PayPal's Digital Gifts eBay storefront today has $50 App Store and iTunes gift cards for $42.50, a savings of 15 percent. As usual with PayPal's card sales on eBay, you'll need a PayPal account to complete the transaction, and the iTunes credit will only be valid on purchases made in the United States. Although the $100 card isn't directly on sale, you can add two $50 cards to your cart today to get $100 worth of iTunes credit for $85 -- which has been the typical sale amount over the past few weeks.
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Once you place the order, PayPal will send a code to your email inbox within a few hours, although it can take up to 24 hours. Visit PayPal on eBay for more information and to pick up one of the iTunes cards before the limited-time offer expires.
Since it's Tuesday, Apple has added a few new films onto the iTunes Movies store, as well as marked down some to notable low discounts. Below we've listed sales hitting iTunes Movies for 4K HDR films and Disney films.
4K HDR movies on sale
Logan Lucky - $9.99, down from $14.99 (Movie of the Week, $0.99 rental)
In other deals this week, RAVPower is offering MacRumors readers a discount of 20 percent off a pair of its Qi-compatible wireless chargers at Amazon. In addition, our readers can get 15 percent off one of RAVPower's portable power banks, which includes a built-in wireless charging pad. Check out all the products on sale below, along with the promo codes you'll need to take advantage of the discounts.
We reviewed all three of RAVPower's new accessories last week, so be sure to check out that review for more information.
HyperAir stand for $39.99, down from $49.99 with promo code MACRPC69
HyperAir pad for $31.99, down from $39.99 with promo code MACRPC66
Thursday January 23, 2025 6:41 am PST by Joe Rossignol
iOS 18.3 should be released to the public next week, following beta testing since mid-December. While the software update is a relatively minor one, it still includes a handful of new features, changes, and bug fixes for iPhones.
Below, we recap everything new in iOS 18.3.
Notification Summary Changes
Examples of inaccurate Apple Intelligence notification summaries
Apple Intelligence...
Friday January 24, 2025 1:55 am PST by Tim Hardwick
Apple is set to release iOS 18.3 next week, bringing further refinements to Apple Intelligence features, a couple of neat new capabilities to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 devices, and bug fixes.
While not quite as packed with new features as Apple's preceding iOS 18 point releases, iOS 18.3 still introduces capabilities that aim to make your iPhone smarter and more intuitive. Below, we've...
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Apple has previously implied that iOS 18.4 will be released in April, as that is when it promised to make Apple Intelligence available in even more languages.
Below, we outline what to expect from iOS 18.4 so far.
Apple Intelligence for Siri
Siri ...
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A new Apple TV is expected to be released later this year. In this article, we recap rumored features and changes for the device.
The next Apple TV will be equipped with Apple's own combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He said the chip supports Wi-Fi 6E, which would be an upgrade over the current Apple TV's standard Wi-Fi 6 support. Wi-Fi 6E extends the...
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The update adds new Visual Intelligence features for iPhone 16 models, it tweaks Notification summaries on all...
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On social media, he said that he is expecting the size of the Dynamic Island to remain "largely unchanged" across the iPhone 17 lineup. His statement is contrary to prior rumors that we've heard about planned changes for the iPhone 17 models.
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Gurman did not explicitly say if the store updates are related to any upcoming product announcements, but he did mention that next week is around the time that Apple rolls out its annual Black Unity watch band for the Apple Watch.
In each of the past four years, ...
Thursday January 23, 2025 2:48 pm PST by Joe Rossignol
It's also time for Apple's first product announcement of the year.
Last year, Apple said it would be launching Powerbeats Pro 2 in 2025, and the wireless earbuds are expected to launch very soon.
Powerbeats Pro 2 images found in iOS 18 code
In his Power On newsletter last weekend, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the Powerbeats Pro 2 are "due imminently." In addition to Apple filing the...
Very possible, I think I'm more confused about why PayPal told him that over the phone than anything else.
I'm guessing this was just a customer service human error and she didn't actually know why it wasn't going through. Everything in my paypal has been confirmed etc for a awhile now so I'm not sure why I couldn't make the purchase. It wasn't a big deal so I didn't call again. Good that you guys were able to!:)
Update on this: I called again today, the customer rep said the same thing. That this seller is recognized as a "high risk" seller and e gifts are a risky thing for paypal's security. She said it has nothing to do with my account and couldn't tell me why 6,000 other people were able to make the purchase and I wasn't. Lol.
Paypal won't let me purchase this, haha. When I called Paypal's customer service they told me that their system won't let people buy from this seller. Which makes no sense because over 5,000 sold and they only accept paypal. Not a big deal but if you're having this problem this is what they told me.
That's weird, I just bought one and it went right through and I noticed the name of the seller was paypal_digital_gifts and they have over 433k of feedback. I'd call them again.
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