Following the latest beta seeds to developers of iOS, iPadOS, and others, Apple is following along with the latest for macOS Catalina.
Apple seeds ninth macOS Catalina beta to developers
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Apple seeds watchOS 6.1 beta 1 to developers
After releasing watchOS 6 to the public in mid-September, Apple is moving ahead with the latest beta of the smartwatch's next update.
iPhone 11 Pro Max’s Super Retina XDR display awarded ‘Best Smartphone Display Award’ by DisplayMate
Another year, another new smartphone with an even more advanced display than the model year before. And sure enough, Apple's display in the iPhone 11 Pro Max is earnings high marks.
Google launches ‘Play Pass’ for $4.99 per month to take on Apple Arcade
Earlier this month, Apple launched Apple Arcade to the public with iOS 13. But not to be outdone, Google has just introduced its competing effort: Play Pass.
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold goes on sale in the U.S. on September 27
Samsung wants to usher in a whole new era for smartphones by welcoming the first foldable smartphone to market. Unfortunately, getting there hasn't been easy.
Production of the new Mac Pro will take place in Texas
The new cheese grater variant of the Mac Pro, which Apple introduced earlier this year, was initially going to be manufactured in China. However, that will no longer be the case.
iFixit gives the iPhone 11 the teardown treatment, reveals similar logic board as Pro models and more
iFixit has already taken apart the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Now the team has turned its attention on the other new iPhone model this year, the iPhone 11.
iPhone 11 Pro survives SquareTrade’s tumbling test, named ‘most durable iPhone’ ever tested
Durability is important for a device you're paying a lot of money for, especially one you take with you everywhere. From Apple's perspective, the new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max feature "the toughest glass in a smartphone", so obviously people are going to put that to the test.
Oprah’s Book Club launches in Apple Books, coming soon to Apple TV+
Back when Apple first introduced Apple TV+, the company teased the giant partnership with Oprah Winfrey, and now the company is finally detailing what that means for Apple Books and Apple TV+.
Unc0ver jailbreak picks up support for A12(X) devices running iOS 12.0-12.4
After a much-anticipated wait, hacker Pwn20wnd has incorporated full-fledged A12(X) device support into the unc0ver jailbreak tool and released it for public testing in the form of unc0ver v3.7.0 beta 1.
The new beta was made available for public testing Sunday afternoon following a series of suspenseful Tweets shared by Pwn20wnd himself along with some of his internal beta testers:
Jailbreak tweaks of the week: 3DTools, BottomToolBar, SmartBattery, and more
Apple officially dropped iOS 13 to the general public this week, but for those happily jailbroken on iOS 11 or iOS 12, it's possible to obtain many of the software update's new features with the right combination of jailbreak tweaks.
In this roundup, we’ll showcase all the latest jailbreak tweaks to be released from Monday, September 16th to Sunday, September 22nd. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorites first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward.
iPhone XS smacks iPhone 11 Pro in app launching speed test
Apple’s annual iPhone unveiling typically includes the introduction of an all-new SoC with modest speed improvements, with this year’s focus being the A13 Bionic chip. At the Keynote, Apple’s vice president of silicon manufacturing Sri Santhanam said that all mechanisms of the A13 Bionic chip would be nearly 20% faster than its predecessor; but is this the case?
Now that the iPhone 11 Pro is readily available to those who pre-ordered or tried their luck at local retail stores, it should come as no surprise that these numbers are being put to the test. In one example, YouTube personality EverthingApplePro compared the app launching performance of the iPhone 11 Pro to the previous-generation iPhone XS with astonishing results: