There's an update to Screen Time that lets parents know when a Screen Time passcode is used on a child's device, and there is support for carrier-provided satellite features on iPhone 13 models.
macOS Sequoia 15.5 is light on new features, with Apple listing only a change to Screen Time in its notes.
The new face offers a colorful, abstract portrayal of the Pride flag and makes a nice complement to iOS and iPadOS 18.5’s new Pride wallpapers.
With visionOS 2.5, Apple added a Vision tab to the Apple TV app to make it easier for users to find content created for the Vision Pro.
According to Apple’s security release notes, a fix was issued in regards to the iPhone 16e’s C1 modem, where “An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept network traffic.”
It's time to update your Macs again! This time, I'm not burying the lede. CVE-2025-31250, which was patched in today's releases of macOS Sequoia 15.5 et al., allowed for…
…any Application A to make macOS show a permission consent prompt…
…appearing as if it were coming from any Application B…
…with the results of the user's consent response being applied to any Application C.
With Safari 18.5, included in macOS 15.5, Apple added Declarative Web Push, an updated method to deliver web-based push notifications even when a website isn't open. With Declarative Web Push, developers can display notifications without the need for a service worker, which preserves battery life for Web Push notifications.
Ahead of WWDC kicking off in June, Apple today has officially unveiled this year’s new accessibility features for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. The year’s features come as Apple celebrates 40 years of accessibility innovation, with the company originally starting its office of disability in 1985.
[...]
Headlining Apple’s announcement of new iOS 19 accessibility features is an upgrade for the App Store. Later this year, Apple will add a new Accessibility Nutrition Labels section to App Store listings. This is similar to the Privacy Nutrition Labels feature that Apple launched several years ago, giving users a way to easily see the privacy practices of individual apps.
In macOS 16, Mac users will get an alert when a Mac app reads the pasteboard without direct user interaction. This change means apps won't be able to surreptitiously view the things you've copied and pasted.
The company has confirmed via a support document that iOS 19 will end support for its legacy Home app architecture, requiring an update.
Something else you may have noticed is that when you send an audio message using the Messages app, the message includes a transcription of the audio. If you happen to pronounce the name “Dave and Buster’s” as someone would normally pronounce it, almost like it’s a single word, the transcription engine on iOS will recognize the brand name and correctly write it as “Dave & Buster’s” (with an ampersand).
[...]
Ampersands have special meaning in XML/HTML and must be escaped [...] Apple's transcription system is not doing that, causing the parser to attempt to detect a special code after the ampersand, and since there's no valid special code nor semicolon terminating what it thinks is an HTML entity, it detects an error and stops parsing the content.
I did not expect a TV show called Murderbot to be quite so relatable. On the surface, the Apple TV Plus sci-fi comedy is a somewhat generic futuristic story about a group of humans exploring a dangerous planet with the help of a security bot that’s designed to protect them. The key is the perspective: the story is told from the bot’s point of view, and that bot is really going through it. It’s experiencing free will for the first time and struggling with the ramifications of that, making it anxious, awkward, anf addicted to streaming television. It may be built to kill — but it’s just like me.
While every Wells fan will have their own view of what that means when it comes to the new Apple TV+ "Murderbot" series, it's clear from the very beginning that this is an adaptation in love with Wells' ideas, and it's adept at finding ways to bring them to crackling, compulsively watchable life.
Still, I hope Murderbot bucks the trend and makes waves with its quirky mix of deadpan humor, sideways social commentary and special effects-laden action.
Because sci-fi nerds shouldn't be the only people who get to enjoy a TV series more entertaining than most of the franchise films clogging big movie screens.
Apple today shared a trio of spooky "Mac to School" ads on its YouTube channel in the UK.
The videos highlight three useful Mac features for students, including AirDrop, iPhone Mirroring, and Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools.
The Apple Watch has been an odd hybrid since the introduction of the cellular option. An Apple Watch with Wi-Fi can independently connect to Wi-Fi networks, for which it has stored a connection synced from its paired iPhone. You can also join a network through the device itself since watchOS 5, although I don’t relish entering a long alphanumeric and punctuation password with the tiny on-screen keyboard.
So the answer is: Yes! But with a lot of different circumstances for an Apple Watch with just Wi-Fi.
If you’ve ever wanted to take an early look at new versions of Apple’s operating systems before they launch, and maybe help shape them in the process, then Apple’s beta program is something you should consider. This initiative allows developers and public beta testers to gain access to the updates before they’re released, so they can help test for bugs and give any new features a thorough workout before they’re unleashed on the general public.
It’s sort of an iPad ecosystem for design, and a well-brewing one at that. She explains it as, “I run a design business, create online courses, build templates, test brushes,” all on the iPad, and it’s one device where she can have everything live without worrying about if there’s enough power or speed.
There are a lot of rumors flying around about a big iOS and macOS redesign coming this year, perhaps as a distraction to the continued issues around Apple Intelligence. And while I’m game for a fresh coat of paint across the software I use every single day, I have one plea while Apple’s at it: Please, for the love of god, make the Notes app render the letter “a” properly.
Patrick McGee: "I quote someone saying that they need to walk out of China, but they can’t run. If they run, they risk the ire of Beijing as well as the Chinese consumers. But if they go too slowly, then they remain stuck in China. So they have to find this perfect pace to exit because they can’t become the poster child of de-risking from China.
"I have got sourcing that Apple has told China, “OK, more stuff is going to India, but the supply chain is becoming more and more Chinese.” The rise of the “red supply chain,” which includes companies like BYD, [electronics firm] Luxshare, [acoustic parts maker] Goertek, and [semiconductor company] Wingtech, is of geopolitical importance."
Apple is one of the most profitable companies in history. It can afford to be better, and I would argue that any short-term reduction in profit would more than pay off in the long run. If Apple wants to leave the world better than it found it, now is the time to align its behavior toward developers with the rest of the company’s stated values.
Accessibility Reader, a "systemwide reading mode" that is coming to the new version of iOS, sures sounds like something I will want to use. Especially for that one particular iOS app that have fontsize too small for my old eyes.
~
Also, I can't wait to watch Murderbot and The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
~
Thanks for reading.