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- Saturday March 07
- 02:00 pmApple @ Work: ABMate gives Apple Business Manager the native Mac app it deserves
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage, and protect Apple devices at work. Over 45,000 organizations trust Mosyle to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost. Request your EXTENDED TRIAL today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple. Apple Business Manager (and Apple School Manager) is the source of truth for Apple device management. If a device isn’t in ABM, it doesn’t really exist for your fleet is concerned. While the web portal has improved over the years, it is still a web portal. It generally takes me longer to log in, approve 2FA, etc., than it does to actually search. This is why I was excited to come across ABMate recently. more…01:11 pm2022 Apple Studio Display vs 2026 Apple Studio Display: A lackluster upgrade
The new 2026 Apple Studio Display is here, boasting minor upgrades over the previous generation that leave existing owners with little reason to upgrade.2022 Studio Display vs 2026 Studio Display: Minor upgrades make for a difficult recommendationApple announced the second-generation Studio Display on March 3, 2026, with the monitor going on sale a week later. But its thunder was stolen by the arrival of the all-new Studio Display XDR, with its mini-LED backlight and 120Hz refresh rate.Predictably, the Studio Display XDR is an expensive beast, starting at $3,299. That leaves the refreshed Studio Display as the more affordable option — it matches the same $1,599 starting price of its predecessor. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums12:46 pmSave $100 on the iPad mini
Macworld There are rumors aplenty about a new iPad mini arriving in 2026, but we don’t expect it anytime soon. In the meantime, however, the current model is quite good, especially when you can save a bundle on one. Right now, you can get your hands on an A17 Pro Apple iPad for a mere $499 thanks to a $100 discount at Amazon. Smaller than other iPads, this 8.3-inch tablet is everything you could want in a portable device. The gorgeous Liquid Retina display will make playing on this tablet an absolute joy, it will make creating new designs so much more fun, and streaming movies a whole event. It’s an ideal tablet for daily productivity. With 256GB internal storage, the tablet gives you ample room to keep all the essential apps, documents, and photos. The A17 Pro chip is speedy and delivers the performance you need. We gave the tablet a 4-star rating and appreciated its speed and the graphics, as well as the fact that you get access to Apple Intelligence. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to get the iPad mini A17 Pro, now’s the time to do it because it could be months before we even see a better price, so get it now for $499. Buy now at Amazon12:00 pmThis week’s top stories: MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and much more
Welcome to 9to5Mac’s top stories of the week, where we recap the biggest news in the Apple world every Saturday. This week, we have all of Apple’s announcements, including the MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, and more. Plus, our usual slate of new podcast episodes, opinion pieces, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories. more…08:00 amStop letting random newsletters eat your email storage — End them now
Macworld TL;DR: The Leave Me Alone Lifetime Plan is $39.99 (regularly $179) and helps you mass unsubscribe from newsletters, block unwanted senders, and reclaim your inbox. Most inboxes are filled with emails you never really asked for in the first place. Store promotions from years ago, newsletters you opened once, and marketing blasts that somehow show up every day can quietly eat up storage space and bury important messages. The Leave Me Alone Lifetime Plan, currently $39.99 (regularly $179), is designed to clear out that clutter quickly. Instead of digging through old emails one by one, looking for unsubscribe links, the tool scans your inbox and gathers all your subscriptions into a single dashboard. From there, you can unsubscribe from mailing lists with just a few clicks or block senders entirely so they never reach your inbox again. Here’s what it helps you do: Mass unsubscribe from newsletters and marketing lists in seconds Automatically follow unsubscribe links, so senders stop emailing you Block cold emails and bulk senders that slip through filters Manage multiple accounts at once, including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, and more Mark priority senders, so important emails always get through Use do-not-disturb mode to pause incoming emails during focused work time The result is a cleaner inbox and less wasted storage space filled with emails you never wanted in the first place. Instead of constantly deleting messages, you simply stop them from arriving. Leave Me Alone Lifetime Plan is available now for $39.99 (regularly $179). Leave Me Alone Unlimited Plan: Lifetime SubscriptionSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.08:00 amDitch the Adobe subscription: This lifetime PDF editor is just $39.99
Macworld TL;DR: PDF Agile Premium is a full-featured PDF editor and converter for Mac and Windows, now just $39.99 (reg. $119) for a lifetime license. If you’re still paying Adobe’s monthly ransom just to edit a PDF, it’s time to reconsider. PDF Agile Premium gives you a comprehensive, one-time-purchase alternative that handles everything Acrobat does without the ongoing fees. The software covers all the essentials: editing and annotating PDFs, converting to and from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, merging, splitting, compressing, and even OCR for scanned documents. It works natively on both Mac and Windows, and your lifetime license covers two devices simultaneously, useful if you’re bouncing between a MacBook and a desktop setup. This helpful PDF-editing tool is also industry-approved with 4.9/5 stars on G2 and 4.8/5 stars on Software Advice. Verified buyers also back it up, with one noting it does “everything I was able to do with Adobe” and another praising the UI and value without hesitation. For casual-to-moderate PDF work, it’s a genuinely strong alternative at a fraction of the cost. At 66% off, the math is simple. Don’t miss this limited-time opportunity to save on PDF Agile Premium, and get it for just $39.99 (reg. $119). PDF Agile Premium: All-in-One Lifetime Subscription (Windows & Mac)See Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.12:24 amEarly Geekbench results hint at the performance of the A19-powered iPhone 17e
Following early tests of the M4 iPad Air, the M5 Max chip, and the MacBook Neo, the first purported tests of the iPhone 17e’s A19 chip are now up on Geekbench. Here’s how it did. more…Friday March 0611:36 pmApple ran a test on the App Store to see if AI could improve search result rankings
Apple researchers ran an A/B test to measure how AI-generated relevance labels would affect App Store search rankings and app downloads. Here’s what they found. more…11:11 pm9to5Rewards: MacBook Pro and 4K Nano Gloss Monitor Giveaway from BenQ
We’re giving away Apple’s latest MacBook Pro to one lucky reader this month courtesy of our friends at BenQ to celebrate the company’s MA series of monitors for Mac. The winner will also receive the new BenQ 27″ 4K Nano Gloss Monitor for MacBook! Head below to enter the giveaway and learn more about the new monitors. more…10:40 pmApple adds Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to its leadership page
Apple has updated its leadership page to reflect several recent changes to its executive team. Here’s what changed. more…10:23 pmAfter MacBook Neo reveal, Gene Munster forecasts Apple growth of 10% YoY in June quarter | Mac Daily NewsAfter MacBook Neo reveal, Gene Munster forecasts Apple growth of 10% YoY in June quarter
Longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster now forecasts the company to post June growth of 10% YoY (Street at 8%) alongside slight… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.10:00 pmApple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance's Chinese Apps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: While TikTok operates in the United States under new ownership, Apple has deployed technical restrictions to block iOS users in the United States from downloading other apps made by the video platform's Chinese parent organization ByteDance. ByteDance owns a vast array of different apps spanning social media, entertainment, artificial intelligence, and other sectors. The leading one is Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, which has over 1 billion monthly active users. While most of those users reside in China, iPhone owners around the world have traditionally been able to download these apps from anywhere without using a VPN, as long as they have a valid App Store account registered in China. That's not true anymore. Starting in late January, iPhone users in the U.S. with Chinese App Store accounts began reporting that they were encountering new obstacles when they tried to download apps developed by ByteDance. WIRED has confirmed that even with a valid Chinese App Store account, downloading or updating a ByteDance-owned Chinese app is blocked on Apple devices located in the United States. Instead, a pop-up window appears that says, "This app is unavailable in the country or region you're in." The restriction appears to apply only to ByteDance-owned apps and not those developed by other Chinese companies. The timing and technical specifics suggest the restriction is related to the deal TikTok agreed to in January to divest Chinese ownership of its U.S. operations. The agreement was the result of the so-called TikTok ban law passed by Congress in 2024, which also barred companies like Apple and Google from distributing other apps majority-owned by ByteDance. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act states that no company can "distribute, maintain, or update" any app majority-controlled by ByteDance "within the land or maritime borders of the United States." The law was primarily aimed at TikTok, which has more than 100 million users in the U.S. and had been the subject of years of debate in Washington over whether its Chinese ownership posed a national security risk. But ByteDance also has dozens of other apps that at some point were also removed from Apple's and Google's app stores in the U.S.. Now it seems like the scope of impact has reached even more apps that are not technically designed for U.S. audiences, such as Douyin, the AI chatbot Doubao, and the fiction reading platform Fanqie Novel. Read more of this story at Slashdot.09:29 pmApple TV has two new sci-fi series coming as spinoffs to beloved hits
Apple TV keeps proving itself a destination for sci-fi fans, and now two of the streamer’s beloved hits have inspired spinoff series that are coming. more…09:22 pmTiming 2026.2
Time and productivity tracking app adds integration with the Linear planning tool. ($108/$132/$192 annual subscriptions, free update, 33.8 MB, macOS 11+)09:19 pmBusyContacts 2026.1.2
Brings an assortment of major performance and user interface improvements to the calendar app. ($49.99 new, free update, 44.1 MB, macOS 12+)09:16 pmApple Extends Australian Emergency Calling Fix to iOS 18.7.6
Apple’s release notes for iOS 18.7.6 simply say “bug fixes,” but the Australian support page tells a different story: the update fixes a Telstra network issue that could interfere with emergency services calls on certain older iPhones.09:01 pmAI-powered coding platform Bitrig gets a Mac app for building iPhone apps
Built by a group of ex-Apple employees who co-created SwiftUI, Bitrig now lets you build iPhone apps right from your Mac through prompts. Here are the details. more…09:01 pmAI-powered coding platform Bitrig gets a Mac app for building iPhone apps
Built by a group of ex-Apple employees who co-created SwiftUI, Bitrig now lets you build iPhone apps right from your Mac through prompts. Here are the details. more…08:32 pmOS 26.3.1 Adds Studio Display Support, Fixes Bugs
The 26.3.1 updates for macOS Tahoe, iOS, and iPadOS add support for the new Studio Display models and fix a few bugs, while visionOS 26.3.1 fixes a flicker issue in the Apple TV app.08:26 pmMacBook Neo is great news for high-end Mac users, here’s why
MacBook Neo is an exciting addition to Apple’s product lineup, and even though the product isn’t meant for high-end Mac users, it should still prove good news for future models of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. more…