Friday November 6, 2026 3:27 pm PST by Juli Clover
When the iPhone Duo launched, we shared a list of some of the fun apps developers created for the new form factor. Two weeks out, developers are continuing to come up with fresh ideas, so we thought we'd share some of our favorites.
Games
Marbles Unhinged ($2.99) - Marbles Unhinged is a marble maze designed for the Duo. When you fold it, the floor turns into a ramp. If you stand the top...
Thursday November 5, 2026 12:59 am PST by Tim Hardwick
Apple is launching five new products on Friday, November 6, following pre-orders that opened last week, including its first touchscreen MacBook Pro models.
The following new products will be available from today:
iPad mini with OLED display and A20 Pro chip
iMac with M6 chip
14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 chip
14-inch MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen
16-inch MacBook Pro with OLED...
Apple plans to merge the iPhone's Action button with the Camera Control starting next year, according to the leaker known as "Instant Digital."
In a new post on Weibo, the leaker claimed that a single press of the combined button would open the camera, while a long press would trigger the function assigned to the Action button. They explicitly clarified that the dedicated Action button would ...
Personally I think they really knocked it out of the park with this year's updates. It's also great that they have been able to update everything together, instead of leaving macOS & iPadOS behind for the next year like they have done so often.
Also, I think one of my favorite unmentioned improvements is the Mail app finally, finally, finally getting the option to not select a new message when you delete or move one. It was always so nonsensical that if I deleted a message mail would pop me into a different one from the list, causing it to become read.
Probably the only fairly useful thing out of the Tahoe debacle are the customizable folders, something which, it must be reminded, ALREADY existed in pre-OS X days.
It is a UI nightmare. Tech support is going to pull their hair out. Just look at this insane version. Who in their right mind tought this would be a nice touch???
Probably the only fairly useful thing out of the Tahoe debacle are the customizable folders, something which, it must be reminded, ALREADY existed in pre-OS X days.
The rest is just fluff.
It really is.
People are appaerently very easily impressed by anything Apple does.
Folks claiming they "knocked it out of the park" and I'm just like ... "what?"
Maaan. I so want that wallpaper from the first image. :(
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