Sit back and relax as iDownloadBlog's Harris Craycraft takes you on a quick tour of some of the biggest changes in the second developer beta of iOS 13.
Files & Camera improvements and other changes in iOS 13 beta 2
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Pre-order Nintendo’s match-3 puzzler Dr. Mario World ahead of launch next month
Wednesday, July 10 is the date you're looking for.
tvOS 13 finally brings support for Picture-in-Picture video playback to Apple TV
The second developer beta of tvOS 13 that dropped yesterday includes support for Picture-in-Picture video playback, bringing this handy feature for the first time to the Apple TV box.
Apple’s sleep tracking company Beddit now has a beta program to test new features
Back in early 2017, Apple acquired sleep tracking company Beddit. Now, over two years later, Beddit is getting in on the beta program fun.
iOS 13’s CarPlay features include Light theme, Dashboard, album art, Calendar, Hey Siri & more
CarPlay has received its biggest update ever in iOS 13 with an all-new Dashboard to access music, maps and more in a single view, in addition to a Light theme, a new Calendar app, Siri support for third-party navigation and audio apps and much more.
Apple seeds second iOS 13, iPadOS, macOS Catalina, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13 betas to developers
iOS 13 is the next major release for Apple's mobile operating system, and Apple is moving forward with the latest developer beta. Meanwhile, iPadOS is meant to show the turning point for the iPad lineup and Apple's new focus on the tablet lineup. tvOS 13, macOS Catalina, and watchOS 6 are also seeing major updates this year.
Apple to bankroll Oscar-worthy movies at a clip of $5-$30 million per project
Driven by Netflix’s recent spate of Oscar nominations, Apple's global video programming team reportedly wants to cure its collective Oscar envy and make a big splash in Hollywood by bankrolling a bunch of Oscar-worthy movies at a rate of $5 million to $30 million per project.
iOS 13 will let German citizens use their iPhone to store copies of their passport and ID card
The German government is going to take advantage of iOS 13's built-in NFC stack to allow citizens to use their iPhone as documentation.
Kuo: Apple could complete 5G modem development by 2022 or 2023
Apple could do without Qualcomm's wireless modems in iPhones as soon as 2022.
VIDEO: Tim Cook talks privacy, Steve Jobs and more in Stanford 2019 commencement address
Tim Cook addressed graduates of Stanford University yesterday. Notably, Apple co-founder and college dropout Steve Jobs delivered one of the best commencement addresses I've heard thus far fourteen years ago, also at Stanford.
VIDEO: How to give your Mac a significant speed boost in under ten minutes by swapping the factory SSD for OWC’s Aura Pro X2
The affordable Aura Pro X2 flash memory upgrade kits from Other World Computing (OWC) help make your old Mac feel and run like a brand-new model. These performant SSDs consume less power and run cooler than any flash drive drive before. And thanks to our video instructions, you'll be able to swap factory SSD for an Aura in under ten minutes.
iPhone hobbyist claims to have ported iOS 13 beta 1 to the iPhone 6 [updated]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about Apple’s upcoming iOS 13 for iPhone and iPod touch (iPad gets its own new operating system dubbed iPadOS), which implements native dark mode and a plethora of other jaw-dropping features that users have been requesting from Apple for quite some time. On the other hand, the oldest handsets it supports out of the box are the iPhone SE, 6s, and 6s Plus.
In a seemingly unbelievable turn of events, however, an Apple device tinkerer with the Twitter handle @NighttigerFTW has purportedly managed to get the first iOS 13 beta running on an iPhone 6 with minimal tweaking. The full details below: