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Amazon Prime Day may be delayed until September because of coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean all the sales have come to an end. Amazon and other retailers have discounted a variety of Apple products. In the market for an iPad or an Apple Watch? We got you covered below in our list of the best […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Deals, #News

Apple announced a new version of macOS during WWDC 2020, and the operating system is turning heads. Not because it has so many new features, but because it looks so different. Different from previous versions of macOS and different from iOS. What makes it so unique is the company’s new design approach, which signals its […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #News

YouTube channel Everything Apple Pro and Max Weinbach are back again with some tantalizing details about the iPhone 12 Pro. According to their latest information, the iPhone 12 Pro could ship with two new 4K camera modes that may change how you record slow-mo video. The two new video modes would add support for shooting […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone12, #Rumors

When the 2020 iPad Pro was released, some people were disappointed. There weren’t many improvements that would want to make you upgrade from an older iPad Pro. By far, the biggest change the iPad Pro got this year was on its back. Apple decided to implement a new LiDAR sensor, which will improve your experience […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Apps, #Gallery

Although watchOS 7 hasn’t (yet) delivered everything we were expecting, Apple did have one interesting surprise up its sleeve in the form of a new handwashing detection feature that will encourage users to wash their hands more frequently, properly, and throughly. Considering Apple’s very proactive response to the ongoing global health pandemic, it’s easy to […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple has had a slightly odd relationship with 4K video content over the years, especially where streaming services like Netflix and YouTube are concerned. While Apple began delivering 4K HDR movies on its iTunes Store three years ago, when it released its Apple TV 4K back in 2017, the support for 4K content from other […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

In a significant move, The New York Times has announced that it will be pulling out of Apple News entirely, citing the fact that the online news aggregation service doesn’t align with its goals of “building direct relationships” with its paying subscribers. This means that, effective immediately, New York Times articles will no longer appear […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

If you snag an iPhone 12 at launch, don’t be surprised by the barebones packaging. According to industry insider and well-known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company may be shipping the iPhone 12 without a power adapter. An earlier rumor hinted that Apple might be ditching the earbuds and leaving only the phone and a […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone12, #Rumors

One of the few things Apple computers had in common with PCs was their Intel processors. But now, with Apple’s shift into homemade silicon, the company’s making a move toward product independence. And Apple’s employees aren’t the only ones impressed with the transition. After Apple announced Apple Silicon at WWDC, countless people commented on the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Mac, #News

The Apple Card has been around for less than a year, but it offers a multitude of features for cardholders. Not only does it offer 0% interest on most Apple products, but it also offers 1% Daily Cash on card purchases, 2% on Apple Pay-based purchases, and 3% at Apple and other select vendors. Apple […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

92-year-old Jim Salsman is a retired farmer who owes his life to his Apple Watch and its fall detection feature. Salsman took a tumble from a ladder, and the Watch was crucial to getting him medical assistance when he couldn’t do it for himself. Salsman climbed the ladder to pigeon-proof a grain bin, according to […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatch, #AppleWatchSeries4, #AppleWatchSeries5, #News

For over a decade, the iPhone has challenged the market in several ways. Back in 2007, it offered an innovative approach to technology and revolutionized the mobile market. And as of today, June 29, the iPhone has become 13 years old, making it an official teenager. The first rumors of the iPhone arrived earlier in 2006 when […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleHistory, #iPhone, #News

It’s only been a year now since Apple first announced an official system-wide Dark Mode in iOS 13, and it looks like one of the last major stragglers will finally be getting with the program. While Dark Mode wasn’t officially available until last September when iOS 13 was actually released to the public, Apple gave […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

There’s no doubt that Apple’s first-ever virtual Worldwide Developers Conference was chocked full of cool new announcements last week, along with an all-new format that let Apple’s executives and engineers show off the new features coming to iOS 14, watchOS 7, and macOS Big Sur in a whole new way. As great as the news […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

Although there’s still lots of room for iPhone and Android fans to debate the merits of their favourite platforms, there’s at least one area in which Apple has been consistently leaving Android handset makers in the dust, and that’s the longevity of the iPhone as compared to similar Android devices. In fact, it’s something that […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

For at least a year now, we’ve heard rumors that the iPhone 12 will be the last iPhone to have a physical port for a cable connection, and additional info appears to corroborate this. Apple has implemented USB-C connections in other devices but appears to have decided to ditch the Lightning port altogether and replace it with…nothing.  What would […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone, #Rumors

At Apple’s WWDC event this year, fans were introduced to a bevy of exciting new software updates including the much-anticipated iOS 14. And this software comes with an important addition; a replacement for physical car keys. Software updates over the last few weeks and months have shown elements of such a program being pre-installed, implying […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FAQ, #iOS14, #iPhone, #News

The Apple Watch is a dynamic device that allows users to operate one almost everywhere. From the mountains to the ocean, it’s accessible. But how does it operate in the water? And how does Water Lock work? That’s the question popular YouTubers The Slo-Mo Guys attempt to answer in their latest video. In the video, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AppleWatch, #News

Apple unveiled iOS 14 and will roll out the update to consumers sometime this fall. Though Apple does more to support its older hardware than competing companies, it simply cannot support all of its iPhone models. The cold, hard truth is that not every iPhone is going to get iOS 14 later this year. Below […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS14, #iPhone, #News

When Apple announced the first-generation AirPods back in 2016, the tech world changed. So many people were stoked by Apple’s newest product, but others were mad about the fact that Apple created a new problem by removing the headphone jack, and started selling the solution at the same time. No matter which side were you […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AirPods, #HowTo, #News

During this week’s unveiling of iOS 14, Apple touted a number of big features coming to Apple Maps, including Guides, advanced cycling directions and electric vehicle routing. However, buried among the smaller features that Apple didn’t talk about nearly as much was the news that speed cameras will also be supported in the iOS 14 […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS14, #News

Despite Apple opening up watchOS to third-party music services a couple of years ago, there’s actually been a surprising dearth of them available natively on the Apple Watch, other than Apple’s own Apple Music service, of course. This has led to complaints from some quarters that Apple hasn’t been playing fair, most notably from Spotify, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

It seems that some of the new privacy features in iOS 14 are already having their intended effect, as at least one popular app developer has just had its privacy-invasive behaviour called out in the first developer beta of iOS 14. Among a plethora of new privacy features that will be landing in iOS 14 […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Over the past few months, we’ve heard an unprecedented number of conflicting rumours as to when this year’s iPhone may actually be launching, or even which models may appear when, with many reports pointing to possible delays due to manufacturing, engineering, and testing setbacks as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Reports have ranged […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

According to known Apple leaker, Mr. White, Apple’s upcoming iPhone 12 may ship with a 20-watt USB-C PD power adapter. This is a slight boost over the iPhone 11 Pro, which includes an 18W charger. Unlike low power chargers that trickle charge your phone, these high power chargers will fast charge your battery, cranking up […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone12, #Rumors

The rumor mill was in full swing this spring with a steady stream of details about iOS 14, watchOS 7, and some talk about ARM-based macs. Unlike previous years where the rumors were hit or miss, the predictions this year were incredibly accurate. Continue reading to browse eight things the leaksters got correct about Apple’s […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iOS14, #News

As people get their hands on iOS 14, they are discovering exciting new features that were too small to cover during the keynote speech. One of our favorite recently discovered feature is the back tap. This ingenious accessibility feature may be handy when you’re in a meeting, exercising, or in a situation where using your […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iOS14, #iPhone, #News

For the past few years, Apple has been slowly working on eradicating the use of passwords as single points of entry across all of its platforms, moving to two-factor authentication for Apple IDs, Touch ID and Face ID for device access, and even leveraging the Apple Watch as a means to bypass the need to […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

There’s been little doubt over the past year or so that Apple is getting pretty serious about gaming on its platforms. Last year the company launched Apple Arcade, which pretty much put it into the role of game publisher, and iOS 13 and tvOS 13 added support for popular Xbox One and PS4 game controllers. […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

With Apple’s announcement of macOS Big Sur and iOS 14 (and the significant changes that they’ll bring), Apple fans are naturally anxious to try out the updates as soon as possible. Some will be tempted to sign up for the developer program and experiment immediately. Others may be waiting to get their hands on the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iOS14, #News

Last week the European Commission announced the launch of two major antitrust investigations against Apple, and now it looks like U.S. lawmakers are making preparations to follow suit, with the focus being on Apple’s “ironclad” control of the App Store, according to a new report from Politico Citing three people “involved in the discussions,” Politico […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

Apple this week released a new firmware version for its AirPods Pro earbuds. According to iUpdate and Reddit, the 2D27 firmware may have reduced and possibly eliminated most problems people were having with noise cancellation. Active Noise Cancellation The AirPods Pro launched with active noise cancellation as its headline feature. The initial ANC on the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AirPods, #News

The march from Intel to “Apple Silicon” has officially begun for the Mac, with Apple announcing it to developers this week, along with the guidelines and the necessary hardware to let them build their macOS apps for the new architecture. While this isn’t the first time that Apple has made a major shift between CPU […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

On Monday Apple announced watchOS 7 which will offer several interesting new capabilities for Apple’s popular wearable, ranging from the long-awaited sleep tracking and sharing of watch faces to even monitoring your hand washing. However, it looks like there are a few interesting things about watchOS 7 that Apple didn’t touch on during its presentation, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

iPhone scams are a dime a dozen these days. People have been making and selling knockoff iPhones since the first one came out. You can get an “iPhone” for less than a hundred bucks. Sure, it’s going to be a cheap plastic “iPhone” running Android 6, but sometimes things really are too good to be […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #News, #Opinion

Perhaps the biggest announcement at WWDC 2020 was Apple’s transition to an ARM-based architecture for its Mac lineup. It was widely rumored that Apple was considering a move away from Intel and would be developing its own system on a chip. Today, the company made it official and detailed its plan for rolling out this […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #Mac, #News

Although there was no mention of Apple’s much-rumoured AirTags during this week’s WWDC Keynote, it looks like Apple’s own new item trackers won’t be the only devices that will be allowed to take advantage of Apple’s expanded tracking features. During Apple’s “State of the Union” developer session that immediately followed the WWDC Keynote, Apple announced […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

This week Apple unveiled iOS 14, which in some ways is the biggest update we’ve seen to its mobile operating system in years, delivering a whole new core user experience at the home screen level, even finally debuting true widget support. Of course, like almost all of Apple’s keynotes in recent years, there was only […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

Last week we saw another heated App Store controversy, as a new email app ran afoul of Apple’s in-app purchase rules, resulting in some heated words from the developers and a seemingly intransigent response from Apple. The app in question, Hey, was actually the client app for a new paid email service that had been […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

During today’s WWDC 2020 presentation, Apple announced several upcoming HomeKit features along with the release of tvOS 14, effectively combining the set-top box software update into a broader “Home” category of announcements. Apple’s tvOS updates typically haven’t introduced nearly as many new features as the company’s actual mobile OS updates, which probably isn’t surprising as […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News

It’s a big day for Apple fans, with the company unveiling all of the cool new features that come with a whole collection of major software updates, and while iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 naturally got some of the biggest changes, watchOS 7 wasn’t far behind, delivering several new improvements that take Apple’s wearable device […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery

Between its announcements for iOS 14 and new Arm-based Mac, Apple snuck in some improvements for its AirPods. The new software-based features will make listening to music much more enjoyable and manageable, especially if you own multiple Apple devices. Apple is transforming the listening experience with a new immersive sound feature that mimics surround sound […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #AirPods, #News

If you’ve never used a VPN (a virtual private network) before, we have a rundown and some recommendations that you should really check out. But, basically, a VPN is an extra layer of encryption that protects all the data that you send out on the internet until it reaches its destination (VPNs also do a […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FAQ

As expected, Apple took the wraps off iOS 14 (and iPadOS 14) during today’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) opening keynote, revealing some very significant design changes to the overall iOS experience. This time around, Apple focused less on tweaking the individual apps in iOS, choosing instead to work on a long overdue reimagining of the […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #iOS14

Apple today kicked off WWDC 2020 with its annual keynote presentation. Not surprisingly, the Cupertino company gave us a sneak peek into iOS, watchOS, and macOS. Apple added a few new features to the operating system that bring it even closer than ever to iOS. Continue reading to browse a round-up of what’s new and […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Gallery, #Mac, #News

Take an extra-long work break today as Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 starts at 10 a.m. PT. Unlike previous years which required a $1,600 ticket, the 2020 developer’s meeting is free. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the conference is being streamed online in an all-digital format. Apple is kicking off the week-long conference with […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #HowTo

When dealing with old and beloved Apple devices, you may come across the terms “vintage” or “obsolete,” and it’s not immediately apparent what those mean. Apple, in fact, has very specific definitions for both terms that define what services are available to you. So let’s break down what they’re talking about, and what each term […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #FAQ, #News

The iPhone has evolved quite a bit over the years, and now, the latest leaks hint at a significant change to the exterior: flat edges. Twitter user @Jin_store, an Apple Premium Reseller, posted a series of photos to his feed that offers a glimpse of what might be coming for the iPhone. The casings in question, […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #iPhone, #iPhone12, #Rumors

It seems that Apple’s augmented reality headset vision has taken a far more twisted route than many expected, which explains why we’ve heard so many conflicting rumours over the past few years as to exactly what Apple has been working on and when we’re going to see it. It’s already been a long road for […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #Rumors

This week another major App Store kerfuffle surfaced as a prominent developer found its iOS app summarily rejected due to its failure to use Apple’s in-app purchasing system. The app in question, Hey, was simply the iPhone and iPad client for a new cross-platform email service, created by Basecamp, the developers of the very popular […] View on iDropNews - Apple Rumors #News