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Apple Translate is getting 9 new languages in iOS 27

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Hebrew, Cantonese and regional Spanish variants are among the new additions landing in Apple Translate in iOS 27.
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The iPhone is about to get a lot more fluent. iOS 27 will bring support for nine new languages and accents to Apple Translate, pushing the app’s total support from 21 up to 30 — the biggest single expansion update Translate has ever received.

Soon, you’ll be ready for, “Dette er den største enkeltstående udvidelsesopdatering, som Apple Translate nogensinde har modtaget.”

Mac shipments grow 10% as PC sales sink

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Mac shipments increased by double digits while the rest of the PC market was in decline.
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The PC industry just posted its worst quarter in two years, but the Mac is having a moment. New shipment data shows Mac sales grew by double digits at a time when every other big computer maker was tanking. Unsurprisingly, the reason comes down to the global chip shortage that’s wrecking the whole industry.

This matters because the same memory crunch dragging down Dell, HP and Lenovo is pushing the price up for your next Mac. Apple seems to be weathering the storm better than anyone else, but it isn’t immune, and the discount window for your next Apple hardware could be closing fast.

macOS 28 will end support for your old encrypted hard drive, but there’s a fix

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macOS 28 won’t mount your encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) drive.
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Got an old encrypted hard drive in a drawer? Apple just put a deadline on it. With the upcoming macOS 28 update, your Mac will flat-out refuse to mount encrypted drives using the old Mac OS Extended file system — so if you’re still holding on to one, now’s the time to deal with it.

This isn’t coming out of nowhere. Apple has been flagging incompatible hard drives by showing warning pop-ups since macOS 26 and has now confirmed a hard cutoff.

So take note: if you still have an old backup or an archive of camera footage stored on an encrypted Mac OS Extended volume in a drawer or cabinet, macOS 28 will lock you out unless you fix it.

Apple TV rakes in Emmy nominations — Widow’s Bay scores 19 and Pluribus lands 18

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Apple TV Emmy nominations: A huge haul thanks to Widow's Bay and Pluribus
Apple TV made a big Emmy splash, with Widow's Bay and Pluribus leading the way.
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Apple TV delivered one of the biggest stories of Wednesday morning’s 2026 Emmy nominations, with freshman hits Widow’s Bay and Pluribus emerging as two of the most-honored series of the year.

The streamer’s total? A whopping 87 Emmy nominations, up from its previous high of 81 last year.

The new horror-comedy Widow’s Bay earned an impressive 19 Primetime Emmy nominations, while Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi drama Pluribus picked up 18. Those totals put both Apple TV originals among the most-nominated shows across all television, trailing only HBO Max’s The Pitt (25 nominations) and Hacks (24).

watchOS 27 finally lets Siri add time to your Apple Watch timer

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Need to add more time to a timer on your Apple Watch? You can with watchOS 27.
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Your Apple Watch’s Siri timer problem just got fixed. With watchOS 27 beta 3, you can finally tell Siri to add two minutes to an already running timer — instead of getting stonewalled with “What do you want to set the timer to?”

If you’ve ever pulled a tray out of the oven a little early just because doing timer math in your head felt easier than fighting Siri, you know exactly why this matters. It’s a teeny tiny fix, but it does away with the everyday friction that made your watch feel less useful.

3 reasons why the iPhone 18 won’t launch this fall

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Why the iPhone 18 release date won't come this fall.
Expect September to bring the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, but not the standard iPhone 18. Here's why.
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Apple could make dramatic changes to its iPhone release strategy. The major shift: the iPhone 18 release date has reportedly been pushed back to 2027.

There will still be plenty to announce in September, including three new high-end handsets. But the mid-range and entry-level versions — including the iPhone 18 — will stay under wraps for months afterward.

Siri AI can now talk to your iPhone apps — starting with your car

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Siri AI's integration with third party apps begins
In iOS 27 beta 3, Siri AI can now pull data from select third-party apps, including Tessie.
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In the latest iOS 27 developer beta, Siri AI can pull live information from third-party apps on your iPhone. It’s the kind of feature Siri should’ve had years ago — and now, it’s finally here.

Right now, it only appears to work with a couple of electric vehicle apps, letting you ask Siri things like your car’s battery level. But it’s a signal of where Siri AI is headed — an assistant that finally acts as a bridge across your entire phone, not just Apple’s walled garden.

Apple extends Broadcom partnership despite in-house chip push [Updated]

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Apple's Broadcom deal reveals long-term chip strategy
There'll be Broadcom chips in Apple devices for the foreseeable future.
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Apple locked in one of its most important chip suppliers for years to come.

Broadcom revealed in a securities filing that it has extended its longstanding technology partnership with Apple through 2031. The companies signed new multi-year agreements under which Broadcom will develop and supply custom chips for use in future generations of Apple products.

The deal is valued at over $30 billion, will lead to the production of more than 15 billion U.S.-made chips.

“Apple and Broadcom have a long history together, and this new phase of our partnership further accelerates our commitment to American manufacturing and innovation,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, in a statement.

iPhone 18 Pro Max battery might get bigger battery (but 18 Pro won’t)

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The iPhone 18 Pro Max is getting a battery jump — the iPhone 18 Pro, not so much.
Photo: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac

The iPhone 18 Pro Max is reportedly getting a huge battery upgrade — while the standard Pro model might get almost no bump at all.

That could make this the year the Pro Max truly earns its name with a battery gap wider than anything we’ve seen before.

Apple just added a Google Cloud warning for your iPhone’s AI features

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This Google cloud warning appears when using certain Apple Intelligence features.
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Your iPhone is about to get a lot more transparent about where your data goes. Apple is rolling out a Google Cloud pop-up warning that protects your privacy by letting you know before certain Apple Intelligence features send your prompts off-device, and it’s already live for some users right now.

The heads-up appears when you use certain image- and shape-generation tools. It won’t block you from using these features, though. It simply makes sure you know your data is leaving Apple’s own servers before you hit send.

This Apple Intelligence feature won’t work unless you pay for 2TB iCloud+

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Get ready to pay more for iCloud+ if you want to use Apple Intelligence Home features.
Get ready to pay more for iCloud+ if you want to use Apple Intelligence Home features.
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Apple Intelligence-powered features in Apple’s Home app will require a 2TB iCloud+ plan, according to a footnote in macOS 27 developer beta 3. As part of the upgrade, the Home app uses AI to generate summaries of motion alerts from compatible HomeKit Secure Video cameras.

In the United States, the required 2TB iCloud+ plan costs $10 per month. Alternatively, it is a part of the Apple One Premier bundle, which costs $37.95 per month.

AirPods Ultra could beat Apple’s smart glasses to market

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Code buried in iOS 27 beta points to AirPods Ultra, not smart glasses, as Apple's next camera-equipped wearable.
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Apple’s smart glasses may be waiting, but AirPods Ultra may just be confirmed. Buried in iOS 27’s beta code is a mystery wearable that reads images from two cameras, located on each side of your head. And Apple’s own sample data has it identifying the Eiffel Tower and a coffee mug.

If you’ve ever wanted Siri to actually see what you’re looking at instead of just hearing you describe it, this could be it. Apple is reportedly working on just that, and the newly spotted code hints at how close it might be, and which product, AirPods or glasses, is likely to land first.

PamStealer malware poses as a Mac clipboard app — and verifies your password before stealing it

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PamStealer macOS malware isn't Maccy
PamStealer disguises itself as Maccy, a popular Mac clipboard manager to trick users into handing over a verified password.
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The “free” clipboard manager you just downloaded could be doing more than just copying and pasting text. Researchers recently found a new malware called PamStealer disguised as Maccy, a popular clipboard tool, that does something most Mac malware doesn’t bother with — checking your Mac password before sending it off.

The malware hides itself in a lookalike download for Maccy. It doesn’t just grab your password and run — but it checks the password against the same system Apple uses to log you in.

Apple may pull an iPhone X with its first foldable iPhone

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Foldable iPhone may not go on sale for a few weeks.
Foldable iPhone may not go on sale for a few weeks after launch.
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For the first foldable iPhone, Apple might follow the same launch strategy it used for the iPhone X in 2017. While the company will reportedly unveil the device alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup this fall, it may not open preorders or begin sales until later.

That’s according to TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who shared the latest details about the foldable iPhone’s launch timeline in an X post over the weekend.

Your iPhone will soon call your scammer’s bluff — here’s how

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iOS 27's Trust Insights feature can flag suspicious activity before you fall for a scam.
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Scammers are tricky, but your iPhone will soon get a lot less gullible, thanks to a new iOS 27 feature called Trust Insights. It watches for the tell-tale signs you’re being coached through a scam — and steps in before you actually lose money.

The system runs quietly in the background regardless of what you are doing on your iPhone. If it thinks your behavior looks suspicious, your iPhone will flag it, slow you down, or make you verify twice before you go through with it.

While Trust Insights didn’t get a flashy keynote moment during WWDC26 in June, it will be one of the most useful things Apple ships this fall.

Apple’s defense in AI lawsuit: Those YouTube videos were public all along

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Apple is asking a judge to dismiss the YouTube lawsuit, arguing the videos were never locked down in the first place.
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Apple just responsded to three YouTube channels that filed a lawsuit against the company earlier this year over AI training data — and Cupertino isn’t apologizing. In short, its defense is that these creators uploaded the videos online for free, so they shouldn’t be shocked that Apple looked at them.

Even if you haven’t uploaded a video in your life, here’s why you should care. This lawsuit is about how AI features baked into your iPhone actually got smart, and whether the people who made it possible got anything for it.

5 ways the Camera in iOS 27 is more refined than ever

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The Camera is one of the iPhone’s most essential apps.
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The Camera app in iOS 27 is chock-full of small but meaningful improvements. The UI was given a major simplification last year; this year, that design is iterated and refined upon to make it the best yet.

This is one of the changes I’ve really grown to appreciate since installing the developer betas. Check it out below.

Apple may have hit pause on its most ambitious AirPods Pro upgrade

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AirPods Pro 4 are not coming anytime soon.
AirPods Pro 4 are not coming anytime soon.
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Apple’s next AirPods Pro were rumored to gain built-in cameras, marking one of the biggest upgrades in the earbuds’ history — large enough that  the product may be dubbed AirPods Ultra instead. However, Apple is reportedly shelving those plans for now.

A reliable leaker now claims Apple “suspended” the project. But it’s unclear whether the company canceled the feature or simply delayed it.

Apple’s foldable iPhone orders reportedly jump to 10 million units

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Apple's foldable iPhone is reportedly expected to debut alongside the iPhone 18 Pro this September.
Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac

Apple could be telling its suppliers to build more foldable iPhones than anyone expected. The company has reportedly raised its 2026 prediction target for the much-rumored iPhone Ultra to around 10 million units. This is a significant jump from the previous 7-to-8-million estimation.

That’s a huge vote of confidence from Apple and good news for anyone hoping to get their hands on one. A bigger build target usually means fewer launch-day sellouts and a better shot at your preferred color and storage.

iOS 27 just broke your oldest iPhone habit

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Swipe down from the top-left corner now, not the center, to reach Notification Center in iOS 27.
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Apple just rewired a gesture you’ve used every day since 2011, and you probably won’t notice it until it’s too late. iOS 27 hands to the new Siri AI the exact swipe you’ve used to check notifications, and it doesn’t even ask nicely first.

Turn on Siri AI in the latest iOS 27 beta, and swiping down from the top center of your screen will no longer open the Notification Center but wake up Siri instead. Your alerts aren’t going anywhere, but you’ll need to relearn where to find them.

Why next-gen iPad Pro could skip Apple’s M6 chip, go straight to M7

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Why the 2027 iPad Pro might skip to the M7
There might never be an M6 iPad Pro.
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Newly leaked timing of Apple’s next iPad Pro refresh suggests that the premium tablet may jump straight to the M7 processor and skip the M6 generation altogether.

Note that this is a combination of rumor and speculation. A leak on Wednesday only says that the next iPad Pro is a year away with “faster chips.” But going with the M7 processor makes sense, given the timing annd Apple’s previous practices.

Apple eyes deals with pair of Chinese chipmakers

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Apple’s reported plan to diversify its memory supply chain includes two major Chinese chipmakers.
Apple’s reported plan to diversify its memory supply chain includes two major Chinese chipmakers.
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Apple reportedly wants to source memory from two Chinese suppliers — CXMT and YMTC — for its products. Previous rumors suggested Apple lobbying for CMXT’s approval from the US government.

However, a new report from Bloomberg suggests the company is also looking to secure DRAM from YMTC.

Redesigned M7 MacBook Pro could be out amazingly soon

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Expect a new Design for the entry-level M7 MacBook Pro
Apple could have a revamped entry-level M7 MacBook Pro on the market quicker than most people thought.
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A year from today, people across the world will be using a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro powered by an unannounced M7 processor, according to an unconfirmed report on Wednesday.

This new model will supposedly launch in the first half of 2027, and it’ll apparently be out surprisingly soon after the current basic MacBook Pro gets the M6 chip.

Apple’s Hide My Email has been leaking real addresses for a year

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Hide My Email is supposed to keep your real address off signup forms — but a year-old bug means it may not be doing that.
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Apple’s Hide My Email has one job — to keep your real inbox out of other people’s hands. But it isn’t doing that job, and Apple reportedly knew this for more than a year.

If you’ve ever used Hide My Email to sign up for a sketchy app or website, you’ll want to pay attention. A security researcher says he managed to unmask the real email address behind virtually every Hide My Email alias. And Apple hasn’t fixed it yet.