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.
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
Belkin Debuts New Compact 'Dual Power' Thunderbolt 3 Dock Core
Belkin today introduced the Thunderbolt 3 Dock Core, a "dual power" dock option that supports passthrough power from a laptop to connected devices, so a separate power cable is not required.
Belkin says the Dock Core is aimed at those who are looking for fast transfer rates and a one-cable solution for connecting laptops to peripherals.
Designed for both Mac and Windows machines,...
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Safari in macOS Big Sur Works With 4K HDR and Dolby Vision Content From Netflix on Newer Macs
Safari 14, introduced in the iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur betas, introduces HDR video support and allows Netflix users to watch content in 4K HDR and Dolby Vision for the first time.
As pointed out by 9to5Mac, Netflix has long offered 4K content that can be viewed on other platforms like the 4K Apple TV, but it has not been available to Mac users due to hardware limitations.
OMG! Netflix on ...
Apple Launches 'Path to Apple Card' Program to Help Declined Applicants Get Approved
Apple today launched a new Apple Card program and website that are designed to help people who have their Apple Card applications declined improve their credit to qualify, reports TechCrunch.
Starting today, declined Apple Card applicants will begin seeing emails that offer the Path to Apple Card program, which is opt-in and can run for four months. It uses the information from the initial...
First 5G iPhone Shipments Won't Include OLED Panels From BOE Due to Validation Failure
Apple was hoping to use OLED panels sourced from display manufacturer BOE for some of the iPhone models coming in 2020, but BOE will not be a supplier for the first batch of panel shipments for the new iPhones due to manufacturing issues.
According to DigiTimes, BOE has failed to secure Apple's validation for the OLED screens.
Apple is planning to release four OLED iPhones this year,...
The New York Times Ends Apple News Partnership and Pulls All Articles
The New York Times today announced that it is pulling out of Apple News, as the service does not "align with its strategy of building direct relationships with paying readers."
Starting today, articles from The New York Times will no longer show up in the Apple News app. The news site says that Apple has given it "little in the way of direct relationships with readers" and "little control...
Apple's A12Z Under Rosetta Outperforms Microsoft's Native Arm-Based Surface Pro X
Apple's Developer Transition Kit equipped with an A12Z iPad Pro chip began arriving in the hands of developers this morning to help them get their apps ready for Macs running Apple Silicon, and though forbidden, the first thing some developers did was benchmark the machine.
Multiple Geekbench results have indicated that the Developer Transition Kit, which is a Mac mini with an iPad Pro chip, ...
Apple Shares Trailer for Short-Form Sports Docuseries 'Greatness Code'
Apple today shared a trailer for "Greatness Code," a short-form sports docuseries that features stories from athletes like LeBron James, Tom Brady, Shaun White, Usain Bolt, and more.
The season features seven mini episodes, each examining a pivotal moment that defined an athlete's career. Episodes highlight the following athletes:
Four-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA champion and two-time...
U.S. Antitrust Regulators Investigating Apple's App Store Fees and Policies
As part of an ongoing antitrust inquiry into Apple's App Store policies, U.S. antitrust regulators are looking into the 30 percent cut that Apple takes from in-app subscriptions, reports Bloomberg.
Government lawyers have been meeting with developers over the course of the last several months, and in meetings as recent as last week, developers have been asked questions about Apple's...
iOS 14 Lets You Zoom Further Into Photos
In the Photos app, there's an option to use pinch gestures to zoom in to photos to see details up close, and in iOS 14, Apple lets you zoom in further than ever before.
The image as taken, max zoom on iOS 13, and max zoom on iOS 14
Zooming super far into iPhone photos doesn't always produce the clearest image, but it lets you inspect images more closely.
There have been tricks to zoom in...
MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Leather iPhone Case From Woolnut
For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Woolnut to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a leather case designed for one of Apple's newer iPhones.
Woolnut makes a whole range of cases and sleeves for Apple's iPhones, iPads, and Macs, and has iPhone cases that fit all of Apple's modern iPhones.
Slim in fit and priced affordably at 32.50 to 40 euros or $36 to $45, Woolnut's...
Craig Federighi Talks macOS Big Sur Redesign, Siri, Default Apps and More in New Interview
Apple's software chief Craig Federighi often does a series of interviews following WWDC events, and 2020 has been no exception. Federighi was on the The Talk Show with Daring Fireball's John Gruber, and he also spoke with tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee.
In a video published today, Federighi and Brownlee discussed some of the new features in iOS 14 and answered questions from Apple fans.
On...
iOS 14 Lets You Add Captions to Photos
Apple's iOS 14 update adds several new features to the Photos app, including an option to add captions to images right from the iPhone, which is something that Photos users have been wanting for quite some time.
The Photos app for Mac previously supported captions through the Description field, but on the iPhone, there has been no method for adding similar information. In iOS 14, entering a...
TikTok App to Stop Accessing User Clipboards After Being Caught in the Act by iOS 14
A new feature in iOS 14 alerts users when apps read the clipboard, and it turns out some apps have been reading clipboard data excessively.
Image via Jeremy Burge
TikTok users who upgraded to iOS 14, for example, quickly noticed constant alerts warning them that TikTok was accessing the clipboard every few seconds. After being caught, TikTok now says that it's removing the feature.
Okay so ...
Hands-On With the New Scribble Feature in iPadOS 14
Apple's upcoming iPadOS 14 update has many of the same features that are available in iOS 14, but there are a handful of functions that are designed specifically for the larger display and the Apple Pencil, such as Scribble.
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Scribble is one of the most notable new features in iPadOS 14, and we checked it out in our latest YouTube...
Apple Highlights More Projects Designed by Swift Student Challenge Winners
Apple hosts a Swift Student Challenge ahead of WWDC each year, tasking students with creating an innovative Swift Playgrounds project. Apple has been highlighting Swift Student Challenge winners in 2020, and today shared some of the projects students created on the Apple Developer site.
Brazilian student Henrique Conto, for example, created a three-minute Touch Bar game where players help a...
Apple Continues Store Closures Amid Covid-19 Spike, Now Shuttering 14 Locations in Florida
Apple is continuing with store closures in areas that are experiencing significant spikes in coronavirus infections, and tomorrow, 14 retail locations in Florida will be shut down.
The Galleria, The Falls, Aventura, Lincoln Road, Dadeland, Brickell City Centre, Wellington Green, Boca Raton, The Gardens Mall, Millenia, Florida Mall, Altamonte, International Plaza, and Brandon will close...
Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 109 With Upcoming Safari 14 Features
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 109 is the first version built on the new Safari 14 update included in macOS Big Sur. It...
First Look: macOS Big Sur With Redesign, Safari Updates, New Messages App and More
Apple on Monday unveiled macOS Big Sur, the newest version of macOS that's going to be released in the fall. Named after Big Sur, California, renown for its scenery, the new update features a fresh, clean design along with some useful new features.
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We went hands-on with macOS Big Sur in our latest YouTube video, giving MacRumors...
Face ID and Touch ID Logins Coming to Websites With Safari Web Authentication API
Apple allows Touch ID and Face ID to be used in lieu of a password to access sensitive apps like those for banking or password management, and in the future, Face ID and Touch ID will also be able to be used for authentication purposes when logging into a website.
Apple outlines the feature in a WWDC20 engineering session called "Meet Face ID and Touch ID for the web," which covers how web...
Apple Now Letting Developers Know When Customers Request In-App Refunds to Prevent Scams
Apple is introducing a new in-app purchase server notification system that lets developers know when a customer requests and receives a refund for an in-app purchase, allowing the developer to take an appropriate action, such as revoking the purchased item.
Developers are not involved in Apple's refund process, which is handled by the company. Prior to now, when a user requested and received ...
