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The iPhone 14 Pro is among Apple's latest ‌iPhone‌ models and follows 2021's ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro, but how different are the two successive high-end ‌iPhone‌ generations? In 2021, Apple unveiled the ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro as the successor to the popular ‌iPhone‌ 12 Pro, featuring ProMotion displays, an improved rear camera system, the A15 Bionic chip, longer battery life, and more. The ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro and ‌iPhone‌ 13 ...

Apple's annual iPhone-centric fall event is set to begin on Wednesday, September 7, and unlike last year, there will be an in-person component with members of the media invited to test out new devices. We've been hearing rumors about the next-generation iPhones for many months now, so we know the ins and outs of what to expect. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. This...

Apple in iOS 16 made some notable changes to the Weather app, adding new types of notifications and increasing the information you can see about everything from humidity to temperature to visibility. For many of these new features, Apple has incorporated information from Dark Sky, a weather app that it purchased in 2020. This guide highlights everything weather-related that's new in iOS 16,...

The iPhone and iPad have a built-in intelligent search feature called Spotlight, which is designed to search through apps, files, and the web to help you find what you're looking for. Apple improves Spotlight Search with every iteration of iOS, and iOS 16 is no exception. This guide highlights everything that's new with Spotlight in iOS 16, available now, and iPadOS 16, coming in October. ...

With no iPhone 14 mini expected to feature in Apple's upcoming ‌iPhone‌ 14 series lineup this September, we look at the best possible alternative ‌iPhone‌ options for those who prefer smaller form factor devices. ‌iPhone‌ sizes are changing this year, and Apple is widely believed to be eliminating the 5.4-inch ‌iPhone‌ mini from the ‌iPhone‌ 14 lineup, as the ‌iPhone‌ 13 mini was not popular enough with ...

Almost all of Apple's main built-in iPhone apps were updated with new features in iOS 16, including both the Photos and Camera apps. ‌Photos‌ has quite a few new features including an option to get rid of duplicates and some locked folders for sensitive photos, plus the Camera app can translate text and there are functionality improvements for ‌iPhone‌ 13 users. This guide aggregates everything...

Apple is working on an updated version of its low-cost iPad, with the new tablet set to come out later in 2022. The entry-level ‌iPad‌ has always been something of an afterthought as it isn't often updated with new features, but rumors suggest there's a big redesign in the works. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. This guide highlights everything that we know about the...

The iOS 16 update focuses primarily on the Lock Screen and new features for apps like Mail, Messages, and Photos, but Apple did make some small changes to the Notes and Reminders app, adding a handful of new options. This guide highlights all of the new features in the Notes and Reminders apps for iOS 16, which is available now. Notes There are some quality of life improvements for the...

Apple is rumored to be working on an upgraded "pro" version of the Apple Watch that will be sold alongside the Apple Watch Series 8 models. The Apple Watch Pro will feature a different design, a larger size, and a more expensive price tag. This guide aggregates everything we know about the Apple Watch Pro, which is expected to launch in September alongside the Apple Watch Series 8 and the...

Apple is developing new versions of the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, but it sounds like they will be fairly minor updates following a complete redesign in 2021. We do know the machines will get M2 Pro and ‌M2‌ Max chips that will bring notable performance improvements. This guide highlights everything that we know about the upcoming 14- and 16-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ models, and it will be...

Last year in iOS 15, Apple added a feature that is designed to let you highlight and select written and typed text from photos, interacting with it as you would text in any other place in the operating system. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. With iOS 16, available now, Apple has continued to improve Live Text, and it has some impressive new capabilities, which...

Every iOS update adds new privacy and security features, and iOS 16, available now, is no exception. Apple has added tools to make it easier to apply security updates, new Face ID capabilities, improvements to photo security, and more, with details on all of the new privacy and security options outlined below. Safety Check The Settings app houses a new "Safety Check" feature that is...

With iOS 16, Apple added an iCloud Shared Photo Library to make sharing photos with your friends and family easier than ever. You can create a shared library and then invite any of your friends with an Apple product to view photos, contribute photos, and edit photos. This guide covers all of the features that you need to know about to use the ‌iCloud‌ Shared Photo Library feature. Creating...

Apple with iOS 16 has added a new medication management feature to the Health app, which is designed to allow users to keep track of their medications to make sure a dose isn't missed. The feature works alongside a new Medications app on the Apple Watch, and it's useful for everything from prescriptions to vitamins. This guide covers everything that you need to know about the medication...

With every iteration of iOS, Apple makes improvements to the built-in Siri voice assistant, and iOS 16 is no exception. Offline support has been expanded, ‌Siri‌ can finally hang up calls, and there's improved guidance on when and where you can access ‌Siri‌. This guide outlines everything that's new with ‌Siri‌ in iOS 16, which is available now for all eligible devices, plus it includes details...

Apple today released iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 to the public after two months of beta testing. As these will be some of the final updates to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, there are a limited number of new features and bug fixes. We've outlined everything that's new in iOS 15.6 below. Live Sports Updates With iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6, the TV app now supports restarting, pausing, rewinding, and...

The iOS 16 Maps app didn't get as many changes as some of the other apps in the update, but there is at least one major change that's worth noting -- multi-stop routing. Multi-stop routing is a long-awaited Maps feature, plus there are a few other new options. This guide highlights all of the features that are new to the Maps app in iOS 16, which is available now for all eligible devices. ...

The iOS 16 Safari update builds on the Tab Groups feature introduced in iOS 16, plus it adds some much-needed quality of life improvements and security enhancements. This guide covers all of the new features in Safari in iOS 16, which is available now, and iPadOS 16, coming in October. Tab Group Updates Introduced in iOS 15, Tab Groups let you organize and save your tabs into different...

With iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, Apple has added a number of improvements to the Mail app to bring it in line with competing email apps. The Mail app includes search updates, an undo send option, and tools for getting reminders about emails that you need to follow up on, plus more. This guide covers everything that you need to know about the Mail app in iOS 16, available now, and in iPadOS 16,...

Apple's MacBook Air with the M2 chip comes over a year and a half after its M1-based predecessor and, most recently, the company introduced a 15-inch model. The new ‌MacBook Air‌ features a complete redesign as well as several important under-the-hood improvements that could make it a major upgrade worth considering for many users, even though it may not be worthwhile for some. The ‌MacBook Air‌ ...