Juli Clover

Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.

She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.

Juli Clover's Articles

Apple Intelligence General Feature 2

Apple Preparing for Upcoming Siri Onscreen Awareness Feature With New iOS 18.2 API for Developers

Monday November 4, 2024 4:32 pm PST by
Apple is working on more advanced Siri functionality as part of its Apple Intelligence feature set, and to prepare, it has been providing developers with App Intent APIs so apps will be ready for the new capabilities. With the latest wave of betas, Apple has a new API that lets developers make onscreen content in their apps available to ‌Siri‌ and ‌Apple Intelligence‌. From Apple's documentation:...
tvOS 18 Thumb 3

tvOS 18.2 Beta Adds Support for 21:9 Projector Aspect Ratio

Monday November 4, 2024 4:14 pm PST by
Apple today provided developers with the first beta of tvOS 18.2, and the update adds support for the 21:9 aspect ratio that projectors use. As noted by Sigmund Judge, the update includes a new option that lets the Apple TV automatically detect the best aspect ratio for a television or projector. Options include 16:9, 21:9, 2.37:1, 2.39:1, 2.40:1, DCI 4K, and 32:9. tvOS 18.2 Developer ...
Apple Glasses Triad Feature

Apple's Internal Survey About Smart Glasses Hints at Future Product Plans

Monday November 4, 2024 3:30 pm PST by
Apple is surveying its employees about smart glasses as it continues to consider releasing its own version of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple has launched an internal study of products that are on the market, and is currently gathering feedback from Apple employees. In an email sent out to employees, Apple's Product Systems Quality team called for participants...
Generic iOS 18

Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.0.1

Monday November 4, 2024 3:15 pm PST by
Apple today stopped signing iOS 18.0.1, preventing iPhone users who have upgraded to iOS 18.1 from downgrading to iOS 18. Apple released iOS 18.1 a week ago on October 28. It is not unusual for Apple to stop signing older versions of iOS shortly after a new version of iOS is released. When Apple stops signing an update, it can no longer be installed on an ‌iPhone‌ due to a server-side software ...
macos sequoia weather menu bar

macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta Shows Weather in Menu Bar

Monday November 4, 2024 2:06 pm PST by
In the latest macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta, there is a new option to add the weather in your current location to the menu bar of the Mac. The menu bar weather feature shows the temperature along with an icon for the weather conditions, like a cloud if it's cloudy and a sun if it's sunny. Clicking into the icon shows an hourly view of the upcoming conditions and temperature, along with the weather ...
Generic iOS 18

Everything New in iOS 18.2 Beta 2

Monday November 4, 2024 12:34 pm PST by
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 updates to developers, and Apple is continuing to refine the Apple Intelligence capabilities. There are also a handful of smaller features that are worth knowing about. Find My ‌Find My‌ has a new option to Share Item Location with an "airline or trusted person" that can help you locate something that you've misplaced....
ios 18 2 share item location

Find My Gains Option to Share Lost Item Location With an 'Airline or Trusted Person' in iOS 18.2

Monday November 4, 2024 11:33 am PST by
Apple in iOS 18.2 beta 2 added a new feature to the Find My app, which is designed to allow you to share a lost item's location with a trusted person. Apple says that the feature is meant to help you locate an item through a third-party, like an airline employee. In the ‌Find My‌ app, there's now an option to "Share Item Location" and "Show Contact Info." Choosing the Share Item Location...
ios 18 2 chatgpt plus

iOS 18.2 Beta 2 Shows Siri ChatGPT Limit, Offers 'Plus' Upgrade Option

Monday November 4, 2024 10:54 am PST by
With the second beta of iOS 18.2 that's available for developers today, Apple has further fleshed out the ChatGPT integration that's available with Siri. In the Settings app, there's now a section that shows the ChatGPT daily limit, and offers an option to upgrade to the paid ChatGPT Plus plan. The beta includes an Advanced Capabilities section with a "Daily Limit" reading that shows up as...
Generic iOS 18

Apple Releases Second Betas of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration

Monday November 4, 2024 10:17 am PST by
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers for testing purposes. The betas come two weeks after Apple released the first 18.2 and 15.2 betas. Alongside the second betas of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating system updates, Apple has also seeded the first betas of watchOS 11.2, tvOS 18.2, and visionOS 2.2. With today's ...
iPhone 14 Plus Thumb

Apple Launches iPhone 14 Plus Camera Repair Program

Friday November 1, 2024 4:52 pm PDT by
Apple today announced the launch of a new repair program for the iPhone 14 Plus, which addresses a camera issue. According to Apple, a "very small percentage" of ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus devices do not show a preview of an image that is taken with the rear camera. Affected devices were manufactured between April 10, 2023 to April 28, 2024, and Apple has a serial number checker so that users can check...
Genmoji Feature 2

Genmoji in iOS 18.2: Everything You Need to Know

Friday November 1, 2024 4:28 pm PDT by
If you've ever wanted an obscure emoji that the Unicode Consortium just hasn't gotten around to adding to the emoji lineup, Genmoji in iOS 18.2 offers a solution. In the iOS 18.2 beta right now, Genmoji lets you create custom emoji characters that can be used just like regular emoji. Creating Genmoji To use Genmoji, open up the Messages app or another app like Notes where you see the emoji...
Apple Logo Cash Feature Yellow

Apple's Q4 2024 Earnings Call Takeaways

Thursday October 31, 2024 4:02 pm PDT by
Apple held its earnings call for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2024 today (third calendar quarter), announcing quarterly revenue of $94.9 billion, up six percent year over year. During the call, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Luca Maestri provided a look into Apple's performance, sales of the iPhone 16 models, Apple's services growth, and more. We've rounded up the most interesting tidbits from...
Apple Intelligence iPhone 16

iPhone Users Updating to iOS 18.1 Twice as Fast as iOS 17.1 Following Apple Intelligence Launch

Thursday October 31, 2024 2:54 pm PDT by
The new Apple Intelligence features that Apple released in iOS 18.1 are spurring people to update to the new software, Apple CEO Tim Cook said today in an interview with CNBC. Customers are downloading and installing iOS 18.1 at twice the rate that they adopted iOS 17.1 during the same timeframe last year, according to Cook. Apple has not yet provided installation numbers for the iOS 18...
M4 iMac With Magic Accessories

PSA: Apple's New USB-C Accessories Require macOS Sequoia, Don't Work Properly With macOS 15.2 Beta

Thursday October 31, 2024 2:20 pm PDT by
With the launch of new M4 Macs this week, Apple introduced USB-C versions of the Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard to continue on with phasing out the Lightning port. Apple users who plan to buy these new accessories should be aware that there are some software limitations currently. The new USB-C accessories require macOS Sequoia 15.1 to work properly, and as noted on the MacRu...
snoopy halloween watch faces

PSA: There Are Special Halloween-Themed Snoopy Watch Faces Available

Thursday October 31, 2024 12:27 pm PDT by
For Snoopy fans who use the Snoopy watch face on the Apple Watch, Apple has a selection of Halloween-themed animations that are available today. The Snoopy watch face cycles through different animated scenes featuring Snoopy and Woodstock, so the Halloween options will come up randomly if you're using the Snoopy watch face. There are at least three Halloween faces, including a mummy...
chatgpt search engine

OpenAI's ChatGPT Search Now Available as Google Alternative

Thursday October 31, 2024 11:50 am PDT by
OpenAI today announced the addition of ChatGPT Search to ChatGPT, allowing for improved AI-based internet searches. OpenAI says that ChatGPT is able to search the web "in a much better way than before," with the chatbot able to provide links to relevant web sources like a traditional search engine. ChatGPT Search uses ChatGPT-4o, and it is available now on the ChatGPT website and in the...
M4 MacBook Pro Thumb 2

Unlike iPhone 16 Models, Apple's M4 Macs Lack Wi-Fi 7 Support

Wednesday October 30, 2024 4:20 pm PDT by
Apple introduced new Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro models this week, adding faster and more efficient M4 chips, along with some other updates like Thunderbolt 5 and nano-texture display options for some models. One upgrade we thought we might see was support for the latest Wi-Fi specification, but the new machines did not get a Wi-Fi 7 upgrade. All of the new M4 Macs continue to offer...
macOS Sequoia Night Feature

Apple's New M4 Macs Will Have Day One Update to Get Apple Intelligence Features

Wednesday October 30, 2024 11:43 am PDT by
Customers who have pre-ordered an M4 iMac, Mac mini, or MacBook Pro will need to update to the latest version of macOS Sequoia after receiving their machines on Friday, November 8. Apple today released ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.1 (build number 24B2083) for the new M4 Mac models, which are shipping with a special version of ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.0 (build number 24A8332). Out of the box, the M4 ‌iMac‌, Mac ...
copilot for xcode

GitHub Brings Copilot to Xcode

Tuesday October 29, 2024 6:10 pm PDT by
Popular AI coding tool Copilot is now available for Xcode as part of a public preview, GitHub announced today. Apple developers can use Copilot for coding assistance directly in Xcode, which GitHub says will help developers boost productivity, speed up development, and enhance their overall coding experience. GitHub Copilot for Xcode offers multiple useful features. Code completions...
Chrome Feature 22

Google Chrome Browser for Desktop Gains New Performance Controls

Tuesday October 29, 2024 4:33 pm PDT by
The Memory Saver feature in the Chrome browser for desktop now features three different modes, including Standard, Balanced, and Advanced. Memory Saver is aimed at speeding up browser performance by limiting the memory that inactive tabs are using. Standard mode deactivates tabs based on your computer's needs, while Balanced mode considers both browsing habits and the needs of the system....