Here’s likely reason why latest Apple TV drama was abruptly pulled before premiere
Last week, Apple TV abruptly pulled The Hunt from its December release schedule and scrubbed virtually all marketing material for the series. A new report explains what likely happened and why we shouldn’t expect to see the series return. more…

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Black Friday Week deals: AirPods 4 $69, M5 MacBook Pro $200 off, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple iPhone cases 50% off, more
Black Friday isn’t even officially here yet and we are already tracking some insane deals on AirPods – AirPods Pro 3 are on sale and so are AirPods 4 with ANC at $100, but the base set has now dropped to an insane $69 shipped. On top that, this morning Amazon slashed the most affordable M5 MacBook Pro to its best price ever at $200 off, iPad 11 dropped again to $274, Apple Watch Series 11 has hit a new all-time low again, the first deal on the Apple Crossbody iPhone Strap has landed, and official Apple Silicone and Clear iPhone 17 cases just hit new Amazon lows at 50% off. Everything awaits below. more…

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Today in Apple history: A phone call sows the seeds of Mac OS X
On November 25, 1996, NeXT contacted Apple about Cupertino possibly licensing its OpenStep operating system -- paving the way to OS X. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Insane Black Friday deal drops AirPods 4 to less than an Apple Pencil
Macworld We’ve seen some great Black Friday AirPods deals already, but this one is absolute insanity: AirPods 4 have just dropped to $69, a massive 47 percent discount from their $129 MSRP. That’s not just the best price, it’s the best by $15, which was already a fabulous price. For comparison, that’s cheaper than Apple charges for the USB-C Apple Pencil. The AirPods 4 are easily some of the best buds you can get out there without breaking the bank. These ones don’t have any ANC, but they do offer personalized spatial audio and are sweat- and water-resistant, making them the perfect workout companion. We reviewed the ANC version of the AirPods 4 (which are essentially the same otherwise) and gave them a near-perfect 4.5-star rating, appreciating the audio quality and the USB-C charging case. The buds come with plenty of battery life, reaching some 5 hours of playtime on the buds and a total of 30 hours with the case. The H2 chip included in the AirPods 4 makes it possible to have great quality phone calls, limited background noise, and an overall better experience. Of course, you can still use voice commands to get Siri to do your bidding, which is always cool to have. So, stop wasting time and hurry up to get the $69 Apple AirPods 4 — the perfect stocking stuffers this holiday season. No, really, get them fastBuy now at Amazon

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Use Nano Banana Pro to create amazing AI images on your iPhone
Learn how to use Google’s Nano Banana Pro on your iPhone to generate stunning images, create mockups and edit visuals with simple prompts (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Singapore directs Apple, Google to prevent government spoofing on messaging platforms
Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Tuesday that police have directed Apple and Google to block scammers from impersonating… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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Here’s what iPhone 17 Pro Max running iPadOS 26 looks like
iPadOS 26 introduced a brand new windowing system that might just lay the groundwork for what next year’s foldable iPhone will be able to do in iOS 27. If you want a preview of how iPadOS might work on an iPhone, one user found a way to install it on an iPhone 17 Pro Max. more…

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New Black Friday deal makes AirPods 4 shockingly cheap — almost 50% off!
Black Friday 2025 is delivering some of the steepest discounts yet on Apple’s latest AirPods 4, giving shoppers a chance to grab the wireless earbuds for well below their launch price. A deal knocks a stunning 47% off the cost, making them just $69 — an amazing price! Or there’s the version that adds active […] (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Amazon slashes new M5 MacBook Pro to $1,399, save $200 for Black Friday
Amazon's Black Friday price cuts continue, with Apple's brand-new M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $1,399 — the lowest price to date. Plus, save $200 on upgraded models.Apple's new M5 MacBook Pro hits record low $1,399 for Black Friday - Image credit: AppleThe $1,399.99 price at Amazon applies to the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's 10-core M5 chip, along with 16GB of unified memory, and 512GB of storage.Save $200 on M5 MacBook Pro Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Amazon slashes new M5 MacBook Pro to $1,399, save $200 for Black Friday
Amazon's Black Friday price cuts continue, with Apple's brand-new M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $1,399 — the lowest price to date. Plus, save $200 on upgraded models.Apple's new M5 MacBook Pro hits record low $1,399 for Black Friday - Image credit: AppleThe $1,399.99 price at Amazon applies to the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's 10-core M5 chip, along with 16GB of unified memory, and 512GB of storage.Save $200 on M5 MacBook Pro Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Amazon slashes new M5 MacBook Pro to $1,399, save $200 for Black Friday
Amazon's Black Friday price cuts continue, with Apple's brand-new M5 MacBook Pro on sale for $1,399 — the lowest price to date. Plus, save $200 on upgraded models.Apple's new M5 MacBook Pro hits record low $1,399 for Black Friday - Image credit: AppleThe $1,399.99 price at Amazon applies to the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's 10-core M5 chip, along with 16GB of unified memory, and 512GB of storage.Save $200 on M5 MacBook Pro Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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AirTag’s newest feature could work even better now for many travelers
One of the most common AirTag use cases is for tracking luggage, and Apple shipped a great feature in the last year that helps airlines recover lost luggage faster. Now, per a report at travel publication Skift, that feature has just gotten a key upgrade. more…

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Singapore Orders Apple, Google To Prevent Government Spoofing on Messaging Platforms
An anonymous reader shares a report: Singapore's police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the home affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation's Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple's iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service SingPost. While government agencies have registered with a local SMS registry so only they can send messages with the "gov.sg" name, this does not currently apply to the iMessage and Google Messages platforms. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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AirPods 4 drop to $69, a new record low price for Black Friday
A record-breaking price drop has hit AirPods 4 on Amazon for Black Friday, with the earbuds falling to just $69.Get the lowest price ever on AirPods 4 with this Amazon Black Friday deal.Save $60 on Apple AirPods 4 at Amazon, bringing the price down to just $69 for Black Friday. This is the lowest AirPods 4 price to date on the earbuds, making it a great time to pick up holiday gifts or a treat for yourself.Buy AirPods 4 for $69 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Polish antitrust watchdog investigates Apple over ad privacy policy
Poland's antitrust authority, UOKiK, announced on Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into whether Apple is abusing its dominant… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.

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How to get Apple TV+ for free: Best deals, trials and discounts
Macworld Apple TV+, the streaming service from Apple, arrived at the end of 2019 so it’s been here a while now, but it’s only recently come into its own as more and more people have discovered the great shows on offer. If you want to watch shows including Pluribus, Severence, Ted Lasso and For All Mankind, as well as movies like Tetris and Greyhound, you might be wondering if you can really justify yet another subscription. The good news is that you don’t have to commit to a subscription: you can subscribe for a month(for $12.99/£9.99) and cancel Apple TV+ at any time. But there are ways that you can get Apple TV for free and we are here to show you how to do that. Black Friday Apple TV deals There’s a great deal on for Black Friday where you can subscribe for six months for just $5.99/£4.99 a month! You need to sign up before December 1, 2025. Get Apple TV for $5.99 a month Get Apple TV for £4.99 a month If you want to learn more about what you can watch on Apple TV+ read everything you can watch on Apple TV+, and our list of the new shows coming to Apple TV+.  How to watch Apple TV+ for free There are a number of ways in which you can watch shows on Apple TV+ for free. Apple offers limited-time trials (discussed below), and the service also allows you to watch the first episode of many shows for free. In fact there are several dozen episodes available to watch for free including the first episodes of Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, See, Trying, and more. Read about What is free on Apple TV+? in our separate article. Beyond the free episodes, Apple offers a free seven-day trial which might be long enough for you to binge a whole series (if you don’t sleep for a week). But there are also longer trials available both from Apple and from other companies who bundle a free Apple TV+ subscription with their services, read on for the details of the best Apple TV deals and free trial codes. For example, there is the option to get a free year subscription to Apple TV+ with T-Mobile (if you live in the US), you can also get three months free Apple TV+ with a PlayStation 5. Find out more about these deals below. Apple TV+ trials Apple offers various trials so that you can try out Apple TV+ before you subscribe. Unfortunately, none of these offers are available if you or your Family have previously accepted an Apple TV+ 1 year free offer from when the service first launched. Once the trial period is up the $12.99/£9.99 a month subscription will start immediately – but you can easily cancel this. To avoid paying you need to cancel the subscription the day before it is due to renew. Get 7 days of Apple TV+ free If you want to watch a show, and have plenty of time in the immediate future, you could activate your free seven-day trial and binge-watch it! The 7-day trial might sound attractive if you think you can watch a whole series in a week. But make sure the whole series is available, as Apple typically adds new episodes on a weekly basis. You can subscribe to Apple TV+ on Apple’s website here, or via the Apple TV app on your device. The 7-day trial will automatically auto-renew into a monthly subscription though, so you will need to be prepared to cancel within the week if you don’t want to be out of pocket. The easiest way to cancel a subscription go to Settings and click on the Apple ID section on your iPhone. Tap on Subscriptions. Locate Apple TV+ in the Active list and then Cancel Subscription. More details on how to cancel your subscription below. Note that you won’t find Apple TV+ in the Active list until the trial ends. Get 7 days Apple TV+ for free Get 1 month of Apple TV+ free As long as you’ve never used Apple TV+ before, you can actually get a free month if you sign up for the one-month trial of Apple One. That trial will also include free one-month trials for Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and iCloud+. At the end of the month’s trial, the subscription starts at $19.95/£18.95 a month as an individual, but there are different plans available. You can cancel at any time. Read: Apple One: What you need to know. Get 1 month Apple TV+ for free with Apple One (U.S.) Get 1 month Apple TV+ for free with apple one (U.K.) Apple TV+ subscription deals Normally Apple TV costs $12.99/£9.99 a month, but there are plenty of deals that will reduce that price for you. Get 6 months Apple TV for half price Apple’s running a deal for Apple TV where you can subscribe for six months for just $5.99/£4.99 a month! Get Apple TV for $5.99 a month Get Apple TV for £4.99 a month The 50% off deal will run until December 1, 2025. Get 3 months of Apple TV for free with an Apple hardware purchase Apple offers three months of Apple TV+ for free to anyone with a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Mac. You can get three months of Apple TV+ when you purchase a iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac from Apple. Apple Watch, HomePod, AirPods, and various other Apple devices do not qualify. In short, your device qualifies if it’s a new Apple device that can actually run the TV app and watch Apple TV+ content. Once the three months is up the $12.99/£9.99 a month subscription will start immediately unless you cancel it. It is necessary to claim the deal within 90 days of setting up your new device. Get Apple TV+ free with an Apple Music student subscription Another way to get Apple TV+ for free is to sign up for a student subscription to Apple Music. If you qualify as a student in Higher Education you will be able to get Apple Music for half price, and as an added benefit Apple is bundling free Apple TV+ subscriptions with student subscriptions to Apple Music. You qualify for free Apple TV+ for as long as you subscribe as a student. A student subscription to Apple Music costs $5.99/£5.99 a month. Head to this Apple page for more details. Get Apple TV+ free with a Student Apple Music subscription (U.S.) Get Apple TV+ free with a Student Apple Music subscription (U.K.) Get 12 months Apple TV+ for the price of 8 One way to save money is to pay Apple for the year up-front. When you sign up for the service rather than choosing to pay monthly (which has the benefit of being able to cancel at any time) opt to pay yearly. That will cost you $99.99/£89 up-front, which works out at $8.33/£7.41 a month, rather than the standard $9.99/£8.99 a month. Or $9.99/£8.99 a month for 10 months instead of 12. On your iPhone, go to Settings and click on your Apple ID info at the top. Tap on Subscriptions. Beside Apple TV+ tap on See All Plans. Switch to Annual Plan to save money (you won’t be able to cancel this subscription until the end of the 12 months though). Get two months free with a year's subscription Other Apple TV+ Deals It’s not only Apple that offers free Apple TV+ trials. Some third parties offer even longer deals than Apple does. You’ll find U.S. and U.K deals below. Just remember that at the end of the trial you may need to cancel with Apple if you don’t want the subscription to start. Get Apple TV+ for free with PlayStation 5 There is a 3 month Apple TV free deal with PlayStation 5 (there was a six-month deal, but that deal ended on July 31, 2023.) PlayStation 4 users can also apply for the deal. Get Apple TV+ for 3 months with Sony Playstation 5 U.S. Apple TV+ deals Get Apple TV+ for free with T-Mobile T-Mobile offers Apple TV+ for free on a number of its smartphone plans: Experience More, Experience Beyond, Magenta MAX, Magenta Plus, Magenta MAX Welcome, Magenta Amplified, ONE Amplified, and ONE Plus. Details here. Get Apple TV+ for free with T-Mobile U.K. Apple TV+ deals Get 3 months of Apple TV+ for free with EE New subscribers and existing customers can get up to 3 months free Apple TV+. If you are an existing Apple TV+ member you will still be able to take advantage of the deal, but you will need to cancel your existing subscription with Apple. Customers only need to text TV PLUS to 150 and EE will send an activation code. Alternatively, log into the EE website or app and go to Plan & Add-ons > Add-ons >Apple TV+. After the three months is up customers will be billed £9.99 a month as per Apple’s usual Apple TV+ cost. EE does note that you may get the error message that: “This subscription is being used with another Apple ID” and they suggest that you change the Apple ID associated =with the subscription to solve this. Get 6 months free Apple TV+ with EE Get 6 months of Apple TV+ for free with EE TV EE is also bundling Apple TV+ with EE TV. An Apple TV set top box is included in the deal. EE TV includes over 70 Freeview channels including BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Also included are Sky channels from NOW, Netflix, TNT Sport, discovery+ and more. Apple TV+ is available to new EE TV customers with a six-month free trial. Get 6 months free Apple TV+ with EE TV Get 3 months of Apple TV+ for free with Vodafone You can get a 3-month Apple TV+ subscription if you sign up to a Vodafone Xtra Broadband plan. After your broadband has been connected, Vodafone will send you an email within 14 days with a link to redeem your subscription. You’ll also get an Apple TV box. Sadly a deal that ran until September 4, 2024 gave customers 24-months free Apple TV! Get 3 months free Apple TV+ with Vodafone Get 3 months of Apple TV+ for free with Sky TV in the U.K. Apple There’s a great deal in the UK right now for Sky TV subscribers, although its not as good as it has been in the past. You caa grab three months of Apple TV+ for free (sadly, not that long ago this was six months). The offer is open to both new and existing Apple TV+ subscribers. You’ll need an iCloud account to sign up for Apple TV+. Existing subscribers can redeem the offer and their subscription automatically states that the next renewal is six months later. To get VIP, log into the My Sky app on your iOS or Android device. Then click on the Sky VIP star on the bottom right-hand corner, tap ‘giveaways’ and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Sky VIPs can redeem this offer through the VIP section of the MySky app under the Gifts & Discounts category. All UK-based Sky subscribers can become Sky VIPs if they have one or more active Sky TV, Broadband, Talk and/or Sky Mobile products. Get 3 months Apple TV+ with Sky TV Get 3 months of Apple TV+ for free with Currys During Black Friday 2024 Curry’s offered four months free.Foundry Throughout the year, Curry’s has a deal where you can get three months of Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade, Apple News+ and Apple Fitness if you buy an eligible product from the store, which includes all audio products over £49, all laptops, desktops, games consoles, tablets, TV’s, smart home, smart watches, mobile or any Apple product over £99. After five days you should receive an email from Currys including the link to get three months of Apple services for free. Sign up for the Currys Perks Loyalty Scheme to qualify. Get 3 months free Apple TV+ with Currys Get 3 months of Apple TV+ for free with O2 O2 is offering three months of Apple TV on eligible tariffs and with purchases of Apple products. Details here. Since you would get three months free Apple TV with a new iPhone it’s not clear what O2 is offing in addition to that. Get 3 months free Apple TV+ with O2 How to claim your free trial of Apple TV+ from Apple Having made a qualifying purchase, or decided to try out the free 7-day trial, all you need to do is: Make sure the device is running the latest software. Open the TV app on your new Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV. Sign in to your Apple ID. Click on the show you want to watch—you should see the option to Enjoy Three Months Free. Note: This will only appear if you have purchased a new device, otherwise you will only see the 7-day trial offer. Click Continue. Confirm that you want to activate the free trial. You will see a message that the free trial will commence immediately and will run until the end of the trial at which point it will renew for a monthly subscription. If you want to cancel the subscription you can do so. You have 90 days from buying a new device to start the free year’s subscription, so as long as you purchased your new Apple product recently then you should be ok to activate your trial. Also, if you stop the free trial before it ends you can’t restart it. What if you are thinking of buying a new Apple device later? Will you be able to switch from a subscription to the free trial? We think that the way to do this would be to cancel your subscription before signing up again via the three-month trial. How to share an Apple TV+ subscription with your family You can also share a subscription to TV+ with six family members—yourself and five others. To do this you all need to be part of the same Family Sharing group. By linking your Apple accounts together under the Family Sharing group you will all be able to: Share music purchased from the iTunes Store Share access to Apple Music (as long as you have a family Apple Music subscription) Share apps bought from the App Store (in app purchases can’t be shared though) Share Apple Books Access games on Apple’s Arcade gaming platform (with a subscription) Share a News+ subscription Share an iCloud storage plan One of your family members will need to be the family organizer, who basically chooses who joins the group, and has to put up their bank details to pay for any purchases. It’s supposed to be family members in the same household. While you could set this up with other ‘family’ members we think the frustration of having all the payments for everything going through the ‘organiser’s’ bank account could make this a hard sell. However, if does at least mean that you and your partner don’t both have to subscribe to the service in order to watch shows on both of your iPhones. How to cancel an Apple TV+ subscription So that’s a few ways to get Apple TV+ for free, at least for a short time, or by sharing a subscription with a family member. However, we think the best way to get access to Apple TV+ is to subscribe as usual but just cancel at any time. You could watch everything you want this month and then stop subscribing next month and it would only cost you £9.99/$12.99. Sign up for Apple TV+ here. To cancel your Apple TV+ subscription follow these steps: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap on the Apple ID section at the top with your name. Tap on Subscriptions. Now tap on any subscription you wish to cancel (in this case Apple TV+). On the next page tap on Cancel Subscription.

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Top new SoundPeats earbuds pack tons of features but fall a little flat [Review] ★★★☆☆
In our hands-on SoundPeats Air5 Pro+ earbuds review, we find pretty good value for the price -- but merely decent performance overall. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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Top new SoundPeats earbuds pack tons of features but fall a little flat [Review] ★★★☆☆
In our hands-on SoundPeats Air5 Pro+ earbuds review, we find pretty good value for the price -- but merely decent performance overall. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)

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IKEA says its colorful new speakers look as good as they sound
IKEA has been combining speakers with lamps for some time now, and its latest lineup includes new versions of these as well as round speakers with eye-catching graphics. The company says its latest models with graphics created by local designer Teklan will add form, color, and character to a room … more…

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Singapore orders block of iMessage scams that fake government addresses
The Singapore government has ordered Apple to crack down on the spread of fake government messages on iMessage, in a bid to cut down the amount of scams.Smartphone users are familiar with scam calls and messagesText message scams have been around for many years, and are a constant problem that preys on unsuspecting smartphone users. In Singapore, the government wants Apple and Google to help reduce scam messages.The Singapore home affairs ministry said police have ordered Apple and Google to stop criminals from spoofing government agencies on iMessage and Google Messages. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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