But what I find disappointing is that, all these years after that Guardian piece broke, vestibular accessibility remains reactive rather than proactive. Nothing illustrates that better than Apple breaking Reduce Motion in Safari of all apps. When Reduce Motion is on, the zooms in the tab view should be replaced by crossfades. They were for a long time. But that went away in iOS 18. I dutifully mentioned this to Apple. It looks like this might be fixed in iOS 18.2. But the problem should never have come back in the first place – and it wouldn’t have if there was even the most rudimentary of testing by someone with Reduce Motion active.
If your iPhone 16’s display is off, the default behavior is that you press the Camera Control once to wake the screen and again to open the Camera app. This new toggle in iOS 18 gives you the ability to remove that first press.
The feature will be integrated into each airline's customer service process for locating mishandled or delayed baggage, according to Apple. This will make it easier for the airline to help find bags with an AirTag attached to them.
Apple Music picked its 100 Best Albums earlier this year. But it seems the digital celebration was only part of the story. Apple Music has announced that it’s publishing a new hardcover book to commemorate the album list. Here’s the kicker: it will set you back $450.
Apple today said an "immersive music experience" from singer The Weeknd will be available to watch on the Vision Pro headset this Thursday, November 15.
It is unknown what changes the latest firmware introduces, but it likely offers refinements and fixes to some of the new features introduced in the previous build.
Ulysses has issued version 36 of its eponymous writing app to add full support for Apple Intelligence Writing Tools, which can proofread, rewrite, and summarize your texts (available with macOS 15.1 Sequoia).
The new version of CoverSutra fixes the Music app's biggest flaws by being what Apple Music should be—fast and reliable. CoverSutra sits quietly in the menu bar, and clicking on it will immediately bring up the search bar. Here, you can quickly search for songs, albums, or artists from your library.
The browser is based on a new approach that completely does away with the traditional address bar and horizontal tab layout. Instead of tabs, navigation in Horse Browser is structured in hierarchical trees called ‘Trails.’ The resulting UI is unique, appealing, and clever. But how does it hold up in everyday use?
Channel 4’s new streaming app for visionOS lets you watch favorites like Taskmaster in a native Vision Pro experience.
Today, Apple TV+ announced an all-new 10-part docuseries, “The Secret Lives of Animals,” narrated by SAG Award winner Hugh Bonneville (“Paddington,” “Downton Abbey”). “The Secret Lives of Animals” highlights 77 unique species in 24 countries over three years, revealing stunning, never-before-seen animal behaviors and highlighting the remarkable intelligence of the natural world. Hailing from the acclaimed BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the series will debut globally on December 18 on Apple TV+.
Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.
The European Commission said it had identified several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices on some Apple Media Services and threatened enforcement measures by national regulators if Apple failed to address its concerns.
Why would Apple want to promote the idea that Apple Intelligence can bail you out from failing to pay attention to the most important people in your life?
While I get Apple's desire to ditch text, I'm still used to the iOS 17 version of Photos, which had a button called Edit in the top-right corner, above each photo.
So far, I find it easier to take photos using the touchscreen than the Camera Control button.
Of course, Apple's work on that button is not done yet; it can definitely be improved upon. Someday, I may prefer this little button than the big touchscreen.
But every time I tried using this button, I am aware how big the swipe surface area of the touchscreen is compared to the tiny button.
(One thing I haven't tried is to disable all the swipy stuff and just use it as a pure click-button.)
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