macOS is Apple’s operating system for the Mac. It has been around quite a long time, but in its current form it really started in 2001 with Mac OS X 10.1. It’s built on top of a UNIX core, which makes it very stable, versatile, and great for developers. It’s popular with creators too, as a good platform for video editing and photography. More recently, Apple has begun working to bring iOS apps to the Mac, which could change how MacBooks, iMacs, Mac Pros, and Mac Minis work for everybody.
After promoting Johny Srouji, I expect Apple to continue focusing on what makes its recent Macs so great: the chips.
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And we re-tested the M1 Pro and M1 Max models to see how far the M5 Max has come.
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Rumors of an Apple product launch event next week look confirmed, now that Tim Cook is posting about a “big week ahead,” with a short video clip of someone swiping around Apple’s logo. So, new MacBook Pros, probably some new iPads, and maybe the rumored iPhone 17e?
We’ll find out soon.
The second macOS 26.2 beta comes with an “Edge Light” feature that brightens up the edges of your display, helping to improve your lighting during video calls.
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A chip bump to an excellent laptop doesn’t make it less excellent.
There are fixes for bugs that some new iPhone 17 / Pro / Air owners have noticed, like wonky Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios, as well as camera artifacts experienced “under certain lighting conditions.”
One iOS 26 issue addressed is blank custom tinted icons, plus one security flaw for a “maliciously crafted font.”
Liquid Glass is solidly mid at best, but Tahoe ain’t terrible.
Apple’s new cross-platform design system is created for a world we don’t live in.
A vulnerability (CVE-2025-43300) stemming from Apple’s image processing framework, “may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals,” according to Apple.
Apple has rolled out a patch for iOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 18.6.2, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1, and other OS versions listed here.
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Mark Gurman’s newsletter runs the gamut of Apple nexts this weekend, starting with rumors of the “iPhone 17e” kicking off an annual refresh cycle for cheaper iPhones, more iterative chip-bump updates for the Mac and iPad starting this fall, and Apple’s first new Mac external monitor since 2022’s Studio Display.
There’s also some succession plan musing around (secretly swole?) CEO Tim Cook detailing why hardware chief John Ternus is most likely, and how the design team that will be reporting to Cook might do so via Alan Dye and Molly Anderson.
That’s what Apple is working on next, at least according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The more affordable MacBook would use the same A18 Pro chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro series, and pack a 13-inch display and colorful finishes like silver, blue, pink, and yellow.
Apparently Apple is aiming to sell 5-7 million of them too, making up more than a fifth of its overall laptop sales.
The company has released an update to its Ultimate Software V2 that expands the number of devices you can customize using the macOS version, bringing it more in line with the Windows version, it announced on X.
Support on macOS has been expanded to now include the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wireless, Wired, and Bluetooth controllers, the Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller, the Retro Receivers for the Saturn and Nintendo GameCube, and the Retro R8 Mouse N Edition.
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