Deals: M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, 13-inch MacBook Air $250 off, AirTag 2 lowest price yet, more
We are heading into President’s Day weekend with Amazon’s wide-ranging sale in full swing alongside ongoing price drops on AirPods Pro 3 and more. We also adding a chance to score 32GB 13-inch M4 MacBook Air at $250 off (as opposed to the 15-inch we had earlier this week), alongside a look at the best deals on M5 MacBook Pro configs – most affordable 24GB at $250 off and upgraded models at $300 off. Today has ushered in the first chance to save on the brand new AirTag 2, open-box AirPods 4 down at $60, and a giant discount on Mophie’s AirPods Max Dual Magnetic Charging Stand at $55. Scope it all out down below.  more…

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Deals: M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, 13-inch MacBook Air $250 off, AirTag 2 lowest price yet, more
We are heading into President’s Day weekend with Amazon’s wide-ranging sale in full swing alongside ongoing price drops on AirPods Pro 3 and more. We also adding a chance to score 32GB 13-inch M4 MacBook Air at $250 off (as opposed to the 15-inch we had earlier this week), alongside a look at the best deals on M5 MacBook Pro configs – most affordable 24GB at $250 off and upgraded models at $300 off. Today has ushered in the first chance to save on the brand new AirTag 2, open-box AirPods 4 down at $60, and a giant discount on Mophie’s AirPods Max Dual Magnetic Charging Stand at $55. Scope it all out down below.  more…

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Deals: M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, 13-inch MacBook Air $250 off, AirTag 2 lowest price yet, more
We are heading into President’s Day weekend with Amazon’s wide-ranging sale in full swing alongside ongoing price drops on AirPods Pro 3 and more. We also adding a chance to score 32GB 13-inch M4 MacBook Air at $250 off (as opposed to the 15-inch we had earlier this week), alongside a look at the best deals on M5 MacBook Pro configs – most affordable 24GB at $250 off and upgraded models at $300 off. Today has ushered in the first chance to save on the brand new AirTag 2, open-box AirPods 4 down at $60, and a giant discount on Mophie’s AirPods Max Dual Magnetic Charging Stand at $55. Scope it all out down below.  more…

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Deals: M5 MacBook Pro $300 off, 13-inch MacBook Air $250 off, AirTag 2 lowest price yet, more
We are heading into President’s Day weekend with Amazon’s wide-ranging sale in full swing alongside ongoing price drops on AirPods Pro 3 and more. We also adding a chance to score 32GB 13-inch M4 MacBook Air at $250 off (as opposed to the 15-inch we had earlier this week), alongside a look at the best deals on M5 MacBook Pro configs – most affordable 24GB at $250 off and upgraded models at $300 off. Today has ushered in the first chance to save on the brand new AirTag 2, open-box AirPods 4 down at $60, and a giant discount on Mophie’s AirPods Max Dual Magnetic Charging Stand at $55. Scope it all out down below.  more…

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Want to write a book? This specialized AI makes it easy.
Tap into popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude with Youbooks, a new AI book writer that helps you pull together full nonfiction books. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple testing, but still undecided about clamshell folding iPhone
With Apple's first foldable iPhone expected to open like a book, one leaker has added fuel to previous claims that it's also testing a clamshell-like iPhone to go with it.Renders of a possible clamshell iPhone Fold — image credit: AppleInsiderRumors continue to say that Apple will release the first iPhone Fold in fall 2026, with the book-like design matching popular foldables already on the market. Companies like Samsung and Motorola also offer clamshell designs, similar to the iconic flip phones of the early 2000s.Now, in a post on the Weibo Chinese social network, leaker Fixed Focus Digital claims that Apple could follow suit. But it's too early to know whether the phone will ever make its way to market. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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9to5Mac Daily: February 13, 2026 – Apple TV news, YouTube on Vision Pro
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Stuff: Stuff helps you get everything out of your head and into a simple, elegant system—closing open loops and reducing mental stress. Use code 9TO5 at checkout for 50% off your first year. more…

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iOS 26.3 adds unique new privacy feature, and it’s Apple at its best
iOS 26.3 is the latest iPhone software update, and one of its most interesting new features is a privacy setting—‘Limit Precise Location’—that reveals Apple at its best. more…

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Amazon's Presidents' Day Sale slashes Apple Watch, iPad, AirPods, Mac, accessories to as low as $13
Amazon's Presidents' Day Apple deals deliver your choice of an iPad or Apple Watch Series 11 for $299. Plus, grab AirPods for $99, and much more.Save up to $400 on Apple for Presidents' Day weekend - Image credit: Amazon, AppleSave on a variety of Apple devices this Presidents' Day weekend, as Amazon slashes prices on iPads, Apple Watches, MacBooks, and more by up to $400.Grab Apple deals from $13 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple says new LLM Siri is still on track to launch in 2026
On Wednesday, Bloomberg News' Mark Gurman reported that the company’s AI update to personal assistant Siri is being delayed… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Put the iPhone down: A Valentine’s Day plea against phubbing
Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about connection. Don't ruin yours by phubbing the person you love. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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YouTube finally arrives on Vision Pro (was it worth the wait?)
After two long years since the headset's launch, YouTube finally arrives on Vision Pro. Did Google makes its new app worth the wait? (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Ring killing Flock deal exposes the trust problem in AI-powered home security
Ring's now-canceled partnership with Flock Safety suggests the company may have finally found the limits of how far consumers will tolerate AI-driven surveillance in their own neighborhoods.Ring backs away from Flock deal — for nowRing has decided not to go ahead with its planned integration with Flock Safety. The decision came after public backlash over privacy and surveillance concerns, even though the partnership never actually launched.In a February 12 blog post, Amazon-owned Ring said that it wouldn't move forward with connecting its Community Requests feature to Flock Safety's law enforcement platform. The company said the integration required more time and resources than anticipated and claimed that no customer footage was ever shared. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Today in Apple history: Mac mania sweeps magazine racks
The Macintosh 128K launch fuels enormous excitement among the tech press. On February 13, 1984, "InfoWorld" declared the first Mac a hit! (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Apple TV and Apple Books celebrate season two of ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’
Apple TV and Apple Books celebrated the highly anticipated return of “The Last Thing He Told Me” with a live recording of the… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Apple has new ‘iPhone Flip’ model in the works, says leaker
Apple’s first foldable iPhone launches this fall, but we’re increasingly hearing that there’s an entirely different folding design in the works too: an ‘iPhone Flip.’ more…

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The iPhone 17e might not be as powerful as we hoped
Macworld The iPhone 17e, one of Apple’s most highly anticipated products for 2026, could arrive in less than a week. But the announcement is unlikely to hold many surprises, because the leaks are now coming thick and fast. Take the tech specs. We’re reasonably confident that the 17e will feature most or all of the following: an A19 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of starting storage (up from 128GB), a C1X modem, the same single 48MP rear-facing camera as on the 16e (although the selfie camera could get an upgrade), a 60Hz 6.1-inch screen, support for MagSafe, and a starting price of $599. These theories have all been fairly consistent for some time. Even if those theories are all correct, however, there’s still room for nuance. Such as the A19 processor. Will Apple give the 17e the same A19 as on the iPhone 17, or a version that’s slightly less powerful? Last year’s iPhone 16e has the A18, but it’s a “binned” version of the one in the iPhone 16; that means Apple takes the chips with minor manufacturing defects (fewer CPU or GPU cores) and uses those in its cheaper products. This is all done in an open and transparent way (the iPhone 16e is listed as having just four GPU cores compared to the iPhone 16’s five for precisely this reason) but does mean what seems on first glance to be the same processor can vary in its actual performance. Until now it’s not been clear whether Apple intended to use the same binned-chip strategy with the iPhone 17e. But a new video from the controversial YouTuber Jon Prosser makes the confident prediction (confidence being one of Prosser’s principal characteristics) that it will. “Inside iPhone 17e you’re getting a slightly binned A19 chip,” he says. “Trust me, the people buying this phone aren’t going to notice.” The second sentence might end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy, of course… or a self-solving problem. Because the tech-savvier buyers who would have an issue with binned-chip performance will be aware of it and simply not get an iPhone 17e. In most other respects, Prosser simply corroborates those widely accepted theories mentioned earlier. He agrees that we can expect 8GB of RAM, a non-ProMotion screen, a $599 starting price tag, and so on. But there are a few other interesting titbits. Prosser ascribes, firstly, to the theory that the 17e will upgrade from the notch on the 16e to the Dynamic Island. He isn’t the first pundit to suggest this, but it’s a prediction with far less consensus behind it than the rest. He admits that he’s not as confident about this prediction as the A19, but notes Apple should be “embarrassed” if the iPhone 17e sticks with the notch for another year.) The rear camera will get improved low-light performance, he claims. He expects the baseline storage to stay at 128GB for $599 (that’s assuming I correctly interpreted his “For 600 bucks? Uh-uh!”). Oh, and he thinks there will be a third color option beyond black and white, that could be lavender, which was apparently in testing some months ago. This latest batch of leaks is unlikely to make Apple feel any better disposed towards Prosser, whom the company is currently suing over what it claims to be a coordinated scheme to steal and profit from its secrets. He denies the accusation. For all the latest news and rumors as we get closer to the launch, bookmark our regularly updated iPhone 17e guide.

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macOS 26 bricked my AirPort Time Capsule
Macworld For the past decade, my Apple Time Capsule has faithfully backed up my Mac. I’ve been through several upgrades over the past decade—my current machine is an M3 Max MacBook Pro—and I’ve never had an issue with my Time Capsule. It’s been one of the most reliable devices I’ve ever owned, and I’ve barely had to even think about it since I bought it in 2016. Until recently, that is. I don’t know the exact date, but I installed macOS Tahoe 26.2 sometime near the end of 2025. I was hoping it would fix the lingering issues I had with Spotlight, but otherwise didn’t think much of it until I got a message from Time Machine telling me my backup disk was full. I’ve had occasional minor issues with Time Machine backups over the years, but they’ve usually been fixed by simply running the backup again. This was a new persistent error that seemed to indicate something was actually wrong with my backup system. So I started to investigate the issue, and the process ended up bricking my Time Capsule. Time keeps on spinning Apple introduced Time Capsule in 2008 as “a backup appliance that automatically and wirelessly backs up everything on one or more Macs.” At the time, it was a novel concept, combining an AirPort base station with a “server-grade” hard drive. It was essentially a personal NAS drive before personal NAS drives were a thing. I owned a couple over the years, and before Apple eventually discontinued Time Capsule in 2018, I bought one of the last models ever made, the 802.11ac (WiFi 5) AirPort Time Capsule mini tower. It’s been running ever since. My Time Capsule has worked dutifully for over a decade.Foundry I have a 2TB Time Capsule backing up a Mac with about 250GB filled up, so space has never been an issue. Moreover, I’ve been using the same MacBook since Sonoma, so there’s no reason why it should suddenly run out of space. I routinely clean out all backups when upgrading to a new OS and start fresh, and I keep the bulk of my files backed up on a 2TB iCloud Drive, so the physical space should be more than enough. So I went to my AirPort settings to inspect my Time Capsule. But it wouldn’t accept my password, the same password that I have used for at least five years and have saved in my password manager.  OK, that was weird, but still, I chalked it up to user error. I reset my Time Capsule using a paper clip and changed the password. I checked the space, and it said it had less than a gig available. Also strange. My Mac isn’t anywhere near 2TB, I don’t keep old backups around, and Time Machine is supposed to automatically delete the oldest backups to clear space on a full disk and keep on running. Unfortunately, there’s no way to see what’s filling up a Time Machine “Data” file, so I was left with one option: Erase the drive. Tahoe’s revenge Apple announced last summer that it would no longer support AirPort or other Time Capsule disks for Time Machine backups with macOS 27 coming later this year due to deprecated support for Apple Filing Protocol.  So I was already preparing for the day when I had to retire my 10-year-old drive in order to stay on the latest version of macOS.  I’ll admit that 10 years is a long time to use any device, let alone a 3.5-inch SATA drive. But I didn’t expect any issues with Tahoe. I thought I could clear the drive and simply start over while amassing eight or so months of backups until macOS 27 came along in September. It’s easy to erase a Time Capsule disk–I just wish I wouldn’t have done it.Foundry At this point, I probably should have put two and two together and realized something was wrong. But somewhat naively, I pressed on. Erasing the Time Capsule was simple. The Disks tab in AirPort Utility has a “Quick Erase” option that takes just a few seconds. I clicked through the standard, “This cannot be undone” dialogue box, but didn’t get any warnings about Tahoe specifically. The light went from amber to green, showed I now had 2TB of space, and all seemed well. When I went to set up the disk in the Time Machine settings, however, I got a new message: “‘Data’ can only be used if it contains existing Time Machine backups for this Mac. The next major version of macOS will no longer support Time Capsule disks for Time Machine backups.” No matter how many times I try, Time Machine refuses to back up to my Time Capsule.Foundry The second part I already knew. The first part was information that would have been useful before I erased my disk. I’ve searched for a solution and I’ve reached the conclusion that my Time Capsule backup disk is essentially a brick. To use it I’d need to downgrade to Sequoia, back up my machine, upgrade to Tahoe, and continue the backups until the disk filled up again, at which point I’d be back where I started. The search for a solution To recap: Either a bug or a feature in macOS Tahoe 26.2 caused my Time Machine backups to eat up all the available space on my Time Capsule disk, and erasing it rendered it useless. I’m still not sure if the password issue was related to Tahoe, but I suspect it was. (A reader reached out to tell me that they had a similar issue with oversized backups in macOS 26.2, but the issue was resolved with the 26.3 update this week. Too bad I didn’t wait.) But it doesn’t matter—since Apple has already announced the Time Capsule won’t work with future versions of macOS, I’m left with a retro paperweight. So after a decade-plus of effortless backups with Time Capsule, I’m left to find a new solution. Macworld has a roundup of the best external hard drives or SSDs for wired Time Machine backups, as well as the best NAS drives. There are some great options in there, but I want to find the best replacement for Time Capsule, so I’ll be testing a few wireless drives on my Mac with Time Machine to try to find the most affordable alternative. So stay tuned.

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Apple’s iPhone market share in China reached the highest January level in the past five years
Driven by the continuously strong traction for the iPhone 17 series, Apple stood out as the only major brand to achieve YoY growth… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Calix in 2026: A Quiet AI Power Play for Smaller Broadband Providers
Calix is betting agentic AI can help smaller broadband providers compete by automating workflows across marketing, service, and subscriber interactions. The post appeared first on TechNewsWorld.

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