In this edition: Revisit foundational sessions, join us to dive into SwiftUI, and meet an Apple Design Award winner that defies description.

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The only limits are the room’s boundaries — and Rooms fans have even gotten around those.

We did not anticipate that.”Of course the Things, Inc. team rebuilt their own offices in Rooms.

Toff says most of the items in Rooms are now created, edited, and amplified by lots of different users.

There’s a real additive effect to building in Rooms.” Today, the Rooms library contains more than 10,000 items.

Like its community, the Rooms team is used to moving fast.

Join the worldwide developer community online for a week of technology and creativity.

Be there for the reveal of the latest Apple tools, frameworks, and features.

Learn to elevate your apps and games through video sessions hosted by Apple engineers and designers.

Engage with Apple experts in labs and connect with the worldwide developer community.

Learn more about WWDC25

The Ubisoft team is preparing the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the 14th main entry in the series and an evolution for the franchise in nearly every detail.

It’s set in feudal 16th-century Japan, a rich and elegant period that’s been long sought-after by fans and Ubisoft team members alike.

Pre-order Assassin's Creed Shadows from the Mac App StoreCôté calls Shadows his team’s “most ambitious” game.

Much of Naoe’s advantage comes from her ability to linger in the game’s shadows — not just behind big buildings, but wherever the scene creates a space for her to hide.

We’re trying to create something here where more people can come with day-one games on the Mac, because I think it’s a be…

In this edition: An incredible AAA game comes to Mac.

Plus, the latest on International Women’s Day activities, WeChat, and more.

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Check out the official Apple Developer WeChat account to find news, announcements, and upcoming activities for the developer community.

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The beta versions of iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, and watchOS 11.4 are now available.

Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases.

And to take advantage of the advancements in the latest SDKs, make sure to build and test with Xcode 16.3.

As previewed last year, iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 include support for default translation apps for all users worldwide, and default navigation apps for EU users.

Beginning April 24, 2025, apps uploaded to App Store Connect must be built with Xcode 16 or later using an SDK for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, visionOS 2, or watchOS 11.

As of today, apps without trader status have been removed from the App Store in the European Union (EU) until trader status is provided and verified by Apple.

Account Holders or Admins in the Apple Developer Program will need to enter this status in App Store Connect to comply with the Digital Services Act.

Learn what a trader is and how to enter your status

You can now take advantage of upgraded security options when creating new token authentication keys for the Apple Push Notification service (APNs).

Team-scoped keys enable you to restrict your token authentication keys to either development or production environments, providing an additional layer of security and ensuring that keys are used only in their intended environments.

Your existing keys will continue to work for all push topics and environments.

At this time, you don’t have to update your keys unless you want to take advantage of the new capabilities.

For detailed instructions on how to secure your communications with APNs, read Establishing a token-based connection to APNs.

Starting February 14, 2025, new regulatory requirements in South Korea will apply to all apps with offers and trials for auto-renewing subscriptions.

To comply, if you offer trials or offers for auto-renewing subscriptions to your app or game, additional consent must be obtained for your trial or offer after the initial transaction.

The App Store will help to get consent by informing the affected subscribers with an email, push notification, and in-app price consent sheet, and asking your subscribers to agree to the new price.

This additional consent must be obtained from customers within 30 days from the payment or conversion date for:Free to paid trialsDiscounted subscription offers to st…

These adjustments are made using publicly available exchange rate information from financial data providers to help make sure prices for apps and In-App Purchases stay consistent across all storefronts.

If you’ve selected the Azerbaijan or Peru storefront as the base for your app or In-App Purchase, prices won’t change.

The Pricing and Availability section of Apps has been updated in App Store Connect to display these upcoming price changes.

As always, you can change the prices of your apps, In‑App Purchases, and auto‑renewable subscriptions at any time.

All paid apps and In-App Purchases, (including game items, such as coins) sold by non-Japan-based developers on the App Store in Japan wil…

The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) requires games to be licensed to remain available on the App Store in Vietnam.

Once you have obtained your license:Sign in to App Store Connect.

Note that you only need to provide this information for the App Store localization displayed on the Vietnam storefront.

Submit an update to App Review.

If you have questions on how to comply with these requirements, please contact the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information (ABEI) under the Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications.

In this edition: The latest on developer activities, the Swift Student Challenge, the team behind Bears Gratitude, and more.

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Here’s the story of how a few little bears led their creators right to an Apple Design Award.Bears Gratitude is a warm and welcoming title developed by the Australian husband-and-wife team of Isuru Wanasinghe and Nayomi Hettiarachchi.Journaling apps just don’t get much cuter: Through prompts like “Today isn’t over yet,” “I’m literally a new me,” and “Compliment someone,” the Swift-built app and its simple hand-drawn mascots encourage people to get in the habit of celebrating accomplishments, fostering introspection, and building gratitude. “And gratitude doesn’t have to be about big moments like birthdays or anniversaries,” says Wanasinghe. “It can be as simple as having a hot cup of coffee…

Submissions for the Swift Student Challenge 2025 are now open through February 23.

You have three more weeks to design, test, refine, and submit your app playground for consideration to be named one of 350 winners.

What to know:The Challenge is free to enter — you just need access to an iPad or Mac with Swift Playground or Xcode.

Your app playground doesn’t need to be intricate — it should be experienced within 3 minutes or less.

Where to start:Explore tools and tutorials to build an incredible app playground.

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Swift 6.1 Released March 31, 2025Swift 6.1 is now available!

id } }Swift 6.1 also improves type inference for task groups by inferring the child task result type of withTaskGroup and withThrowingTaskGroup .

Install Swift 6.1You can try out these exciting new developments in Swift 6.1 today!

If you’re building apps for Apple platforms, Swift 6.1 is included in Xcode 16.3, now available from the App Store.

And the easiest way to install the standalone Swift 6.1 toolchain is using swiftly, the new Swift version manager that runs on macOS and Linux.

Introducing swiftly 1.0 March 28, 2025Today we’re delighted to introduce the first stable release of swiftly, a Swift version manager that takes the pain out of installing, managing and updating your Swift toolchain.

They can be easily listed using swiftly:$ swiftly list-available main-snapshot -- Available main development snapshot toolchains ---------------------------------------------- main-snapshot-2025-03-25 ...Once you’ve identified a snapshot toolchain, it can be installed using its name:$ swiftly install main-snapshot-2025-03-25 -- Installing main-snapshot-2025-03-25Another way to temporarily use a specific version of Swift is to use the special ‘+’ selector.

As swiftly is updated …

This extends to our server back end, and after a rewrite our Things Cloud service has transitioned entirely to Swift.

Things Cloud serves as the backbone of the app’s experience, silently synchronizing to-dos across devices.

After twelve years in production, Things Cloud has earned our users’ trust in its reliability.

Switching to SwiftOur legacy Things Cloud service was built on Python 2 and Google App Engine.

A full rewrite is usually a last resort, but in our case, it was the only viable path for Things Cloud.

Introducing gRPC Swift 2 February 14, 2025Say hello to gRPC Swift 2: a major update that brings first-class concurrency support and more expressive APIs for a seamless developer experience.

And the new gRPC Swift 2 offers an idiomatic, cross-platform, performant and feature-rich library for building highly-scalable services.

When gRPC Swift was first developed back in 2018, Swift had not yet introduced concurrency features like async/await, so it was instead based on SwiftNIO’s event-driven concurrency model.

For developers unfamiliar with these concepts, the prior version of gRPC Swift presented a steep learning curve.

Next StepsTo get started with gRPC Swift 2 check out the tutorials and …

Updating the Visual Studio Code extension for Swift February 10, 2025Today, we are excited to announce a new version of the Swift extension for Visual Studio Code – now published to the extension marketplace as an official supported release of the Swift team.

The aim of this extension is to provide a high-quality, feature-complete extension that makes developing Swift applications on all platforms a seamless experience.

As we continue to invest in Swift as a first-class language for cross-platform development, both Apple and the broader developer community are rapidly iterating on the VS Code extension to expand its capabilities for server and cloud, embedded, and Linux and Windows app deve…

As a foundational step in this new chapter of Swift build technologies, today Apple is open sourcing Swift Build, a powerful and extensible build engine that provides a set of build rules for building Swift projects.

Swift Build is an infrastructural component designed to plan and execute builds requested by a higher-level client like Swift Package Manager or Xcode.

As a small first step towards this vision, today the team is submitting a pull request to begin the process of integrating support for Swift Build in SwiftPM as an alternate build engine.

An invitation to participateWe look forward to working with the community to continue evolving how we build Swift code.

This is an exciting ne…

Swift 6 scales even further through new low-level programming features, an embedded Swift language subset, expanded Linux and Windows support, new cross-platform APIs including the new Swift Testing library, and more.

macOS and iOS started using the Swift implementation of Foundation alongside Swift 5.9, and Swift 6 brings these improvements to Linux and Windows.

Swift TestingSwift 6 introduces Swift Testing, a new testing library designed from the ground up for Swift.

Since Swift Testing is included directly in Swift 6 toolchains, you can import Testing without needing to declare a package dependency.

Swift Testing supports all platforms that Swift officially supports, including all Apple …

Introducing Oblivious HTTP support in Swift August 21, 2024We’re excited to introduce an implementation of provisional support for Oblivious HTTP to the Swift ecosystem, with the availability of a new package called SwiftNIO Oblivious HTTP.

Oblivious HTTP helps ensure that personally identifiable data about the requesting source is never available to the device processing the request.

Binary HTTP EncodingThe Binary HTTP representation from RFC 9292 defines a mechanism to serialize and deserialize an abstract HTTP message that does not rely on a specific wire format, such as HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2.

nextMessage () { print ( message ) }Oblivious EncapsulationThe Oblivious HTTP specification marrie…

Announcing Swift Homomorphic Encryption July 30, 2024We’re excited to announce a new open source Swift package for homomorphic encryption in Swift: swift-homomorphic-encryption.

Homomorphic EncryptionAs mentioned above, homomorphic encryption enables computation on encrypted data without decryption or access to the decryption key.

The Swift implementation of homomorphic encryption implements the Brakerski-Fan-Vercauteren (BFV) HE scheme (https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/078, https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/144).

Below is a basic example for how to use Swift Homomorphic Encryption.

We’re excited to see how homomorphic encryption can empower developers and researchers in the Swift community to enabl…

Plotting a Path to a Package Ecosystem without Data Race Errors July 1, 2024Swift 6 introduces compile-time data race safety checking for any code that opts in to use the Swift 6 language mode.

Therefore, the quick adoption of Swift 6 language mode across the ecosystem of open-source packages will play a key role in advancing data race safety across the entire Swift ecosystem.

Tracking Swift 6 Readiness and ProgressThe Swift Package Index’s new Ready for Swift 6 page tracks progress toward data race safety across the entire package ecosystem.

Data Race Safety IndicatorsWhen evaluating a package, it is helpful to know if that package has any reported data race safety issues.

Every module tha…

The context of our app is a real time transcription app with a paired watch (like a remote control). We're currently using the mic recording/sending data to the server as a way to keep the iPhone app active even while the screen is locked. The problem is we can lose internet connection and then the mobile app stops working (no longer processing in the background) and then the watch can't talk to it. What are my options? I've done some swift for the watch part so I could go deeper, our mobile app is react native based. I'm going to update the app where it has a local buffer of audio that it tries to send to the web in case it loses Internet or prefers to do that first. But it still runs into…

Basically just the title. I have an app that I am overhauling to better dynamically fit different screen sizes and the iphone 6/7/8 and SE would be a different aspect ratio I would have to mess with. Obviously I'm not concerned with keeping support for iPhones 6/7/8. submitted by /u/ThatOneBeing [link] [comments]

Hi iOS devs of reddit! I would love some tips and feedback on how to make sure my first iOS app gets approved the first time. I have a few play store apps from 2-10 years of age. 2 have decent numbers. Never got around learning swift but took the plunge now that it seemed feasible. I am worried to get stuck in review like some nightmare stories I read here and want to minimize that risk. Many thanks in advance! submitted by /u/obolli [link] [comments]

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Hello everyone, I'm working on an app that records rides (like biking or enduro), and I need help properly implementing a heart rate analysis graph. The problem is that, after several attempts, the graph always ends up being a flat line. Current data flow: The app receives heart rate data from the Apple Watch. This data displays correctly in real-time on the main UI (there’s a visible heart rate indicator). A manager handles the data while the route is being recorded. When the recording stops, a report is generated with speed, altitude, and — ideally — a heart rate graph. I’ve tried: Matching heart rate points with their timestamps. Linking those timestamps with GPS points. Plotting heart r…

Some background: I made an app that helps check and highlight any food allergies via text recognition on ingredient labels or scanning the barcode. It’s free and I haven’t done any marketing for it, mainly because it’s a very niche target audience and I made this app initially for my partner to use to help allergy anxieties (since frankly no other apps can do what we wanted regarding custom keywords) so wasn’t expecting to make money off this. I was contacted by a Saudi Arabia medical firm who specialises in diagnosing food allergies, and helping their clients navigate allergies. We had a brief chat and they were impressed by my app and wanted to explore the possibility of collaborating and…

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I am very familiar with iOS and only barely familiar with React. Nonetheless I find myself trying to port a Mac app to iOS that uses a React and a WKWebView for a substantial portion of its UI. As I understand it the Mac app is able to run the react UI in two ways. For debug mode it launches a server on localhost which a WKWebView is able to connect to. For release mode it creates a bundle with an index.html that the WKWebView is able to load and sort out how to run. I think I will be able to figure out the web bundle version of this fine. What I would like to know is whether it is possible for a faster debug mode it is possible to either: Have the iOS device launch the react UI server so t…

I’ve been doing iOS development for about two years and wanted to share how I learned. I’m not an expert, just sharing what worked for me. I do have some coding background. I used to build Android apps in Java around 2017, but after a long break, I had to start fresh. iOS became a hobby while working full-time. A Book I started with a $50 book because I enjoy reading. It taught Swift basics and focused heavily on UIKit. Overall: 7/10 — helpful if you like learning through books. A Free YouTube Course Next, I took a free UIKit-focused course on YouTube. It was a bit outdated, but the teaching was solid and easy to follow. Overall: 10/10 Udemy I picked up a $10 SwiftUI course on Udemy. It was…

I do have a question about German localization (I don’t speak German myself). For iOS app localization, is it generally better to use the formal "Sie" style or the informal "du" style? My target audience ranges from 20 to 60 years old. Would it be safer to stick with the formal "Sie" style? Also, what are the consequences of using the wrong tone? For example, if someone expects the formal "Sie" but sees "du" instead, would that cause offense or seem unprofessional? Thank you. submitted by /u/yccheok [link] [comments]

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Hello all, I saw that there is a slight push for developers to use Instruments but when I tried it, my first impression was either I just need time to get used to the interface or it’s just not very accessible with VoiceOver, the screen reader I rely on to use my Mac. So for any blind developers here, what’s been your experience with Instruments, if any at all? submitted by /u/ForeverAloneBlindGuy [link] [comments]

Issue 707 11th April 2025 Written by Dave VerwerThis week, there wasn’t much to write about in Apple platform or Swift development, but I noticed an interesting article celebrating 20 years of Git from GitHub founder Scott Chacon.

The standard was Subversion and the competitors were Git, Bazaar, and Mercurial.

Bazaar started on the 26th March 2005, Git was 12 days later on the 7th April, and Mercurial started exactly 12 days after that on the 19th April.

So, I spent time converting all my repositories from Subversion to Bazaar, thinking I could ignore Git.

Bazaar was under active development for 11 years and Mercurial is still under active development today, but Git was the clear winner.

Issue 706 4th April 2025 Written by Dave VerwerRecently, there’s been a lot of talk about Apple and AI.

People are wondering where Swift Assist is and speculating endlessly on what caused the next generation Siri product to be delayed into 2026.

However, I have thoughts on Predictive Code Completion and Swift Assist in Xcode.

When I first wrote about Xcode’s Predictive Code Completion, I was complimentary about it.

I can’t wait to see what Apple delivers with Swift Assist and how they continue to improve Predictive Code Completion.

Issue 705 28th March 2025 Written by Dave VerwerIt’s that time of year again!

🎉If you apply and get a ticket, don’t forget WWDC week has grown back to being much more than just Apple’s event.

First up, a new event, CommunityKit, which looks like it’s a successor to the highly popular WWDC Community events that have been running since the early days of WWDC going remote.

In the past, the WWDC community website also covered worldwide events like keynote watch parties and community get-togethers.

He argues that as the time needed to create apps decreases, the process and time taken with everything after building the app looks more daunting.

Issue 704 21st March 2025 Written by Dave VerwerI received a suggestion earlier this week from Kyle Bashour to check out his latest package, AestheticText.

But it also set me thinking about how I think about choosing a package that includes a UI component.

I don’t take quite that position, but I certainly spend more time considering whether to use a UI component than something without those imports.

Tornike Gomareli has written up this useful article on getting it working with Swift using xcode-build-server and LSP.

🦸‍♂️JobsSenior iOS Developer - Productivity Team @ komoot GmbH – As a Senior iOS Developer, you’ll be an essential part of our newly established iOS Developer Productivity Team.

Issue 703 14th March 2025 Written by Dave VerwerContent marketing isn’t new, but it’s something that’s really hard to do well.

The company is RevenueCat, and their main content output is their blog, but they also have a podcast and newsletter.

Anyway, if you’re an app maker or app business owner, I’d encourage you to subscribe to their RSS feed.

JobsSenior iOS Developer - Productivity Team @ komoot GmbH – As a Senior iOS Developer, you’ll be an essential part of our newly established iOS Developer Productivity Team.

Collaborate globally in a small team working on the leading document SDK for iOS, macOS and visionOS.

Sarah goes through the entire announcement, but the most interesting part to me was a new Declared Age Range API.

From the PDF:Through this new feature, parents can allow their kids to share the age range associated with their Child Accounts with app developers.

If they do, developers will be able to utilize a Declared Age Range API to request this information, which can serve as an additional resource to provide age-appropriate content for their users.

Each child’s age range is set manually by whoever controls their device’s parental controls.

JobsSenior iOS Developer - Productivity Team @ komoot GmbH – As a Senior iOS Developer, you’ll be an essential part of our newly established iOS Dev…

Issue 701 28th February 2025 Written by Dave VerwerSometimes coming up with an opening comment for this newsletter that’s worth reading can feel like I’m struggling through the day with a fever.

This week I was faced with actually writing one with a fever of 40ºC (104°F) which I’ve had since Monday.

NewsRegardless of what I said last week, it’s great to see Apple expand where they are posting updates.

The Swift language now has accounts on Bluesky and Mastodon and Apple Developer is now on WeChat, too.

Most of the official Apple blogs and news sites support it and you can find links to the feeds for all of them, and many more, on the iOS Dev Directory.

Issue 700 21st February 2025 Written by Dave VerwerHow did we reach Issue 700 of this newsletter?

❤️There’s also some “newsletter news” this week, especially if you like dark mode.

As you will have noticed if you’re reading on the web, the iOS Dev Weekly website now supports a dark theme.

If you’re reading in an email client, I also tweaked the email template to look better in email clients that force a dark mode.

Unfortunately, making a true dark mode email is looking like it’s beyond my abilities, but hopefully the web version should give you what you need.

Issue 699 14th February 2025 Written by Dave VerwerIs running a business on the App Store getting too complicated?

You now have the choice whether you’d like to sell outside the App Store in the EU, which is not a trivial decision at all.

Some of it is the mobile app industry growing up.

Part of me longs for the early days of the App Store, when it was all so much simpler.

– On-site (United States in NY)Senior iOS Engineer @ Distilled – We are seeking to recruit a Senior iOS Engineer to work on some of Ireland’s most popular mobile applications, Daft.ie.

I read about the new version of Swift Playgrounds (now renamed to “Swift Playground”) only a few minutes after publishing last week’s issue that mentioned it several times.

Will we see a new Swift Playground 5.0 major release announced at this year’s WWDC to follow the name change?

NewsThis announcement from Owen Voorhees on the Swift team was the big news of last week, a brand new and open-source build system!

The difference between Swift build and Xcode build has been a pain point for people working with Swift for years.

🤑JobsStaff iOS Engineer @ Outsmart College, Inc. – Team up with former Duolingo execs to tackle long-standing challenges in higher education!

I played with the TestFlight beta of his Xogot app this week.

Even using an external keyboard, which I’d say is essential for an app like this, I struggled.

I want to be clear that this is not Miguel’s fault – it’s a well-designed iPad app.

It’s more that I have always struggled with using an iPad for productivity tasks.

Tools like Xogot and the evolution of Swift Playgrounds into Xcode for iPad could be the future of software development.

Issue 696 24th January 2025 Written by Dave VerwerI was surprised to read that the folks over at Tuist had launched a SwiftPM package registry when I saw their post in my RSS reader this morning.

Apple announced the project alongside the announcement of Swift becoming open source in 2015, but it didn’t become useful for iOS, macOS, and other Apple platform projects until 2019.

Announced in partnership with GitHub in 2019, SwiftPM and Xcode quickly gained support for connecting to a registry, but the GitHub project never materialised.

That said, Tuist’s implementation lives in a slightly strange middle ground for a package registry.

I’d love to hear from anyone who applies and gets into this…

It uses RealityKit, SharePlay, and integrates with SwiftUI to let you build shared experiences.

It doesn’t solve all the issues I wondered about in my article, like whether UI in a shared experience should be personal or shared, but it’s a start.

As for Apple, I’m glad to see them begin to tackle shared experiences with visionOS.

The code from his experiment is available if you’re also curious about using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose to write an iOS app.

The new SwiftUI TabView is extremely versatile in adapting its UI to the platform you’re developing for.

I ended up selling Curated to another company, and it’s been sold a couple more times over the years.

Even though they did eventually get the system working again, my confidence in their ability to run the site has gone.

If I’d like to try some new things, that’s much easier now that I control the entire rendering of the site and email.

This is not intentional, but I hit an issue with creating it that I couldn’t easily fix.

Powering hundreds of popular iOS apps like Dropbox, Box, and Autodesk, as well as our own PDF Viewer.

But per Bu’s source, iOS 19 will make your iPhone far more powerful too, particularly when connected to an external display.

iPhones with USB-C gaining big external display upgrade in iOS 19Majin Bu writes on his website:iOS 19 isn’t being left behind.

The timing is also convenient, with a new Apple Studio Display reportedly on its way shortly after iOS 19 launches.

Offering the functionality only when an external display is connected will be nice, but likely remain very niche among users.

What do you think of iOS 19 getting upgraded external display support, with some form of Stage Manager?

Another key update is Stage Manager 2.0, an enhanced multitasking mode that activates automatically when the keyboard is attached.

Previously, Mark Gurman has reported that Apple plans to focus on “productivity, multitasking and app window management” with iPadOS 19.

9to5Mac TakeAdding a menu bar to the iPad has long been tossed around as an idea by heavy iPadOS users, including myself.

Bu’s details on ‘Stage Manager 2.0’ are minimal, but I have to say I’m excited on that front too.

The current version of Stage Manager has never quite clicked with me, so I’m down for a fresh take from Apple.

Apple’s rumored iPhone 17 Air won’t just be thinner than the standard iPhone 17.

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, it may also share an important hardware feature with the iPhone 17 Pro models.

Based on supply chain analysis, Kuo believes Apple will equip the iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 Pro with 12GB RAM.

Meanwhile, the standard iPhone 17 model is likely sticking with the same 8GB RAM as the iPhone 16 model.

Apple currently ships 8GB RAM in the iPhone 16e, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch, and to celebrate the device’s impact in users’ lives, Apple is giving away a special pin entirely free.

But even if you don’t close your rings, and in fact even if you’re not an Apple Watch owner, there’s a special physical gift Apple is offering too.

You can pick up a limited-run ‘Global Close Your Rings Day’ pin simply by visiting the Apple Store.

Do you plan to pick up the special Apple Watch pin today?

Best Apple Watch deals and accessories

Ray-Ban Meta glasses now offer a live translation feature to all owners, after an earlier small-scale test.

Live translationMeta has been testing a live translation feature, and says it’s now available to all users.

To get started, just say, “Hey Meta, start live translation.”Other languages are likely to follow.

Starting today, we’ve got new and expanded Skyler frame and lens color combos.

But if you prefer a more timeless aesthetic, you can also now grab Skyler Shiny Black with G15 Green lenses or Skyler Shiny Black with Clear lenses.

Ongoing trade conflicts between the US and China have highlighted again how dependent Apple is on China for its product manufacturing.

Today, a new report details the company’s plans to shift more of its supply chain to India, and the ways China is complicating those efforts.

Apple aims to move half of iPhone production out of China, but it’s facing pushbackThere’s no doubt that Apple’s dependence on China for product assembly has become a liability for the company.

Ma continues later:In many cases, Chinese authorities are delaying or blocking shipments of iPhone equipment to India without explanation, according to multiple people involved in iPhone production.

Currently Apple assembles rou…

Apple chipmaker TSMC says that it will make chips with a sub-2nm process size for the first time ever in 2028, and that the development of 1.4nm chips will allow for greater AI capabilities.

But the convention of using nanometers to describe the process size has led to a slight naming issue for TSMC.

Specifically, it would swap the N prefix for an A, and 1.4nm chips would be labelled A14.

Representing a significant advancement from TSMC’s industry-leading N2 process, A14 is designed to drive AI transformation forward by delivering faster computing and greater power efficiency.

It says the new generation of chips will allow even greater AI performance in particular.

The product aims to move IT teams past traditional vault-based password management and gives them the tools to manage, detect, and respond to real-time credential threats.

: Omnix continuously monitors for credential threats across apps, including those outside the control of SSO or corporate policies.

Browser-based visibility : Since most work happens inside web-based SaaS apps, Omnix brings its intelligence to the browser.

: Since most work happens inside web-based SaaS apps, Omnix brings its intelligence to the browser.

A Secure API is also available for teams that want to integrate Omnix with existing security tools.

WhatsApp users have expressed frustration at the fact that there is no way to remove the new Meta AI chatbot feature from the messaging app, raising concerns that the company is seeking to use their private chats to train the bot.

At least it was possible to delete that free U2 album that Apple foisted on its customers in 2014; there is no way to remove Meta AI from WhatsApp.

I didn’t – don’t – want Meta AI.

WhatsApp chats are protected by end-to-end encryption, meaning that the Meta AI cannot access messages directly – but chat participants can share chats with the bot.

Meta AI in WhatsApp chat9to5Mac’s TakeHaving a prominent UI element for a feature you never use is annoying at the best o…

Apple was yesterday fined €500M ($570M) by the EU for its App Store policies.

White House calls it extortionMeta was also fined.

Its offence was charging EU users a subscription fee for Facebook if they wanted to opt out of personalized ads.

Reuters reports that the White House strongly objected to both fines.

“This novel form of economic extortion will not be tolerated by the United States,” a White House spokesperson said.

Apple chipmaker TSMC at the North America Technology Symposium has teased its next-generation A14 process node that will enter planned production in 2028.

The cutting-edge A14 node will allow for highly advanced 1.4nm chips that are likely to be utilized for future generations of Apple silicon.

Compared to TSMC's N2 node, A14 promises up to 15% faster performance at the same power or up to 30% power savings at the same performance.

TSMC said it is also evolving its TSMC NanoFlex standard cell architecture to NanoFlex Pro, enabling greater performance, power efficiency, and design flexibility.

This decision is primarily due to the high costs and limited production capacity associated with th…

Perplexity has updated its iOS app with a new Voice Assistant feature, bringing conversational AI capabilities to Apple devices, including older iPhones and iPads that don't support Apple Intelligence.

The update allows iPhone users to interact with Perplexity's AI assistant through voice commands even when navigating away from the app.

Introducing Perplexity iOS Voice Assistant Voice Assistant uses web browsing and multi-app actions to book reservations, send emails and calendar invites, play media, and more—all from the Perplexity iOS app.

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The iOS app currently lacks the screen sharing capability found in the Android version of Perp…

If you missed the video showing dummy models of Apple's all-new super thin iPhone 17 Air that's expected later this year, Sonny Dickson this morning shared some further images of the device in close alignment with the other dummy models in the iPhone 17 lineup, indicating just how thin it is likely to be.

The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be around 5.5mm thick – with a thicker camera bar area – making it the thinnest ‌iPhone‌ to date.

The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models are rumored to be around 8.725mm thick, and as you can see, it's really noticeable up close.

Initially, Apple had designs on making the iPhone 17 Air bigger than its expected 6.6-inch size, but reportedly decided against it because th…

Apple is testing an iOS 18.5 update with developers and public beta testers, and we've had three betas so far.

Based on historical release timelines for x.5 updates, iOS 18.5 and its sister updates are likely to launch in May.

Though we've only had three betas so far, there are so few new features in iOS 18.5 that we probably won't need too many more betas for it to be ready to launch.

We're just a couple of months way from when iOS 19 will be introduced at WWDC, so Apple is working to get it ready to go.

iOS 18.5 won't be the last update to iOS 18, and we'll likely see at least one more major point update before ‌iOS 19‌ rolls out this fall.

Following in the footsteps of Netflix and Disney+, streaming service Max is starting to crack down on password sharing between multiple households.

Max this week debuted a new Extra Member Add-On feature, which is designed to allow users to pay a fee to share a Max subscription with someone who does not live in the same home.

Extra Member Add-On is priced at $7.99 per month, on top of the base subscription price.

$7.99 per month for the Extra Member Add-On is only $2 cheaper than an ad-supported plan, but the Extra Member feature has the benefit of sharing the plan of the main subscriber.

Max will likely prohibit password sharing between multiple households in the near future, and will prom…

Apple is no longer signing iOS 18.4, a little over a week after releasing the iOS 18.4.1 update.

Since iOS 18.4 is not signed anymore, iPhone users who have upgraded to iOS 18.4.1 are not able to downgrade to iOS 18.4.

It is not unusual for Apple to stop signing an older version of iOS after releasing an update, and the process keeps ‌iPhone‌ users from installing outdated versions of iOS.

"Signing" refers to a server-side verification check that's done when versions of iOS are downloaded onto an ‌iPhone‌.

Preventing downgrading ensures that customers have the latest security improvements and are not vulnerable to known attacks or security holes.

After historic ups and downs in the market, things flattened out a bit while President Trump paused the extreme tariffs levied on "Liberation Day."

According to a report from CNN based on remarks President Trump made in the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, the 90-day pause will end sooner for select entities.

Specifically, any country or company not actively trying to reach a deal with the Trump administration, or those unable to accept offered terms of a deal, will have tariffs set for them.

There is no way to tell which companies or countries President Trump is referring to.

Plus, on top of 125% tariffs in China and escalating tariffs on countries around the world, a separate semiconduct…

It seems, these exemptions were provided, at least in part, due to Apple CEO Tim Cook calling President Trump — which was confirmed.

That, along with donations, in-person dinners and events, and more, has led Senator Warren to write a letter, obtained by Bloomberg.

The letter itself appears to be more of a formality than anything, as Senator Warren and others making accusations of corruption would need to open an official investigation to find it.

President Trump says semiconductor tariffs were on the way.

So, soon Apple may be hit with the full force of tariffs on China and its Apple Silicon chips.

Bargain hunters looking for the lowest entry price into a Mac can pick up a Mac mini for $369.99 or an all-in-one iMac for $599.99.

Woot's Mac sale on closeout models delivers budget-friendly prices this Wednesday, with a $369.99 Mac mini M2 and a 24-inch iMac M1 available at press time.

Shop deals from $369The M2 Mac mini spec comes with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, making it good for light web browsing.

At $369.99, it's $188 cheaper than the standard M4 Mac mini that comes with 16GB of unified memory, which is down to $557.

If you'd prefer an all-in-one solution to avoid buying a display and peripherals, Apple's M1 iMac with a 7-core GPU is marked down to $599.99.

After years of dealing with Intel's chip limitations, Apple introduced the move to Apple Silicon during WWDC 2020.

But, to keep things simple this time around, we will be discussing Apple Silicon from the original Mac-centric viewpoint.

M1: The original releasesThe first Apple Silicon hardware Apple introduced after Tim Cook's announcement wasn't one with an M1 chip.

Metal benchmarks - M2M3: The difficult third albumBy the third generation, the tech media was used to how Apple introduced its new Apple Silicon releases.

Unlike the M2 and M3 generations, you can see a considerable separation between the M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.

In its first major update, MX Creative Console, Logitech's Stream Deck-like Mac accessory, has added support for Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and more.

First launched in September 2024, the Logitech MX Creative Console is a two-part device where one side resembles an Elgato Stream Deck.

Besides its nine LED buttons, the MX Creative Console also has a pair of separate forward and back physical buttons.

The new Final Cut Pro controls, for instance, range from Play/Pause and Import Media, to Cutting and Trimming clips.

The new update is free for existing MX Creative Console users.

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ID : Task <[ Item ], Error >]() ... func loadItems(after lastItem: Item ) async throws -> [ Item ] { if let existingTask = activeTasksForLastItemID[lastItem.

value } let task = Task { defer { activeTasksForLastItemID[lastItem.

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So, when working with such static URLs, it’s very common to simply use force unwrapping to turn the resulting optional URL into a non-optional one:let url = URL (string: "https://swiftbysundell.com" )!

With the above in place, we can now easily convert any static string within our code base into a URL , without having to deal with optionals at every single call site:let url = URL (staticString: "https://swiftbysundell.com" )Nice!

Let’s see if we can write a Swift macro that’ll let us not just convert, but also validate static URL strings at compile time.

} }Note how we prefix the URL type with its parent module ( Foundation ) above.

ID ) async throws -> User { guard let url = URL ( st…

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This is a companion book to the SwiftUI Apprentice; the SwiftUI Apprentice focuses on building apps, while Swift Apprentice focuses on the Swift language itself.

That means you can focus on core Swift language concepts, such as classes, protocols, and generics without getting bogged down by extraneous details.

That means you can focus on core Swift language concepts, such as classes, protocols, and generics without getting bogged down by extraneous details.

This is a companion book to the SwiftUI Apprentice; the SwiftUI Apprentice focuses on building apps, while Swift Apprentice focuses on the Swift language itself.

Section I: Swift BasicsThe chapters in this section will introduce you to t…

Chances are if you’re involved with software development you’ve heard of and have used Git at some point in your life.

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Topics Covered in Git ApprenticeA Crash Course in Git: Learn how to get started with Git, the differences between platforms, and a quick overview of the typical Git workflow.

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macOS Apprentice is a series of multi-chapter tutorials where you’ll learn about developing native macOS apps in Swift, using both SwiftUI — Apple’s newest user interface technology — and AppKit — the venerable UI framework.

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SwiftUI Apprentice is a series of epic-length tutorials where you’ll learn to build three complete apps from scratch, using Apple’s new user interface technology: SwiftUI!

Each app is more advanced than the one before, and together, they cover everything to make your own apps using SwiftUI.

SwiftUI Apprentice doesn’t cover every single feature of iOS; it focuses on the absolutely essential ones.

Our other book on building apps with SwiftUI, SwiftUI by Tutorials, is designed for developers who have a solid background in iOS development and are looking to make the leap from building apps with UIKit, to building apps with SwiftUI.

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To make things easier—not just for myself, but for others facing the same struggles—I decided to start a blog to document what I was learning.

The plan was simple—spend one day each week writing tutorials and use the rest of my time working on my own apps.

That worked for a while, until I started polling my readers about which topics they wanted me to cover next.

This meant extra research on my part, and soon I found myself spending more than my allocated day each week writing tutorials.

It was a huge success, and we realized we needed to create more books for the community.

Understanding how data structures and algorithms work in code is crucial for creating efficient and scalable apps and acing job interviews.

Swift’s standard library and, more recently, the Swift Collections and Algorithms packages contain a robust set of general-purpose collection types and algorithms, yet they don’t cover every case!

In Data Structures and Algorithms in Swift, you’ll learn how to implement the most popular and useful data structures and when and why you should use one particular data structure or algorithm over another.

This set of basic data structures and algorithms will serve as an excellent foundation for building more complex and special-purpose constructs.

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The UIKit Apprentice is a series of epic-length tutorials for beginners where you’ll learn how to build four complete apps from scratch.

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) aims to do the same for a new generation of AI tools.

But back to more practical matters:Let’s talk about where we are today with Model Context Protocol.

In the process of building iMCP, we built a Swift SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients.

We think emcee is a convenient way to connect to services that don’t have an existing MCP server implementation — especially for services you’re building yourself.

In case it’s not abundantly clear, we here at NSHipster dot com are pretty bought into the promise of Model Context Protocol.

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environment [ "IRC_PASSWORD" ] else { fatal Error ( "Missing required environment variables" ) } // For testing only - never print credentials in production code print ( password )Run this on its own, and you’ll fail in proper 12 Factor fashion:$ swift run ❗️ "Missing required environment variables"But by prepending op run we read in that .env file, resolve each vault item reference, and injects those values into the evironment:$ op run -- swift run hunter2The double dash ( -- ) after op run is important!

It tells the shell to pass all subsequent arguments to the command being run, rather than interpreting them as options to op run itself.

Update Your Development ScriptWhatever command you …

Today, on the tenth anniversary of Overcast 1.0, I’m happy to launch a complete rewrite and redesign of most of the iOS app, built to carry Overcast into the next decade — and hopefully beyond.

Overcast is still Overcast!

Overcast is still Overcast!

It’s the best part of Overcast, and still leads the industry in sound quality, silence skipping, and volume normalization.

For Overcast to have a future, it needed a modern foundation for its second decade.

Обмениваемся опытом, общаемся и тусим: Яндекс Вертикали зовут мобильных разработчиков на Vertis Mobile Meetup17 мая в 14:00 Яндекс Вертикали проведут бесплатный мобильный митап для разработчиков на iOS и Android в Москве. Если не сможете присутствовать офлайн — подключайтесь к трансляции!В программе митапа — выступления спикеров, дискуссии с экспертами, активности с призами и, конечно же, нетворкинг с афтепати. Ребята из Авто.ру и Яндекс Путешествий расскажут:• Как эффективно работать со сложными дизайн-макетами с помощью SwiftUI Layout Protocol• Почему скриншот-тесты в Compose — это удобно• С какими сложностями при разработке App Clip вы можете столкнуться• Возможности KSP для автоматизаци…

Про цифровую гигиенуТак, ну не только же посты про iOS разработку выкладывать. Держите замечательный гайд по базовой цифровой гигиене от Андрея Карпатого – про то, как минимальными усилиями существенно поднять уровень своей безопасности и приватности.

Что нового в SwiftWasmПоддержка WebAssembly в Swift движется очень быстро. Начиная со Swift 6.1 для сборки Wasm больше не нужен кастомный пропатченный тулчейн, достаточно официального! Короче говоря, если вы еще не пробовали собирать веб-приложения на Swift, сейчас самое время попробовать.

Бесплатные OpenAI модели в Cursor и WindsurfЕсли у вас пока так и не добрались руки попробовать новую волну AI code editor'ов, то эта неделя идеально подходит. OpenAI выпустил сразу несколько новых моделей, хорошо заточенных под разработку, а Cursor и Windsurf дали к ним бесплатный доступ.

Как банки обходят блокировку в App StoreБольшой разбор от Surf способов, какими банки появляются в App Store, несмотря на запреты. И если в самой идее выдавать себя на ревью за другое приложение нет ничего нового, самое интересное в деталях:👉Код обфусцируется, а все имена переменных и функий, связанных с финансами, переименовываются👉Чтобы пройти проверки permissions, нужно придумывать правдоподобные кейсы использования нужных вам API👉Приложение публикуется только в одной стране, и первое время недоступно в других, чтобы избежать подозрительного взрывного роста инсталлов

iOS Developer-ы, тут?Из чего же сделаны наши SafeBoard’исты? Из сотен строк кода, написанных между парами. Из горящих глаз при обсуждении новой архитектуры. Из решений, которые делают тебя сильнее.Стажировка SafeBoard в Kaspersky — отличная возможность прокачать свои хард скиллы. Приходи, если хочешь научиться:● Проектировать, разрабатывать и отлаживать приложения для iOS;● Разрабатывать и ревьюить архитектуру;● Анализировать требования и проектную документацию;● Разбираться в чужом коде.У нас гибкий график, крутая команда и атмосфера, где каждый день ты становишься лучше. В офисе для тебя будет спортзал, сауна, игровые комнаты. А еще стажировка оплачивается 😎.✅ Для студентов вузов Москвы и…

В чем сложность сделать калькуляторДля многих из нас калькулятор был чуть ли не первым приложением, которое мы написали еще на Basic или Pascal. Казалось бы, в чем сложность, когда все математические операции уже определены. Так вот, держите историю про то, что математика – это сложно, и почему калькулятор на Android работает корректнее, чем на iOS.

Яндекс Вертикали зовут iOS-разработчиков — развивать сервисы, которые исполняют мечты миллионов пользователейВертикали — это Авто.ру, Яндекс Недвижимость, Аренда и Путешествия. С их помощью миллионы пользователей выбирают для себя что-то важное: идеальную машину, уютную квартиру или отель для незабываемого отдыха.Набирают разработчиков через буткемп: вы проведете 3 недели с командой каждого сервиса и выберете ту, в которой вам понравилось больше.Чем предстоит заниматься:— Проектировать, поддерживать и развивать функции iOS-приложения одного из сервисов.От кандидата ожидают опыт коммерческой разработки приложений для iOS не менее 2-х лет и уверенное владение Swift.Из бенефитов — все плюшки Я…

Подборка семплов TextRendererTextRenderer – новый протокол в SwiftUI, с помощью которого можно реализовывать кучу классных эффектов с текстом. По ссылке – подборка семплов как на чистом Swift, так и с использованием Metal.

Продвинутая работа с превью в Xcode👉Макрос @Previewable позволяет избежать создания дополнительнвх SwiftUI структур, нужных только для работы превью. Благодаря ему можно и создать превью, и задать для него стейт в одну строчку.👉Протокол PreviewModifier помогает с созданием переиспользуемых наборов данных, которые можно использовать в разных превью.

Школа мобильной разработки Яндекса открыла прием заявокУлучшить знания Kotlin, Swift или Dart и продвинуться в решении алгоритмических задач можно в Летней школе мобильной разработки Яндекса, отбор в которую уже стартовал. Будущих участников школы ждут не просто лекции, а погружение в реальные задачи компании.Что ждет ещё:— разработка проектов под руководством специалистов Яндекса— прокачивание навыков в Android- и iOS-разработке или разработке на Flutter— возможность попасть на стажировку или получить работу в компанииОбучение бесплатное, но нужно выполнить тестовое задание и пройти собеседование — отправляй заявку до 27 апреля.

Поддержка Swift в Copilot Code ReviewCopilot Code Review – это AI агент от GitHub, который автоматически реаьюит ваш код: ищет баги, проблемы с перфомансом, и даже предлагает фиксы. Так вот, он вышел из Beta, и вместе с этим анонсировали поддержку Swift. Затаскивайте в ваши проекты и расскажите, как работает!

Избегаем Optionals при работе с URLСанделл вышел из долгой спячки, и сразу же с прекрасной статьей про разные техники работы с URL, которые помогают избежать работы с ним как с Optional типом. Одна из них – макросы, которые позволяют удобно работать с URL, известными в компайл-тайме, а вторая – сравнительно новый API для динамической сборки URL в рантайме.

Mobile Meetup SberHealth18 декабря в 18:00 Сбер приглашает на предновогодний открытый митап для мобильных разработчиков в Москве 🩵В программе доклады от:▪️ Смирнова Кирилла, Технического лидера iOS команды, про компиляцию массивного проекта и как его готовить. ▪️Беспалова Владислава, Старшего разработчика, о процессе оптимизации аналитики в компании. ⭐️ В качестве приглашенного спикера Сычев Александр — руководитель разработки рекомендательной ленты Яндекс Go, он расскажет про будущее мобильной разработки на основе грядущих трендов.Принять участие можно как офлайн, так и онлайн. Узнать подробнее и зарегистироваться 🔗

In a recent article, my buddy @artemnovichkov provides an insightful look into creating a GitHub Contribution Graph using Swift Charts. The piece delves into how developers can effectively leverage Swift Charts to build customizable, data-rich visualizations.https://www.artemnovichkov.com/blog/github-contribution-graph-swift-charts#SwiftUI #Charts

When using a modular architecture, consider checking the ENABLE_MODULE_VERIFIER project setting. Disabling this flag can significantly reduce build times, especially in projects with a large number of modules. While it is useful for identifying issues with frameworks before distribution, it may not be necessary for most general projects.https://pfandrade.me/blog/swift-build-times-and-module-verification/#optimization #Xcode

A short but insightful article on the non-obvious quirks of SwiftUI's Menu component. Jeff addresses common issues developers face when using HStack and VStack in Menu, offering practical solutions to overcome them.https://jeffverkoeyen.com/blog/2024/08/16/SwiftUI-Menu-subtitle-shenanigans/#SwiftUI

It's a great idea to have quick answers about new features from WWDC, especially if you don't have the time to watch every session.https://askwwdc.com/#wwdc

If you want to go beyond writing the usual tests we are all used to, there is a demonstration of how to automatically detect memory leaks in applications using UI tests on CI.https://www.polpiella.dev/automatically-detect-memory-leaks-using-ui-tests/#testing

In interviews, questions about the stack and heap are common, excpecially where is what object stored? You can impress the interviewers by discussing trivial types in Swift. Mention that you can use an underscored function to determine whether a type involves heap allocations and reference counting or not.// POD - Plain old data_isPOD(Int.self) // true_isPOD(Array.self) // falseHow to know if a value type includes heap allocations and ref countinghttps://forums.swift.org/t/how-to-know-if-a-value-type-includes-heap-allocations-and-ref-counting/72919/3Trying to understand POD (plain old datatypes)https://forums.swift.org/t/trying-to-understand-pod-plain-old-datatypes/49738

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Metallica on Vision Pro, the Apple Intelligence Siri delay, and the partial opening of the restaurant.

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Mac Studio benchmarks, Mac Pro chip rumors, the value of products with colors, and the rumored UI redesigns that may come to this fall's Apple OSes.

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TRMNL: A hackable e-ink display.

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Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

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John launches Hyperspace!

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The iPhone 16e, a VoIP (mis)adventure, and the latest attempt at a status display in the Liss household.

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Merging Apple accounts, home-status displays, emotive robots, and why we really do want cellular Macs.

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Zen and the art of restaurant wiring.

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DeepSeek's impact, Apple's position in AI, updates on scrolling and home LEDs, and an adaptive apology.

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Nerdy home-buying considerations, Hyperspace updates, the surprisingly difficult engineering challenge of scrolling, and how we're going to get through all of this.

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New Mac-monitor possibilities, Tim Cook's political moves, and updates on John's app… which now has a name!

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‘Podcasting Technology Cadence’, With MG SieglerMG Siegler returns to the show to talk about the drama surrounding Siri and Apple Intelligence.

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‘Putting a Stink on the Letter X’, With Craig HockenberryCraig Hockenberry returns to the show.

Topics include Apple’s new hardware this week — M3 iPad Airs, A16 regular iPads, M4 MacBook Airs, and the M4 Max and surprising M3 Ultra Mac Studios.

And we go deep on The Iconfactory’s years-in-the-making new app, Tapestry — a universal timeline for the Internet.

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‘Nothing Is Possible’, With Paul KafasisSpecial guest: Paul Kafasis.

Special topics: Siri/Super Bowl nonsense, “Gulf of Mexico/America” nonsense, the iPhone 16e gets announced, and a veritable Bond villain buys the rights to the James Bond movie franchise.

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‘A Professional Internet User’, With Vlad PrelovacKagi founder and CEO Vlad Prelovac joins the show to talk about the business of web search, the thinking behind Kagi’s own amazing search engine, and their upstart WebKit-based browser Orion.

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‘A Good Duck Butt’, With Allen PikeSpecial guest Allen Pike joins the show to talk about the state of generative AI and how Apple Intelligence measures up (so far).

Also: some speculation on Apple’s pending acquisition of the ever-difficult-to-pronounce Pixelmator.

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‘Annoying Friendliness’, With Joanna SternJoanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong.

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‘Holiday Party 2024’, With Merlin MannThis again.

Once more, let’s talk around another election, and try, by doing so, to maybe express something about it.

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‘His Most Pro Shirt’, With Dan MorenDan Moren returns to the show to discuss this week’s introductions of the first M4 Macs: iMac, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pros.

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‘An Acoustic Nightmare’, With Tyler StalmanTyler Stalman joins the show to discuss the iPhone 16 lineup’s cameras, and the state of iPhone photography.

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‘Shipping vs. Shipping’, With Jason SnellJason Snell returns to the show to discuss Apple’s September product announcements, and Meta’s Orion prototype AR glasses.

Absolutely no baseball talk, almost.

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‘The Dynamic Paradox’, With Nilay PatelNilay Patel returns to the show to consider the iPhones 16.

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‘Good Enough to Be Pesky’, With Taegan GoddardSpecial guest Taegan Goddard, the man behind Political Wire, joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of independent media.

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‘Pinkie Swear’, With Chance MillerChance Miller, ace reporter for 9to5Mac, joins the show to talk about the latest changes to Apple’s DMA compliance plans with iOS, expectations for the September Apple event, and more.

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‘Hock TUAW’, With Christina WarrenChristina Warren (a.k.a.

“Mary Brown”) returns to the show.

Topics include Apple’s new iOS 18.1 and MacOS 15.1 betas (featuring Apple Intelligence), a little reminiscing about Gil Amelio and Steve Jobs, and the bizarre saga of TUAW, resurrected as a zombie AI slopsite.

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