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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.

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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a 70200mAh Portable Power Station From RAVPower

Friday October 23, 2020 11:21 am PDT by
For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with RAVPower to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 252.7Wh/70200mAh Portable Power Station. RAVPower makes all kinds of power banks and charging accessories for Apple devices, and this Power Station is one of the largest backup battery options. Priced at $222 at the current time, RAVPower's Portable Power Station has an attractive cube-shaped ...
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iFixit Tearing Down iPhone 12 Live on YouTube

Friday October 23, 2020 10:43 am PDT by
iFixit has an iPhone 12 in hand and is tearing it down live, providing a close-up look at the components inside. We've already seen several teardowns so there may not be much to learn, but iFixit's teardowns are always fun to watch. After today's teardown, iFixit plans to provide a more in-depth teardown that will go through all of the components in the new devices. ...
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Apple Cards Not Currently Working as Amazon Payment Methods Due to 'Technical Issue'

Friday October 23, 2020 10:16 am PDT by
Apple Card owners who had their Apple Cards stored in Amazon as a saved payment option this morning started noticing that the ‌Apple Card‌ has disappeared from the payment list. Multiple MacRumors readers have notified us about the problem, and we've also been able to replicate it. Apple Cards are missing from the Amazon website and app and attempting to re-add one pops out an error message...
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First Impressions From New iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Owners

Thursday October 22, 2020 4:20 pm PDT by
It's already Friday, October 23, in Australia and New Zealand, which means some customers who purchased an iPhone 12 or 12 Pro already have their new devices in hand. We've seen dozens of reviews of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro from media sites, but now first impressions from regular Apple customers are available. Image via MacRumors reader Boardiesboi New iPhone 12 and 12 Pro owners are...
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A24 Film 'Bride' With Scarlett Johansson Coming to Apple TV+

Thursday October 22, 2020 3:10 pm PDT by
"Bride," a new movie from Apple and film studio A24, is coming to Apple TV+, reports Deadline. Described as a "genre-bending" film, "Bride" will star Scarlet Johansson. The plot follows a "brilliant entrepreneur" who creates a woman to be the ideal wife. She rejects her creator and is "forced to flee her confined existence, confronting a world that sees her as a monster." While on the run,...
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First iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Orders Arriving to Customers in New Zealand and Australia

Thursday October 22, 2020 2:55 pm PDT by
Apple customers in Australia and New Zealand are always the first to get their hands on new devices on launch day because of differences in time zones, and the 2020 iPhone models are now arriving in those countries. Image via Instagram, from a new iPhone 12 Pro owner in New Zealand It's Friday morning in Australia and New Zealand, and customers who pre-ordered an iPhone 12 or 12 Pro are...
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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 115 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Thursday October 22, 2020 1:39 pm PDT by
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced four years ago in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari. ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 115 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Audio, JavaScript, Web API, Media, ...
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Apple Discouraging People From Lining Up for iPhone 12 Launch With In-Person Reservation System

Thursday October 22, 2020 1:22 pm PDT by
With the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro launching in the middle of a global pandemic, Apple is coming up with ways for people to purchase their new devices safely and without unnecessary exposure to the virus. Apple has been allowing iPhone 12 orders to be placed for in store pickup, and in some locations, is implementing a bank teller-like Express system that allows for minimal exposure to...
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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of watchOS 7.1 to Developers

Thursday October 22, 2020 1:12 pm PDT by
Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming watchOS 7.1 update to developers for testing purposes, a little over one week after seeding the third beta and more than a month after releasing the watchOS 7 update. To install the ‌watchOS 7‌.1 beta, developers need to download the proper configuration profile from the Apple Developer Center. Once the profile is in place, the...
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Apple University Dean Shares Deep Dive Into Apple's Organizational Structure

Thursday October 22, 2020 11:48 am PDT by
Apple University dean and vice president Joel Podolny today wrote an in-depth article on Apple's organizational structure for Harvard Business Review. Titled "How Apple is Organized for Innovation," Podolny's piece delves deep into Apple's structure and how that has helped it grow over the years. Starting back when Jobs took over the company when he returned to Apple 1997, Podolny explains...
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GameClub Brings PC Game 'Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank' to iPhone and iPad

Thursday October 22, 2020 11:03 am PDT by
GameClub, a subscription-based gaming service that revives classic iOS games, recently expanded into PC and console titles, promising to bring popular console and desktop games to mobile platforms. Today, GameClub is debuting its first PC to mobile game, Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank. Available on PC and Mac, this is the first time that Chook & Sosig has been expanded to iPhone, iPad, and...
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Apple Updates iMovie and GarageBand for iOS With New Features

Thursday October 22, 2020 10:32 am PDT by
Apple today updated iOS video editing app iMovie to version 2.3, introducing a number of new features to the app. There's support for viewing, editing, and sharing High Dynamic Range videos from the Photos library. There's also an option to import and share 4K videos at 60 frames per second. Titles can be customized using built-in fonts with easy tools for adjusting title style and...
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Apple Expanding 'Express' Retail Store Setup That Offers Safer Purchase Options

Thursday October 22, 2020 10:08 am PDT by
Apple is planning to expand a new "Express" store format that will make it easier and safer for customers to purchase new Apple devices, including the iPhone 12 lineup, reports Reuters. Image via PopVox co-founder and CEO Marci Harris on Twitter The Express store format features a wall built around the front of the main Apple Store with temporary sales counters that are protected by...
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Teardown Video Confirms iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Use Same 2,815mAh Battery

Thursday October 22, 2020 9:47 am PDT by
With the iPhone 12 launching on Friday and in just a few hours to Australia and New Zealand, hands-on videos, teardowns, reviews, and other iPhone-related content has been coming out. A new teardown video delves into both the iPhone 12 and the 12 Pro, confirming battery life for both models and giving us a closer look at their internals. The video from Io Technology is in Chinese, but ...
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Top Five Reasons to Buy a HomePod Mini

Thursday October 22, 2020 9:19 am PDT by
Apple last week introduced a new $99 HomePod mini, which is a more affordable alternative to the full-size HomePod that's been around since 2017. The ‌HomePod mini‌ isn't shipping out until November, but on paper, it sounds great for those who have been eyeing a ‌HomePod‌ but haven't wanted to shell out $299. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. In our latest YouTube video, ...
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Halide Developers Launch New 'Mark II' Photography App

Thursday October 22, 2020 8:00 am PDT by
The developers behind the Halide camera app today announced the launch of Halide Mark II, a new photography app that combines everything from Halide with the technology that was introduced in Spectre, an app for capturing long exposure photos, also from the makers of Halide. Mark II is described as an "elegant, intuitive camera" that can be used by casual photographers while also providing...
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Airbnb Working With Jony Ive's 'LoveFrom' Company

Wednesday October 21, 2020 4:47 pm PDT by
Apple's longtime head of design Jony Ive left the company back in mid-2019 to start his own company called LoveFrom, and one of Ive's first clients is Airbnb. Airbnb today announced that it is working with Ive's LoveFrom company on a "special collaboration" that will include a multi-year relationship to "design the next generation of Airbnb products and services."Today, I'm thrilled to...
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Apple Lobbies for Tax Breaks for Manufacturing More Chips in United States

Wednesday October 21, 2020 4:39 pm PDT by
Apple is seeking tax breaks from the U.S. government for domestic chip production, which suggests Apple may be aiming to move more iPhone manufacturing to the United States. According to Bloomberg, second and third-quarter lobbying disclosure reports indicate that Apple lobbied officials from the Treasury Department, Congress, and the White House on tax issues that included "tax credits for...
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Short Form Video Service Quibi Shutting Down

Wednesday October 21, 2020 1:13 pm PDT by
Short form video streaming service Quibi is shutting down, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Information. Employees and investors were notified about the impending shutdown over phone calls that went out this afternoon. Quibi, which launched in April, is similar to Netflix or Hulu but it provides video content in shorter 5 to 10 minute snippets for $4.99+ per month....
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Some Defective Apple iPhone 12 Cases Shipping Without Speaker Holes

Wednesday October 21, 2020 12:54 pm PDT by
At least two customers who have purchased iPhone 12 cases have received defective cases that do not have speaker holes, which obscures the sound. Photo by Reddit user zarnold16 There have been two separate threads on Reddit from iPhone 12 customers who purchased a case and received one without speaker holes. One customer was told by an Apple advisor that the case wasn't meant to have...