Juli Clover (no release notes, security, developer): tvOS 27 features a redesigned Podcasts app, options for larger text and customizable subtitles, and a more responsive Control Center. AirPlaying to an Apple TV from another Apple device is faster, apps open quicker, and animations are smoother. tvOS 27 works on the 2nd and 3rd generation Apple […]

Juli Clover (no release notes): HomePod Software 27 adds AirPlay improvements and support for AutoMix when listening to Apple Music. Ryan Christoffel: AirPlay improvements may sound like a minor change, but in practice they can make a big difference in connecting quicker than ever to your HomePod. Using the iOS 27 beta, I’ve been pleasantly […]

Juli Clover: The release candidate is the final version of macOS Golden Gate that developers and beta testers will get before the software sees a public launch. Joe Rossignol (Reddit): Apple this week announced that macOS 27, also known as macOS Golden Gate, will be released to all users with a compatible Mac on Monday, […]

Craig Hockenberry: It looks like Xcode 27.1 is needed to test the iPhone Duo resizability - and that hasn’t been uploaded yet. Jordan Morgan: Cupertino and Friends™️ dropped six new videos over developing, designing, and crafting great apps for the nascent device: Design for iPhone Duo Prepare your app for iPhone Duo Raise the bar […]

Joe Rossignol (iOS/iPadOS release notes, no security, enterprise, no developer): Apple today released iOS 26.6.2 with a fix for “an issue that prevents downloading a software update over a cellular connection.” Previously: iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1

Apple: Audio Intelligence is a brand-new class of Apple Intelligence features that use the microphones of Apple Watch, the power of Apple silicon, and on-device and cloud-based AI models to help you detect sounds, identify music, and stay present and engaged — all while protecting your privacy at every step. Hartley Charlton: Siri Recap: Uses […]

Apple (MacRumors): The new Health Sensing System on Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 features new optical and electrical heart sensors, enabling higher-frequency heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, a new readiness score, a more comprehensive Vitals overview with the addition of HRV, and an updated Heart Rate app. […] […]

Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News): Engineered with the new Health Sensing System and S11 chip, Apple Watch Ultra 4 delivers the most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable, higher-frequency heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, and a new readiness score to support athletes of all kinds. Apple Watch Ultra 4 also offers […]

Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News): With the new Health Sensing System and S11 chip, Apple Watch Series 12 delivers higher-frequency heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) measurements, which power an enhanced suite of health and fitness features including a new readiness score. […] Apple Watch Series 12 is designed to be as individual as […]

Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News, Slashdot): Apple today introduced iPhone Duo, the first foldable iPhone. Opened, it is the thinnest iPhone ever, with a 7.6-inch inner display that provides a large canvas for viewing content, gaming, and multitasking, and a special nano-texture finish that minimizes glare for an unparalleled viewing experience. Closed, the 5.4-inch outer […]

Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News): Apple today announced AirPods 5, delivering the industry’s best Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) in an open-ear design and even better sound quality, at an outstanding value. AirPods 5 feature an all-new multiport acoustic architecture and next-generation Adaptive EQ for even more immersive sound. Their breakthrough open-ear ANC removes up to […]

Apple (video, MacRumors, Hacker News, Slashdot): Apple today announced iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, delivering the most advanced pro camera system in an iPhone, and huge leaps in battery life and performance. The new 48MP Fusion Main camera, now with variable aperture, brings creative control that wasn’t possible before, and new Pro […]

Zac Hall (July): Apple just updated TestFlight for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more. The new version, 4.3, introduces “a search field to quickly find apps.” John Gruber: But when Apple implemented this change, they also changed the sort order of the list of apps you’re registered to test. Starting with this update, the list is […]

James Calligeros (Hacker News, Phoronix): Asahi Linux now officially supports Macs with an M3 series SoC! Linux support for M3 series SoCs and the machines powered by them is now in a state where almost everything supported on the M1 and M2 series machines just works. This includes the webcam, internal microphones, USB (up to […]

John Brayton: NSTrackingSeparatorToolbarItem adds a white band over the top of the leading split view panes when in full screen mode on macOS 27 [beta 3]. That white band appears to have the height of the toolbar. He says this was fixed in Beta 4. John Brayton: macOS 27 developer beta 5 (26A5406e) introduces a […]

Natalia Panferova: I thought it would be useful to have a single reference for the different ways we can style the toolbar in SwiftUI on macOS 26. Phil Zakharchenko: The toolbar id creates a stable customization domain, and each item id gives the framework something stable to persist when the user adds, removes, or reorders […]

Amy Worrall (Mastodon): McKinley is an all-in-one studio for drawing and annotating SF Symbols. It bundles vector tools with knowledge of the SF Symbols structure, so you can edit one set of objects across multiple weights, sizes and colours. Import SVG or start from scratch, live preview your work using Apple’s own renderer, and export […]

Mark Gurman (tweet, John Gruber, Mastodon, 9To5Mac): The Schiller exit is a bit more notable. Unlike Maestri, he still had a real job: The veteran executive ran the App Store and Apple Events. The App Store portion alone is no joke. It generates an estimated $30 billion a year and can be very challenging to […]

Ian Gillespie (2025): Banktivity has traditionally been what’s known as a document-based app. It lets you create and open independent files (or documents), each with its own data. In contrast, many modern apps—Music, Calendar, Photos—are library-based. These apps typically have a single window and a unified data set. We’ve long appreciated the flexibility our document […]

Neil Fraser (via Hacker News): Nearly twenty-five years ago I registered neil.fraser.name to provide a stable presence on the Internet. It has been the home of this website, my email address, and a server for APIs. […] On 15 April 2026 Verisign proposed the destruction of the entire 3rd level of the ‘.name’ hierarchy in […]

Chris Barajas: To spread the word, we announced SoundSource 6 on our blog and sent a mass mailing to our customer list. We also took a more targeted approach, contacting both existing and potential customers who’d previously reached out to us with specific requests. We went back to those folks to let them know about […]

Reuters: Apple is facing a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) London lawsuit brought on behalf of app developers over its app ​tracking rules, with the iPhone maker accused of abusing its power to unfairly impose greater restrictions on third parties. […] Lawyers bringing the new lawsuit ​against Apple, though, say the feature imposed stricter requirements on […]

Joe Rossignol (Hacker News): Apple has agreed to make changes to its App Tracking Transparency feature in Germany, according to the country’s competition regulator. […] In Germany, Apple has agreed to remove “possibly discouraging symbols and wording” from the App Tracking Transparency prompt, the regulator said. Apps will also be “given more scope to explain […]

Howard Oakley: As those new models start shipping on 22 September, the window for the first public release of Golden Gate has narrowed to 15-22 September, with greatest likelihood on the same day as the arrival of those new Macs. […] At the same time as the release of Golden Gate, we should get Tahoe […]

Ryan Whitwam: A US federal judge has sided with Google, ruling that the company will not have to sell its online advertising exchange (previously known as AdX). The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sought this remedy in the long-running ad tech antitrust trial, which Google lost in 2025. However, the remedies imposed upon Google for […]

Ryan Whitwam (Slashdot): The settlement between Google and Epic that aimed to put to rest the companies’ long-running antitrust battle is being withdrawn, and that means third-party app stores are coming to the Play Store. […] While Apple suffered little penalty in its Epic case, Google was tripped up by its anti-competitive management of the […]

Juli Clover (Hacker News): Liu downloaded the circuit schematic from Apple in March, two months after he left the company. Liu used the schematic to run a simulation using electrical engineering tool LTspice, and then messaged people telling them he ran the simulation for power conversion development work. […] Liu used the Apple schematic on […]

Adam Engst: So I was quite surprised earlier this year when I started to receive personalized pitches from indie developers, a few at first, and now several per week. Many seem to be building apps with AI assistance, but more to the point, they seem to be getting AI help with promoting the apps as […]

Craig Hockenberry: Then, when you look at the sample code, it’s all SwiftUI. At least the sample compiles and runs because it uses a completely different syntax than what was shown at WWDC. […] Eventually I stumbled upon TipUIPopoverViewController which inherits from UIViewController. That should work! […] But it didn’t: the close button on the […]

Joe Rossignol: Apple’s former hardware engineering chief John Ternus officially became CEO of the company today, with the change now reflected on Apple’s leadership page. […] Tim Cook is now executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors, after a 15-year run as CEO. Apple: John joined Apple’s product design team in 2001 and became a […]