iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Plus -- still banned in Indonesia Indonesia's president has agreed to a $1 billion deal with Apple that if approved, will build two factories that will ultimately produce 20% of the world's AirTag supply. Sources familiar with the matter claim that Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto gave his approval to the…
While Apple is accusing Meta of trying to use EU laws to abuse privacy, Meta is saying Apple is worse. This is just the latest chapter in a long-running fight between the tech giants. The latest spat between Apple and Meta, the owner of Facebook, is... pretty much the same as every exchange before. Apple…
Apple Intelligence has a long way to go before launching in China Apple is reportedly in talks with ByteDance and Tencent to integrate their AI models with Apple Intelligence in China, so it can expand the feature set to the lucrative market. Apple is slowly rolling out Apple Intelligence to iPhone, iPad, and Mac, by…
M4 MacBook Air The model that kicks off the 2025 Mac releases will be the M4 upgrade to the MacBook Air., which will likely land between January and March. The current M3 MacBook Air was released in March 2024, so the M4 model will arrive about a year later. With the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro,…
The musician Stephin Merritt once joked that he would be happy to sell only a single copy of each album he makes, provided that single copy costs $100,000. Which coincidentally is pretty close to Apple’s marketing strategy for Vision Pro. I jest, of course: you can’t run a multi-trillion-dollar corporation that way. Apple loves its…
With 2024 closing, it’s time to look forward to 2025. What could we see from Apple in the new year? That’s coming up in this episode of the Macworld Podcast! This is episode 914 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 914 on YouTube Listen to episode 914 on Apple Podcasts Listen…
Unfortunately, we rent many facets of our daily lives. That includes homes or apartments, Netflix, DoorDash, and the same goes for your productivity apps. Something you can do to ease the subscription load—or someone else’s—is to own your daily tools outright, which is usually more affordable in the long run. ‘Tis the season to own the…
Core Graphics provides default image filters for quick special effects. Here's how to save image files in Preview for macOS with effects. Apple's Core Graphics (Quartz) 2D imaging subsystem provides a high-performance, consistent API for creating, saving, and manipulating graphics. It's also responsible for drawing most text on Apple platforms (Core Text). Text can be…
Meta trying to use the EU DMA to gain access to iPhone user data On its face, the EU DMA is meant to stop monopolies from abusing their market position, but Meta appears to be abusing this legislation in an attempt to gather unprecedented access to iPhone user data. Meta, Facebook's parent company, has reportedly…