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Joe joined MacRumors in January 2015, and is now a Senior Reporter. Based out of Stoney Creek, Canada, he has been writing about Apple since 2008, with a focus on breaking news coverage.

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Apple Lowers Trade-In Values for Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches

Thursday May 5, 2022 8:54 am PDT by
Apple this week lowered its estimated trade-in values for select Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch models in the United States. Apple has reduced trade-in values for the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac, iMac Pro, Mac Pro, Mac mini, iPad Pro, iPad Air, iPad, iPad mini, Apple Watch Series 3 through Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE, and select Samsung and Google smartphones. Apple is also...
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Apple to Expand Support for Passwordless Sign-Ins Across Websites and Apps

Thursday May 5, 2022 5:56 am PDT by
Apple, Google, and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), promising a faster, easier, and more secure sign‑in process. The expanded standards-based capabilities will give websites and apps the ability to offer an end-to-end passwordless sign-in option, according to the...
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Tony Fadell Discusses His New Book, Early Days of iPhone and iPod, Apple vs. Google Culture, and More

Wednesday May 4, 2022 11:12 am PDT by
Coinciding with the release of his new book titled Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making, former Apple executive Tony Fadell went on the Decoder podcast with The Verge's editor-in-chief Nilay Patel to discuss cultural differences between Apple and Google, the early days of the iPhone and iPod, and other topics. Fadell joined Apple in 2001 and led the teams that created the ...
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Apple Now Selling Longer 3-Meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable for Studio Display

Wednesday May 4, 2022 7:16 am PDT by
Apple recently started selling a 3-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro cable through its online store, as spotted by French website MacGeneration. The cable can be used to connect a Mac equipped with Thunderbolt ports to Apple's new Studio Display and other peripherals. Image Credit: MobileSyrup Priced at $159 in the United States, the 3-meter cable provides users with a longer option than the 1-meter...
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Apple Gifts Mac Studio, Studio Display, and More to Aspiring Videographer

Tuesday May 3, 2022 1:30 pm PDT by
Apple recently teamed up with YouTuber Jared Polin to offer a "dream studio" to a young, aspiring photographer and videographer named Cam Blumberg. Polin, who runs the photography website Fro Knows Photo, captured the touching moment on video. Polin invited Blumberg to his studio for a supposed tour, but he ended up surprising him with a variety of equipment provided by Apple, including a...
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Apple Fitness+ Studio Tours Provide Behind the Scenes Look at Workout Service

Tuesday May 3, 2022 9:06 am PDT by
Justine Ezarik, known as iJustine on YouTube, today shared an inside look at the Apple Fitness+ studio in Santa Monica, California. As part of the tour, Ezarik interviewed Apple's head of fitness Jay Blahnik and a few Fitness+ trainers. British GQ also visited the Fitness+ studio and interviewed Blahnik and Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams, who oversees the Apple Watch team. According...
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1Password 8 for Mac Released With New Design and Features

Tuesday May 3, 2022 7:12 am PDT by
AgileBits today announced the release of 1Password 8 for Mac with a redesigned interface and several new features. The popular password manager has been redesigned to better match the look of macOS Monterey, from the sidebar and unified toolbar to the typography and iconography. The new design language extends to 1Password for Safari on the Mac. 1Password 8 improves productivity with a...
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Apple Music Available on Roku Starting Today

Monday May 2, 2022 6:36 am PDT by
Roku today announced that Apple Music will be available on its streaming media platform worldwide starting later today. Apple Music will be available as an app through the Channel Store on TVs connected to a Roku streaming player and on built-in Roku TVs sold by brands like TCL and Hisense. Apple Music subscribers will have full access to over 90 million songs available on the streaming...
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Dutch Regulator Still Unsatisfied With Apple's Rules Surrounding Dating Apps

Monday May 2, 2022 6:15 am PDT by
The competition regulator in the Netherlands today announced that Apple's rules surrounding Dutch dating apps remain insufficient. In a statement obtained by journalist Nando Kasteleijn, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said that while Apple eliminating its requirement for Dutch dating apps to create a separate app binary in order to accept alternative payments was an...
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20 Years Ago Today, Apple Unveiled the eMac

Friday April 29, 2022 6:25 am PDT by
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Apple introducing the eMac, designed specifically for educational use in classrooms and computer labs. eMac via Hellenic IT Museum Priced at $999 in the United States, the original eMac featured a white enclosure with a 17-inch flat-faced CRT display, a 700 MHz PowerPC G4 processor, 128 MB of RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, five USB ports, two FireWire ports, two...
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Apple Reports All-Time or March Quarter Revenue Records Across All Categories Except iPad

Thursday April 28, 2022 2:03 pm PDT by
Apple today announced its earnings results for the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, including revenue of $97.3 billion, a new March quarter record. Apple saw growth across its iPhone, Mac, Wearables, and Services product categories, but iPad revenue experienced around a 2% decline compared to the year-ago quarter. "We are very pleased with our record business results for the March...
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iPhone 14 Pro Display Panels Reveal New Pill-and-Hole Design Replacing Notch

Thursday April 28, 2022 8:59 am PDT by
Apple's upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models are widely rumored to feature new displays with a pill-shaped cutout and a hole for the Face ID sensors and front camera, respectively, and now a real-world look at this design has seemingly surfaced. Front glass panels for all four iPhone 14 models have allegedly surfaced on Chinese social media website Weibo, as shared on Twitter by @SaranByte and...
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Nvidia Updating GeForce NOW With Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs

Thursday April 28, 2022 7:52 am PDT by
Nvidia today announced that its cloud gaming service GeForce NOW is gaining native support for Macs with Apple silicon chips. The updated GeForce NOW app for macOS will feature improved performance and lower power consumption on Macs powered by the M1 family of chips, including the latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, 24-inch iMac, Mac Studio, and Mac mini models. Native support for Apple...
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Apple Expected to Announce Record-Breaking March Quarter

Thursday April 28, 2022 6:28 am PDT by
Apple is set to report financial results for the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal year later today, and Wall Street is expecting record-breaking figures. On average, analysts forecast that Apple will set a new March quarter record for the company with revenue of $93.9 billion, according to Yahoo Finance. This revenue growth is expected to come from the iPhone, Mac, Services, and Wearables,...
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iFixit Says Apple's Self Service Repair Program is Great Step, But Has a Catch

Wednesday April 27, 2022 7:28 am PDT by
Apple's newly-launched Self Service Repair program is a "great step" forward, but "not the unqualified win for repair enthusiasts that Apple's marketers would have you believe," according to do-it-yourself repair website iFixit. In a blog post today, iFixit's Elizabeth Chamberlain said the biggest problem with Apple's program is that parts must be paired with a device. When purchasing parts...
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Apple-Commissioned Report Says App Tracking Transparency Hasn't Significantly Benefitted Company

Tuesday April 26, 2022 10:00 am PDT by
Apple is unlikely to have seen a significant financial benefit from App Tracking Transparency since the privacy feature launched last year, according to Kinshuk Jerath, Professor of Business in the Marketing Division at Columbia Business School. In an Apple-commissioned report, Jerath said claims that billions of advertising dollars moved from companies like Meta to Apple due to the...
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Apple Shares Singaporean Food Documentary Shot on iPhone 13 Pro

Monday April 25, 2022 6:57 am PDT by
Apple recently shared a short documentary film about Singapore's hawker food culture that was shot entirely on the iPhone 13 Pro. The video revolves around two food stalls competing over chicken rice, a popular dish at open-air food courts known as hawker centres in Singapore. The documentary showcases iPhone 13 Pro camera features such as Cinematic mode and time-lapse video. "Big...
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Ecobee Planning New Smart Thermostat With Built-In Air Quality Sensor

Thursday April 21, 2022 8:42 am PDT by
Canadian smart home accessory maker Ecobee appears to be preparing to release a new version of its SmartThermostat with a built-in indoor air quality sensor. Ecobee released a new version of its iOS app this week that includes a hidden image of a SmartThermostat with an indoor air quality indicator visible on the screen. The updated app also includes descriptions such as "keep your home's...
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Apple Card Users Will Now Receive 3% Daily Cash on Purchases at Ace Hardware

Tuesday April 19, 2022 1:04 pm PDT by
Apple Card users will now receive 3% Daily Cash on purchases made at Ace Hardware stores in the U.S., in the Ace Hardware app, and on AceHardware.com. To be eligible for 3% Daily Cash, the purchase must be completed via Apple Pay using the digital version of the Apple Card in the Wallet app on the iPhone or Apple Watch. Purchases made with a physical Apple Card will still receive 1% Daily...
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HYPER's 7-in-2 Hub for MacBook Pro Now Available

Tuesday April 19, 2022 9:14 am PDT by
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, accessory maker Hyper today announced that its HyperDrive Duo Pro hub is now available to purchase for use with 2016 and newer MacBook Pro models and 2018 and newer MacBook Air models. The form-fitting hub features a 7-in-2 design, meaning that it connects to both Thunderbolt ports on one side of a compatible MacBook and provides...