Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple is best known for making some of the world's most ubiquitous consumer devices, software, and services: the iPhone, iPad, iMac and MacBook computers, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iOS, iCloud, iTunes, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and many more. Led by CEO Tim Cook since 2011, Apple is one of the largest technology companies in the world alongside Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
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Apple updates Logic Pro with new sounds and search features
Including a software emulation of the Quantec Room Simulator
All the news from Apple’s ‘week’ of Mac announcements
Apple’s unusual approach to an October event is skipping the event and just announcing some forthcoming announcements.
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Apple iPad Mini 2024 review: missing pieces
Apple’s smallest tablet got an upgrade — but it won’t feel like much of one unless Apple Intelligence is better than it seems.
The Resident Evil 2 remake’s Apple App Store release is officially December 10th, Capcom announced. (Before, it was December 31st.)
Like RE4 and Village, RE2 is free to start, but you’ll need to pay to play the whole game. Handily, you only need to buy it on one device (iPhone 15 Pro and up, or M1-and-up iPad / Mac) to play it on your others.
It’s driven me bonkers ever since Google introduced linking to highlighted text in Chrome that I couldn’t do the same in the Safari browser. Now it seems that’s changing.
I spotted it in the most recent macOS 15.2 beta, where it appears when you right-click highlighted text. MacStories’ Federico Viticci noticed it in the iOS 18.2 beta, where you get it by long-pressing.
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Apple Watch ban: everything you need to know
Apple’s ability to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US is in trouble due to a patent dispute — here’s all the latest news.
The latest version of the app now includes support for CarPlay and Siri, alongside “stability and performance enhancements” according to Apple.
It’s more surprising that this wasn’t already available. MacRumors notes that CarPlay support also briefly appeared in January before mysteriously vanishing just hours later. I’m glad they brought it Bach.
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Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: the best kind of overkill
Apple’s latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing. But wow is it fun to use.
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Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
The Apple Vision Pro is the best headset anyone’s ever made — and that’s the problem.
...on Apple’s Vision Pro headset. “Open Hearts,” which Apple describes as a “new immersive music experience,” debuts on Thursday. The company is steadily introducing new immersive content for the headset.
The new Mac Mini’s power button had to go on the bottom because of the Mini’s size, explained Apple’s John Ternus and Greg Joswiak in an ITHome interview.
“You pretty much never use the power button on your Mac,” said one of the execs, according to English text from the article. Touché, but for those who do use it, there are options.
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As expected, adding more storage to the new machine isn’t as simple as swapping out the SSD module.
Dosdude runs down the more involved process of replacing the module’s two NAND chips — essentially the same thing he did with a Mac Studio before.
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Apple MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max review
It’s undoubtedly fast, powerful, and earns the Pro moniker. It’ll also cost you a pretty penny.
Say what you will about Apple putting the Mac Mini’s power button on the bottom, but it seems to have activated the maker community in some very fun ways, like this one from Mac developer Gijs Raggers.
I do love an over-the-top solution to a design quirk.
Jerrod Hofferth’s 3D printed miniaturized Mac Pro-style enclosure for the new Mac Mini is just adorable — and practical, for those who can’t abide the Mini’s power button placement and want to do something about it.
As a bonus, the wheels don’t cost $700.
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The Apple Lisa was a design revolution — and it still feels like one today
The Lisa helped create the design language for computers as we know them. Here’s what it’s like to use one.
We have both M4 Pro and M4 Max 16-inch MacBook Pros, and after initial testing for my review of the 14-inch M4 version, we want to see how hard we can push them.
What kind of workloads or further benchmarks are you curious about? Let us know in the comments.
The PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen
On The Vergecast: a sensible Mac lineup, a luxurious gaming console, and a very expensive domain name.
Available now through Apple’s online store, Belkin’s $99.95 Travel Bag for Apple Vision Pro is cheaper than Apple’s $199 Vision Pro Travel Case, and much smaller. It’s got pockets for storing the headset’s accessories, a cushioned lens pillow, and even a hidden compartment for an AirTag so you can track the bag if it goes missing.