Apple has previewed iOS 26, a major update that brings a new design and improvements to many of the apps we rely on every day. Apple’s new Liquid Glass brings “a more expressive and delightful experience across the system while maintaining the instant familiarity of iOS” the company says. Updates to almost every app will…
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Telstra launches satellite text service for iPhone
Telstra ’s recently launched satellite-to-mobile messaging service is now available to Apple iPhone owners on the network. The service was kicked off earlier in the week but was limited to Samsung Galaxy S25 devices. If you’re using an iPhone 13 through 16, you can add to the over 100,000 messages sent since the service launched….
How to change default apps in iOS 18.2
Here’s how to choose apps that are different to Apple’s default settings. Anthony CaruanaAnthony is the founder of Australian Apple News. He is a long-time Apple user and former editor of Australian Macworld. He has contributed to many technology magazines and newspapers as well as appearing regularly on radio and occasionally on TV.
Adding Visual Intelligence to Control Centre
Apple made Visual Intelligence available on supported iPhones with the iOS 18.4 update. Here’s how to add that feature to Control Centre. Anthony CaruanaAnthony is the founder of Australian Apple News. He is a long-time Apple user and former editor of Australian Macworld. He has contributed to many technology magazines and newspapers as well as…
How to assign Visual Intelligence to the iPhone Action Button
Apple made Visual Intelligence available on supported iPhones with the iOS 18.4 update. Here’s how to assign that feature to the Action Button. Anthony CaruanaAnthony is the founder of Australian Apple News. He is a long-time Apple user and former editor of Australian Macworld. He has contributed to many technology magazines and newspapers as well…
Apple Universal Clipboard is an unsung hero
It’s hard to believe that when the first iPhone was released that you couldn’t cut, copy and paste. Today, you can cut, copy and paste between any Apple device that is signed on to the same iCloud account with the Universal Clipboard. What you need to use Universal Clipboard How to enable Handoff on your…
Apple wins Aussie patent case
Apple’s legal department has scored a win over CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Charter Pacific, a Queensland-based company that claimed Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID patents it had acquired in 2019. The case kicked off about four years ago and sought to block Apple from manufacturing, importing, selling or supplying a…
All you need to make iPhones is “robotic arms”
The ongoing tariff war that threatens to bump up the prices of all electronics everywhere is causing Apple to reconsider its manufacturing base and supply chain. And one of the big targets for the USA government is convincing Apple to move iPhone manufacturing to the USA. While Apple, along with a bunch of other big…
Apple updates vintage and obsolete products list
If you have an Intel-powered Mac mini, iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Pro, your device has now been shifted to Apple’s vintage products list. Products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than five and less than seven years ago. Once Apple stops distributing products for sale more than seven years…
Apple’s conspicuous AI miss could be hit with Health+
Apple Intelligence has been infused into almost all of Apple’s software in some way. Aside from the obvious inclusions in macOS, iPadOS and iOS Apple has managed to slide some AI into Final Cut Pro as well the iWork suite of apps. But one area where some AI would be immensely useful is in health….