to your other devices – and not just iPads and iPhones, but also Windows and Android devices. If you have multiple devices in your household, this can present a huge saving. 5. How do I spot fake Mac antivirus software? Because many of us are waking up to the idea that malware is a threat to the Mac, malware writers have made it their business to play on that fear. There have been cases of malware writers disguising their viruses as antivirus apps – two notable examples are Mac Auto Fixer and MacDefender. It’s important to always read reviews on reputable sites such as Macworld before installing any software on your Mac or MacBook. At the same time, don’t believe everything you read. MacKeeper is a great example of an antivirus program that has got a bad rap, but it’s worked hard to repair its reputation. It has gained Apple Notarization, which means the software has been checked by Apple for malicious components, and the company has garnering certification from various bodies to prove it isn’t a PUP (potentially unwanted program), including an AV-Test certificate. That said, we haven’t recommended it here, and that’s simply because we feel that there are better options available. If you have already installed MacKeeper and wish to try one of our alternative recommendations, we explain How to uninstall MacKeeper. 6. What can’t Mac antivirus protect you from? Using a Mac antivirus product, especially one that includes tools to improve your online privacy, may lull you into believing you’re completely safe from personal and private information leaking out and that you no longer need to keep your wits about you. That’s not quite the case. While there’s no reason to panic, you should still practice caution – and there are a few more issues you should consider when using Mac antivirus, too. First, an antivirus for Mac product may upload the complete text of files flagged to the cloud, where it can be analyzed by separate tools hosted there. This practice is normal and sensible: some malware can detect when a running process may examine it, and will then engage in subterfuge. Antivirus software makers also can access their massive databases to examine files with characteristics that trigger their algorithms – certain elements that match known malware. As a result, security researchers discover new viruses, worms, Trojans horses, and the like. However, helping the greater good means you’ll have to be comfortable with trusting a third-party with your file contents. Where appropriate, we noted privacy policy issues in individual reviews. Second, this software may also rely partly or entirely on cloud-based checks of URLs, malware, and the like. Accordingly, an antivirus package might upload every URL you visit, metadata about files, signatures of files, information about your computer’s hardware, a list of running or installed applications, and more. Companies vary on their disclosure of such policies, and may not let you opt out of this kind of sharing. We note issues in each review as appropriate. Third, antivirus software makers also get a sense of what behavior is happening on your computer that’s being monitored or blocked, and may use that information for their own purposes. In some cases, you can opt out of this information gathering. 7. How we test Mac antivirus software Each software package is evaluated creating a clean installation of macOS, cloning it for each antivirus product, and then booting separately into each one to install a different package. This is to ensure that previous app installations don;t interfere with new ones – sometimes antivirus software treats other antivirus software as an infection. In addition to visiting malicious websites, downloading known malicious software, and even running said malware on our Mac, we also reference the most recent reports from two labs that regularly cover macOS malware: AV Comparatives and AV-TEST. These laboratories test antivirus software against sets of known malware as well as products that are grouped as potentially unwanted applications (like adware). The latter doesn’t damage or expose your computer or its files but may consume power and CPU cycles. Because the testing effectively looks at a combination of virus databases and behavior, they remain good gauges even after many months. When an antivirus for Mac software package lacks a rating from a known security research lab, we do more extensive testing with real malware. Finally, while we gave props for a lot of different features and behaviors, we mark down products if they lack any or all of the following: A nearly perfect score on macOS malware detection Ransomware monitoring Native browser plug-in or system-level Web proxy A high score on Windows malware detection09:48 amQuick tip for Debugging in XCode
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Adobe today updated its Illustrator and Photoshop Creative Cloud apps, introducing a range of new features that streamline productivity. Many of the additions take advantage of generative AI and machine learning to save creators time. Photoshop has a new Selection Brush Tool for selecting areas by brushing over them without having to use the Quick Mask mode. The tool has opacity and hardness settings for feathered edges, allowing for more seamless selections. The Adjustment Brush Tool, which has been in beta, is also available. It allows for painting on adjustments to brightness, saturation, and more, with options for fine tuning selections. Photoshop's Generate Image text to image feature is also out of beta, and it can be used to generate dozens of ideas in minutes using a text prompt and/or reference images. Other new Photoshop features include an improved Contextual Task Bar, support for bulleted and numbered lists, and an Enhance Detail option for Generative Fill. Adobe Illustrator has a Generative Shape Fill feature for filling shapes with detail and color. Adobe says that users can match the style and color of their own artwork to create multiple editable and scalable vector graphic options. Text prompts are used to fill vector graphics for Generative Shape Fill, and there are options to add styles like 3D, geometric, or pixel art. Adobe improved the Text to Pattern feature in Illustrator, making it simpler to create, edit, and scale seamless vector patterns. Vector graphics that are generated using the feature are crisper, plus there are new UI controls and better editing options. With Mockup, designers can see their creations on objects like product packaging and apparel, with the tool automatically adjusting art to fit the edges of the object. Other new features in Illustrator include the Dimension tool for precise sizing, enhanced selection capabilities, and faster pan and zoom speeds. These new features are available in the latest versions of Illustrator and Photoshop on the desktop. More information can be found on Adobe's website.Tag: AdobeThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums10:29 pmReport: At least one iPhone 17 model to feature a mechanical aperture
Macworld A new report from The Information details some of Apple’s future iPhone plans. Much of it is about Apple’s plans for a foldable iPhone, which repeat some of the rumors we’ve heard before—Apple’s aiming at 2026 but it could be longer, and the phone will fold vertically in a “clamshell” design. As also previously reported, these plans are tentative as foldable display quality and reliability are not yet a solved problem. The other interesting part of the report concerns the camera for “at least one” of next year’s iPhone 17 models. According to The Information, Apple wants to introduce at least one iPhone 17 model with a mechanical aperture. That would be a big departure from all previous iPhones and most phones today, which have a fixed aperture. The aperture of a lens is always a bit of a trade-off: a wider aperture lets more light into the sensor, and produces a shallower depth-of-field, so objects in the foreground are sharp and in the background are blurred. A smaller aperture lets in less light and requires a longer shutter speed, but has a deep depth-of-field, with foreground and background all in focus. There’s no one “correct” aperture setting, but most smartphones have opted to fix their aperture wide open to let in more light because the sensors are so small. That can produce a naturally blurred background in brighter light when it may not be desirable. Some phones have shipped with mechanical apertures already. The Galaxy S9, back in 2018, had a mechanical aperture that could switch between just two modes: wide and narrow. More recently, the Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Xiaomi 13 Ultra have mechanical apertures.10:23 pmSMS Delivery Delays to Multiple Small Networks in the US for a Subset of Short and Long Codes | TwilioSMS Delivery Delays to Multiple Small Networks in the US for a Subset of Short and Long Codes
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Shortly after the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max were released last September, some customers began to experience an issue with the devices overheating. Apple eventually mitigated the problem with an iOS 17 update, but it might go a step further with the iPhone 16 models that are set to be released later this year. The Information today cited a source who said that iPhone 16 models will be equipped with a "larger graphite sheet" inside the chassis of the devices, to address potential overheating. This corroborates a rumor from last November that claimed iPhone 16 models would feature an improved thermal management system. Apple is expected to release the iPhone 16 series in September, so the devices should be just a few months away from launching. With this rumored change, the post-launch overheating issue should be a thing of the past.Related Roundups: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 ProTag: The InformationThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums09:46 pmThe word “Engineer”
Are iOS Developers (or just regular developers in general) also consider as engineers? Because to me, the word "engineer" doesn't really make much sense to me whether your an app or web developer. When I hear the word "engineer" I just think of people who work in a lab with real hands on equipment like […]09:43 pmLake Vrangla immersive environment appears for all Apple Vision Pro users
Lake Vrangla is a foggy new environment available in visionOS, beta or not, and is found near Oslo, Norway, in the real world.Lake Vrangla now available to all Apple Vision Pro usersApple launched the Apple Vision Pro in February 2024, and a slow trickle of updates and media followed. The reveal of visionOS 2 during WWDC showed that some welcome improvements were coming, as well as new environments.Bora Bora debuted in the first visionOS 2 beta, and now we have Lake Vrangla. However, it arrived as a server-side push from Apple to all Apple Vision Pro users, so visionOS 2 is not required. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums09:18 pmApple Music will soon let users create playlist artwork using Apple Intelligence
With iOS 17.1, Apple introduced a library of artwork that users can choose from to customize a playlist in Apple Music. However, it seems that the company wants to take this feature to the next level with iOS 18, soon integrating it with Apple Intelligence. more…09:00 pmiPhone SE 4 Production Will Reportedly Begin Ramping Up in October
Following nearly two years of rumors about a fourth-generation iPhone SE, The Information today reported that Apple suppliers are finally planning to begin ramping up mass production of the device in October of this year. If accurate, that timeframe would mean that the next iPhone SE would not be announced alongside the iPhone 16 series in September, as expected. Instead, the report speculates that the device could be released ahead of the Lunar New Year in January 2025. However, all three existing iPhone SE models were announced in March over the years, so a March 2025 release seems quite possible too. Rumored features for the fourth-generation iPhone SE include a 6.1-inch OLED display, Face ID, an Action button, and a USB-C port. The device is expected to be similar to the base iPhone 14, although reports said it would have only a single rear camera, and it might share the iPhone 16's rear-panel manufacturing process. We recently published an iPhone SE 4 rumor recap with all potential features and other details.Related Roundup: iPhone SEBuyer's Guide: iPhone SE (Don't Buy)Related Forum: iPhoneThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums08:57 pmEverything new coming to Messages in iOS 18: emoji tapbacks, scheduled send, text formatting, RCS, and more | 9 to 5 MacEverything new coming to Messages in iOS 18: emoji tapbacks, scheduled send, text formatting, RCS, and more
Apple has some major upgrades coming to the Messages app in iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and iPadOS 18. This fall when those major OS updates arrive, Messages will be adding new tapback options, message scheduling, text formatting with bold and italics, new effects, RCS support, and more. Here’s everything coming to Messages in iOS 18. more…08:53 pmNeed a budget-friendly laptop? Get a barely used MacBook Air for less than $300.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has filed a patent that looks very similar to Apple Vision Pro's EyeSight feature. Meta's patent application is… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.08:13 pmiPhone Mirroring adds window resizing in macOS Sequoia beta 4
Today Apple released developer beta 4 for iOS 18 alongside macOS Sequoia and Apple’s other platforms. The new iOS 18 beta comes with a variety of tweaks, including new CarPlay wallpapers. But macOS Sequoia may be the highlight of today’s betas, with a valuable addition to iPhone Mirroring: window resizing. more…08:08 pmEverything New in iOS 18 Beta 4
Apple released the fourth beta of iOS 18 today, introducing small changes to a number of features throughout the operating system. There are no big additions in this beta, but Apple is continuing to refine existing settings and design choices. Apple plans to continue updating iOS 18 over the next few months, with the update set to be released this fall. We've rounded up all of the changes that we've found in iOS 18 beta 4 so far. CarPlay Wallpapers Apple added new Light Mode and Dark Mode wallpaper options for CarPlay, and the new wallpaper mirrors the wallpapers that have been added on the iPhone. Here are all 8 new CarPlay wallpapers in iOS 18 beta 4Lightmode (1/2) pic.twitter.com/KQGvubg9ym— Aaron (@aaronp613) July 23, 2024 Settings Apple has added a new way to access iCloud settings in the Settings app. There's now an iCloud option paired with App Store, Game Center, and Wallet. iCloud settings can still be accessed by tapping on your Apple Account and choosing iCloud from that interface. Camera Controls In the Camera section of the Settings app, there is a new "Controls Menu" option under Preserve Settings. The Controls Menu preserves the previously used camera tool when expanding the controls menu rather than showing the full list of camera control options when using the Camera app. Hidden Folder Apple has changed the design of the Hidden folder in the App Library. Rather than showing an icon of an eye with a line through it, it is now blanked out app squares, which makes it stand out less. Dark Mode/Light Mode Icons The Dark Mode and Light Mode icons are now appropriately synced to the Light and Dark Mode settings on the iPhone when you use the "Automatic" setting under Customize. With Automatic turned on, the icons now turn dark when Dark Mode is activated and light when Dark Mode is off. This wasn't working in prior betas. Stocks Icon Apple tweaked the design of the Stocks app icon. The lines are subtler, and there is no longer a white haze over the bottom part of the icon. iPhone Mirroring This is a macOS Sequoia feature more than an iOS 18 feature, but when using iPhone Mirroring with macOS Sequoia beta 4, you can change the size of the iPhone window on your Mac's display. Control Center There's a new Control Center toggle for Bluetooth, but it is not yet working. Apple also added a Silent Mode/Mute toggle and an Accessibility Eye Mirroring option. The Open Music Control Center option has been removed. These changes are also applicable to the Lock Screen Controls. AssistiveTouch There are new Type to Siri and Apple Watch Mirroring options available for AssistiveTouch. Apple Intelligence There are additional references to Apple Intelligence features, which suggests Apple is continuing to prepare to implement Apple Intelligence in the beta in the not too distant future. More New Changes Know of a new feature in iOS 18 beta 4 that we left out? Let us know in the comments below.Related Roundups: iOS 18, iPadOS 18Related Forums: iOS 18, iPadOS 18This article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums08:04 pmApple Music Classical debuts new Top 100 album chart
Apple Music Classical this week debuted a new Top 100 album chart. The list features the most popular classical music albums that are… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.07:55 pmIssue With Netnumber OSR Impacting Toll-Free and 10DLC Provisioning/Cancellations
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The Chinese company in charge of handing out domain names ending in “.top” has been given until mid-August 2024 to show that it has put in place systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains, or else forfeit its license to sell domains. The warning comes amid the release of new findings that .top was the most common suffix in phishing websites over the past year, second only to domains ending in “.com.”07:33 pmNew Lake Vrangla Environment rolling out now to Apple Vision Pro users
Apple is rolling out a new Environment for Apple Vision Pro today. The new Lake Vrangla Environment transports Vision Pro users to Norway. It’s available for all Vision Pro users starting today, rolling out as an over-the-air download. more…07:29 pmiOS 18: How to take advantage of Game Mode on iPhone and what it does
iOS 18 takes gaming further with a dedicated Game Mode for iPhone and iPad. The new feature redirects system resources to maintain high frame rates, improves Bluetooth controller responsiveness and audio with AirPods, and more. Here’s how to use Game Mode on iPhone in iOS 18. more…07:26 pmYou Can Change iPhone Mirroring Window Size in macOS Sequoia Beta 4
With the fourth beta of macOS Sequoia that came out today, Apple added a useful new feature to iPhone Mirroring. When you connect your iPhone to your Mac, you can now make some changes to the window size, something that wasn't an option before. You can make the window bigger or smaller, changing the amount of screen space that it takes up on the Mac desktop. There are only three total sizes, including actual size, which is the size of your iPhone's display, smaller, and larger. The size options can be accessed by launching the iPhone Mirroring app, connecting to an iPhone, and then choosing your size from the View menu. There is no option to drag the window to resize, and you have to use the View options. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. iPhone Mirroring is a feature that is designed to allow you to control your iPhone from your Mac, interacting with apps and receiving notifications while your iPhone remains locked and tucked away.Related Roundup: macOS SequoiaRelated Forum: macOS SequoiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums07:26 pmYou Can Change iPhone Mirroring Window Size in macOS Sequoia Beta 4
With the fourth beta of macOS Sequoia that came out today, Apple added a useful new feature to iPhone Mirroring. When you connect your iPhone to your Mac, you can now make some changes to the window size, something that wasn't an option before. You can make the window bigger or smaller, changing the amount of screen space that it takes up on the Mac desktop. There are only three total sizes, including actual size, which is the size of your iPhone's display, smaller, and larger. The size options can be accessed by launching the iPhone Mirroring app, connecting to an iPhone, and then choosing your size from the View menu. There is no option to drag the window to resize, and you have to use the View options. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. iPhone Mirroring is a feature that is designed to allow you to control your iPhone from your Mac, interacting with apps and receiving notifications while your iPhone remains locked and tucked away.Related Roundup: macOS SequoiaRelated Forum: macOS SequoiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums07:26 pmYou Can Change iPhone Mirroring Window Size in macOS Sequoia Beta 4
With the fourth beta of macOS Sequoia that came out today, Apple added a useful new feature to iPhone Mirroring. When you connect your iPhone to your Mac, you can now make some changes to the window size, something that wasn't an option before. You can make the window bigger or smaller, changing the amount of screen space that it takes up on the Mac desktop. There are only three total sizes, including actual size, which is the size of your iPhone's display, smaller, and larger. The size options can be accessed by launching the iPhone Mirroring app, connecting to an iPhone, and then choosing your size from the View menu. There is no option to drag the window to resize, and you have to use the View options. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. iPhone Mirroring is a feature that is designed to allow you to control your iPhone from your Mac, interacting with apps and receiving notifications while your iPhone remains locked and tucked away.Related Roundup: macOS SequoiaRelated Forum: macOS SequoiaThis article, "" first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums07:22 pmiOS 18 beta 4 adds new CarPlay wallpapers – and you can download them here
iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 introduce new wallpapers for iPhone and iPad users, and we’ve made them available for download here. However, with the release of iOS 18 beta 4 for developers on Tuesday, Apple has also added new wallpapers for CarPlay – and we’re making them available for download as well. more…07:21 pmiOS 18 beta 4: Here’s what’s new
Apple released iOS 18 beta 4 to developer testers today. Even though Apple Intelligence is still missing, there are a few notable changes in today’s beta. Head below for a roundup of everything we’ve found in iOS 18 beta 4 so far. more…07:20 pmMeta just filed a patent to copy Apple’s worst Vision Pro feature
Macworld Even though Apple Vision Pro isn’t lighting up Apple’s sales sheets just yet, it’s still influencing its competitors in a major way. The latest evidence comes courtesy of a patent filing from none other than Meta, which was apparently very inspired by one of Vision Pro’s most unique features. According to a patent filing spotted by Patently Apple, Meta has developed a feature described as “Embedded Sensors in Immersive Reality Headset to enable Social Presence” for the next Quest headset. If you think that sounds a lot like Vision Pro’s Eyesight feature, you’d be right. And if you think Meta is suddenly shifting gears to design its Quest Pro headset to look a lot more like Vision Pro, you’d also be right. Just take a look at the description of the feature: The present disclosure is related to virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR) headsets configured with multiple facial sensors to enable social presence in immersive reality applications. More specifically, the present disclosure is associated with embedded sensors in VR/AR headsets to provide information and incorporate, in real time, a facial expression of a user to a subject avatar for an immersive reality application. If that’s not EyeSight, we don’t know what is. It’s a curious feature for Meta to copy—especially in such a way that it needs a patent. EyeSight is Vision Pro’s most divisive feature, with people sharing images of wonky visuals but Apple using it as a centerpiece of Vision Pro’s marketing. It’s also possible that this patent refers only to taking measurements of eyes and facial expression for use in VR. In other words, not showing it on the outside of the device but rather making your virtual avatar mimic your real-life facial expressions. In that case, this patent comes closer to copying Apple’s work on Personas than EyeSight. We’re not entirely sure how such a patent would be allowed when EyeSight exists, but Meta does add that the signal could be “from an electrical sensor, from a capacitive sensor, from a contact microphone, from an optical sensor, from a haptic sensor, from a moisture sensor, and from a temperature sensor.” That’s probably different enough for the patent police, but we have to assume Apple isn’t thrilled. Or maybe it is. Vision Pro is still in its early stages of development and if it’s influencing one of its biggest competitors in such a high-profile way, perhaps Apple is on the right track.07:15 pmSpotify in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans that will bring subscription to nearly $20/month | 9 to 5 MacSpotify in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans that will bring subscription to nearly $20/month
Spotify is still working on its hi-fi audio plans, according to CEO Daniel Ek. The company first announced hi-fi support in early 2021, but they’re apparently still “in early days.” And the kicker? The hi-fi (or ‘deluxe’) version of Spotify will cost nearly $20/month. more…Firehose II – Jobs, Deals, Apps
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