Apple has four million people on betas of its operating systems.
Four million people are participating in Apple’s OS beta programs
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Design resources now available for Apple developers for Photoshop and Sketch
On Thursday, Apple announced the introduction of new design resources for Apple developers for Mac and Apple Watch. The company's Human Interface Guidelines now include AppKit UI elements for designing Mac apps like Sketch and Photoshop, plus dozens of new UL elements for watchOS apps. There are also new watch templates for designing complications, a color guide, and new text styles.
Apple launches watchOS 5 beta 4, tvOS 12 beta 4 to developers
Developers can now download watchOS 5 beta 4 and tvOS 12 beta 4, which were released alongside iOS 12 beta 4, today, July 17. These betas arrive 14 days after the previous releases.
Apple celebrates World Emoji Day with preview of new 2018 characters
Today, July 16, is World Emoji Day. To celebrate, Apple's doing its part by promoting the 70 new emojis that are coming to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac this fall. The emoji characters are part of Unicode 11.0, which was approved earlier this year.
How to identify legacy Apple Watch apps
Legacy Apple Watch apps built with outdated watchOS SDKs produce a warning when launched in watchOS 4.3.1. On watchOS 5 and later, legacy apps refuse to open at all.
How to add and remove sources on Siri watch face on Apple Watch
The Siri watch face is one of the most popular on Apple Watch. Here's how to add and remove sources on this watch face.
Using Raise to Speak to invoke Siri listening sessions on Apple Watch without Hey Siri
If you own an Apple Watch Series 3 or newer, Siri can talk to you via the built-in speaker. And with the watchOS 5 software or later, you can invoke a Siri listening session on your watch without saying “Hey Siri”. Just raise your wrist and start talking, that's it!
Apple introduces beta 3 of watchOS 5 and tvOS 12
Apple has released new beta software for developers. In addition to iOS 12 beta 3, the company has launched tvOS 12 beta 3 and watchOS 5 beta 3.
How to edit Control Center on Apple Watch
Learn how to add, remove, and rearrange Control Center toggles on your Apple Watch so you can add more options or remove the ones you don’t use.
How to access Apple Watch Notification Center and Control Center
In this brief tutorial, we’ll show you how to access the notifications pane and Control Center on your Apple Watch when you’re not on the watch face but inside other apps.
How to connect Apple Watch to Wi-Fi without your iPhone
Learn how to manually connect your Apple Watch to an open or password-protected Wi-Fi network when your iPhone isn’t around.
Siri on Apple’s latest OS betas is acting up
According to numerous reports on Twitter and Reddit, iOS 12 beta 2 and other developer OS updates that Apple issued yesterday are causing intermittent availability issues with Siri.