A look back at Apple’s news and headlines from the week, including the latest iPhone 16 Pro specs, fast charging for the iPhone 16, iPhone sales targets, longer-lasting Macs, Vision Pro predictions, the unveiling of Apple Pay, and Google Photos tools. Apple Loop is here to remind you of some of the many discussions surrounding … Read more
Apple today published a lengthy whitepaper highlighting the company’s approach to device repairability and longevity. In the document, Apple revealed that iPhones will better support third-party displays and batteries later in 2024. First, Apple said True Tone will work with third-party iPhone displays later this year: True Tone requires precise calibration to function properly, and … Read more
The Apple Watch has a hidden feature for activating Night Shift on the device, a Reddit user recently discovered. If you ask Siri on the Apple Watch to turn on Night Shift, Siri will do so and the display will take on a dimmer, yellow tint that reduces blue light exposure. It’s not clear how … Read more
Apple today launched a new Mac website designed to help potential customers find the ideal Mac. The “Help Me Choose” site asks users a few questions and then suggests the Mac that best meets the user’s needs. Questions include what the Mac will be used for, the necessary daily supplies, information about the user’s creative … Read more
Justin Long, the face of Apple’s iconic “I’m a Mac” commercials, now stars in a short Qualcomm skit promoting Snapdragon-powered PCs. During the Computex 2024 keynote, Qualcomm unveiled the new sketch featuring Long, who is known for his role in Apple’s “Get a Mac” commercials nearly two decades ago. Long is depicted as overwhelmed by … Read more
Last week, some iPhone users reported that Apple’s iOS 17.5 update introduced a bug that caused old photos that had been deleted to reappear in the Photos app. Apple quickly released an iOS 17.5.1 update to fix the problem, but for many users, the explanation of “database corruption” in the release notes was all too … Read more
A bug in iOS 17.5 apparently causes deleted photos to reappear, and the problem even seems to affect iPhones and iPads that have been wiped and sold to other people. A Reddit user swiped an iPad in September 2023 following Apple guidelines before selling it to a friend. That friend updated the iPad to iPadOS … Read more
Open AI has put the finishing touches to its latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, known as ChatGPT-4o, at an event earlier this week. The upgraded AI chatbot can now have real-time conversations and communicate through text, images and video – identifying and solving a math equation based on a photo in one demo. ChatGPT-4o … Read more