Analysis and MacDigest’s perspective.
For a few hours on July 8, a batch of old iPhones and iPads could not be restored. Apple pulled the baseband signatures for a set of legacy devices, and by early afternoon Apple put them back. Nothing was lost. What it exposed is worth keeping. What happened Apple didn’t stop signing the old iOS…
Global PC shipments fell 4.9 percent last quarter to 68.2 million units, the first drop after nine straight quarters of growth. Lenovo, HP, and Dell all shrank. Apple did the opposite, shipping 6.7 million Macs, up 10.1 percent, for 9.9 percent of the market. It was the only top-five vendor to grow. Apple beats a…
Apple lost in Europe today. The EU’s General Court threw out its challenge to being named a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act. The App Store and iOS stay under the rules, and Apple has to keep opening the iPhone to rival apps and stores. Apple argued its five app stores, one each for iPhone,…
Apple confirmed this week that the Home app’s new AI features need a 2TB iCloud+ plan, at $9.99 a month or $120 a year. The requirement turned up in the third macOS Golden Gate beta’s release notes on Monday. At WWDC, Apple said some Apple Intelligence features would need a paid iCloud+ plan but wouldn’t…
On June 25, Apple’s online store went down for a few hours and came back with higher prices across the lineup: every Mac, every iPad, the Apple TV, both HomePods, and the Vision Pro. Everyone has covered the price list. Here’s what it actually means. Apple explained itself Apple almost never gives a reason for…
