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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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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 6 to Developers

Tuesday July 30, 2019 10:08 am PDT by
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of watchOS 6, the software that runs on the Apple Watch. The new beta comes two weeks after the third beta and more than a month after Apple first unveiled the new watchOS update at the Worldwide Developers Conference. To install the watchOS 6 beta, you'll need the proper configuration profile, which can be obtained through the Apple Developer Center. Once the ...
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Apple Joins Data Transfer Project With Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter

Tuesday July 30, 2019 9:34 am PDT by
Apple has joined the Data Transfer Project, an initiative launched in 2018 to develop an open-source service-to-service data portability platform to allow people to easily move their data between online service providers. As The Verge notes, Apple is now listed as a contributor alongside Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and others. Apple will build systems that will make it easy to...
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Everything New in iOS 13 Beta 5: iPad Home Screen Options, New Volume Levels, Updated Share Sheet and More

Monday July 29, 2019 12:55 pm PDT by
Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 13 to developers, bringing new bug fixes and adding and refining various iOS 13 and iPadOS features. In the fifth beta, changes and updates are getting more minor than changes made in earlier betas, but beta 5 still has some notable additions and feature removals worth highlighting. - iPad Home Screen - in iPadOS, there's a new feature in the...
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Two Upcoming 2020 iPhones to Feature Time-of-Flight 3D Sensing Rear Cameras

Monday July 29, 2019 10:20 am PDT by
Two of the iPhones set to be released in 2020 will feature 3D sensing rear camera setups with time-of-flight (ToF) camera lenses, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who shared the info in a note to investors that was obtained by MacRumors. A time-of-flight camera system measures the time that it takes for a laser or LED to bounce off of objects in a room, providing an accurate 3D map of...
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Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to Developers

Monday July 29, 2019 10:11 am PDT by
Apple today seeded the fifth betas of iOS 13 and iPadOS to developers for testing purposes, almost two weeks after releasing the fourth betas and more than a month after unveiling the new operating system at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Registered developers will need to download the profile for the iOS 13 and iPadOS betas from Apple's Developer Center. Beta 4, like earlier betas, can...
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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of Upcoming tvOS 13 Update to Developers

Monday July 29, 2019 10:11 am PDT by
Apple today seeded fifth beta of an upcoming tvOS 13 update to developers, almost two weeks after seeding the fourth beta and more than a month after unveiling the tvOS 13 software at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Designed for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV, the new tvOS 13 developer beta can be downloaded onto the ‌Apple TV‌ via a profile that's installed using Xcode. tvOS ...
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Google's Upcoming Pixel 4 Smartphone Features Face Unlock and Gesture Recognition

Monday July 29, 2019 9:46 am PDT by
Ahead of the launch of its new flagship smartphone, the Pixel 4, Google has been sharing details on the device to get ahead of leaks. The design of the Pixel 4 was unveiled in June, and today, Google offered up a look at some of the features that will be included in the new smartphone, including Face Unlock and Motion Sense. Face Unlock is designed to unlock the Pixel 4 much like Face ID...
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Kuo: All Three iPhones Coming in 2020 Will Support 5G

Sunday July 28, 2019 10:28 am PDT by
The three iPhones expected to launch in 2020 will feature support for 5G, according to a new note to investors shared today by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and obtained by MacRumors. Kuo originally said that two of the three new iPhones coming in 2020 will support 5G, but now believes that Apple will offer 5G in all models to better compete with lower-cost Android smartphones that will support...
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Safari: Complete Guide to iOS 13

Friday July 26, 2019 1:37 pm PDT by
Safari is one of the most important apps on the iPhone and iPad, allowing iOS users to access the web on their devices. Safari is one of the apps that routinely gets updated when new versions of iOS are released, and iOS 13 is no exception. Safari in iOS 13 offers a whole range of useful updates, from an updated start page to a new download manager. Below, we walk through all of the new and...
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Contractors Working on Siri 'Regularly' Hear Recordings of Drug Deals, Private Medical Info and More Claims Apple Employee

Friday July 26, 2019 12:38 pm PDT by
Contractors that are working on Siri regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, recordings of couples having sex, and other private information, according to a report from The Guardian that shares details collected from a contractor who works on one of Apple's ‌Siri‌ teams. The employee who shared the info is one of many contractors around the world that listen to ‌Siri‌ voice...
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Apple May Be Changing Apple Music Trial From Three Months to One Month

Thursday July 25, 2019 2:03 pm PDT by
Apple may be planning to start offering a one month free trial of Apple Music instead of three months, according to a new banner on Apple's webite. On Apple's page for accessories, there's a banner that offers up a one month free trial of ‌Apple Music‌ rather than a three month free trial. This could potentially be a mistake or a new change that Apple is rolling out. Clicking on the banner...
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Apple Acquiring the Majority of Intel's Smartphone Modem Business

Thursday July 25, 2019 1:02 pm PDT by
As rumored, Apple today announced that it has signed an agreement with Intel that will see Apple purchasing the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will be joining Apple, and Apple will also take over Intel's related intellectual property, equipment, and leases, in a transaction that's valued at $1 billion. At $1 billion, this is Apple's second...
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Testing 5G: What 5G Speeds Will Be Like When the 2020 iPhones Launch

Thursday July 25, 2019 11:31 am PDT by
Apple isn't planning to launch a 5G iPhone until 2020, but carriers in the United States and other smartphone manufacturers like Samsung are already testing 5G, which offers download speeds that are much faster than 4G. Verizon invited MacRumors to Chicago to test its 5G network, giving us an idea of what 5G speeds will be like when we can use 5G networks on our iPhones in 2020. Subscribe ...
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Apple Expected to Adopt Keyboard With Scissor Mechanism for Upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro

Thursday July 25, 2019 10:06 am PDT by
Apple is planning to use a scissor mechanism rather than a butterfly mechanism for its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said today in a note to investors that was obtained by MacRumors. Kuo continues to believe the 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ will come in the fourth quarter of 2019, and now, he says Apple will use the more durable scissor mechanism that he previously said would ...
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Billboard Profiles Oliver Schusser, the Head of Apple Music

Thursday July 25, 2019 10:05 am PDT by
Oliver Schusser, who now heads up Apple Music, recently sat down with Billboard to give some insight into how ‌Apple Music‌ works and his plans for ‌Apple Music‌'s future. Schusser, who has been with Apple for 15 years, was promoted to Head of Global Operations for ‌Apple Music‌ back in April 2018, reporting directly to ‌Apple Music‌ chief Eddy Cue. At a time when there was internal strife over...
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Samsung's Galaxy Fold to Launch in September Following Design Revisions

Wednesday July 24, 2019 6:34 pm PDT by
Samsung's foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, is now set to launch in September after being delayed in order for Samsung to make some design changes, Samsung announced today. The new version of the Galaxy Fold features several design and construction improvements. The top layer, which was mistakenly peeled off by some reviewers, has been tweaked to make it clear that it's part of the...
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Apple Music Names DJ Khaled As First 'Artist-in-Residence'

Wednesday July 24, 2019 1:22 pm PDT by
Apple Music has invited DJ Khaled to be its first "Artist-in-Residence," Khaled announced today on his Instagram account (via Billboard). Khaled says that as Artist-in-Residence, he will be taking over "the biggest playlists on the platform" every month while also debuting new artists. Khaled called on record labels and artists to "hit him up" to collaborate, and he announced his first...
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Costco App for iOS Now Supports Digital Membership Cards, Allowing for Wallet-Free Shopping Trips

Wednesday July 24, 2019 12:55 pm PDT by
Costco recently updated its iOS app to add a Digital Membership Card for the first time, allowing customers to enter the store and make purchases without the need to have a physical card. Costco has long had an iOS app, but the app did not include support for adding a digital version of the Costco membership card, instead requiring customers to present their actual cards for purchases....
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HomeKit and AirPlay 2 Rolling Out to 2019 LG ThinQ TVs Starting Tomorrow [Updated]

Wednesday July 24, 2019 12:12 pm PDT by
Update: An LG spokesperson now says that the information shared by its UK PR team is inaccurate and there are no current plans to bring AirPlay 2 and HomeKit support to LG TVs that were released earlier than 2019. From LG: "LG cannot guarantee that TV models prior to 2019 will be able to deliver a seamless user experience. Therefore, while this may be a possibility in the future, at the...
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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 88 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Wednesday July 24, 2019 9:49 am PDT by
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced three 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 88 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for JavaScript, WebRTC, Web API, Pointer...