Will the iPhone Ultra avoid the issue that can still kill Samsung foldables?
The very first Samsung Galaxy Fold launched back in 2019 proved so vulnerable to screen damage by dust and dirt ingress that the company cancelled all pre-orders for the device. Eight generations later, we’re today learning that the issue still hasn’t been fixed. Ensuring that the iPhone Ultra did not share this vulnerability has reportedly been one of the reasons Apple waited so long before launching its own folding phone. We should know how well Apple has succeeded within minutes of next month’s launch …

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Today in Apple history: Power Mac G4 gets a mirrored redesign
On August 13, 2002, Apple introduced the final redesign of its Power Mac G4, the Mirrored Drive Doors model. A flap over fan noise ensued. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple TV gets big batch of classic movies you can stream at no extra cost
Apple TV just beefed up its regular catalog of original content with a collection of classic movies for subscribers to enjoy. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple’s 5% post-earnings slide looks familiar; history points to a rebound
Apple shares fell roughly 5% after the company reported fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on July 30, even though the numbers themselves… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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iOS 27 gives Apple Photos two features we’ve waited a long time for
iOS 27 is packed with new features for Apple’s Photos app, including two that have long been on many users’ wish lists: full-featured slideshow creation and upgraded iCloud Shared Albums.

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Apple's first foldable iPhone won't arrive everywhere in September
Apple is preparing to release the "iPhone Ultra" in stages, with the U.S. market receiving the device before other markets.iPhone Ultra may face delayed international rollout - Image Credit: AppleInsiderApple could be on the verge of finally unveiling its long-rumored foldable iPhone at its September event. The device, which Apple is allegedly calling the iPhone Ultra internally, has been rumored for years.While the company is expected to reveal the product during the event, there's a good chance that certain markets will have to wait longer than others. The U.S. will get the device first, with additional markets receiving the phone in rollouts over the next few months. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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PSA: Setting different default languages in different Mac apps
I today discovered a feature tucked away in the System Settings app that I never knew existed: you can set different default languages for individual Mac apps. If you already knew this, then there’s nothing to see here, move right along. But otherwise, this is how it does (and doesn’t) work …

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iPhone Ultra could launch in US only at first, per report
iPhone Ultra’s unveiling is only a few weeks away, and a new report claims the initial rollout could be extremely limited, including being US-only at launch.

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Apple’s revolving door continues to spin, with more big-name exec changes
Macworld Apple is a large and wealthy company which employs roughly 166,000 people, so a fair amount of staff turnover is to be expected. What’s striking about the past couple of years, however, has been the number of employees leaving high-profile roles at Apple Park. Last December, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman discussed what he called Apple’s “biggest personnel shake-up in decades,” listing 18 big-name departures that had either happened that year or were expected to happen soon. By February, the situation had become so noticeable that CEO Tim Cook was moved to comment, sagely observing that “when people get to a certain age, some are going to retire. This is kind of a natural thing,” and insisting that the departures had been carefully orchestrated. Whether planned or not, the high-profile personnel changes keep coming, with two more emerging this week. First, Apple internally announced the retirement of Jennifer Bailey, who has been at the company for more than two decades, most recently as head of Pay and Wallet services. In an article revealing the move, Gurman claimed Bailey’s exit “is seen as a major loss within Apple, according to people with knowledge of the move” and that staff fears it will “presage a broader exodus of senior leaders in their 60s.” Bailey will retire in October, although services boss Eddy Cue (current age: 61) insists she will continue in an advisory role and that a succession plan will be announced nearer the time. The current lack of a succession plan (or disinclination to reveal one) hints that this departure was less orchestrated, but there may be other factors we don’t know about. Second, and more positively, it was announced (again by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg) that Apple is hiring a new head of government affairs. Nate Gatten, formerly an exec at American Airlines, will take on this “delicate role,” for which his Republican ties are likely to be seen as an advantage. A big-name signing is a win, of course, but there are complications. For one thing, this is connected to another retirement: legal chief Katherine Adams is leaving at the same time as Jennifer Bailey, and she currently serves in a similar but lower-profile role of senior VP of government affairs. For another, the need for a full-time head of government affairs reflects the murky political waters Apple currently has to navigate. Some pundits (including this one) have speculated that this year’s biggest personnel change–Tim Cook stepping down as CEO–will see the current boss spend more time liaising with the White House, but even Cupertino’s most famous workaholic may not be able to handle the workload on his own. Finally, Gurman reported last week that incoming CEO John Ternus will be rehiring Laura Legros, who served as a vice president of hardware engineering until she retired in 2022. Legros will assume a vice president role, “working cross-functionally with different parts of the company,” according to the report. Legros was one of Ternus’ “most trusted deputies,” Gurman reports. In 2018, she appeared during an Apple event in New York to introduce an updated MacBook Air and was also front and center for the iPad Air design, two important products in Apple’s recent history.

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Apple wins temporary U.S. Supreme Court pause in Epic Games App Store battle
The U.S. Supreme Court granted Apple a short-term halt in its ongoing antitrust fight with Epic Games on Wednesday, pausing lower-court… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Fake GitHub download turns Safari & Chrome into a Keychain data stealer
Jamf Threat Labs has found Mac malware that steals sensitive data and secretly launches a controllable copy of the victim's Chrome or Safari installs, giving attackers a way into accounts that are already unlocked.AmnesiaStealerJamf's August 5 report describes a three-stage AmnesiaStealer infection observed in the wild. The attack begins on a counterfeit GitHub page that tells visitors to paste a command into Terminal.AmnesiaStealer then displays a fraudulent installer prompt and uses the captured Mac login password to reach Keychain, browser data, Apple Notes, Telegram sessions, and personal files.The attack doesn't rely on an unknown macOS vulnerability. The victim must run the supplied command and enter a valid password, but the final payload goes beyond the one-time collection associated with a conventional infostealer. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple patent hints at an iPhone that knows when to leave you alone
A newly filed Apple AI interruption patent shows how iPhones could learn when to nudge you and when to stay silent. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Eddy Cue hints at more 'Ted Lasso' seasons to come
While it's officially only back for one run, "Ted Lasso" creators have plans for more and Apple's Eddy Cue strongly suggests there will be a fifth season on Apple TV.Apple's Eddy Cue says he hopes there will be more Ted Lasso - images credit: Apple.Apple TV's first true hit, the comedy "Ted Lasso," was intended to finish forever after its third season. But it's been revived for a fourth, which is getting mixed but generally good reviews and Apple is hinting that the show will continue."Ted Lasso" star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis has publicly said that he wants two more seasons. He's even gone so far as to say that he is getting the writers back together in the hopes of a second run. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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‘Obvious’ App Store ratings fraud going undetected by Apple, says StopTheMadness developer
Jeff Johnson, developer of the popular StopTheMadness Safari extension, has said that “obvious” App Store ratings fraud is going undetected by Apple despite the company’s claims to review listings. He said that although he doesn’t go proactively looking for App Store fraud, he does encounter it rather frequently, citing the latest example …

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Watch classic movies for free with an Apple TV subscription
It doesn't do this often, but Apple TV has once again added a series of famous films to its library for subscribers to watch at no added cost.Apple TV has added classic movies to its library for free, although probably for a limited time - image credit: Apple.Apple made various series completely free to watch during COVID, and it has occasionally added one-off films like "Silver Linings Playbook." Those were all for a limited time, as was 2024's mammoth addition of 51 movies, and now Apple TV is back expanding its catalog in the same way.As before, Apple is not actually saying whether the selection is only available for a limited time. It also isn't promoting it outside of Apple TV itself, but subscribers can find a new section called "Great Movies Available Now on Apple TV." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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How to tune your AirPods with a custom EQ in iOS 27
Macworld It’s a table-stakes feature for almost all headphones, but for some reason Apple has resisted adding it to AirPods. Until now. With iOS 27, Apple is adding a simple equalizer to its AirPods controls, after years of user complaints. Here’s how to use it. How to find and use the custom EQ for AirPods With your AirPods connected to your iPhone, enabling and adjusting the custom EQ is simple once you know where to look. Open the Settings app. Tap your AirPods name at the top of the screen. Select Audio and Routing. Tap Equalizer and then select Custom. Foundry The EQ is a very simple three-band adjustment that only lets you increase or decrease the lows, mids, and highs. But if you find your new AirPods are too bass-heavy or that your hearing needs a little help with bright high frequencies, it gets the job done. This is a new iOS 27 feature and requires you to run both iOS 27 and have a related firmware update to your AirPods. If you’re using the beta, you’ll need to enable Beta Updates for your AirPods. To do this, open Settings, tap your AirPods name, then scroll to the bottom and select AirPods Beta Updates. Make sure Beta Updates is enabled, then put your AirPods back in the case and plug them in to charge. It can sometimes take hours or more for new firmware to be delivered to your AirPods, and there’s not much you can do to make it go faster. You’ll need firmware newer than 8B41. The first beta firmware to support this feature was 9A292e.

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Apple TV has lost the plot
Macworld The Apple TV 4K has long been cord-cutters’ go-to set-top box due to its ad-free experience, fluid performance, superior app quality, and much more. Apple had been offering the 3rd-generation model for a tantalizing starting price of $129, with the maxed-out Ethernet variant going for $149. While there have always been cheaper options, at those prices, it was hard not to recommend Apple TV to anyone looking for a standalone set-top box.  However, following a significant price increase and stagnant innovation, this device has rapidly lost its appeal—making it challenging for newcomers to justify buying an Apple TV 4K. And from what the rumors say, it doesn’t look like the new model will make it much more compelling. Make it make cents Perhaps the Apple TV 4K 3’s biggest con is its updated, illogical pricing. The entry-level model now costs $199 while the pricier one sells (or doesn’t) for a whopping $249—a 67 percent increase and the most expensive it’s ever been. While it’s understandable to see iPad and Mac price hikes due to the memory crisis, the set-top box is four years old and packs a five-year-old A15 Bionic chip with just 4GB of RAM. It’s neither new nor powerful enough to justify such a crazy price bump. For comparison, Google’s TV Streamer costs just $99, and there are a ton of more affordable TV sticks from Roku, Amazon, and others that get the job done for a fraction of the price. Unlike personal computing devices, smart TVs don’t heavily revolve around essential ecosystem integrations and personal data sync. Most users exclusively rely on them to download streaming apps like YouTube, Netflix, Spotify, and Hulu. These services typically share the same main UI across different smart TV platforms and let you quickly sign in with any smartphone by simply scanning a QR code. While nice to have, a pretty interface and the Apple ecosystem tie-in won’t be worth it for many budget-conscious iPhone users, especially when the app’s already on their other devices. Siri-ous setbacks In the age of AI, smart assistants are expected to be baked into all of our everyday devices. Despite costing 50 percent less than Apple TV 4K, Google’s TV Streamer has managed to port the Gemini experience, letting users control their big screens via speech, ask complex questions, and more. Amazon Fire TVs similarly offer an Alexa integration to assist viewers with various tasks. When tvOS 27 arrives, Apple TV 4K will still ahve the old Siri.Foundry The latest Apple TV 4K, on the other hand, is still plagued by the outdated Siri, which can barely answer any meaningful questions or get anything done. It’s true that Apple Intelligence and the overhauled Siri AI require at least 8GB of RAM on iPhones, iPads, and Macs, but that didn’t not stop Apple from bringing Siri AI to 2023’s Apple Watch Series 9 with the S9 chip. Granted, it needs an iPhone nearby, but it’s safe to assume nearly every Apple TV 4K will also have an iPhone connected to the same network. Furthermore, the Apple TV 4K won’t need to generate Genmoji or index emails, messages, and documents, so it shouldn’t need as much memory as an iPhone. tvOS could’ve at least adopted the more conversational Siri with world knowledge and ChatGPT integration, as it heavily relies on cloud processing anyway and isn’t locally demanding. Its omission sends the wrong message to anyone who has or may be looking to buy an Apple TV 4K. Playing games The Siri exclusion would’ve been more tolerable had tvOS 27 introduced other noteworthy features that keep users engaged. Alas, tvOS was barely mentioned at WWDC, with its main highlights including AutoMix for Apple Music, a redesigned Podcasts app, and other minor enhancements. In fact, even Apple’s own OS 27 preview webpage fails to include a tvOS section. Adding the lack of AI and the dramatic price hike into the mix makes it hard to recommend the Apple TV 4K to customers. You can play games on your Apple TV 4K, but it’s a far cry from a gaming machine.Foundry Instead, Apple could’ve promoted gaming on tvOS 27 by building a native Steam Link alternative. The Apple TV 4K already supports PlayStation, Xbox, and MFi-certified controllers, letting users quickly pair and customize them. Its game library, however, is too underwhelming due to the processing constraints and the platform’s unpopularity among serious console gamers and game developers. Letting Mac gamers seamlessly access their titles—beyond Steam games—on Apple TV 4K could contribute to its unique selling points. Apple TV 4K would become an entertainment hub that houses movies, music, games, and more. Alternatively, Apple could’ve introduced an Xbox Cloud Gaming rival service on tvOS, eliminating the need for a nearby Mac and enabling any user to run demanding AAA games using the tiny box. Such a move would’ve potentially increased its subscription service revenue, too. Eye on the future The Apple TV 4K 4 is rumored to launch this fall, packing the A17 Pro chipset. This will reportedly allow Siri AI on tvOS and introduce significant performance gains. Whether Apple will come up with innovative ways to harness the power of the A17 Pro and unlock its full potential—through heavier gaming or otherwise—is yet to be seen, but most reports suggest this will be a minor update with few additional features. Will Siri be at the center of the new Apple TV 4K?Foundry Regardless, time is running out. Unless the company makes fundamental changes to the set-top box’s direction, software, and use cases, Siri AI won’t be enough to justify the marked-up pricing. Plus, the millions of people who already own an Apple TV will be stuck with the old Siri until they pay to upgrade to a model that’s pricier than the one they own. With the more capable HomePad home hub likely coming soon, Apple needs to make a decision about Apple TV. Because a chip-and-ship upgrade after four years isn’t going to cut it. Not at these prices.

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This $20 AirPods Pro upgrade will save you from buying a new pair
Macworld Get these $20 Comply foam eartips for AirPods Pro Learn more (function () { document.querySelector("#sticky-promo-block a").addEventListener("click", function(e) { const debug = document.location.host.search(/lndo.site|go-vip.net/) !== -1; const text = this.closest("#sticky-promo-block").querySelector("p.promo-title").textContent; const data = { event: "stickyConversionUnitClick", eventCategory: "Sticky Conversion", eventAction: "Click", eventLabel: text }; if(debug)console.log("Sticky Conversion CLick - pushing to dataLayer: ", data); dataLayer.push(data); return true; }); })(); This is not a sponsored post. I am not being paid to promote this product. But it transformed my experience of using my AirPods Pro 2 so much that I want you to know about it. Comply foam tips, which generally sell for around $20 on Amazon, make my AirPods Pro more comfortable, more secure, and better-sounding. They’re so good that Apple did something similar with AirPods Pro 3. I’ve used both, and I can report that if your main reason for upgrading is the fit of your AirPods Pro, don’t bother. Just get these $20 tips, as I wrote in my review: “While [the AirPods Pro 3 tips] still look and act more-or-less like the familiar silicone flanges, there’s enough foam buried inside to create the same snug and comfortable fit I’m used to with the aftermarket tips.” Apple knows that people have different ears, which is why it offers several AirPods Pro ear tips for different ear shapes. But before AIrPods Pro 3, they were just hollow silicone flanges, which isn’t ideal for all ears. Comply (and a few other companies) saw the issue and decided to make really excellent replacement tips that are made of memory foam. They attach just like Apple tips—just pop off the ones on your AirPods Pro and snap on the foam tips in their place. They fit as securely as the AirPods Pro’s ear tips and don’t interfere with their fit in the charging case. The memory foam shapes to the contours of your ear and is denser than that little silicone flap, so it forms a better seal. This slightly improves sound quality (especially on the low end) and is better at blocking out more outside noise, which in turn makes active noise canceling more effective. These little foam replacement tips are a huge improvement to my AirPods Pro 2.Foundry But they’re also more comfortable to wear for long periods and help the earbuds stay in place, which is a frequent problem for me—with Apple’s AirPods Pro 1 and 2 eartips, no matter which size I choose, one or both earbuds eventually work themselves loose if I’m doing something active like yard work or working out at the gym. With the Comply foam tips, they never come loose. The tips come in sets of three pairs. At first, you buy a set where you get one small, medium, and large pair. Once you’ve found your size, you can buy three of the same size when you need a new set. Which brings us to the downside of these tips: You need to replace them after a few months of daily wear as the memory foam eventually starts to break down and wear out. So it’s good that you get three pairs. You can get them in a few different colors too, which adds a nice bit of flair to the plain white AirPods Pro. One set of $20 ear tips will last for a year or so of daily use. It’s a small price to pay to give your AirPods Pro a more secure and fit and better sound. If your AirPods Pro aren’t entirely comfortable, give them a chance—you’ll never want to use your AirPods Pro without them again.

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UK loses Basingstoke Apple Store after 15 years
Apple UK is expanding one Apple Store but losing another, as Apple Festival Place closes for good in November 2026, and a nearby one expands in December.Apple Festival Place in Basingstoke UK is to close - image credit: Apple.Apple has been steadily working through a global five-year Apple Store plan that sees it opening new sites, moving existing ones or expanding others, and also closing some too. In a statement to AppleInsider, the company has now announced the expansion of Apple the Oracle in Reading, but closing Apple Festival Place in Basingstoke."We've loved serving the Basingstoke community for the last 15 years and look forward to welcoming customers at nearby Apple Stores," said a spokesperson, "and on Apple.com, the Apple Store app, and at Apple Authorised Resellers and Service Providers throughout South East England." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple reopening Oracle store in Reading, UK, as Basingstoke store closes
The Apple store in the Oracle Shopping Centre in Reading, UK, is reopening with a completely new design in December. Ahead of this, Apple Festival Place store in Basingstoke will be closing in November, leaving the company with 38 retail stores in the UK …

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