Apple

How to switch between Dark and Light Mode specifically for emails in Mail on macOS Mojave

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 20, 2018

macOS Mojave brings a system-wide Dark Mode for the first time to your Mac. Available in system Apple apps including Finder, Photos and Calendar, Dark Mode will be coming to third-party apps, too, thanks to an Apple-provided API. In Apple Mail, Dark Mode is especially awesome due to a handy option allowing you to permit you to alternate your emails between darker and lighter appearances while having Mojave's Dark Mode turned on at a system level.

Apple issues ninth beta of iOS 12 & beta 8 for watchOS 5, tvOS 12 and macOS Mojave [u]

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ August 20, 2018

Less than a week after it launched iOS 12 beta 8, Apple has released its successor and other goodies. Developers can download iOS 12 beta 9, tvOS 12 beta 8, and watchOS 5 beta 8 over-the-air (OTA) or from the Apple Developer website. Apple also released macOS Mojave 10.14 beta 8.

Apple tells German carriers 2018 iPhone pre-orders are kicking off September 14

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 20, 2018

Apple will start taking pre-orders for its three upcoming iPhones next month on Friday, September 14. If true, it indicates the Cupertino tech giant should announce the new phones earlier that week, probably on Wednesday, September 12, coinciding with our own educated guess.

2018 iPhones may switch to copper coil for even faster Qi wireless charging

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 27, 2019

For this year's trio of new iPhones, Apple has allegedly switched to thicker copper wire coils that have lower resistance, resulting in faster, more efficient Qi wireless charging.

Classroom-focused Minecraft: Education Edition is hitting iPad in September

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 20, 2018

Minecraft: Education Edition, an educational version of the popular world-building game specifically designed for classroom use, is hitting iPad in September, Microsoft said today.

New Apple Watches registered on Eurasian database ahead of possible refresh

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ August 20, 2018

French outlet Consomac has spotted several unreleased Apple Watch devices that were recently added to the Eurasian Economic Commission’s (EEC) database. This is one of the ways worldwide that companies must register new products that use encryption before releasing them to the public. In total, six new Apple Watch devices were discovered.

Time Travel, a rarely-used Apple Watch feature, is set to disappear with watchOS 5

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 20, 2018

Time Travel, a rarely-used Apple Watch feature, is going the way of the dodo bird—not because it sucked but over low usage. Apple's certainly done poor job advertising Time Travel to its users.

Apple pulls 25,000 illegal gambling apps from App Store in China

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 20, 2018

In yet another effort to appease to demanding Chinese regulators, Apple today confirmed it had removed gambling apps from App Store because they're “illegal” and not permitted in China.

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Note 9’s Infinity Display earns highest-ever A+ grade in DisplayMate testing

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 17, 2018

An extensive barrage of tests conducted by experts over at DisplayMate has shown that Samsung's recently unveiled Note 9 flagship smartphone rocks the best mobile display.

Another report says MacBook, iPad Pro lineup getting a 2018 refresh

Bryan M. Wolfe ∙ August 17, 2018

A new report seems to confirm previous ones that say Apple's planning to refresh its entry-level MacBook lineup as early as next month. New iPad Pro models are also expected to debut in the coming weeks, according to DigiTimes.

Apple claims no customer data was exposed or compromised in Aussie hacking incident

Christian Zibreg ∙ August 17, 2018

Apple Friday denied the details of yesterday's report that an Australian schoolboy broke into its servers last year, downloaded 90GB of data and accessed customer accounts.