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- 03:51 pmGet $15 at Amazon when you buy $100 Apple Gift Card
Macworld Don’t know what to get someone this Black Friday? How about some free money: Right now, if you buy an Apple digital gift card of $100 or more, you’ll also get $15 credit to use on yourself at Amazon. Amazon’s Black Friday promo states that if you buy an Apple Gift Card of north of $100 in a single order and use the APPLEBF coupon code in the appropriate box at checkout, you’ll get $15 in shop credit to use before the end of January 2026. The credit will arrive as soon as the gift card does, which is usually in about 5 minutes. Of course, there are some terms and conditions, such as that you can only take advantage of this offer once. You also won’t be able to use the credit to buy other gift cards, nor can you use a gift card to pay for the current Apple gift card. Also, the credit is only good for “eligibble purchases,” so some items may be excluded. But other than that, it’s just free money. So go grab this deal, because who doesn’t want $15 to spend on themselves while shopping this Black Friday? Get $15 for yourself when you gift someone else $100 at AppleBuy now at Amazon03:35 pmBest Apple Watch Black Friday deals slash prices to as low as $129
The biggest Apple Watch Black Friday discounts are live, and the best offers are coming from Amazon with steep cuts on the Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch SE 3. Plus, grab blowout deals from $129.Apple Watch SE 3Black Friday has pushed Apple Watch prices down further than usual, and Amazon is leading with the most aggressive drops. The Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 2, and the Apple Watch SE 2 and 3 are all sitting at the lowest price on record.Buy Apple Watch from $129 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:31 pmSecurity Bite: The malware your Mac can detect and remove
9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Apple Unified Platform currently trusted by over 45,000 organizations 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. Updated on Nov. 28, 2025 Ever wonder what malware macOS can detect and remove without help from third-party software? Apple continuously adds new malware detection rules to Mac’s built-in XProtect suite. While most rule names (signatures) are obfuscated, with a bit of reversing engineering, security researchers can map them to their common industry names. In this updated Thanksgiving edition of Security Bite, I revisit a story I started working on in May of 2024. Because Apple is continuously adding new modules to its XProtect suite to combat the latest malware trends, I suspect this column will continue to update over time. Here’s what malware your Mac can detect and remove on its own: more…03:24 pmApple might turn to Intel for its upcoming M-series chips, per report
Apple currently partners exclusively with TSMC for production of its M-series chips, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that may change soon, with Intel being brought in as an important new supplier. more…03:14 pmAmazon slashes 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 to $1,349, all-time best price
Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro with the new M5 chip has fallen to an all-time low of $1,349 on Amazon, with two upgraded models also receiving $250 discounts.Get the lowest price on record for Apple's latest M5 MacBook Pro.Apple's latest 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 just hit its lowest price to date at Amazon. The base model has dropped to $1,349, undercutting every previous sale since launch.Save $250 on M5 MacBook Pro Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:12 pmWow! The M5 MacBook Pro is a whopping $250 off for Black Friday
Macworld This is the kind of deal we were hoping but not expecting to see this Black Friday — the M5 MacBook Pro has dropped to $1,349, a massive $250 discount for a laptop that’s barely been out a few weeks. This isn’t just the best price on this model, it’s the best price we’ve ever seen for Apple’s entry-level MacBook Pro. The M5 MacBook Pro is a laptop that delivers a jaw-dropping performance, as we found when we reviewed it just last month. We gave the new laptop a 4.5-star rating and our Editors’ Choice award, loving the improved GPU and SSD performance. With 16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, this laptop has everything you could want from a professional tool, delivering speed, plenty of storage space, and tons of features. The 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR Display is absolutely gorgeous, as usual, delivering crisp visuals, fabulous colors, and 1000 nits of brightness in all lighting situations. Plus, it’s the only Mac you can get with the M5 chip until next year. This is a rare chance to get Apple’s best laptop for a low price, so grab the M5 MacBook Pro for $1,349 before the sale ends. Snag an M5 MacBook Pro for $250 offBuy now at Amazon03:12 pmApple's Maps & Ads face new EU scrutiny under the Digital Markets Act
EU regulators are investigating Apple for Digital Markets Act violations — but this time it's the company's Maps and advertising services under the microscope.EU probes Apple Maps and Ads for new DMA violationsThe European Commission (EC) has long been Apple's bugbear. The Brussels-based antitrust regulator previously compelled the company to permit third-party app stores within the European Union. It also forced Apple to transition from its proprietary Lightning connector to the widely adopted USB-C standard.But now, it seems that two more of Apple's services — Apple Maps and Apple Ads — are getting picked apart. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:01 pmDon’t miss out on these 800+ app discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday
As it’s tradition, many indie (and major) app developers take Black Friday and Cyber Monday to offer steep and rare discounts for their apps. Here’s a list of great deals you should check out. more…02:42 pmAdobe’s Black Friday deal slashes Creative Cloud subscription by 50%
Macworld It’s not often you see discounts on Adobe Creative Cloud – Adobe’s ever-popular software suite packed with all the greatest hits such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and InDesign. Now that Black Friday is here, Adobe has dramatically slashed prices. The sale ends on Black Friday itself (November 28) so you need to snap up the deal today! But before you buy, note that Amazon has its own deals on Creative Cloud that are in some cases better than Adobe’s! Best Creative Cloud Black Friday Deals Adobe has 50% off Creative Cloud. The price is as follows: U.S. users: Annual price $387.71, billed monthly at $34.97 – Get the deal here U.K. users: Annual price £386.70, billed monthly at £33.34 – Get the deal here Amazon Black Friday deals for Adobe Creative Cloud: Amazon U.S. also has Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of $389.99 – Get the deal here Amazon U.K. beats Adobe’s deal with an Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of £319.99 – Get the deal here. Adobe Creative Cloud normally costs $779.88 / £773.86 a year if bought directly from Adobe (on the annual prepaid plan) Those prices went up, in 2024 they were $659.88 / £656.21 and in 2023, they were $599.88 / £596.33 a year. Best Black Friday Adobe deals Adobe’s deals are as follows. More information about these discounts can be found at Adobe U.S. and Adobe U.K. You can also read all about how to get the Best prices for Adobe Creative Cloud here: Adobe Creative Cloud pricing: How to get the best deal. Adobe individual users monthly deal Individuals in the U.S can get 50% off Creative Cloud All Apps this Black Friday. Get deal: Individuals Pay $34.97 a month (was $69.99 a month) And in the U.K. individuals can also save 50% on the price of Creative Cloud All Apps this Black Friday. Get deal: Individuals Pay £33.23 a month (was £66.49 a month) The deal is only for one-year subscription, so after the year is up your subscription will be back to the usual price per month, unless you manage to take advantage of another deal. We discuss how to do this later in the article. Adobe individual users annual deal Adobe Creative Cloud normally costs $779.88 / £773.86 a year if bought directly from Adobe (on the annual prepaid plan). In the U.S. customers can save $390 on the usual annual price this Black Friday. Get deal: Individuals Pay $389.71 for the first year (usually $779.88 a year) And in the U.K. customers can save £387 on the annual price of Creative Cloud All Apps this Black Friday. Get deal: Individuals Pay £386.70 for the first year (usually £773.86 a year) The deal is only for one-year subscription, so after the year is up you will have to find another deal or pay the full price. Education users Creative Cloud deals Adobe offers a student discount across its range of products. Even outside of Black Friday, Students can get all apps on an annual plan for $359.88 / £239.76, which is a large discount on the usual $779.88 / £773.86 a year. But for Black Friday that deal is even better: U.S. students: Get Adobe Creative Cloud Pro for Students for $239.81 a year or $19.98 a month. U.K. students: Get Adobe Creative Cloud Pro for Students for £191.74 a year or £15.98 a month. Get deal: Students Pay $19.98 a month Amazon deals on Creative Cloud Individual Amazon U.S. has an Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of $389.99. Amazon U.K. beats Adobe’s deal with an Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of £319.99. Education Amazon U.S. beats Adobe’s deal with an Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Student & Teacher 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of $179.99. Amazon U.K. also beats Adobe with Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Student & Teacher 1 Year deal for a one time purchase of £114.99. The best Adobe CC deals will appear below: Retailer Price Adobe (monthly) $59.99 View Deal $82.99 View Deal Adobe (annually) $659.88 View Deal Dell Home $659.88 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket How to get Adobe’s Black Friday price if you’re an existing customer Adobe’s Black Friday deal isn’t available for existing customers, though in the past we have found that beginning the subscription cancellation process can sometimes prompt Adobe to offer a discount or additional months for free to entice users to stay. If you already have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription that is due to increase in price in the next few months—say you got the deal last year—or is already priced higher than the latest deal, it may be worth contacting Adobe’s customer service to cancel so you can jump on the new, cheaper Black Friday deal. Sometimes they will just move you over to the new price without you having to cancel. The process is simple. Sign into your Adobe CC account and click on “Manage Account”. Here you’ll see your current plan price. Most plans last 12 months, so if that deal is coming up or you are already on a price higher than the Black Friday deal, ask Adobe to switch you over straight away. The simplest way is to use the Chat service. A Chat speech bubble icon should be in the lower right-hand corner of the webpage. If not, Adobe suggest you cange your browser. After signing in again, scroll down to the bottom to “Start chat”. Explain what you want to do (cancel your current plan and move to the new price) and the Adobe representative will guide you through the process. Even easier, if you’ve had the account for a few years, is just to ask if you can change to the new Black Friday price. When they say it’s for new customers only, say that you don’t want to go through the whole cancellation process just to get the new price, so could the agent assist you in doing it without cancelling your account. We’d suggest giving that a shot and seeing how far you get—good luck! See our full guide to buying Adobe Creative Cloud which includes advice on how to get the best deal. We also have a guide on getting Photoshop on a Mac. We’re also looking at the best Black Friday Apple deals of the year in our dedicated article.02:27 pmBest Black Friday deals: Save up to $550 on Apple Watch, AirPods, AirTag, iPad, MacBook, Mac mini | AppleInsiderBest Black Friday deals: Save up to $550 on Apple Watch, AirPods, AirTag, iPad, MacBook, Mac mini
We're bringing you the best Apple Black Friday deals this holiday weekend, with savings up to $550 off and prices as low as $9.88.Save on iPhones, Macs, iPads, and AirTags with the best Black Friday deals - Image credit: AppleBlack Friday 2025 is officially underway, and there are limited-time bargains in effect on AirPods, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and more. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:08 pmApple TV is $5.99/month (50% off) for Black Friday, details here
Apple TV is now running a Black Friday deal for over 50% off that’s available through Monday, December 1, letting new and returning subscribers get the streaming service for just $5.99/month for up to six months. Here are the details. more…02:07 pmApple's Podcasts have become a target for hackers, but it's unclear how
Someone is using Apple's iPhone Podcasts app as a potential attack vector for malicious activity, but the severity of the issue is currently unclear.The Apple Podcasts app is misbehaving for someThe issue appears to be that someone has found a way to launch the Podcasts app without user input. It's reported that the problem affects both the iPhone and Mac, and Apple is yet to offer any explanation as how the app is being opened.The problem was first reported by 404 Media's Joseph Cox who says that he sometimes unlocks his Mac only to find the Podcasts app running with seemingly random podcasts open. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:07 pmApple's Podcasts have become a target for hackers, but it's unclear how
Someone is using Apple's iPhone Podcasts app as a potential attack vector for malicious activity, but the severity of the issue is currently unclear.The Apple Podcasts app is misbehaving for someThe issue appears to be that someone has found a way to launch the Podcasts app without user input. It's reported that the problem affects both the iPhone and Mac, and Apple is yet to offer any explanation as how the app is being opened.The problem was first reported by 404 Media's Joseph Cox who says that he sometimes unlocks his Mac only to find the Podcasts app running with seemingly random podcasts open. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums02:00 pmControl this beastly air purifier and humidifier with iPhone or Apple Watch [Review] ★★★★☆ | Cult of MacControl this beastly air purifier and humidifier with iPhone or Apple Watch [Review] ★★★★☆
Our review of Turonic PH950 Air Purifier and Humidifier finds convenient but somewhat limited control via Apple devices -- and no HomeKit. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)01:57 pmSuspicious behavior prompts concerns about ‘hackers’ on Apple Podcasts app
Macworld Apple has worked hard to build a reputation for security and privacy: using iOS or macOS, the company has led us to believe, makes it much harder for hackers and other bad actors to steal our data or gain access to our accounts. But that doesn’t mean Apple platforms are immune to malicious attacks, and it looks like the company’s Podcasts app could be experiencing one at the moment. One reporter, Joseph Cox of 404 Media, has observed a suspicious pattern of behavior on Podcasts that’s been going on, he says, for months. The app, on both iOS and macOS, spontaneously opens podcasts with odd names and odd contents. “[The] app will open religion, spirituality, and education podcasts with no apparent rhyme or reason,” he writes. “Sometimes, I unlock my machine and the podcast app has launched itself and presented one of the bizarre podcasts to me.” The podcasts are often years old, and in many cases their titles are nonsensical and stuffed with suspicious URLs. Some of them have no audio content at all. Worse, the page for at least one of these podcasts contains a link to a potentially malicious website. Cox isn’t the only person to raise concerns. One very recent review of a six-year-old podcast, he notes, says “Scam. How does Apple allow this attempted XSS attack?” This category of attack matches the suspicious link and redirect Cox spotted in one of the spontaneously launched podcasts. The reporter also spoke to the security expert Patrick Wardle, who was able to verify the phenomenon. “I have replicated similar behavior,” Wardle writes, “albeit via a website: simply visiting a website is enough to trigger Podcasts to open (and [to] load a podcast of the attacker’s choosing), and unlike other external app launches on macOS (e.g. Zoom), no prompt or user approval is required.” As Cox emphasises, the behavior is more weird than truly troubling; Wardle describes it as hackers “actively evaluating the Podcasts app as a potential target,” implying that we are yet to experience real danger, but could do so in the future. Cox says he’s alerted Apple multiple times, but the company has yet to respond. We hope it’s quietly preparing a fix or defence against attacks via this new vector.01:00 pmMiss your Mac’s app Launchpad? Get it back with BuhoLaunchpad (up to 70% off).
With a BuhoLaunchpad Black Friday deal, you can get the intuitive and customizable app organizer for Mac at an exclusively low price. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)12:44 pmAirPods Black Friday deals: Save on AirPods Pro 3, $69 AirPods 4, and much more
AirPods just might be the best Black Friday deals on offer this year. It’s incredibly rare, if not unprecedented, that we have such massive savings on Apple’s newest-generation of products. We’re tracking new lows on the just-released AirPods Pro 3, AirPods Max, and more. It truly doesn’t get better than this folks. more…12:40 pmApple kicks off Black Friday with gift cards up to $250
Apple’s Black Friday deals are now live, offering gift cards worth up to $250 on select products through December 1. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)12:16 pmLive Black Friday deals: Macworld picks the best Apple bargains all day long
Macworld Black Friday has arrived, and if you’re looking for new Apple gear, it can be overwhelming out there. Even without needing to fight the doorbuster crowds, sorting through all the noise to find the best deals can be tricky, especially when prices are constantly changing. That’s where I come in—stay tuned to Macworld’s Black Friday live blog all day long as I hunt down the deals that are worth your time. If you need something right away, check out our roundup of every Black Friday Apple deal we’ve found and find links to other individual deal trackers below. But I’ll be using this blog to post the best of the best—MacBooks, iPads, AirPods, and anything else I think Apple users will love. So keep us upon in your tabs and check back all throughout the day! Best Apple Deals Available Now! Black Friday is here, and there are lots of deals to choose from. Check out our full blog below, but these are the top picks right now: Today’s best Apple deals $250 off the MacBook Air at Amazon $200 off the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro at Amazon $150 off 13-inch M3 iPad Air (128GB) at Amazon $50 off the Apple Watch SE 3 at Amazon $110 off AirPods Pro 2 at Walmart $79 off AirPods 4 with ANC at Amazon Updated November 28: We have reviewed the best prices and found some of the best price drops we’ve seen, all of which are included below. We will be regularly monitoring the best prices and will update this article throughout the day. Black Friday 2025 Live Deal TrackerMichael.SimonWelcome to Macworld's Black Friday Live Blog! You’ve come to the right place to find all the best Apple deals online. The Macworld team will be spotlighting all the best deals you can buy, the ones you missed, and anything else we see that we love. So stay tuned and keep coming back all day long! Link copied SHARE Black Friday 2025: Best deals for Apple products Check out these roundups for the best Apple deals: Apple Black Friday sale details Best Black Friday Apple deals Best Black Friday MacBook & Mac deals Best Black Friday AirPods deals Best Black Friday Apple Watch deals Best Black Friday iPad deals12:15 pmSave up to 48% with Aqara Black Friday deals on Apple Home smart locks & cameras
Aqara's Black Friday sale will let Apple Home users revamp their security with up to 48% off smart locks and cameras, including the popular Smart Lock U100 and the affordable Doorbell Camera Hub G410.Black Friday discounts to secure your Apple Home. Image source: AqaraGet started in your new smart home or enhance your advanced setup with Home Key-enabled smart locks or HomeKit Secure Video-compatible cameras from Aqara. Some of their best smart home products with multi-ecosystem compatibility are discounted for Black Friday.Even if you're not all-in on the Apple ecosystem, Aqara's products work with Google, Amazon, or via Matter with compatible devices and hubs. Regardless, Aqara's locks and cameras operate with privacy and security in mind, so they're a great addition to your smart home. Continue Reading on AppleInsider