With iOS 17.3, Apple is adding Stolen Device Protection to the iPhone, limiting access to private information just in case someone gets ahold of both your iPhone and your passcode. It requires biometric authentication to do things like access passwords, turn off Lost Mode, make purchases in Safari, and more.
The update also includes support for AirPlaying content directly to some hotel room TVs, creating collaborative Apple Music playlists with friends and family, and more.
Along with collaborative playlists, users can make emoji reactions to tracks. Apple also updated the AppleCare & Warranty section in the General System Settings to show coverage of all devices signed into your Apple ID.
The watchOS 10.3 update includes a new Unity Bloom watch face to celebrate Black History Month.
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Apple updated its Apple Music Classical app today with “stability and performance enhancements” that briefly appeared to include CarPlay support. However, the app crashed when launching from the CarPlay interface. Now the app has been updated to remove Classical from the CarPlay app launcher.
Sonny Software has released Bookends 14.2.8 with support for those with an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) identifier. The reference management tool now enables you to explore your own publications and their relationships with others, plus receive a notification when new citations are added.
After attaching the optical inserts magnetically to the headset, users will have to “scan the pairing code on the card inside ZEISS Optical Inserts box to finalize the pairing process.”
The code in question appears to be an App Clip code that triggers a system action to pair the ZEISS lenses to the Apple Vision Pro. It’s unclear at this point what exactly this pairing process does and what it verifies.
In a letter sent out by Apple Music to its partners on Monday (Jan. 22) and obtained by Billboard, the streamer revealed that beginning with month-end royalty payments in January, music available in Spatial Audio — which is supported by Dolby Atmos — will receive a royalty rate up to 10% higher than content not available in the format.
"I use the Android system on the phone and I use the Microsoft system at home, which means I cannot see anything that's on the Apple system at all," he said.
Mr Pyatt called the tech company and spoke to a customer service representative.
He said he was told they could not help him because he was not an Apple customer.
Apple and the US Treasury did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Apple stopped sales of its physical products in 2022, but its App Store and some of its subscription services still operate. At the end of 2022, Apple gave up its office in the centre of Moscow, though it still has two legal entities that operate in the country.
I do have some old cables that I probably want to just throw.
Not lightning cables though. I hope I can still keep my iPhone 12 mini around for a little while. And, also, my keyboard and mouse and AirPods case are all still working fine for, I also hope, a few more years.
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