When things are quiet on the Apple front, the number of leaks and rumours seems to grow almost daily. The rumour mill is grinding with everything from Apple products that fold or roll-up through to new Macs. Here’s a round up of some of the more believable rumours and leaks going around. Codenames for next…
Category: iOS
iOS 26 helps you fight against spam calls and text
Among the many new features Apple is introducing in iOS 26 are tools to help beat back the rising tide of spam calls and text messages. While email filtering has been around for a while and is reasonably effective, Apple is upping the ante with tools to help filter junk messages and calls. The ability…
The official iOS 26 compatibility list
iOS 26 will officially arrive during Spring. And that means there will be some devices running iOS 18 that won’t get the update. Here’s the official list of iPhones that support iOS 26. iPhone X owners have dropped off the list from iOS 18. If your iPhone isn’t in this list, it’s seen its last…
iOS 26 will give your iPhone a whole new look
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…
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.
WWDC25 is coming – should you upgrade to the newest software?
Each year, Apple releases updates to its core operating platforms. Next week, as part of WWDC25, we’ll get our first look at new versions of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. All will get the same version number, 26, with some very significant changes to the look and feel of the applications expected. Along…
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…
Apple to end version numbering confusion with iOS 26
Apple is poised to change the way it numbers its software versions. At WWDC25, Apple will show off iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26 and visionOS 26.
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 issues security updates for most of its core software
Apple has issued security updates for many of its operating platforms. iOS and iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS 15.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1 and visionOS 2.4.1 address a vulnerability that has been active exploited in the wild. The updates address two vulnerabilities. The CoreAudio update, CVE-2025-31200, addresses a vulnerability during the processing of an audio stream in a maliciously…