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
Apple Planning Fix for Broken Twitter Links in Safari on OS X
For the past couple of months, Twitter users who click shortened "t.co" links with an HTTPS URL have noticed a frequent, irritating bug that prevents content from loading. Oftentimes, when a "t.co" link is clicked, it opens up a blank web page and hangs at a loading screen for several minutes before giving an error message.
There are threads about this issue on the MacRumors forums and the Appl...
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Google Paid Apple $1 Billion in 2014 to be Default iOS Search Engine
It's common knowledge that Apple and Google have a monetary agreement that ensures Google's position as the default search engine on Apple's iOS devices, but the details of that deal have been kept under wraps, until now. A recent court transcript from Oracle's copyright lawsuit against Google was obtained by Bloomberg and sheds some light on the agreement, suggesting Google pays out a lot of...
Refurbished 2015 Retina MacBook Now Available From Apple's Online Store
Apple recently began offering the 12-inch Retina MacBook in its online store for refurbished products, marking the first time refurbished versions of the Retina MacBook have been made available for purchase.
Released in April of 2015, the Retina MacBook is Apple's thinnest, lightest Mac product, measuring in at just 13.1mm thick and weighing 2 pounds. The machine has a full edge-to-edge...
Apple Shares New Apple TV Ad Focused on Apps
Apple today shared a new Apple TV ad on its YouTube channel, highlighting the many apps and games that are available on the device through the dedicated tvOS App Store. Entitled "The Future of TV is Apps," the ad features an Apple TV set-top box that morphs to match the theme of each app that's shown off in the spot.
Netflix, Apple Music, WatchESPN, Asphalt 8: Airborne, Disney Infinity, Gilt,...
California Joins New York in Effort to Weaken Smartphone Encryption
As the argument over smartphone encryption continues on between device manufacturers like Apple, devoted to strong encryption, and U.S. federal government officials pushing for backdoors to access data, several states have gotten involved in the fray.
New York State Assemblymember Matthew Titone introduced a bill last summer that would require smartphone manufacturers to create devices that...
Apple Maps Gains New Flyover Locations, Traffic Info Now Available in Hong Kong and Mexico
Apple today made several updates to its Maps app around the world, adding new Flyover locations, expanding Maps Traffic info, and bringing the Nearby feature in Maps to additional countries.
New Flyover locations available today include Aomori, Japan; Bruges, Belgium; Lake Powell, Utah; and Limoges, France. Some of the locations listed may have previously been available as Flyover...
Productivity App Sale Offers 50% Off Clear, 1Password, Duet Display and More
Apple is offering 50 percent off a range of productivity apps as part of a "Get Productive" iOS App Store promotion that's taking place this week. Each app is available at a 50 percent discount from its regular App Store pricing. Many well-known apps like Clear, Things, Drafts 4, and Deliveries are included in the promotion.
Available apps cover a wide range of productivity tasks, from...
Popular Card Game 'Exploding Kittens' Now Available on iPhone
Last year, cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal teamed up with Elan Lee and Shane Small to create a card game called Exploding Kittens, which launched on Kickstarter. It received huge amounts of media attention and became the most-backed Kickstarter project of all time, with more than 200,000 backers.
Exploding Kittens started shipping out in July, and as of today, it's expanding to iOS...
Microsoft Office Update Brings Drawing Tools for iPad, 3D Touch for iPhone 6s
Microsoft today updated its suite of Office apps designed for the iPad and the iPhone, adding features to take advantage of the iPad Pro's Apple Pencil and the 3D Touch function in the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint have all been updated with the new tools.
On iPads, there's a new Draw tab that can be found in each of the three apps. The drawing tools in this tab allow iPad ...
Hands-On With Apple's New Music Memos iOS App and GarageBand 2.1 Update
Since the launch of Apple Music and its included Apple Music Connect social platform, Apple has been focusing efforts on its music creation tools, as evidenced by today's surprise release of a brand new iOS app called Music Memos and a significant update to the iOS version of GarageBand.
Available for free, Music Memos is designed to allow musicians and songwriters to record, analyze, and...
Lesser-Known 3D Touch Features: Peek and Pop Safari Tabs, Keyboard Trackpad, and More
The launch of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus brought a new range of gestures to the iPhone, introducing 3D Touch. 3D Touch adds a pressure dimension to the traditional multi-touch controls on iOS devices to enable Peek and Pop, Quick Actions, pressure-sensitive drawing, and more.
Because 3D Touch is an entirely new feature, it can be difficult to adjust to all of the available gestures and to find...
New 'Music Tracker' App Monitors Your Apple Music Library for Changes and Raises Privacy Concerns
Music Tracker, from developer Ben Dodson, is a new app designed to keep an eye on changes made to the music library on your iOS device. After downloading, the app scans a user's music library and then tracks all changes that are introduced, including new song additions, deletions, and metadata changes to details like the title, artist, album, and genre of owned tracks. Whenever a change is...
Apple to Sell Hermès Apple Watch Collection Online Starting Friday
Starting on Friday, January 22, both Apple and Hermès will begin offering the special edition Apple Watch Hermès via their online storefronts, reports Fashionista. Since its October debut, the Apple Watch Hermès collection has only been available for purchase in select boutique and Apple retail locations in major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Milan, Paris, London,...
iMovie for Mac Updated With YouTube Bug Fix, Stability Improvements
Apple today updated iMovie for Mac, the company's video editing software designed for consumers of all skill levels. Today's minor 10.1.1 update fixes several bugs, including a problem with YouTube sharing that affected those with multiple YouTube accounts and a problem that prevented White Balance adjustments from being applied to video clips.
Apple says the update also includes stability...
Key Apple TV 4 Designer and Chomp Co-Founder Leaving Apple
Four years ago, Apple purchased App Store search and discovery company Chomp, gaining Ben Keighran as an employee. Keighran went on to have a pivotal role developing the "look and feel" of the software on the new Apple TV, but according to Re/code, he's now leaving the company.
Keighran participated in the development of tvOS, the software that runs on the fourth-generation Apple TV. tvOS...
Apple Frustrated by Inability to Reach Deals With TV Programmers for Television Service
ESPN president John Skipper spoke with The Wall Street Journal in an interview this morning, revealing some insider details on Apple's struggle to establish deals with content providers for a streaming television service.
According to Skipper, Apple is "frustrated" by its ongoing inability to find a mutually advantageous way to work with programmers. Though no deals have been established, ESPN ...
Upcoming 'Array' HomeKit-Compatible Deadbolt Uses a Solar Panel for Charging
Hampton Products International today announced plans to introduce its first HomeKit-enabled product under its Brink's Home Security brand, debuting the Array digital deadbolt. The Array is a cloud and app-enabled digital door lock that can be unlocked via an iPhone.
Designed to connect to an existing Wi-Fi router, the Array digital deadbolt does not require additional hubs or accessories,...
Apple's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference Will Likely Take Place June 13 to 17
Each June, Apple holds its Worldwide Developers Conference at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco, California, giving thousands of developers from around the world a chance to meet up with Apple engineers and sit in on valuable workshops and software sessions.
Apple has not yet announced the dates for its 2016 conference, but based on scheduling information available from the...
Apple Releases iOS 9.2.1 With Bug Fixes, Security Updates
Apple today released iOS 9.2.1 to the public, marking the first update to iOS 9 since iOS 9.2 launched in December of 2015. iOS 9.2.1 has been in testing since December 16, with developers and public beta testers receiving a total of three betas before its public launch.
Today's iOS 9.2.1 release is available as an over-the-air update to all iOS 9 users. A minor update, iOS 9.2.1 is the fifth...
Apple Releases OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan With Multiple Bug Fixes
Apple today released OS X 10.11.3 to the public, marking the launch of the third update to the El Capitan operating system that was first released on September 30. In testing since December 16, OS X 10.11.3 follows the December launch of OS X 10.11.2. Prior to release, Apple seeded three betas of OS X 10.11.3 to developers and public beta testers.
The OS X 10.11.3 update can be downloaded...
