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The Toggles-for-Connectivity Edition Monday, October 28, 2024

iOS 18.1: New Features, Release Date, And More, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

Apple Intelligence is Apple’s suite of artificial intelligence features, first announced at WWDC in June. These features will roll out over the next year, and the first set of Apple Intelligence capabilities is included in iOS 18.1.

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iOS 18.1 also makes changes to the revamped Control Center that was first introduced in iOS 18. Most notably, there are now dedicated toggles for connectivity options such as Wi-Fi and VPN controls.

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iPad Mini 7 Teardown Confirms No Display Hardware Changes For ‘Jelly Scrolling’ Fix, by Michael Burkhardt, 9to5Mac

iFixit shared their teardown for the new iPad mini yesterday, highlighting the fact that Apple did not rotate the display driver in order to fix the “jelly scrolling” problem – which many expected them to do. Instead, the fix lies somewhere else.

When reviewers got their hands on the new iPad mini, many of them noted that jelly scrolling was at least reduced. Some people claimed it disappeared entirely, while others argued it was just an improvement over the mini 6.

Protect Yourself Against Location Tracking Abuses, by Adam Engst, TidBITS

Despite the workarounds that scammy and scummy data brokers have found, you can still take three affirmative steps to protect your privacy, even while Apple works on its next generation of privacy lockdowns.

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Indonesia Blocks Sale Of Apple’s iPhone 16, by Claire Jiao, Bloomberg

The iPhone 16, launched in September, cannot be marketed domestically as local unit PT Apple Indonesia has not fulfilled the country’s 40% local content requirements for smart phones, the Ministry of Industry said in a statement on Oct. 25.

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The industry ministry earlier said that Apple has only invested 1.5 trillion rupiah ($95 million) in Indonesia, below its commitment of 1.7 trillion rupiah. Apple has been building developer academies in lieu of establishing a local manufacturing facility.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Gets December 3 Release Date, by Tim Hardwick, MacRumors

Nintendo on December 3 will release Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, a paid offline version of the iOS game that existing users will be able to play after the original is shut down.

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Well, the big week for Mac customers is here. As I am typing this, there are about two hours left in Monday, and I am feeling sleepy. Yet, constant refreshes of Apple's home page yielded no new Macs.

Yet.

(Looks like I am not in the 'correct' time zone.)

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Thanks for reading.