Month: November 2026

Bluetooth High Data Throughput will bring faster data transfers and higher quality audio than ever before, but it’s more than a software update, it needs manufacturers to adopt it in hardware.Bluetooth HDT could improve the audio quality of future Apple AirPodsFor something we all rely on for everything from external keyboards to wireless AirPods, Bluetooth…

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Apple’s press release for the HomePod mini 2 last month touted “rich sound” and “advanced computational audio,” but it did not explicitly mention if the second-generation model has better sound compared to the original. A few early reviews of the speaker, however, said that audio quality has in fact improved. Apple’s tech specs pages for…

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The new PROLED MacBook Pro isn’t the only hardware that benefits from macOS Golden Gate’s touch-centric changes. Third-party displays and Sidecar benefit from them too.Touching the traffic light buttons in macOS Golden Gate, using an iPad with SidecarApple’s decision to bring touchscreen support to the new OLED-equipped MacBook Pro meant it had to also change…

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macOS 27.3 adds native Markdown rendering to Quick Look, allowing users to preview .md files with their formatting applied. In the first beta of macOS 27.3, Quick Look displays styled headings, bold text, lists, and links when previewing Markdown documents. Selecting a file in Finder and pressing the Space bar brings up a readable preview,…

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Apple’s iPhone 18 could get a bigger battery and a faster A20 chip, but rising memory costs might bring another price hike. (via Cult of Mac – Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.) Go to Source Author: Anurag Chawake

Okay, it’s in essence just an iMac G4 sort-of mirroring a MacBook screen, but it’s still cool. YouTuber Jesse Richards uses custom software (that he has made available) on a MacBook to stream what a HomeView shows to the user while it’s running. Yet another reason to reuse classic Apple hardware, or to make a…

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Amazon’s $9 pre-order discount on the HomeView has returned for the Space Gray color, allowing you to get the home hub for $289.99, down from $299.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us…

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Apple will likely consolidate its high-end MacBook Pro lineup around touchscreen models, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest “Power On” newsletter, Gurman questioned whether Apple would keep updating its high-end ?MacBook Pro? models without touchscreens. The company has retained the mini-LED M5 Pro and M5 Max models alongside the new touchscreen versions,…

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A team of hackers has come up with a new jailbreak for the iPhone, demonstrating how it persists with Lockdown Mode on, even after an update to iOS 27.2.Lockdown Mode on iPhone is for users facing grave threats to their digital securityLockdown Mode is Apple’s way to harden device security, intended to protect high-profile individuals…

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The latest app to adapt to the new iPhone Duo is Google Maps, which now fills both displays to make maximum use of the device’s screens. Here’s what it looks like.Google Maps now uses the whole of the inner and outer displays on the iPhone Duo.It’s still early days for developers and the iPhone Duo,…

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Apple has added an explicit ban on using confidential information to bet on prediction markets to its insider trading policy, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The policy was filed on Tuesday as an exhibit to Apple’s annual report on Form 10-K, which is also available on Apple’s Investor Relations…

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