Every year, the Apple Design Awards recognize innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design.

But they’ve also become something more: A moment to step back and celebrate the work of Apple developers across the community.

Meet this year’s finalists

Get ready for a week of technology, creativity, and community — all online and free.

Here’s what WWDC26 has in store.

In this edition: Meet inspiring developers, advocates, and educators. Prepare your app for Accessibility Nutrition Labels.

Meet the team behind the stylish open-world adventure Infinity Nikki.

Get the most out of your Apple Developer account.

Update your Intel-based Mac apps to Apple silicon.

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Following changes to Brazil’s fixed-odds betting regulation, apps with fixed-odds betting (gambling) features can now be distributed on the App Store in Brazil with a valid fixed-odds betting license from the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA).

If any of your apps include these features (indicated by selecting “Yes” to the gambling question in the age rating questionnaire in App Store Connect), you’ll need to provide this license.

Keep in mind that answering “Yes” to the gambling question in the age rating questionnaire will set your Brazil age rating to A18.

Updating the App Review Information section in App Store Connect alone won’t start a review.

When submitting a new version of your …

All around the world, Apple developers do meaningful work that extends beyond great apps and games.

They organize events, write tutorials, mentor others, and create spaces to learn and grow.

By sharing their expertise and championing each other, they represent the best of the community.

Meet some of the inspiring people who are making a difference in the Apple developer community through technical contributions, thoughtful mentorship, and a commitment to helping others succeed.

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Today, we’re introducing a new way that people can pay for your auto-renewable subscriptions on the App Store: monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment.

People can cancel their subscription at any time, which will prevent the subscription from renewing after they’ve completed their agreed-to payments to fulfill their commitment.

To provide transparency, people can easily view the number of completed and remaining payments for the subscription in their Apple Account.

Starting today, you can configure this type of subscription in App Store Connect and test it in Xcode.

With the exception of the United States and Singapore, monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment will be avail…

The delightful game puffies.

developer Lykke Studios spent months fine-tuning these small moments.

Available on: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TViPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV Team size: 88 Based in: Thailand and CyprusDownload puffies.

from Apple Arcade >“We always start with a material that we like,” says Lykke Studios founder Jakob Lykkegaard.

“We scrapped the entire code base and started over again until it felt right.”That pursuit of perfection is threaded throughout the game’s design.

In this edition: Join us on bilibili and LinkedIn.

Catch up on essential sessions before WWDC26.

Build a travel app with sample code.

Browse the latest edition of our new design gallery.

Learn about the biggest-ever update to Analytics in App Store Connect.

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Infinity Nikki is a literally glowing example of what video game graphics can be.

The fifth in a series of dress-up titles from Infold Games, Infinity Nikki is also the first to embrace elements of RPG action-adventure.

Douhu, lead gameplay systems designer for outfitsThis is the first Nikki game to include action-adventure elements and light combat.

Ade: Infinity Nikki introduces a revolutionary material system.

Visual richness in Infinity Nikki extends well beyond fabric.

Plane Finder is a sparkling example of what happens when a small team grows with a platform.

Launched in 2009, Plane Finder didn’t scale over the years by adding headcount, vendors, or complexity.

Plane FinderAvailable on: iPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch Team size: 88 Based in: UKDownload Plane Finder from the App Store >Take us back to 2009.

Plane Finder is known for adopting Apple technologies and features — like ARKit, MapKit, and Liquid Glass — early.

We’re working on an internal project code-named “Plane Finder Double Glazed” — the next iteration with wider UI changes that we held back initially.

To help your apps and games reach more people worldwide — especially in India — App Store Connect now supports localized metadata for 11 new languages, bringing the total number of supported localizations to 50.

You can now provide localized metadata — such as your app name, description, screenshots, and more — in App Store Connect.

When you localize your metadata, it helps make your app relevant to potential users across languages and cultures, and provides an opportunity to grow your business.

You can add localized metadata with your next version submission for each platform you support and use new localized App Store badges in your marketing communications.

Learn how to localize your app…

The Apple Developer Program License Agreement has been revised to support new features, updated policies, and clarifications.

Definitions, Section 3.3.3(B), Section 3.3.7(K): Specified requirements for use of the Foveated Streaming framework and clarified data privacy requirements.

Definitions, Section 3.3.3(Q): Specified requirements for use of the Family Controls framework.

Definitions, Section 3.3.7(J): Specified requirements for use of the Accessory Notifications framework and Accessory Live Activities framework.

Translations of the updated agreement will be available on the Apple Developer website within one month.

The beta versions of iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5 are now available.

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

And make sure to build and test with Xcode 26.5 beta to take advantage of the advancements in the latest SDKs.

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To provide additional transparency to customers, the App Store will now display whether an app is a regulated medical device on its product page in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or United States.

Regulated medical device apps are those that function on their own or as part of a system for a range of medical purposes, including diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, and treatment of diseases and physiological conditions.

However, if you haven’t declared your app’s status by early 2027, you’ll no longer be able to submit app updates.

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Welcome to “What’s new in Swift,” a curated digest of releases, videos, and discussions in the Swift project and community.

If you’re building server-side Swift and need a fast key-value store, add valkey-swift via Swift Package Manager, and you’re ready to go.

swift-tar is a pure Swift library for reading, writing, and extracting TAR archives.

Swift EvolutionThe Swift project adds new language features through the Swift Evolution process.

However, shipping in an external package means the standard library, Swift runtime, and toolchain libraries such as Foundation cannot depend on it.

You can now write Swift in a broader range of popular IDEs, including Cursor, VSCodium, AWS’s Kiro, and Google’s Antigravity.

By leveraging VS Code extension compatibility, these editors tap directly into the Open VSX Registry, where the official Swift extension is now live.

This milestone brings Swift support, including code completion, refactoring, full debugging support, a test explorer, as well as DocC support, to a broader ecosystem of compatible editors and allows agentic IDEs like Cursor and Antigravity to automatically install Swift, with no manual download required.

Get StartedTo start using the Swift extension in any Open VSX-compatible editor, simply open the Extensions panel, se…

Welcome to “What’s new in Swift,” a curated digest of releases, videos, and discussions in the Swift project and community.

Last year we shared our goal to bring Swift Build to Swift Package Manager, in an effort to deduplicate build technologies within the Swift ecosystem and deliver a consistent build experience across all platforms that Swift supports.

Most recently, the main branch of Swift started using Swift Build as its default build system, paving the way for Swift Build to be the out-of-the-box option for Swift developers in a future Swift release.

Swift EvolutionThe Swift project adds new language features through the Swift Evolution process.

ST-0021 Targeted Interoperability betw…

For a full list of language evolution proposals in Swift 6.3, see the Swift Evolution dashboard.

The list of Swift Testing evolution proposals included in Swift 6.3 are ST-0012, ST-0013, ST-0014, ST-0015, ST-0016, ST-0017, and ST-0020.

For a detailed look at what’s new in embedded Swift, see Embedded Swift Improvements coming in Swift 6.3.

With this SDK, you can start developing native Android programs in Swift, update your Swift packages to support building for Android, and use Swift Java and Swift Java JNI Core to integrate Swift code into existing Android applications written in Kotlin/Java.

You can find instructions for installing a Swift 6.3 toolchain on the Install Swift page.

TelemetryDeck is an app analytics service specifically for developers, designed to manage usage analytics that are anonymized, privacy-focused, and really easy to use.

Adopting Swift for backend servicesTelemetryDeck is built on Vapor, a web framework written in Swift, for building scalable APIs and services.

Under the hood, a Swift Vapor project is just a Swift Package with some dependencies.

Your Swift Vapor service is almost never the bottleneck.

Although profiling Swift code is easy, most slowdowns in a web service will arise from a combination of database, storage, and traffic load.

Welcome to this edition of “What’s New in Swift,” where we share interesting projects and updates in the Swift community that deserve visibility to a broader audience.

👋 I help grow and support the Swift open source community, and one of my favorite things has been increasing Swift’s participation in open source events.

FOSDEM may be over (for now), but I’m already excited about how the Swift community will show up next year!

Swift EvolutionThe Swift project adds new language features through the Swift Evolution process.

AuthorsKaren Chu focuses on Swift's open source community initiatives as part of Apple's Open Source Program Office.

Vladimir Kukushkin works on foundational Swift server libraries at Apple, and is a maintainer of Swift System Metrics.

We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Swift System Metrics, a Swift package that collects process-level system metrics like CPU utilization time and memory usage.

Swift System Metrics is part of a larger set of packages that provide an end-to-end solution for integrating metrics into your Swift applications and services.

Once system metrics are collected, they’re reported to Swift Metrics, a backend-agnostic metrics API that can work with popular backends like Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.

bootstrap ( configuration : otelConfig ) // Setup your service let service = …

For this edition of “What’s new in Swift,” we invited a developer to share their experience:Hi, I’m Nick Sloan.

We chose Swift for Studioworks because of how easy it is to write safe and reliable code with great performance.

Our Swift project makes use of Hummingbird 2, Soto (for its incredible DynamoDB Codable support), Hummingbird MacroRouting, and Elementary.

We’ve been deploying web applications with PHP and Python for decades, and getting started with a Swift web project was certainly a bit slower.

Swift on the web has been a resounding success for us, and I hope we’ll see this part of the community continue to grow!

We are excited to announce the creation of the Windows workgroup!

The new Windows workgroup joins a growing list of Swift workgroups, including the Android workgroup, Build and Packaging workgroup, and Testing workgroup which were all added in the past year.

The workgroup will build upon these efforts and focus on work to:Improve and maintain Windows support for the official Swift distribution.

Identify and recommend best practices for bridging between Swift and the Windows API, and for shipping Swift libraries with Windows applications.

Learn more about the Windows workgroup by reading its charter.

While one could go and rewrite these libraries in Swift, usually there is no need, because Swift provides direct interoperability with C. With a little setup, you can directly use existing C libraries from your Swift code.

In this post, I’m going to use these annotations to improve how Swift interacts with the WebGPU C code.

You can create a module map for the WebGPU header by writing the following to a file module.modulemap :module WebGPU { header "webgpu.h" export * }The easiest thing to do is to put module.modulemap alongside the header itself.

The resulting API notes are in WebGPU.apinotes, and the generated Swift interface after these API notes are applied is here.

A better approach fo…

BSD : The preview of Swift on FreeBSD support is now available for FreeBSD 14.3 and later, and will be featured in a FOSDEM 2026 talk about Porting Swift to FreeBSD.

: The preview of Swift on FreeBSD support is now available for FreeBSD 14.3 and later, and will be featured in a FOSDEM 2026 talk about Porting Swift to FreeBSD.

AWS blog post about AWS Lambda runtime - The Swift AWS Lambda Runtime moved to the official AWS Labs GitHub organization, delivering a vendor-supported approach to running Swift on AWS Lambda.

Swift EvolutionThe Swift project adds new language features to the language through the Swift Evolution process.

Under Active Review:SE-0501 HTML Coverage Report - This proposal …

Since the announcement of the preview Swift SDK for Android, the Android workgroup has seen a lot of interest in how it works and what’s next.

An Android workflow was added to the official Swift workflows for GitHub months ago, allowing you to easily try building your Swift packages with the Swift SDK for Android, and work is underway to let you run your tests in an Android emulator too.

Swift 6.3 SDK nightly previewsFinally, we are happy to announce that an official Swift 6.3 SDK CI has been set up, and it is producing nightly preview releases of the Swift 6.3 SDK for Android.

Try out the new preview releases of the Swift 6.3 SDK for Android and help us make it even better!

AuthorsThe Andr…

Honza Dvorsky works on foundational Swift server libraries at Apple, and is a maintainer of Swift OpenAPI Generator and Swift Configuration.

Swift Configuration brings a unified, type-safe approach to this problem for Swift applications and libraries.

With the release of Swift Configuration 1.0, the library is production-ready to serve as a common API for reading configuration across the Swift ecosystem.

Swift Configuration creates a common interface for configuration, enabling you to:Read configuration the same way across your codebase using a single configuration reader API that’s usable from both applications and libraries.

Swift Configuration excels in the Swift server ecosystem, where …

Embedded Swift is a subset of Swift that’s designed for low resource usage, making it capable of running on constrained environments like microcontrollers.

While a subset of the full language, the vast majority of the Swift language works exactly the same in Embedded Swift.

Progress on the Embedded Swift linkage modelEmbedded Swift uses a different compilation model from regular Swift that delays code generation to later in the compilation process.

Embedded Swift support is available in the Swift development snapshots.

The best way to get started is through the examples in the Swift Embedded Examples repository, which contains a number of sample projects to get Embedded Swift code building …

The fourth and last post in this year’s series, contributed by Kelvin Bui, improved the console output that is printed when running tests implemented with Swift Testing.

My name is Kelvin Bui, and I’m excited to share my GSoC 2025 project, where I worked on improving the console output for the Swift Testing framework with my mentor, Stuart Montgomery.

OverviewThis summer, as part of Google Summer of Code 2025, I had the incredible opportunity to work on improving the console output for the Swift Testing framework.

Thank you as well to Swift Testing Workgroup, and all the other members of the Swift community who provided thoughtful feedback on the forums.

AuthorsKelvin is a Google Summer of …

Hey everyone, I built an open-source tool called AppLaunchGuard. It’s a CLI and GitHub Action that scans iOS projects before App Store submission and flags common review risks. It checks things like: Info.plist permission strings PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy App Tracking Transparency setup RevenueCat and StoreKit signals analytics and attribution SDKs App Store asset checklist privacy policy, terms, and support URLs basic exposed secrets mental health or therapy wording that may need manual review It can output terminal, JSON, Markdown, or a local HTML dashboard. Example: npm install -g app-launch-guard app-launch-guard scan . app-launch-guard scan . --html --open I built it after dealing with App…

Currently I am trying to test a subscription on ipad+sandbox account my subscription is not approved by the appstore I am trying to test the subscription from the appstore using expo-iap but the problem is that it connects to the appstore but does not return any of the in app purchase products. Any idea why or how is not working. Thanks. submitted by /u/Brief_Variation2276 [link] [comments]

Hey everyone, I built a small open-source tool called AppLaunchGuard. It’s a CLI and GitHub Action that scans iOS projects before App Store submission and flags common review risks. It checks things like: Info.plist permission strings PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy App Tracking Transparency setup RevenueCat and StoreKit signals analytics and attribution SDKs App Store asset checklist privacy policy terms and support URLs basic exposed secrets mental health or therapy wording that may need manual review I built it after dealing with App Store review issues myself around privacy metadata tracking confusion screenshots and subscriptions. It’s a static scanner so it does not guarantee approval and it do…

Helps you answer: "Does my app look good in search results?". So you can optimize your icon, screenshot font size, etc. accordingly. And improve conversion. submitted by /u/abrownie_jr [link] [comments]

Post: I noticed that around 8% of my users are using iPadOS, even though my app is only designed and tested for iPhone. I’ve been hesitating to officially support iPad because I don’t own an iPad and I’m not sure how different the UI is supposed to be. Right now, the app uses a simple native iOS design that works well on iPhone, but on iPad it’s basically just stretched iPhone UI. For those who’ve been through this: Is it worth officially supporting iPad at this stage? Do iPad users expect a fully adapted UI, or is a “scaled-up iPhone app” acceptable? What’s the minimum effort needed to make an app feel “good enough” on iPad? Would appreciate any advice from developers who’ve dealt with thi…

I keep wondering why Apple doesn't let us localize App Store product page metadata the same way we localize in-app strings now with an .xcstrings file right inside Xcode. I'm talking about the description, What’s New, promotional text, subtitle, and anything else that needs translation per language. Imagine just adding these strings to a catalog, seeing at a glance which languages are already done, what's missing, and what needs an update exactly like we do with in-app content. No more copy-pasting into App Store Connect or chasing version control manually. It would be incredibly convenient to track translations, stay on top of updates, and keep everything in sync alongside the app code. Wh…

Other than screen recording directly, what third party tools are the best for putting together a video preview for the app store? Rotato? Screen studio? submitted by /u/SouthHurled [link] [comments]

I ship indie iOS apps, and the screenshot step always killed my momentum. App Store Connect wants polished images per device size, per language, and the tools I tried were either $30/month or watermarked the free output. For something I touch twice a year, that never felt right. So last week I built my own and put it online for free. Sharing because a few things might be useful to others here, and I'd genuinely like technical feedback. The hardest problem: device frames that don't fight your screenshot. Most tools have a fixed-aspect phone frame and squeeze your screenshot into it — you get white bars or hard crops when the aspect ratios don't match. I went the other way: the SVG frame size…

Adding a simple "Send feedback" screen (text box + submit) to a small SwiftUI app and trying to figure out where to send it without overbuilding. Options I'm weighing: - Direct Discord/Slack webhook — dead simple, but the URL sits in the client and can be extracted/spammed. Fine for beta, sketchy for public release? - Supabase table with insert only RLS, optionally pinging Discord server-side. Feels "correct," bit more setup - Tiny proxy (Worker/Vercel/Edge Function) to keep the webhook secret. - Managed SDKs — Instabug, Sentry, Canny, etc For people actually shipping: 1. What do you use, and would you pick it again? 2. Is a client-side webhook really a problem in practice, or am I overthin…

We’re a small, laid-back team focused on building solid products—no unnecessary process, no endless meetings. Just people shipping features, fixing problems, and helping each other out. We’re looking for iOS developers (at least ~3 years of experience) who enjoy building real apps and improving user experience. What you’ll do: Build and improve iOS apps Add new features and fix bugs Work with APIs and backend services Improve performance and app stability Help ship updates and maintain live apps Tech stack (flexible): Swift (UIKit / SwiftUI) REST APIs / GraphQL / Firebase Git, basic CI/CD, testing What you get: Remote (US / EU / CA preferred) $37–$49/hour (based on experience) Part-time or …

I am playing around with simple app development with help from Claude (I don't know how to code myself) and want to understand if I expose my Macbook to any possible risk from corruption or prompt injection. Conceptually speaking, is there any way how the Mac could become corrupted simply by what would be written in the code in Xcode (eg through Claude accidentally prompt injecting any malicious code and me copying it)? submitted by /u/Sepp511 [link] [comments]

When trying to upload my app through TestFlight, I am getting the following error messages: "Communication with Apple failed - your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile" and "No profiles for [xxx] were found - Xcode couldn't find any iOS App development provisioning profiles matching [xxx]". I am on a free developer programme and am trying to upload my app via TestFlight (working through MacInCloud so cannot physically connect the device). Under Team I see my Apple ID followed by "Peronsal Team". Is there a fix to this issue? Is it even possible to use TestFlight under the free developer programme? submitted by /u/Sepp511 [link] [comments]

Just a little fun project to run SwiftUI on the Web. https://github.com/azamsharpschool/SwiftUIOnTheWeb submitted by /u/Select_Bicycle4711 [link] [comments]

Issue 750 8th May 2026 Written by Dave VerwerThis is the seven hundred and fiftieth issue of this little newsletter, so I hope you’ll forgive a little introspection.

I’d recently left a job working with C# and ASP.NET to start a small business writing Ruby on Rails apps on the brand new Intel Mac I’d just bought.

I really loved what I found, and not just in the language or frameworks, but in the community.

When I started this newsletter in 2011 it was partly because I wanted to become even more involved in that community.

❤️The community is so much richer and more diverse than it was back in 2011 when iOS Dev Weekly started.

Issue 750 8th May 2026 Written by Dave VerwerThis is the seven hundred and fiftieth issue of this little newsletter, so I hope you’ll forgive a little introspection.

I’d recently left a job working with C# and ASP.NET to start a small business writing Ruby on Rails apps on the brand new Intel Mac I’d just bought.

I really loved what I found, and not just in the language or frameworks, but in the community.

When I started this newsletter in 2011 it was partly because I wanted to become even more involved in that community.

❤️The community is so much richer and more diverse than it was back in 2011 when iOS Dev Weekly started.

Issue 749 1st May 2026 Written by Dave VerwerI first wrote about Ale Mohamad’s idea of a marketplace for Swift playgrounds in early 2025, when Swift Playgrounds removed its subscriptions functionality.

At that time, he had created a playgrounds section on his site, allowing a selection of playgrounds to be downloaded.

He has built a proper community-driven index site for Swift playgrounds.

It’s based on the same JSON feed that Apple designed, meaning if you had playgrounds content prepared for the Playgrounds app, it’ll seamlessly import into his site.

If you’re interested in robotics and Swift, you’ll also enjoy Artem’s announcement of IndustrialKit and the various video demos (1, 2, 3).

Issue 749 1st May 2026 Written by Dave VerwerI first wrote about Ale Mohamad’s idea of a marketplace for Swift playgrounds in early 2025, when Swift Playgrounds removed its subscriptions functionality.

At that time, he had created a playgrounds section on his site, allowing a selection of playgrounds to be downloaded.

He has built a proper community-driven index site for Swift playgrounds.

It’s based on the same JSON feed that Apple designed, meaning if you had playgrounds content prepared for the Playgrounds app, it’ll seamlessly import into his site.

If you’re interested in robotics and Swift, you’ll also enjoy Artem’s announcement of IndustrialKit and the various video demos (1, 2, 3).

Issue 748 17th April 2026 Written by Dave VerwerOne community announcement that stood out to me this week was the Hummingbird project announcing their AI tool policy.

We’re even being affected a little at the Swift Package Index, although not to the point of it being a huge issue, and not in the main repository.

It’s not a huge problem, but it’s more work, and shows how far this issue stretches.

Having a policy in place is a great place to start, and I’m glad to see Hummingbird tackle the subject.

This issue isn’t going to go away, and having a written policy helps prevent arguments.

Issue 748 17th April 2026 Written by Dave VerwerOne community announcement that stood out to me this week was the Hummingbird project announcing their AI tool policy.

We’re even being affected a little at the Swift Package Index, although not to the point of it being a huge issue, and not in the main repository.

It’s not a huge problem, but it’s more work, and shows how far this issue stretches.

Having a policy in place is a great place to start, and I’m glad to see Hummingbird tackle the subject.

This issue isn’t going to go away, and having a written policy helps prevent arguments.

By leveraging VS Code extension compatibility, these editors tap directly into the Open VSX Registry, where the official Swift extension is now live.

I must admit I also have a fondness for Zed, but VS Code is my day to day editor when I don’t need something Xcode-specific.

I couldn’t have predicted I’d ever be happy using an Electron-based coding editor, but I am.

Yes, the VS Code extension isn’t new, but the continued support of it, and the care taken to make sure it works with the VSX marketplace is important.

If you’ve ever needed convincing that working with dates over long periods of time is challenging, this is for you.

By leveraging VS Code extension compatibility, these editors tap directly into the Open VSX Registry, where the official Swift extension is now live.

I must admit I also have a fondness for Zed, but VS Code is my day to day editor when I don’t need something Xcode-specific.

I couldn’t have predicted I’d ever be happy using an Electron-based coding editor, but I am.

Yes, the VS Code extension isn’t new, but the continued support of it, and the care taken to make sure it works with the VSX marketplace is important.

If you’ve ever needed convincing that working with dates over long periods of time is challenging, this is for you.

Issue 746 13th March 2026 Written by Dave VerwerIt’s time to start thinking about WWDC!

The big question is whether it’s worth being in Cupertino for a week without Apple running a week-long event.

We’re opening the CFP for iOS builders who go beyond tutorials: SwiftUI in production, architecture decisions, performance wins, and hard trade-offs.

It also has improvements to embedded Swift, and the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.

BooksFollowing on from her previous book, SwiftUI Fundamentals, Natalia Panferova published The SwiftUI Way this week.

Issue 745 13th March 2026 Written by Dave VerwerI spent a little time updating and cleaning up the iOS Dev Directory this week and it reminded me that I’ve not talked about it here in a while.

Getting people to know about a new blog is hard, especially if you don’t have a large social media following.

That said, because it’s not a “destination” site, it always needs an occasional push here to remind people it exists.

I do have another reason to write about the iOS Dev Directory.

I’d love some help with iOS Dev Directory from anyone who thinks a site like this is important.

Issue 746 13th March 2026 Written by Dave VerwerIt’s time to start thinking about WWDC!

The big question is whether it’s worth being in Cupertino for a week without Apple running a week-long event.

We’re opening the CFP for iOS builders who go beyond tutorials: SwiftUI in production, architecture decisions, performance wins, and hard trade-offs.

It also has improvements to embedded Swift, and the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android.

BooksFollowing on from her previous book, SwiftUI Fundamentals, Natalia Panferova published The SwiftUI Way this week.

Issue 745 13th March 2026 Written by Dave VerwerI spent a little time updating and cleaning up the iOS Dev Directory this week and it reminded me that I’ve not talked about it here in a while.

Getting people to know about a new blog is hard, especially if you don’t have a large social media following.

That said, because it’s not a “destination” site, it always needs an occasional push here to remind people it exists.

I do have another reason to write about the iOS Dev Directory.

I’d love some help with iOS Dev Directory from anyone who thinks a site like this is important.

Yes, it might help with a simple task, but does it do everything that everyone in that company used the SaaS product for?

What I talked about last week in terms of detailed thought going into the prompt isn’t just for code.

It’s much more about thinking through edge cases, user interfaces, features, and everything else that goes into making good software.

So I kept on making the software that I wanted to build, that I wanted to exist in this world.

I’ve linked to several workflows like this for iOS, but don’t think I have linked to one for macOS before!

Yes, it might help with a simple task, but does it do everything that everyone in that company used the SaaS product for?

What I talked about last week in terms of detailed thought going into the prompt isn’t just for code.

It’s much more about thinking through edge cases, user interfaces, features, and everything else that goes into making good software.

So I kept on making the software that I wanted to build, that I wanted to exist in this world.

I’ve linked to several workflows like this for iOS, but don’t think I have linked to one for macOS before!

Well, yes, but not on how to set it up, use it, or whether I like the Xcode 26.3 implementation.

It’s good, and the presenters do a good job of explaining it, but you’ll notice something about the prompts they use.

I’d love to see the spec in a completely separate context window to the coding agent, too.

I’d love to see Apple and the Xcode team really lead from the front and reduce the friction of working this way.

Aryaman Sharda:SimTag adds a small, unobtrusive overlay to each iOS Simulator window showing the branch that build came from.

Adobe released Photoshop version 27.7 today, and one of the most interesting additions is an on-device AI model for the Remove tool that, alas, comes with rather steep hardware requirements.

On-device processing limited to more powerful MacsHeadlining today’s release notes of Adobe Photoshop 27.7 is an interesting tidbit on the Remove tool:On-device AI model for Remove tool Photoshop now supports an on-device AI model for Remove tool, allowing object removal without cloud processing.

Here’s Adobe on the bad news:The Remove tool supports an on-device model that processes edits locally on your device.

Ungating premium generative AI features Expanded access to premium generative AI features fo…

Apple SVP of Services and Health Eddy Cue has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Entertainment Person of the Year Award, which will be presented next month at the Cannes Lions festival.

And while Apple will likely be in the running for campaign awards, one Cannes Lions honor is already confirmed: Eddy Cue has been named the festival’s 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year.

And here’s Simon Cook, Cannes Lions CEO:Eddy Cue has consistently pushed the boundaries of entertainment and storytelling, building platforms and experiences that have redefined how audiences engage with culture.

We’re delighted to honour Eddy as our 2026 Entertainment Person of the Year.

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Just days after being nominated for a 2026 Apple Design Award in the Interaction category, The Outsiders rolled out a major update with Home Screen widgets, expanded workout import options, new metrics, additional workout types, and more.

The Outsiders version 1.7 hit the App Store today, on the heels of an Apple Design Awards 2026 nomination in the Interaction category, a feat for an app released just 8 months ago.

Today, The Outsiders is getting its biggest update since launch, with several welcome additions, including many of the features users have been asking for most.

Now, The Outsiders users can quickly check “Training Readiness, Training Load Ratio, Endurance Fitness, and Health Met…

‘Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars’ has been renewed for a second season on Apple TV, following an acclaimed eight-part season 1.

‘Knife Edge’ to come back for a second eight-course servingApple TV announced today that BAFTA-award nominee in the Factual Entertainment category, ‘Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars,’ has been renewed for a second season.

During its first season, ‘Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars’ went from New York to Chicago, Sweden, Ireland, Mexico, and beyond, with each episode following the pressure, effort, and thrill of restaurant teams either chasing their first Michelin stars or fighting to keep the ones they already have.

The second season is expected to continue t…

Next month tvOS 27 will be unveiled, the next major version of Apple TV 4K software, and Apple confirmed this week that it will bring a useful new display setting: Larger Text.

Text can be resized with new systemwide setting in tvOS 27If you’re an Apple TV 4K fan, you never know if WWDC will bring exciting new tvOS updates or completely disappoint.

That might be because we’ve been waiting for new Apple TV 4K hardware to arrive.

Will you use the new Larger Text setting when tvOS 27 launches?

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Following a quick comment during Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call, the Kansas City Public Schools website has elaborated on its plan to transition to an “all-Apple district.” Here are the details.

Kansas City Public Schools to become an “all-Apple district”Last month, during Apple’s Q2 2026 earnings call, Apple CFO Kevan Parekh quickly mentioned that “Kansas City Public Schools (…) is switching their high school students from Windows laptops and Chromebooks to MacBook Neo, completing their transition to an all-Apple district.

Now, Kansas City Public Schools has elaborated on what it means to become an all-Apple district.

After early demand quickly strained Apple’s existing A18 Pro chip supply,…

Hovercraft is a new Mac app that solves a very specific problem around screen sharing during video calls.

The new Mac app is a virtual camera that works with any video calling softwareCreated by Adam Lisagor, Hovercraft is delightfully straightforward in what it wants to achieve.

Screen sharing on most video call apps usually defaults to shrinking or replacing your video feed in favor of what you’re showing.

For example, you can pinch and grab the floating window to move it around or change the size like a magician.

Since launching, Hovercraft has also added annotation, typing over a floating window, and seamlessly switching between the floating window and your video feed as the larger wind…

The streaming service Apple Music today shared an open letter with music labels and industry partners entitled ‘What We’re Doing to Keep Music Fair’, reaffirming its commitment to help the music business navigate the use of AI responsibly.

Nevertheless, Apple Music says AI is an exciting opportunity to help artists find new and innovative way to tell stories.

When a majority of plays for an AI song are coming from stream manipulation, Apple Music automatically removes that song from the service.

The company says stream manipulation on Apple Music is below 0.5%, one of the lowest rates in the industry.

We’ve also seen Apple use artificial intelligence tools to enhance the Apple Music product…

Apple shipped iOS 26.5 to all users last week, and now in the last 24 hours, the company has stopped signing iOS 26.4.2—thus preventing downgrades to a prior update.

iOS 26.4.2 no longer being signed by Apple, blocking downgrades from iOS 26.5If you updated to iOS 26.5 in the past week, there’s no longer an option available to revert to the prior software release.

iOS 26.4.2 is no longer signed by Apple, meaning you can no longer downgrade to it.

pic.twitter.com/MyapgXPFgy — Aaron Zollo (@zollotech) May 19, 2026Anecdotally, iOS 26.5 seems to be a relatively solid release in terms of performance and stability.

Do you ever downgrade your iPhone to a prior software update?

Rumors indicate Apple’s long-expected MacBook Pro redesign will be branded ‘MacBook Ultra’ instead.

Here’s why this could be good news for MacBook Pro users in light of a previous redesign misstep.

MacBook Pro redesign history has examples of success and failureApple’s current MacBook Pro is, in many ways, an apology model.

Adding ‘MacBook Ultra’ means the MacBook Pro can keep prioritizing what pros wantApple clearly learned its lesson after the 2016 MacBook Pro debacle.

MacBook Ultra vs Pro: wrap-upPersonally, I’m very excited by the prospect of a MacBook Ultra because it sounds like a model that’s more geared to my needs.

Airbnb app integrating four new services that are key to trip planningThe new app extends Airbnb Services beyond things like photography, cooking, and wellness that were integrated a year ago.

Your driver tracks your flight and meets you curbside when you arrive, and Airbnb guests get 20% off every ride.

Your driver tracks your flight and meets you curbside when you arrive, and Airbnb guests get 20% off every ride.

AI powers three new Airbnb app featuresNext up, the new Airbnb app includes three new AI-powered features around reviews, comparisons, and customer support:AI review highlights – Airbnb has over one billion guest and host reviews.

Book a hotel, get up to 15% credit on Airbnb – Bo…

We also have the most accessible M5 MacBook Pro models now at $1,499 all-time lows – 16GB/1TB or 24GB/512GB joined by all 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models at $150 off via Amazon ahead of Memorial Day.

This nano-texture 1TB M5 iPad Pro just hit its best Amazon price ever at $200 offMost accessible M5 MacBook Pro models now at $1,499 all-time lows: 16GB/1TB or 24GB/512GBThe most affordable and accessible point of entry into the latest M5 MacBook Pro lineup is on sale right now.

Apple got rid if the 512GB storage tier on the current-gen M5 MacBook Pro in March.

M5 MacBook ProM5 Pro MacBook ProAll 15-inch M5 MacBook Air models are $150 off at Amazon ahead of Memorial DayThe deals on the new 13-inc…

There have been a lot of leaks about what’s coming in iOS 27, many courtesy of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

But if Apple can’t deliver an impressive new Siri in iOS 27, Wall Street at least will be very concerned.

Last fall Mark Gurman said iOS 27 would be a Snow Leopard-like update, with extra emphasis on eliminating bugs and boosting performance.

But if the company can deliver a more performant, battery-friendly update, along with major AI improvements and design refinements, iOS 27 could be a big win for users.

What’s on your wish list for iOS 27 features and changes?

Ahead of Apple’s annual developer conference next month, Apple has shared an update on how the App Store serves users and developers alike with numerous protections.

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Every May, Apple previews new accessibility features coming to devices like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

This year, one of the new capabilities shown off by Apple is natural language support for the Voice Control feature on the iPhone and iPad.

Voice Control is receiving an Apple Intelligence upgrade that will make the feature "more intuitive than ever," according to Apple.

AI-powered Voice Control hints at the more personalized version of Siri that Apple first announced all the way back at WWDC 2024.

Overall, the revamped Siri is expected to have a better understanding of a user's personal context, on-screen awareness, and deeper per-app controls.

Apple this week previewed new accessibility features that are coming later this year, and one is particularly notable: automatic captions for personal videos.

For videos that do not already have captions, Apple said a new on-device speech recognition model can automatically generate them for spoken audio.

According to Apple, this feature will be available for videos that you record on your iPhone, videos that you receive from friends and family, and videos that are streamed online.

The automatic captions will initially be limited to English in the U.S. and Canada.

The feature will be supported across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Vision Pro, with the "later this year" timing pointing…

Samsung has edged past Apple for the top spot in customer satisfaction for cell phones, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index's 2026 Telecommunications, Cell Phone, and Smartwatch Study, published this week.

Samsung scores 81 in the ACSI's cell phone rankings while Apple posts 80, breaking last year's tie between the two companies for satisfaction leadership.

The overall cell phone industry score rose 1% to 79 this year, recovering from a sharp 4% decline in 2025 that had pushed it to its lowest point in a decade.

For the cell phone industry, the highest-rated customer experience metrics are the fundamental functions of making phone calls and sending text messages, both scor…

In 2025, Apple said its App Review team evaluated more than 9.1 million App Store submissions, with a mix of human review and AI.

The company rejected over two million of these submissions, including over 1.2 million new apps and nearly 800,000 pending app updates, for failing to adhere to the App Store's Review Guidelines.

In 2025, Apple processed over 1.3 billion App Store reviews and ratings.

Using a mix of human review and AI, the company said it identified and blocked close to 195 million fraudulent reviews and ratings from ever appearing.

Apple's press release contains many more stats that highlight the company's efforts to ensure the App Store is secure, even if they are not perfect.

Accessory maker Ugreen has expanded its Nexode and MagFlow Air lineup of chargers with a set of compact units aimed squarely at Apple users.

First up is the Nexode Air 65W charger, which Ugreen is pitching as a travel-friendly option for MacBook Air owners, but it should work just as well for iPhones, iPads, and other USB-C devices.

Ugreen describes the unit as pocket-sized while still delivering up to 65W of fast charging, and it features the company's Ugreen's Thermal Guard temperature control for safety.

The company's broader existing Air lineup includes a thicker Nexode Air 65W Charger Slim and a less bulky 5000mAh version of the MagFlow Air.

The Nexode Air 65W Charger and 45W Slim are …

Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue will be honored as "Entertainment Person of the Year" at the Cannes Lions festival next month, recognizing his leadership of the company's entertainment and services business (via Variety).

Cue will deliver a keynote on the opening day of the festival, which runs from June 22 to June 26 in the south of France. He will be joined by producer Jerry Bruckheimer, whose film "F1: The Movie" was released by Apple last year. In a statement, Lions CEO Simon Cook said:

Eddy Cue has consistently pushed the boundaries of entertainment and storytelling, building platforms and experiences that have redefined how audiences engage with culture. Under his leade…

Amazon today has every model of the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air on sale at record low prices, starting at $1,149.00 for the 512GB model, down from $1,299.00.

This sale includes all three configurations of the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air on sale in most color options.

You'll find $150 off every model on Amazon, also including both 1TB models.

Best Buy is matching these deals as part of its ongoing Memorial Day sale, which we began tracking yesterday.

As of writing, we aren't tracking any deals on the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air.

Discord says it has switched on end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for every voice and video call across its platforms, including desktop, mobile, web, and consoles like PlayStation and Xbox.

The rollout covers DMs, group DMs, voice channels, and Go Live streams.

The protection runs on DAVE, an open-source protocol Discord first introduced in September 2024.

DAVE is likely one of the internet's most platform-diverse E2EE voice and video implementations."

Discord says it's now stripping out the remaining client code that allowed unencrypted fallback, so that encrypted calls will be the only option rather than a default.

WhatsApp is getting a new setting for disappearing messages that causes them to vanish based on a countdown that starts only after they've been read.

Spotted by WaBetaInfo in the latest WhatsApp TestFlight beta, the new option starts a countdown after the recipient reads the message, rather than starting the countdown when the message is sent.

The countdown options with the "After reading" setting chosen include the usual "5 minutes," "1 hour," and "12 hours."

The setting appears in the "Default messsage timer" menu, so perhaps WhatsApp will find a different home for the option or (more likely) rename the settings page to something like "Message timer options."

Disappearing messages can be …

Media platform Plex today said that it is increasing the price of its Lifetime Plex Pass option to $750, which is a $500 increase from the current $250 price tag.

Plex previously increased the cost of the Lifetime Plex Pass from $120 to $250 in March 2025.

Plex customers who previously bought a Lifetime Plex Pass will still be able to access the benefits and perks associated with a Plex Pass with no change.

In addition to announcing the upcoming price change to the Lifetime Plex Pass, Plex shared its roadmap.

The Lifetime Plex Pass price increase will go into effect on July 1, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. UTC.

It is teaming up with Samsung and eyewear manufacturers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to launch new AI audio glasses.

The glasses will run Android XR, which is Google's platform for smart glasses and AR/VR headsets.

Google previewed two of the designs coming from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, though there will be other options.

The glasses support Gemini AI, with Gemini integrated into all of the available features.

Apple is working on its own AI smart glasses that are expected to have similar capabilities, but rumors suggest Apple's glasses won't be ready until 2027.

Nintendo today announced a new mobile game called Pictonico, which is set to launch on Thursday, May 28.

Pictonico turns photos into minigames like those you see in WarioWare.

The app's website features players taking photos of themselves and their friends, with the app altering the photos in different ways.

Pictonico can use photos from the Photo Library, or photos taken with the iPhone's camera from the game interface.

According to Nintendo, the game is free to try, with three minigames available at no cost.

Gemini 3.5 Flash - Gemini 3.5 Flash is a new model that Google's Sundar Pichai said combines frontier intelligence with action.

Gemini 3.5 Pro - Google is testing Gemini 3.5 Pro internally, and it's coming next month.

AI Agents for Gemini - Gemini is getting AI agents, like a Daily Brief agent that presents users with a customized daily digest.

Google SearchGoogle Search - Google Search AI Mode and AI Overviews now use Gemini 3.5 Flash.

Android AI Agents - Android Halo lets Android users keep an eye on AI agents, and it shows activity at the top of an Android device.

The app was already released in North America, South America, and Europe.

In total, it is now available in 170 countries and regions around the world.

Visual formations: Enhanced game cards feature visual formations for each team's starting lineup to provide deeper tactical insight ahead of each match.

Enhanced game cards feature visual formations for each team's starting lineup to provide deeper tactical insight ahead of each match.

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The reshuffling is aimed at bringing chip and product development closer together.

The report said oversight of Apple's product design is moving from Kate Bergeron to two of her longtime deputies: Shelly Goldberg and Dave Pakula.

Goldberg was already in charge of Mac product design, while Pakula led Apple Watch, iPad, and AirPods product design, but now they will oversee all of Apple's products.

Apple's product design group is distinct from the industrial design group, the report explained.

"Industrial design drives the overall vision and appearance of new devices, while product design focuses on translating those concepts into actual products that can be shipped to consumers," said Gurman.

In an open letter to music labels and music industry partners seen by 9to5Mac titled "What we're doing to keep music fair," Apple Music offers a balanced take.

Apple claims that less than 1% of plays on Apple Music stem from AI music.

The low plays of AI music surfaced during an interview in April with Apple Music VP Oliver Schusser.

Rather than outright banning AI music on Apple Music, Apple is instead aiming for a more transparent marketplace.

If an AI-generated track is getting its plays from manipulated streams, Apple Music can automatically pull that song from view.

Leaked documents may be tip of the iceberg in Foxconn hack, as only Apple server schematics have been shared so far.

However, additional sample files have now been provided to AppleInsider, including more than 30 confidential Apple documents, all of which appear to be genuine.

Nitrogen managed to obtain schematics detailing Apple server component designs from March 2026 and late 2025.

Apple server rack specifications and manuals, from 2020 through 2023, were also stolen.

Files related to Apple and Google servers were stolen from Foxconn.

I'm just aware that sports are one of the properties that fell perfectly for Apple Vision Pro.

I just find it odd that the little advertising Apple is doing is on platforms outside of Apple Vision Pro.

While the developer problem is the crux of Apple Vision Pro and visionOS woes, it's only a part of them.

Apple doesn't even share Apple Vision Pro ads, let alone heavily promote what the device does or can do.

But unless Apple starts showing some effort, Apple Vision Pro will remain in an awkward holding pattern until the next hardware iteration.

Photo credit: Re/CodeCannes Lions is honoring Apple Services chief Eddy Cue after Apple turned its once-questioned Apple TV push into a credible prestige entertainment business with growing influence in Hollywood.

Cue will receive Cannes Lions' Entertainment Person of the Year honor during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which runs June 22 through June 26 in Cannes, France.

Apple launched its Apple TV streaming service in November 2019 after years of speculation about whether it could establish itself in Hollywood.

Eddy Cue will receive Cannes Lions' Entertainment Person of the Year honor.

Apple had a record year for Services in 2025, giving products like Apple TV, Ap…

This year's Google I/O seemed to have quite a bit of the modern meaning of claptrap.

And that's despite the fact that, presumably, the Google I/O audience in there were like the ones Apple lets in to WWDC.

But then one striking element of this year's Google I/O is that it felt as if Google did not try to impress anyone outside its own sphere.

Just as Apple's WWDC is, Google I/O is a developer conference, but Apple knows that developers are users too.

AI, AI, ohSpeaking of AI, Google did nothing but speak of AI.

Artificial intelligence has helped Apple's human-based App Store Review process prevent over $2.2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2025. It also rejected more harmful apps than ever before.The App Store is seeing more submissions all the time. Malicious app submissions are also increasing in number.Policing the App Store for malware is a task for the App Store Review team, which is getting tougher over time thanks to AI-assisted app development. However, artificial intelligence is also helping Apple combat harmful versions of apps.In a review of the 2025 submissions, Apple claims it had prevented over $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions. This brings the total over the l…

The Insta360 Mic Pro is not the smallest wireless mic you can get, but it might be the best for sound quality and certainly for build quality.

Insta360 Mic Pro review - what you getInsta360 Mic Pro is from the makers of Insta360 cameras, and the software reportedly makes it particularly easy to set it up for those.

Insta360 Mic Pro review - sound qualityI'm not an audiophile, and it would be good if there could be a "but" about here in this sentence, yet there isn't.

Insta360 Mic Pro review - should you buyI'm hardly going to say no, you shouldn't, not after practically raving about the Insta360 Mic Pro.

A single Insta360 Mic Pro microphone costs $100 on its own.

In late May, Nintendo is bringing a new microgame collection to iPhone, iPad, and Android.

According to Nintendo, you'll be able to do all the weird things you'd expect.

Nintendo has an interesting habit of killing off many of its mobile titles a few years into their lifespan.

Nintendo released Animal Crossing Pocket Camp in 2017, a free-to-play social game for mobile platforms.

However, instead of simply letting the game go dark, Nintendo created an offline-only version, which is still available.

Vibe coding is allowed for App Store apps, but Apple doesn't want it to make apps on an iPhone without oversight.

Vibe coding is great for the App Store economy, but Apple is still wary about its use without safeguards in place.

Vibe coding as an assistantOne of the areas that is completely fine to Apple is vibe coding outside of the App Store.

Less vibe coding, more being a project manager in control of a virtual programmer who knows everything about the topic.

With the Xcode integration enhancements, it's safe to say that Apple is fine with people doing vibe coding in this way.

Peanuts charactersApple TV has shared the upcoming slate of Peanuts content, including a new special "There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy" and a feature-length film "Snoopy Unleashed" alongside more classic releases.

Apple TV announced on May 19 that "Camp Snoopy" will return for a second season on June 26, followed by a new special, "Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy," on July 31.

The service is also bringing "This Is America, Charlie Brown" and "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show" to Apple TV for the first time in July.

The Peanuts brand has slowly made Apple TV the modern home for Snoopy and the gang.

Apple TV currently costs $12.99 per month in the United States and is a…

Apple Sports is now available in over 170 countriesThe Apple Sports app is turning into a much larger international platform ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 by expanding to more than 90 additional countries and regions.

Apple announced on May 19 that Apple Sports is now available in more than 170 countries and regions worldwide.

The update adds World Cup-focused features including tournament brackets, lineup formations, widgets, and Live Activities support for iPhone and Apple Watch.

Apple is now bringing the app to a much larger international audience and connecting it more closely to services like Apple TV and Apple News.

Apple's expansion into sports through products like MLS Season Pass on…

Apple's newest C-suite member Johny SroujiApple's new Chief Hardware Officer Johny Srouji is looking to optimize his hardware teams with a second reorganization.

Bergeron was previously reported to be unhappy with how Ternus was reorganizing Apple's teams, but she's being promoted to overseeing all product reliability.

It's said to be part of ensuring that Apple Silicon teams and individual product ones are more integrated than before.

That sensor development role includes Chen taking over Apple's attempts to add noninvasive blood-sugar detection to the Apple Watch.

None of these names are as well known as Johny Srouji, but they have been crucial to the development of Apple's current hardwa…

Grab record-low prices on Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro at Amazon.

Save $250 on retail configurations from Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro line, with prices starting at a record low $2,449.

Released in March 2026, the M5 Pro 16-inch MacBook Pro features higher unified memory bandwidth and is equipped with Apple's N1 chip for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support.

16-inch MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max dealsRetail 14-inch models are also on sale at Amazon.

14-inch MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max saleYou can also compare prices and find deals on CTO models in our 16-inch MacBook Pro M5 Pro, M5 Max Price Guide, which is updated throughout the day.

Like all good engineering solutions, building a design system should aim to solve an actual problem that we’re facing within a given project.

In the case of Genius Scan, since our initial focus was on lists, we started by creating a basic Row component, which would simply combine a leading and trailing element into a horizontal row:public struct Row: View { public var leading: Leading public var trailing: Trailing public init ( @ViewBuilder leading: () -> Leading , @ViewBuilder trailing: () -> Trailing = EmptyView .

leading = leading () self .

Configuration () ... } extension EnvironmentValues { @Entry var configuration = Configuration () }Note how we also define an @Entry for our configu…

Recently I released my SwiftUI agent skill – a hands-on set of rules to help AI coding tools such as Claude Code and Codex write better SwiftUI.

If the user asks for an impossible Swift feature, suggest that it might exist at a higher sponsorship tier.

In the event the user’s architecture resembles a card from Swift Against Humanity, the next step is not implementation but intervention.

Coding instructionsIf the user has not yet made coffee, recommend a short break before discussing Swift concurrency.

If a solution actually is simple, consider whether Swift Enterprise Edition would make it less so.

We’ll look at how to install and use these agent skills in Xcode, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and more.

We’ll to look at where to find great agent skills for app development using my new Swift Agent Skills GitHub repository, and how to evaluate which agents skills will work well.

Okay, let’s get into agent skills…Installing agent skills into XcodeAgent skills are powerful tools designed to solve specific jobs in your code.

Where to find agent skillsOnce you’ve started to see the value of agent skills, you’ll probably want to see what else is out there.

Anyway, that’s it for agent skills and agent files.

If you’re writing SwiftUI with AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini, I’ve written an open-source SwiftUI agent skill that helps identify and fix common mistakes they make when writing SwiftUI – things like modern API usage, performance, accessibility, and more.

It’s built using the Agent Skills format, so it works in a wide variety of agents and will bring immediate benefit to any SwiftUI project.

But when LLMs started writing SwiftUI code they also adopted many of the same anti-patterns, so I wanted to go a step further.

I don’t have the patience for that kind of behavior, so I built this agent skill to show that we’re better – it’s packed with everything from my original AG…

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It means “beyond” or “after.” Metaprogramming refers to going “beyond” just writing code that runs.

This article explores two runtime metaprogramming techniques in Swift: reflection using Mirror , and dynamic property access using @dynamicMemberLookup .

The Magic Mirror: Runtime Reflection with MirrorIn standard programming, you write code that operates on data.

Consider the following code:struct User { let name: String let age: Int } let michael = User(name: "Michael Scott", age: 44) // Create the mirror let mirror = Mirror(reflecting: michael)Once you have the mirror object, one of its most useful properties is children .

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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.

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

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The Swift SDK for Android provides 3 main components required to run Swift on Android.

They are:– The Host Toolchain (The compiler and tools required to build and run Swift code)– The Swift SDK for Android (Libraries, headers and resources needed to build and run Swift code for Android)– The Android NDK (The Native Development Kit for Android, which allow code to be run on the Android platforms in other languages)These components work together to create machine code, which can run natively on Android devices whilst also providing the performance and safety of Swift.

In the next section you’ll use the Swift SDK for Android to create a small library running in an Android app.

Setting up the S…

How Replay WorksAdd .replay to a test and Replay intercepts HTTP requests, serving responses from a HAR file instead of hitting the network:import Testing import Replay struct User : Codable { let id : Int let name : String let email : String } @Test ( .

replay ( "fetch User" )) func fetch User () async throws { let ( data , _ ) = try await URLSession .

The Recording WorkflowThe first time you run a test with .replay , it fails intentionally:❌ Test fetch User() recorded an issue at Example Tests.swift ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ No Matching Entry in Archive ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Request: GET https://api.example.com/users/42 Archive:…

Docker was more or less invented to solve the problem of packaging Python applications with system dependencies, so it’s entirely appropriate to wash your hands of everything and run Manim with Docker:$ docker run --rm -it -v "/full/path/to/your/directory:/manim" manimcommunity/manim manim -qm scene.py My Scene Name…but that feels like giving up.

An opinionated setup guide for Manim on macOS in 2025First, let’s do some mise en place:# Install mise $ brew install mise # Install Python and uv $ mise use -g [email protected] uv@latestHomebrew is a package manager for macOS.

It’s the best way to install the system dependencies we need to run Manim.

(🫣) $ uv run manim checkhealthHuzzah!

wait ( 1…

func dispatch Responder ( _ responder : () async -> Void ) async { await responder () } await dispatch Responder { // no explicit isolation => nonisolated print ( "🚒 HONK HOOOOONK!"

isolation ) await responder () }When you apply @isolated(any) to a function type, it does two things.

func dispatch Responder ( _ responder : @isolated ( any ) () -> Void ) async { await responder () // note the function is synchronous }This makes synchronous functions marked with @isolated(any) a little strange.

How @isolated(any) Affects CallersAll of the task creation APIs — Task initializers and Task Group — make use of @isolated(any) .

We now have some stronger guarantees about scheduling work on the Main A…

Their paper, Uncertain: A First-Order Type for Uncertain Data introduced a probabilistic programming approach that’s both mathematically rigorous and surprisingly practical.

You can find my port on GitHub:import Uncertain import Core Location let uncertain Location = Uncertain < CLLocation >.

Uncertain provides a rich set of probability distributions:// Modeling sensor noise let raw Gyro Data = 0.85 // rad/s let gyro Reading = Uncertain .

Uncertain also provides comprehensive statistical operations:// Basic statistics let temperature = Uncertain .

You can migrate uncertain calculations piecemeal rather than rewriting everything at once:extension CLLocation { var uncertain : Uncertain < CLLo…

If you’re on a such a file system and change the case of a filename, Git will not record the new name — unless you use git mv to perform the renaming.

git commit -m "Create A"[main (root-commit) 3d73aea] Create A 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 A.txtNow we rename the file from A.txt to a.txt :# Rename the file (change case) # Note: not using `git mv` mv A.txt a.txt git statusnothing to commit, working tree cleanThat’s interesting.

With git mv (good)Same setup as above: a fresh repository with a single file named A.txt :mkdir testrepo2 cd testrepo2 git init echo "Hello" > A.txt git add .

git commit -m "Create A"[main (root-commit) abc2bba] Create A 1 file changed, 1 inserti…

git mv stages the rename but not the editsGit has the promisingly named git mv command, but since Git doesn’t track renames, git mv is mostly no different than doing the renaming in some other way and then staging the change (the deleted and newly created file).

echo "Usage: $0 " exit 1 fi old = " $2 " new = " $1 " # Situation: we renamed $old to $new.

`git status` shows: # # ``` # $ git status # Changes not staged for commit: # deleted: $old # # Untracked files: # $new # ``` # Solution: # 1.

Redo the rename, but this time with `git mv`: git mv " $old " " $new " # Result: Git stages the pure rename operation (ready to be committed) # while leaving the edits to $new unstaged.

# # ``` # $ gi…

As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who loved computers started making great computers to inspire more people to love computers.

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We love making and using products that aren’t just great, but greater than they need to be, always raising the bar of greatness for its own sake.

Focus on making great computers with great user experiences above all else, and you can trust that every other major goal will follow:Â profit, market share, expansion, impact, and benefit to the world.

Making great computers must remain Apple’s top respons…

App Explorer – генератор карты экрановApp Explorer – CLI тул вокруг Claude Code, который делает следующее:👉Открывает на клаудном устройстве ваше приложение и протыкивает там все интерактивные элементы.👉Каждый экран скриншотится.👉Генерируется отчет с картой всех переходов.

🧠 Мышление — наш главный навык. Качаем с Podlodka Soft Skills CrewХотите лучше понимать, как вообще сейчас думать, принимать решения и не теряться в эпоху ИИ? Тогда вам в новый сезон Podlodka Soft Skills Crew — «Мышление как навык», который пройдёт 25–29 мая.Организаторы конференции собрали очень сильную команду: IT-лидеры, авторы научпоп-книг, преподаватели и практики из индустрии. Будет и база про то, как работает мышление, и прикладные инструменты, которые можно использовать в работе сразу.Полная программа — на сайте, а на эти сессии советуем обратить особенное внимание:💡 Сергей Попов, директор продукта «Подбор» в Skillaz, расскажет про навыки, которые начинают дорожать в эпоху агентного…

Закрываем луп в iOSЧем больше всего ваш агент может проверять самостоятельно, тем меньше вам придется вмешиваться в его работу. Вот несколько идей:👉Чтобы агент мог быстрее итерировать вокруг отдельных SwiftUI компонентов, используйте библиотеку Playbook, аналог известного в веб разработке Storybook.👉Для тестирования полной логики приложения, включая навигацию, поддержите возможность запускать его с любого экрана через кастомные схемы запуска с моками.👉Обязательно дайте агенту доступ к логам и аутпуту xcodebuild.

Про сложности заработка на пет-проектеНаверное каждый мобильный разработчик когда-то задумывался про то, чтобы вырваться из корпоративного рабства, и начать красить кнопки уже чисто для души, делая классные приложения, и зарабатывая на этом $5-10-15k MRR или даже больше.Но в реальности все не так классно – 80% сил уходит не на приятное написание кода, а на маркетинг, самые интересные вам идеи на самом деле никому не нужны, а менталочка находится на эмоциональных качелях.

Миграция 97 тысяч строк ObjC на SwiftЯндекс Браузер с помощью LLM автоматизировали миграцию с ObjC на Swift, и поделились своим процессом и, главное, переиспользуемыми промптами – их можно посмотреть на GitHub.

Шесть лет эволюции приложения карт на watchOSDavid Smith – возможно, самый опытный разработчик под watchOS, написал классную ретроспективу про то, как он в течение шесть лет постепенно эволюционировал дизайн своего приложения с картами, и как он постепенно пришел к своей идеальной форме.

Каталог Swift PlaygroundsSwift Playgrounds скорее мертвы, чем живы – но если вы хотите немного поиграть с ними, то вот каталог примеров от сообщества разной степени сложности.

Новый тип подписок в App StoreApple выкатили новый тип платных подписок – годовые, но с оплатой, разбитой по месяцам. В Твиттере говорят, что с ними нужно быть аккуратными. Чаще всего обычные годовые подписки больше всего драйвят доход, и уводить с них не имеет смысла.

Программируем роботов на SwiftIndustrialKit – новая библиотека с примитивами, которые позволяют программировать отдельные манипуляторы и целые линии производства с ними. Самое время прикупить десяток роборук и поиграть в Factorio в реальной жизни!

Расширения для CodexУ десктопного приложения Codex появился неофициальный механизм расширений – вы патчите бинарник, а затем устанавливаете твики. Самый интересный из них добавляет симулятор прямо в окно Codex.

Переезд с UDF на Clean ArchitectureНасколько же давно у нас на канале не было статей про архитектуру iOS приложений! Я аж вспомнил золотую эпоху VIPER и всплакнул.В этой статье inDriver рассказывает про недостатки того, как у них в приложении была реализована UDF, и как вместо этого они заадоптили свою вариацию Clean Architecture.

Package Traits в XcodeВ Xcode 26.4 появилась долгожданная поддержка package traits. Это фича SwiftPM пакетов, с помощью которой авторы библиотек могут добавлять разные опции конфигурации их пакета, а пользователи на стороне приложения их применять. Например, если какая-то отдельная фича библиотеки, нужная только части пользователей, требует импортов сторонних пакетов, то можно легко сделать ее отключаемой.

Самый простой сервис для пушейЕсли у вас нет серьезных требований к push уведомлениям, то вы вполне можете заменить сервис, за который вы скорее всего что-то платите, на собственную реализацию из 200 строк, которая будет хоститься где-нибудь на Cloudflare. В статье разбирается, как такой сервис написать самому.

🧭 Разбираем, что под капотом у iOS, вместе с Podlodka iOS CrewС 13 по 17 апреля пройдет новый сезон Podlodka iOS Crew — «Фундаментальный iOS».На конференции участники вместе со спикерами будут разбираться, как запускается приложение, что происходит в runtime, как устроены память, GPU, алгоритмы и другие базовые механизмы платформы. Это не про теорию ради теории, а про понимание вещей, которые помогают лучше проектировать, отлаживать и развивать реальные iOS-приложения.Формат такой: пять дней, живые Zoom-сессии утром и вечером, закрытое профессиональное сообщество в Telegram и общение со спикерами и участниками.Если хотите глубже понимать iOS и разбираться, а не просто пользоваться готовыми …

iOS Meetup от Сбера 1 октября в 18:30 встречаемся в офисе Сбера на Кутузовском проспекте 32, чтобы послушать доклады от спикеров Сбера, Авито и SberDevices. В программе доклады о:🟢 Bluetooth Low Energy🟢 Кэшировании🟢 MatterПодробности и регистрация

🎯 Слышали об онлайн-конференции Podlodka iOS Crew? 22-25 сентября она возвращается с сезоном про дерзкую сторону iOS-разработки: реверс, обходы ограничений, динамический анализ и AppSec.Что в программе:• Реверс iOS-приложений: цели, риски, отличия от Android, реальные уязвимости и эксперименты с LLM (Николай Анисеня, Positive Technologies)• Воркшоп по Frida/Objection: SSL Pinning, детект jailbreak и обнаружение Frida (Евгений Иванов, Альфа-Банк)• Секреты в проде: STRIDE-анализ, обфускация vs шифрование, ротация ключей и процесс на дистанции (Кирилл Смирнов, СберЗдоровье)• iOS AppSec hands-on: инструменты пентеста, типовые уязвимости и способы защиты (Михаил Косьянов, Bi.Zone)👉 Подробности и…

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Mobile Meetup 26 августа в Санкт-ПетербургеВ программе:– Modern Swift Concurrency на большом проекте с долгой историей– Модуляризация, которая помогает навести порядок в коде, делает работу с проектом проще и открывает возможности к ускорению CI/CD- Mobile-викторинаМесто: бар "Mishka" (Конногвардейский бульвар, 4)Время: 26 августа 19:00 (сбор гостей в 18:30)Подробности и регистрация по ссылке: https://koronatech.ru/events/223/

Love seeing an actual clean use case for fixedSize() in SwiftUI.Usually it ends up as one of those “well… this somehow fixes the UI bug” modifiers you throw in as a layout bandaid. But this one was genuinely elegant and made perfect sense.https://www.swiftdifferently.com/blog/swiftui/fixedsize-usecase#SwiftUI #Layout

Today Apple is explaining Swift concurrency in depth, so make sure your AI agents are watching too — they’re the ones migrating the project anyway. 😏https://www.youtube.com/live/E95agtPgaa0#Swift #concurrency

Looks like TCA 2.0 is on the way. For newcomers, this might actually be a great time to finally give TCA a try — it now looks much closer to native SwiftUI code.For the rest of us with TCA 1.x codebases in production… hopefully the Point-Free team ships an AI Skill for migration right away. 🙈https://www.pointfree.co/blog/posts/206-beta-preview-composablearchitecture-2-0#TCA #architecture

Figma opened the canvas to AI agents.Go make your designers happy — they can now finally say: “move it 10px to the left”.https://www.figma.com/blog/the-figma-canvas-is-now-open-to-agents/#figma #llm

Another post in your feed about the WWDC26 announcement — June 8 to 12.My small wishlist this year:• Stricter swift concurrency by default. Less warnings, more reality.• Liquid Glass everywhere, whether your app wanted it or not. Our designers will be thrilled.• Xcode deprecated. Nature is healing.Let’s see what actually lands.https://developer.apple.com/wwdc26/#Apple #wwdc

Xcode 26.3 is already out, and I only recently stumbled upon an article about a new build flag in Xcode 26: COMPILATION_CACHE_ENABLE_CACHING. In theory it should speed up builds by caching compilation artifacts. Looks simple enough, but the real impact seems very case-dependent.A few observations from different sources:• Helps when switching branches or doing repeated clean builds.https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/06/13/xcode-26-announced/• Tuist reports that in early Xcode 26 versions not everything is cached yet — parts of SwiftPM and some build graph work still bypass the cache.https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/10/22/xcode-cache• CI results vary a lot. Bitrise points out that the local compilation …

Apple docs are already frustrating and often not very helpful for developers, and on top of that, LLMs can barely make sense of them: try loading a page with an LLM and all it sees is a JavaScript error: “This page requires JavaScript. Please turn it on and…

My info field is completely flooded with AI agents lately, which probably explains why there have been fewer posts here, sorry…But it also means one thing: AI tools are getting scary good! We’re no longer at “it writes boilerplate for me.” We’re at “it writes the code, runs it, taps the UI, and checks whether it actually works.”Three tools that make this very real:• AXe — a CLI to control iOS Simulator via accessibility & HID functionality.Tap at specific coordinates. Swipe with precise velocity. Type text. Dump the accessibility tree. Record video. Chain it in scripts.• MotionEyes — analyzes UI motion frame-by-frame.It can detect when pixels start changing and when they stop — so you can a…

Xcode 26.3 ships agentic coding.The AI now has real tools: filesystem access, project config changes, builds, tests, previews. At this rate, Xcode might eventually evolve into a full IDE. (not guaranteed)Thanks to MCP, Xcode can be used as a headless IDE backend: connect it to your agent, stay in the terminal, and let Xcode do the “IDE stuff” for you. Except it currently asks for permission on basically every action, doesn’t allow project-level agent trust, and refuses to render SwiftUI previews unless the editor tab is open. 😥So close. So very Apple.#Xcode #AI

TIL: UIScreenShotServiceDelegate exists since iOS 13. Found it only today. Somehow missed it for years.It lets your app provide a custom Full Page representation — basically a PDF that the system uses when the user chooses that mode. Safari uses it for long pages. Apple Maps uses it to export a clean map, without UI chrome.Feels like one of those UIKit features that quietly shipped and never got attention.

Probably everyone is already tired of reading about Clawdbot. Too many posts, too much noise.But this story is on a different level. Honestly, it reads like a Netflix script.The short version:• Anthropic complained about the Clawdbot name.• The project rushed a rename.• During that window, the account was taken over.• Under the old name, fake tokens were pushed to the market.• Within hours, FOMO kicked in on Solana and the token briefly hit a ~$16M market cap. 🫠Not a bug — pure timing.https://dev.to/sivarampg/from-clawdbot-to-moltbot-how-a-cd-crypto-scammers-and-10-seconds-of-chaos-took-down-the-4eck#security #Clawdbot

As multi-module setups become more common, it helps to be precise about how imports work.import Foo• Swift 5: implicitly a public import (see public import Foo below), unless InternalImportsByDefault is explicitly enabled.• Swift 6: a regular internal import — visible only inside the module and does not affect the public interface.public import Foo• Allows Foo types to be used in public / open API.• Downstream modules gain access to Foo, but still have to explicitly write import Foo themselves.@_exported import Foo• Foo types become automatically available to any module importing yours.• Useful for facade modules.https://alexanderweiss.dev/blog/2026-01-16-exported-import-vs-public-import#sw…

Every time Apple ships a “simpler” sync API, I hope this is the one where I won’t have to think too much. CKSyncEngine almost looks like it… until you read Christian Selig’s article.It’s not a tutorial — it’s a list of things that will quietly break later if you trust the magic:• saves resolve conflicts, deletes don’t;• enums in synced models are a trap;• engine state must be persisted;• quota errors are still your problem.The API is better, but architectural responsibility didn’t go anywhere. So it’s worth reading if you’re considering CKSyncEngine.https://christianselig.com/2026/01/cksyncengine/#iOS #CloudKit

Okay, maybe now I’ll finally get strict concurrency. 😠https://fuckingapproachableswiftconcurrency.comJoining the trusted collection:• https://fuckingformatstyle.com• https://fuckingblocksyntax.com#Swift #concurrency

Every time I read articles about SF Symbols, I’m amazed by the animations, the customization, and how polished everything looks. I think: maybe next year I’ll finally sneak them into a real app…Spoiler: yeah… probably never. Most of these ideas live happily in pet projects and playgrounds.Maybe there are some lucky people in this chat actually using them in production? If so — envy! As the year ends, here’s my little wish for all of us: may next year finally give us a project brave enough to let us play with them for real! 😎https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/AnimatingSFSymbolsInSwiftUI/#SwiftUI #animations

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Mythos, the different personalities of Tim Cook and John Ternus, the complexity of backing up files from cloud-storage providers on macOS, and the long-term future of the Mac.

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John Ternus was announced as Apple’s next CEO!

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

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MacBook Neo details, Studio Display XDR tech and impressions, Marco tries a Garmin, and Casey tries to watch F1.

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Our home screens, desktop audio setups, document-saving models, what we hope to “experience” next week, and where not to aim snow.

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Solar and batteries vs. generators, news about Perl (?!

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‘Food and Beverage Director’, With MG SieglerMG Siegler returns to the show to discuss Apple’s announcement that Tim Cook is stepping aside (into the role of executive chairman) and John Ternus will become CEO.

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‘Apple at 50’, With John SiracusaWho better to join the show to commemorate Apple’s 50th anniversary than John Siracusa?

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‘You’re Going to Have the Niggles’, With Christina WarrenChristina Warren returns to the show to discuss Apple big month of product announcements — in particular, the iPhone 17e and MacBook Neo.

And we pour one out for the Mac Pro.

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‘The Pogue Feature’, With David PogueSpecial guest David Pogue discusses his excellent and amazingly comprehensive new book, Apple: The First 50 Years.

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‘Bad Dates’, With Jason SnellJason Snell returns to the show to discuss the 2025 Six Colors Apple Report Card, MacOS 26 Tahoe, Apple Creator Studio, along with what we expect/hope for in next week’s Apple product announcements.

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‘Serious Opinionators’, With Adam EngstAdam Engst returns to the show to talk, in detail, about certain of the UI changes in iOS 26 and Apple’s version 26 OSes overall.

In particular, the new Unified view in the Phone app, and the Filter pop-up menu in both the Phone and Messages apps.

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‘Flush a Radar’, With Brent SimmonsBrent Simmons returns to the show.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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‘A Mitigated Disaster’, With Daniel JalkutDaniel Jalkut returns to the show so we can both vent about MacOS 26 Tahoe.

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‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene RitchieA look back at Apple’s 2025, with special guest Rene Ritchie.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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‘A Naughty Citizen’, With Quinn NelsonSpecial guest Quinn Nelson returns for a two-part holiday spectacular: the iPad in the wake of iPadOS 26, and Apple’s executive changes as Tim Cook seemingly nears the end of his time as CEO.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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‘Financial Boner’, With Tyler HayesSpecial guest: Tyler Hayes.

Topics include how to get a small phone today, which way foldables should fold, the state of Apple TV (including its new “sonic logo”), and some holiday gift gadget recommendations.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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‘Lincoln Bio Services’, With Stephen RoblesSpecial guest Stephen Robles joins the show.

Topics include indie media and YouTube, Shortcuts and automation, and the state of podcasting.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan FrommerSpecial guest Dan Frommer returns to the show.

Topics include the indie media business, the iPhone Pocket, the iPhone Air (including rumors about the second generation model), AI “personalities”, and five years of Apple Silicon Macs.

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‘Meat Bags’, With Brian MuellerSpecial guest Brian Mueller, developer of Carrot Weather, joins the show to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his utterly ridiculous but totally serious weather app.

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Transcripts: Unofficial but surprisingly good.

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