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- 07:27 pmDEVONthink 4.3
Document and information manager adds a new MCP server for connecting with AI tools. ($99 new for standard and $199 for Pro, free update, 89.7 MB, macOS 13+)07:27 pmDEVONthink 4.3
Document and information manager adds a new MCP server for connecting with AI tools. ($99 new for standard and $199 for Pro, free update, 89.7 MB, macOS 13+)07:18 pmPhotos Search 5.0
Photo text recognition app adds support for searching within a folder of photos. ($17.99 new, free update, 1.5 MB, macOS 11.5+)07:18 pmPhotos Search 5.0
Photo text recognition app adds support for searching within a folder of photos. ($17.99 new, free update, 1.5 MB, macOS 11.5+)07:05 pmBBEdit 16 Searches for Text in Images, Adds Shortcuts Actions, and More
After 34 years, BBEdit keeps finding new tricks. Version 16 searches for text inside images, brings powerful text transformations to Shortcuts, and adds per-project color schemes, among much else.07:05 pmBBEdit 16 Searches for Text in Images, Adds Shortcuts Actions, and More
After 34 years, BBEdit keeps finding new tricks. Version 16 searches for text inside images, brings powerful text transformations to Shortcuts, and adds per-project color schemes, among much else.03:52 pmSecurity systems for smart homes with ADT's Jimmy Lin on Smart Home Insider
On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we talk about security systems, and how they can integrate with other devices to protect your home and family.Smart Home Insider PodcastJoining as guest host for this security episode is Jimmy Lin, Vice President of Product Management at ADT. We dive into what's new with ADT as well as security systems and Matter in the latter half of the episode.First, we talk through the news. Bose has a new lifestyle collection of smart speakers, complete with AirPlay support and sleek, upscale designs. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:46 pmApple’s incredible AirPods Pro 3 drop back below $200
Macworld Apple AirPods Pro 3 View Deal (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; }); })(); Just in time for the warmer weather, Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 have dropped under $200, bringing the price down to $199. That puts Apple’s best earbuds at $50 off their regular MSRP, signaling a fantastic time to splurge on that upgrade. These are Apple’s best AirPods to date, and one of the best earbuds ever made, as we noted in our 4.5-star rating and our Editors’ Choice award. First off, they’re super secure in the ear, something we struggled with in previous models, and they have a much longer battery life. Also, noise canceling has been improved, and the transparency mode is also better, making it possible to stay aware of your surroundings. The new heart-rate sensor integrated into the AirPods Pro 3 also pushes these buds into health and travel territories. The buds can track your pulse during workouts and give you useful fitness data without having to wear any extra gear. That’s particularly useful if you don’t want to wear an Apple Watch around your wrist while you work out. Also, when traveling, Live Translation will make your life so much easier. At $199, the AirPods Pro 3 are an absolute catch, combining premium sound, stronger noise control, and fitness tracking at a much more appealing price.03:26 pmHopes for WWDC 2026: Health for Mac, Wallet everywhere, and other OS 27 dreams
WWDC 2026 is two weeks away. Here’s a grab-bag selection of things I hope to see from Apple’s new OS 27 updates that aren’t really rumored. more…03:10 pmWide camera shots exposed the limits of Apple's iPhone 17 Pro soccer broadcast
Apple's first live soccer broadcast shot entirely on iPhone impressed viewers with close-up camera work during the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC match, but the experiment also exposed the limits of smartphone cameras during fast-moving gameplay.Apple and Major League SoccerApple placed iPhone 17 Pro units throughout Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, for the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC Major League Soccer match on May 24. The phones handled match coverage, tunnel footage, in-goal cameras, player introductions, and crowd shots.Reaction during and after the match largely centered on the strengths and weaknesses of using smartphones for live sports coverage compared to traditional broadcast cameras. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:07 pmB&H is blowing out M3 iPad Air inventory at $449 today only
Today only, B&H is clearing out M3 iPad Air inventory with a $150 discount during its Deal Zone event.B&H is knocking $150 off Apple's M3 iPad Air with this flash deal.The 11-inch iPad Air M3 with 128GB of storage is marked down to $449 today only at B&H as part of its Deal Zone sale.Save $150 on M3 iPad Air Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:44 pmToday in Apple history: Apple probes Foxconn suicides
On May 25, 2010, Apple opened an investigation into a string of suicides at Foxconn, its Chinese partner for manufacturing iPhones. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)01:50 pmApple could silence most Magic Mouse criticism with one change
Apple could make the Magic Mouse even easier to charge with a design tweak — and it's not add a visible USB-C port. (That'll never happen.) (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)01:49 pmAll of the best Apple Memorial Day deals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Air $199 off, MacBook Pro, Series 11, more | 9 to 5 MacAll of the best Apple Memorial Day deals: AirPods Pro 3, M5 MacBook Air $199 off, MacBook Pro, Series 11, more
The clock is now ticking with less than 24 hours remaining in the Amazon 2026 Memorial Day sale alongside sale events at M5 MacBook Air at $199 off, as much as $400 of iPad Air models, and $300+ off the lists prices on the M5/Pro/Max MacBook Pro lineup. Those deals also join offers on Apple Watch Series 11, loads of charging accessories, smart home gear, Anker’s 2026 Memorial Day sale, and much more waiting down below. more…12:00 pmGoogle I/O 2026 Signals an Extinction Event for Standalone Apps
Google I/O 2026 revealed a far more aggressive AI strategy than many expected. Rob Enderle explains what this could mean for the future of apps, work, and computing. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.11:00 amHow Apple TV changed streaming forever
Macworld On April 28, 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Store, kicking off its love affair with services revenue and (perhaps incidentally) saving the music industry from digital doom. Nearly a quarter of a century later, Apple Services VP Eddy Cue is set to receive the award for Entertainment Person of the Year at Cannes Lions. Does this mean Apple has saved TV and movies, too? Not quite, but the recognition is well deserved nonetheless. Apple’s TV streaming service (named TV+ at the time) didn’t have the most auspicious of beginnings, launching a scant few months before the start of the pandemic. Streaming services with established libraries, such as Disney+ and Netflix, saw viewing figures rise significantly during lockdown, with the urge to binge so great that even niche and overseas shows like Tiger King, Money Heist, and Squid Game became unlikely breakout successes. Apple, meanwhile, was stuck with a handful of movies and shows (although Apple did have one notable lockdown hit in Ted Lasso), and was prevented by distancing laws from filming much new content. At this point, a policy of only showing original content seemed the height of lunacy. But the advantages of Apple’s approach to streaming would become clear in time. The company recognized from the start that creating rather than syndicating makes sense financially because it scales better. Licensing fees scale with views, whereas production costs remain fixed. With original content, therefore, a certain level of engagement (views, leading to signups, leading to long-term revenue) puts you in the territory of pure profit. When you have a vast captive audience of iPhone and iPad owners to sell into, scale becomes a major concern. In a broader sense, however, Apple understood that streaming faces a crisis of quality, not quantity. The problem is not having too little content, but having too much. In the early gold-rush years, streaming companies wooed big-name directors with blank checks and creative freedom, happy to indulge the best of the industry to acquire prestigious titles (The Irishman, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) and fill their trophy shelves with awards. But as the market contracted and investors became more cautious, this philosophy was replaced by belt-tightening and micromanagement. It became more and more essential for content to earn back its investment, and the industry approached this by applying a method as old as Hollywood itself—take something the punters liked before and do it again, only bigger—and supercharging it with modern data analytics. A glance at your Netflix or Amazon Prime Video home screen now is unlikely to inspire fanciful thoughts of a new golden age of TV. The stale old virtues have returned: be cautious, take no risks, do what’s worked before. Everything is built from the ground up to maximise engagement with a disengaged audience. Sequels, prequels, and reboots are the order of the day. Cinematography is largely dead: Netflix Lighting means everything is lit neutrally to save money and avoid making any artistic decisions that can’t be reversed if focus groups get sniffy. Dialogue, even stories themselves are simplified for second screeners. Everyone bows down to the algorithm, but the algorithm keeps serving up slop; there’s good stuff in there somewhere, but it’s impossible to find. Which means it gets no engagement. Which means no more good stuff gets made. And all the time, of course, prices go up. And services that distinguished themselves from cable by letting you binge whole series at once, ad-free, have quietly brought back the adverts and returned to more traditional weekly schedules, which are better for keeping subscribers across multiple months. The streaming market is a dumpster fire, in other words. And while Apple is by no means exempt from the criticisms above, the company has consistently held itself to a higher standard. It has so far resisted the urge to include painful paid ads, limiting itself to mildly annoying but skippable trailers. It beat other streamers to the Best Picture Oscar with CODA, and it continues to take risks and indulge cinematic greats. Killers of the Flower Moon, a multilingual epic about historical crimes lasting nearly three and a half hours, is scarcely targeted at people browsing Instagram on their phones. But if there have been notable wins on the big screen, Apple TV’s most striking success has been in the realm of, well, TV. Generally speaking, if cinema has a love-hate affair with art, TV is in a committed relationship with commerce. Shows are spun out long past their sell-by date if they make money, afflicted by filler episodes, fan service shipping, and general shark jumping–before the process begins again with a spinoff. Shows that don’t generate ROI are killed off unceremoniously. Cynics can be forgiven for enjoying the first episode of something and then immediately wondering how long it’ll be before it either ends prematurely or goes severely downhill. But look at some of Apple TV’s offerings in this department. Severance is weird and confusing and deeply passionate, and doesn’t have an ounce of fat on it. Pluribus is beautiful and compelling, and my favorite TV show in years. Absolutely zero filler episodes there. Tehran and Drops of God are uncompromisingly great. Who doesn’t love Gary Oldman’s disheveled cunning in Slow Horses? Nobody, that’s who. And while I’m not convinced that either Sugar or Smoke stuck the landing at the end of their first seasons, they took exactly the right kind of risks along the way. Apple clearly hasn’t saved the TV industry, because the TV industry wasn’t dying, not commercially, anyway. But the company has held out more fiercely than any other streamer against the industry-wide decline in artistic standards. And that has to be worth an award. Foundry Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. Trending: Top stories Apple built the dream iPhone, writes Filipe Esposito. Why doesn’t anyone want it? We’re busting the Apple Tax myth, once and for all. Apple has always been about value for money. Siri doesn’t need a ‘bright’ makeover. It needs to be less dim. Mahmoud Itani lists 6 HomePod annoyances Apple might finally fix this year. Apple Services explained: What you should buy and what you should avoid. It seems like being ‘late’ to AI has done Apple a world of good, says the Macalope. Maybe it should delay Siri just a little longer. Podcast of the week On the latest episode of the Macworld Podcast, we discuss the recent announcements by Microsoft and Google that are directly influenced by Apple’s most affordable laptop. We start the show by discussing recent AI developments. You can catch every episode of the Macworld Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site. Reviews corner Sonos Era 100 SL: A cheaper AirPlay speaker for Apple users. Surfshark One+ Antivirus: Strong Mac protection held back by weak browser security. Activo Scoop: Hi-Fi earbuds with a low-fi price. EZQuest Dual Display 8-in-1 Hub: Two displays, no software needed. The rumor mill Apple’s WWDC 26 invitation features the tagline ‘Coming Bright Up.’ Report: Touchscreen MacBook Pro just cleared a key hurdle. The iPhone 18 Pro is looking like the iPhone 8 all over again. More Apple Intelligence features detailed as iOS 27 leaks continue. And Apple just gave us a peek at some iOS 27 features. Video of the week @macworld.com Googlebook or MacBook Neo? ♬ original sound – Macworld – Macworld Googlebook or MacBook Neo? We think there’s only one answer. For more short-form video, follow us on TikTok and Instagram. Software updates, bugs, and problems Installing iOS 26.5? These are the features you need to seek out. The Apple Card ‘free’ AirPods Pro 3 deal isn’t as great as it seems. Apple’s customer satisfaction drops from the top slot for the first time since the iPhone 11. And with that, we’re done for this week’s Apple Breakfast. If you’d like to get regular roundups, sign up for our newsletters, including our new email from The Macalope–an irreverent, humorous take on the latest news and rumors from a half-man, half-mythical Mac beast. You can also follow us on Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, or X for discussion of breaking Apple news stories. See you next Monday, and stay Appley.08:00 amGive your gaming PC a refresh with this $10 OS (MSRP $199)
Macworld TL;DR: Give an old PC an affordable and effective upgrade with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, now just $9.97 (reg. $199) through May 31. If you have an old PC lying around, don’t count it out. If you want it to feel updated and fresh, a new operating system is an easy way to do that. Whether you’re ready for a change or your PC can’t upgrade through Windows Update, you need this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license. Right now, you can get it for just $9.97 until May 31. Give your backup PC a Windows 11 Pro upgrade for $10 Even if you’re partial to Macs, it’s good to have a PC around. Give yours a revamp with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, an OS made with the modern professional in mind. From a seamless interface that’s easy to work with to snap layouts, improved voice typing, and a more powerful search experience, Windows 11 Pro makes your life a little easier. Professionals also have access to work-ready tools like Teams, Copilot, Azure HD, and Windows Sandbox. If you use your PC to game, you’ll love DirectX 12 Ultimate, which delivers hyper-realistic graphics that take gaming to a whole new level. This OS also prioritizes cybersecurity, with biometric logins, encrypted authentication, and enhanced antivirus features. Snag this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license for $9.97 now through May 31. Microsoft Windows 11 ProSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.08:00 amGive your gaming PC a refresh with this $10 OS (MSRP $199)
Macworld TL;DR: Give an old PC an affordable and effective upgrade with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license, now just $9.97 (reg. $199) through May 31. If you have an old PC lying around, don’t count it out. If you want it to feel updated and fresh, a new operating system is an easy way to do that. Whether you’re ready for a change or your PC can’t upgrade through Windows Update, you need this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license. Right now, you can get it for just $9.97 until May 31. Give your backup PC a Windows 11 Pro upgrade for $10 Even if you’re partial to Macs, it’s good to have a PC around. Give yours a revamp with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, an OS made with the modern professional in mind. From a seamless interface that’s easy to work with to snap layouts, improved voice typing, and a more powerful search experience, Windows 11 Pro makes your life a little easier. Professionals also have access to work-ready tools like Teams, Copilot, Azure HD, and Windows Sandbox. If you use your PC to game, you’ll love DirectX 12 Ultimate, which delivers hyper-realistic graphics that take gaming to a whole new level. This OS also prioritizes cybersecurity, with biometric logins, encrypted authentication, and enhanced antivirus features. Snag this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license for $9.97 now through May 31. Microsoft Windows 11 ProSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change.03:48 amAnker’s 25W MagSafe 3-in-1 packs active cooling in a travel-sized design [Hands-on]
If you’re rocking an iPhone 16 or newer, you might be interested in a Qi2.2 charger to take full advantage of the 25W MagSafe charging speeds that your phone can support. Anker’s new 25W Prime MagSafe 3-in-1 is one of many great options, and it comes in an excellent portable design. more…Sunday May 2410:35 pmRelease Your Inner Art Director with Improved ChatGPT Image Generation
If you’re better at critiquing images than creating them, ChatGPT’s improved image generation is worth a try. Recent enhancements let you direct iterative changes, fix specific areas, and finally get text that’s spelled correctly.