In this edition: Join us to learn how to make your apps more accessible to everyone.

Plus, check out our new and refreshed Pathways, and uncover the time-traveling secrets of the Apple Design Award-winning game The Wreck.

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The Wreck is filed under games, but it’s also been called a visual novel, an interactive experience, and a playable movie.

Maurin is the co-writer, designer, and producer of The Wreck — and here we’ll let you decide what to call it.

Later I read that the brain parses through old memories to find relevant knowledge for facing that kind of situation.

And what immediately came to mind was a game.”Junon's interactions with the hospital staff drive the narrative in The Wreck.

Successive viewings of these memories can reveal new details or cast doubt on their legitimacy — something Maurin wrote from experience.

The App Review Guidelines have been updated for compliance with a United States court decision regarding buttons, external links, and other calls to action in apps.

These changes affect apps distributed on the United States storefront of the App Store, and are reflected in updates to Guidelines 3.1.1, 3.1.1(a), 3.1.3, and 3.1.3(a).

View the App Review GuidelinesTranslations of the guidelines will be available on Apple Developer website within one month.

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.

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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…

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ICYMI: Memory Safety, Ecosystem Talks, and Java Interoperability at FOSDEM 2025 May 5, 2025The Swift community had a strong presence at FOSDEM 2025, the world’s largest independently run open source conference, held every year in Brussels, Belgium.

FOSDEM highlighted a range of Swift-related talks related to memory safety, a broad ecosystem around Swift including using it to develop web services and embedded projects, and new areas of the project including Java interoperability.

To learn more about memory in safety in Swift, see the Swift documentation page on memory safety,as well as a features vision document on memory safety.

🎉 The room was packed with 12 talks, covering a wide range of …

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…

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Issue 711 9th May 2025 Written by Dave VerwerIn exactly one month, Apple will unveil what they’ve been working on for the past year.

The main community attractions, CommunityKit and One More Thing, have both recently posted their schedules, which is great to see.

It’s likely that Apple is experimenting with this (as I hoped), but I’d always urge against getting your hopes too high.

Regardless, I enjoyed Manu’s latest article that tries to keep your sheet presentation code nice and clean.

👍And finally...As an alternative to this, you could just put your phone in your pocket for a bit… 😮‍💨

Issue 710 2nd May 2025 Written by Dave VerwerWas there any news yesterday?

I’m sure you’ve read every hot take over the past 24 hours and I have very little² to add about the news itself.

What I’m sure of, though, is that this decision will trigger a more significant change to the App Store.

Apple built its App Store business around its current business model, and if developers can bypass it without much jumping through hoops, Apple will likely make changes.

We should want the App Store to be successful for Apple as well as for ourselves.

Issue 709 25th April 2025 Written by Dave VerwerI knew I’d enjoy Collin Donnell’s recent post, “Loving SwiftUI, missing UIKit” from the title, and I did.

After the Swift announcement, I wondered what the cost of the new language to iOS and other Apple platform development would be.

I’ve linked to Kishikawa Katsumi’s Swift Regex project before, but it gets another mention this week as he added a regex debugger to it!

This is a well-written, step-by-step look at all the different issues making this situation compatible with Swift 6 language mode.

VideosI missed these videos from the wonderful iOS Conf SG conference that took place a few months ago.

Issue 708 18th April 2025 Written by Dave VerwerEvery time I read my RSS feeds and see an article about top App Store earnings, a little part of me dies.

I know it’s not the worst problem in the world right now, but it’s not great how the App Store turned out all these years after it debuted.

That said, it’s not the entire App Store and it reminds me to be grateful for all of you who are creating useful and worthwhile software that doesn’t exploit people’s addictive tendencies.

This article from Donny Wals has some great, practical tips on using Instruments with SwiftUI.

This is a great article.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Following the web redesign and other changes, Google is introducing a new prompt bar for the Gemini app on Android and iOS.

Gemini is going from a pill-shaped text field to a rounded rectangle (even before you enter text).

Underneath the “Ask Gemini” field, you get a row of actions, starting with the ‘plus’ menu that’s now much shorter.

We’re seeing this prompt bar redesign on Gemini for Android with the latest Google app beta.

Update: It’s also rolling out to the Gemini app for iPhone and iPad.

Epic therefore seeks an order enforcing the Injunction, finding Apple in civil contempt yet again, and requiring Apple to promptly accept any compliant Epic app, including Fortnite, for distribution on the U.S. storefront of the App Store.

Epic also stresses that:Apple also expressly and repeatedly told both this Court and Epic that it would welcome Fortnite back to the App Store if Epic complied with all of Apple’s Guidelines.

What might come nextBack in the very first hearing of this case, Judge Rogers said she was “inclined not to require Apple to allow Fortnite on the App Store”.

That matters now because Epic’s new motion asks the judge to go a step further and order Apple to green-ligh…

Last week, Epic Games resubmitted Fortnite to the App Store in the United States.

This followed a court ruling that stated Apple wasn’t allowed to charge a 27% commission on payments conducted through external payment services on the U.S. App Store.

However, when it submitted the new version of Fortnite for app review, Epic Games didn’t hear back for quite some time.

In our view, the same reasoning extends to returning Fortnite to the U.S. storefront of the App Store regardless of which Epic-related entity submits the app.

As a result of this, Epic Games has asked the courts to force Apple to allow Fortnite to relaunch on the U.S. App Store under the new rules.

The base model M4 Mac mini is one of the best values in Mac computers, but upgrading the storage to the maximum 2TB significantly reduces that value proposition.

But fret not, because Expand Mac mini offers a 2TB upgrade for the M4 Mac mini for just $320 – less than half of what Apple charges.

In this hands-on step-by-step video walkthrough, I show you how to upgrade the M4 Mac mini SSD with 2TB of storage.

Step 4: Select your external SSD and choose Set Up Disk…Some of my favorite gear M4 Mac mini The M4 Mac mini is pound-for-pound the best value in Mac computers in Apple's history.

Would you consider this upgrade for your M4 Mac mini?

Today, Apple announced upcoming changes to App Store pricing and developer proceeds.

New tax adjustments will take effect immediately in Brazil, and additional pricing updates will roll out in multiple regions over the next few months.

However, if the developer has either Brazil or Kazakhstan set as their base storefront, prices will remain unchanged.

Europe: consent now required for subscription price hikesStarting on August 4, Apple is introducing a new policy for auto-renewable subscription price increases in Austria, Germany, and Poland.

It’s worth noting that any subscription price increases scheduled before August 4 will still follow the current notification policies, even if the subs…

Ask any non-native English speaker, and they’ll probably tell you that LLMs tend to perform much better in Shakespeare’s language than in their ownSometimes, the difference is subtle.

Now, Apple has co-authored a study proposing a new method that could close part of this gap.

As Apple explains it:Current Large Language Models are predominantly designed with English as the primary language, and even the few that are multilingual tend to exhibit strong English-centric biases.

Non-English outputs still follow English-like grammar and vocabulary patterns.

They compared model outputs to native-written Wikipedia articles in Chinese, French, and English.

CarPlay Ultra packs countless new features, updates, and more compared to normal CarPlay.

Which cars support CarPlay Ultra?

As of May 2025, CarPlay Ultra is rolling out to Aston Martin cars in the United States and Canada.

CarPlay Ultra featuresCarPlay Ultra is the biggest revamp to CarPlay since Apple’s infotainment platform first launched (originally called iOS in the Car).

The company says it will continue to be supported as CarPlay Ultra rolls out.

Apple TV+ is home to a growing number of critically acclaimed series, and two of its currently airing shows happen to be among the best new TV comedies in streaming.

The Studio has nine episodes currently available on Apple TV+, and its season finale will air next Wednesday, May 21.

Alexander Skarsgård plays an extremely relatable android who has a full-time job in security, but would rather just stream TV shows all day and night.

Murderbot just premiered today on Apple TV+ with its first two episodes, and weekly releases will drop on Fridays through July 11.

Apple TV+ is available for $9.99 per month and features hit TV shows and movies like Ted Lasso, Severance, The Morning Show, Silo, an…

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Apple News+ valueWhile Apple News+ does cost $12.99/month, you do get a lot out of it.

When using Apple News+, Apple creates a special Apple News identifier, ensuring that everything you read on Apple News isn’t linked to other services.

When Apple unveiled Apple News+ at its March 2019 services event, I thought it was the most out-of-place announcement.

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After a unanimous decision in a federal court, Apple has suffered yet another legal setback in Brazil, this time over the rights to the “iPhone” trademark.

Gradiente filed for the “G Gradiente Iphone” trademark in 2000 and was granted registration in 2008.

When Apple tried to register the “iPhone” trademark in Brazil, the application was denied due to Gradiente’s earlier claim.

So, Gradiente released a phone under that name.

And while Gradiente has been trying to argue for shared rights to the name, Apple has insisted on exclusivity.

2027 will mark the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple is planning to celebrate with an all-new ‌iPhone‌ design.

With the 10th anniversary of the ‌iPhone‌, Apple unveiled the all-display ‌iPhone‌ X with no bezels at the top or the bottom for the camera or the Touch ID home button.

BatteryApple is developing new battery technology that could make it into the 2027 ‌iPhone‌ models.

NameTechnically, the 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ lineup would be the ‌iPhone‌ 19 lineup, but in 2017, Apple released a surprise "‌iPhone‌ X" alongside the ‌iPhone‌ 8 models.

The 20th anniversary ‌iPhone‌ would presumably come out in the fall of 2027.

Last week, we shared a list of iPhone safety tools that every iPhone owner should know about, from Emergency SOS and Medical ID to Safety Check and Check In.

Your ‌iPhone‌ will let you know that a satellite connection is available whenever you're out of cellular or Wi-Fi range.

Using Emergency SOS via Satellite typically requires a clear view of the sky for the ‌iPhone‌ to establish a connection.

Emergency Services and Your LocationWhen you place an emergency call, your ‌iPhone‌ is able to automatically relay your location to emergency services in the United States.

Carrier satellite services may be included in some plans or could cost extra in some situations, and it varies from carrier to…

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an Apple Watch Ultra 2.

GRID Studio is known for taking non-operational Apple devices that would be cluttering up a landfill and turning them into stylish art for Apple fans.

GRID Studio takes apart iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple accessories, cleverly displaying each component to provide a look inside Apple's most iconic products.

GRID Studio does accessories too, such as the Magic Mouse.

We have an (assembled and functional) ‌Apple Watch Ultra 2‌ from GRID Studio to give away to one lucky MacRumors reader.

Apple today clarified that it has not blocked Epic Games from updating the iOS Fortnite app in the European Union, but it is not planning to allow ‌Epic Games‌ to offer Fortnite in the United States App Store at the current time.

This morning, ‌Epic Games‌ claimed that Apple blocked its Fortnite submission worldwide.

"Apple blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US ‌App Store‌ or to the ‌Epic Games‌ Store for iOS in the European Union," Epic Games said.

The company went on to claim that Fortnite on iOS will be "offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it."

Because ‌Epic Games‌ has no U.S. developer account, the company used ‌Epic Games‌ Sweden to submit Fortnite to the U.…

If you're having problems using your Apple Card, Apple Cash, Apple Pay, or the Wallet app, you're not alone.

According to Apple's System Status page, there is an ongoing issue affecting these services.

Apple says that some users may be experiencing issues with ‌Apple Card‌, Apple Cash, ‌Apple Pay‌, or Wallet, and there are multiple complaints on social media sites about ‌Apple Pay‌ and other features not working.

The outage has been ongoing since 11:44 a.m. Eastern Time.

We'll update this article when the services are back online.

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss the long-awaited rollout of Apple CarPlay Ultra and Samsung's all-new S25 Edge, which is positioned to rival the iPhone 17 Air later this year.

Apple this week announced CarPlay Ultra , its next-generation ‌CarPlay‌ experience.

‌CarPlay‌ Ultra is available first in new Aston Martin models in North America.

In contrast, the ‌iPhone 17 Air‌ is rumored to be even thinner at just 5.5mm, making it Apple's slimmest ‌iPhone‌ ever.

While the ‌iPhone 17 Air‌ may win the title of thinnest flagship, it could come with a major compromise: battery life.

This week's best deals include a big sitewide sale at Anker that's exclusive to MacRumors readers, a BOGO Apple Watch band sale at Woot, and a couple of solid discounts on iPhone charging stations and Jackery portable batteries at Amazon.

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AmazonThis week, we're tracking a handful of solid discounts on a collection of iPhone charging stations and portable power stations.

Regarding the former accessories, you'll find up to $50 off charging stations from Twelve South and Belkin, with the Belkin devices requiring you to clip an on-page coupon.

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This advancement could be key to maintaining adequate battery life in such a slim form factor.

Having said that, reports have been mixed regarding the iPhone 17 Air's potential battery performance.

Further supporting the possibility of decent battery life, Kuo recently mentioned in a blog post that the iPhone 17 Air will feature a "high-density" battery, although he didn't elaborate.

"We plan to introduce fourth-generation silicon batteries sometime in the next fiscal year to widen our lead even further," said Saito, claiming that "mass-producing silicon batteries requires special know-how.

The 6.6-inch iPhone 17 Air is expected to replace the Plus model in Apple's 2025 lineup, and is likel…

The Vision Pro weighs approximately 600 to 650 grams (1.3 to 1.4 pounds), depending on the light seal and headband configuration.

The Vision Pro debuted with high visibility, including a flagship store event in New York City attended by Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Fox said that he considered selling his Vision Pro, but resale values had fallen significantly below the original price.

He later sold his Vision Pro for $1,900 — a 46% loss from the original purchase price — and said he did not miss it.

This updated model is expected to reuse most of its components from the first-generation Vision Pro to offset the surplus inventory in Apple's supply chain.

Apple has been named the most valuable global brand for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2025 edition of Kantar's BrandZ report, with its brand now valued at $1.29 trillion — a year-over-year increase of 28%.

The latest Kantar BrandZ Global Top 100 ranking assigns Apple the top position in a comprehensive analysis of brand performance, marking a continued upward trend for the company.

The company's brand value now constitutes approximately 12% of the total value of the BrandZ Global Top 100, which stands at $10.7 trillion in 2025.

Kantar also identifies Apple as representative of two of the fastest-growing categories in the ranking: consumer technology and luxury.

Apple's lead …

"Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union," Epic stated via its Fortnite account on X (Twitter).

Apple banned the ‌Epic Games‌ developer account back in 2020 when ‌Epic Games‌ violated its ‌App Store‌ rules to add web-based purchases, kicking off a multi-year legal battle.

Because the main ‌Epic Games‌ developer account continues to be banned, Epic submitted Fortnite to the U.S. ‌App Store‌ using an account from Epic Games Sweden, a subsidiary that Epic formed to create the ‌Epic Games‌ Store alternative app marketplace in the European Union.

Before submitting Fortnite to the U.S. App Store, E…

Sony has announced its new WH-1000XM6 wireless noise-canceling headphones.

The good news is that the company has brought back the foldable design that was absent from its predecessor, the WH-1000XM5.

The WH-1000XM6 headphones now happily fold up into a redesigned carrying case with a magnetic closure instead of a zipper, making it more compact and travel-friendly than the XM5's.

Otherwise, the overall aesthetics remain largely unchanged, but Sony claims the new model delivers significantly improved noise cancellation, a better Ambient Sound (transparency) mode, and enhanced audio quality.

Sony has also introduced several new software features, including Scene-based Listening, which automati…

Apple has stopped signing the iPadOS 17.7.7 update that was released earlier this week for devices unable to run versions of iPadOS 18, meaning that users will not be able to install the update even if they see it available in Software Update.

Affected devices include the sixth-generation iPad, the 10.5-inch iPad Pro, and the second-generation 12.9-inch ‌iPad Pro‌.

After the latest update 17.7.7 I’ve been having problems with certain, but not all apps.

From Reddit user National_Case748:Since updating my iPad to iPadOS 17.7.7 (build 21H433), all apps (such as YouTube, X, etc.)

Apple has presumably prevented users from updating to iPadOS 17.7.7 for the time being to address these issues and w…

An Apple Pay and Apple Cash problem left users unable to complete transactions for just over an hour on Friday, as Apple was quick to resolve the issues.

At around 11:14 AM Eastern Time on Friday, users began experiencing difficulties with Apple Card, Apple Cash, Apple Pay, and Apple Wallet.

During the outage, many iPhone users took to social media to complain, saying they couldn't complete Apple Pay transactions or use Apple Cash.

Apple Card, meanwhile, is an Apple-branded credit card, whereas Apple Pay enables contactless payments on the iPhone and Apple Watch through NFC technology.

Apple Wallet experienced a similar problem in December 2023, and Apple Cash users faced a service issue in…

After its first submission of "Fortnite" to the App Store was allegedly ignored by Apple, Epic Games announced that the game had been blocked in the US.

Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union.

— Fortnite (@Fortnite) May 16, 2025Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has given no further explanation, but now Apple has responded in a statement to Bloomberg.

Equally, Epic Games has not commented on why it claimed there was a worldwide ban on "Fortnite."

Epic Games subsequently announced that this meant its "Fortnite" game would return to the App Store.

Countries including ones who supply Apple, have been told they will no longer get to negotiate tariffs with Trump, because he hasn't got the time.

Now Trump says there simply isn't time to negotiate with all of the countries, so he's not going to.

Instead, according to Bloomberg, Trump says that "over the next two to three weeks," countries will just be told what their new tariff is.

Trump did not say whether the tariffs imposed would be the same as the ones announced on his so-called "Liberation Day."

That's because Trump set tariffs on imports from all around the world — meaning Apple is paying tariffs on what it buys in from every single overseas supplier.

The iPhone 17 Air, expected this fall, could be the first Apple smartphone to feature advanced silicon-anode battery technology.

Apple shifts strategy by adopting new battery chemistryFor Apple, adopting silicon battery tech would mark a significant shift in its battery strategy.

If the iPhone 17 Air comes in at 5.5mm, that would make it the slimmest iPhone ever and one of the thinnest modern smartphones overall.

The iPhone 17 Air could serve as a testing groundThe result is a battery that offers more power without sacrificing durability.

The iPhone 17 Air could serve as a testing ground for these materials at a large scale.

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission is planning a raft of proposals that would emulate Europe's App Store regulations regarding Big Tech firms such as Apple and Google.

Apple and Google must not benefit from user data that they gather that is not then made available to third-party developers.

It's responsible for running the Japanese versions of the App Store and other Apple media.

Japan's FTC requires interested members of the public to submit opinions — solely in Japanese — by the end of June 13.

However, during the FTC's investigations, Apple did defend its App Store rules, insisting that they were fair and transparent.

Anker Prime TB5 Dock review: DesignThe first thing that you'll notice when you look at this dock is its Mac-like design.

Anker Prime TB5 Dock review: Ports and connectivityThis being a dock, we're all here for the ports.

Anker Prime TB5 Dock review: The monitor situationA lot of people who buy a dock like this are going to connect their monitor to it.

The Anker Prime dock hasn't missed a beat, nor should it, given the price.

Anker Prime TB5 Dock review: ProsAll the ports you're likely to need140W power delivery for thirsty laptopsPlenty of monitor connection optionsNo big power brick to hideAnker Prime TB5 Dock review: ConsIt's a costly beastNobody would call it inconspicuousRating: 4 out o…

WWDC is so close now and it's certain to bring major updates to the Mac with macOS 16.

It's incredibly hard to move from an Apple keyboard to an alternative, because those alternatives do not have Touch ID.

Right now if you go to System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts... and work through adding a keystroke, you can make that keystroke be absolutely anything you like.

Turning on this iCloud feature is well worth it, but turning it off again causes problems.

It's obviously a safety precaution, it means you don't lose something forever just because you temporarily turned off this iCloud feature.

CarPlay Ultra is finally here, really tremendous accessibility features have been announced, and there are rumors of the iPhone 18, iPhone 19, and iPhone 20, all on this week's episode of the AppleInsider Podcast.

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AirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6 - SpecificationsSpecifications AirPods Max Sony WH-1000XM6 Price $549On sale at Amazon $449.99On sale at Amazon Weight 13.6 ounces 8.96 ounces Foldable No Yes Drivers 40mm 30mm Noise Cancellation Yes Yes Spatial Audio Yes Yes Charging port USB-C USB-C Sirir> Battery Life 20 hours ANC on 30 hours ANC on Controls Digital Crown,Button Buttons Colors Silver,Space Grey,Sky Blue,Pink,Green Black,Platinum Silver,Midnight BlueAirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6 - DesignApple's design for the AirPods Max hasn't changed at all over the years, except for one connector.

AirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6 - The updated XM6 designYou don't get the shiny exposed metal of the AirPods …

These features positioned Apple Notes as a serious contender in the productivity space, especially for users who stay within the Apple ecosystem.

Apple Notes has something for everyoneWhether you're managing work projects, taking class notes, or just keeping a to-do list, Apple Notes adapts to your needs.

Apple Notes offers notes, folders, subfolders, and moreStudents can handwrite lecture notes, annotate readings, or sketch diagrams with an Apple Pencil.

Apple Notes on iPadApple Notes takes full advantage of the iPad's large display and Apple Pencil support.

When you use the search bar, tapping it reveals filters like Locked Notes, Notes With Tags, or Notes With Drawings.

After its first submission of "Fortnite" to the App Store was allegedly ignored by Apple, Epic Games has announced that the game has now been blocked.

Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union.

However, the whole legal battle between the two companies started when Epic Games purposely violated Apple's App Store rules in 2020.

On May 6, 2025, Epic Games announced that "Fortnite" would be returning to the US App Store within a week.

Then on May 9, 2025, Epic Games submitted "Fortnite" to the App Store and its app review team.

Apple has once again claimed the top spot as the world's most valuable brand, with Kantar estimating its worth at a staggering $1.29 trillion— 12% of the value of the entire top 100 list.

According to Kantar's 20th annual BrandZ report, Apple remains the most valuable brand for the fourth year running.

The 2025 rankings are as follows:Apple, worth $1.29 trillion Google, worth $944.1 billion Microsoft, worth $884.8 billion Amazon, worth $866.1 billion Nvidia, worth $509.4 billionKantar values the Global Top 100 brands at $10.7 trillion.

This figure would mean that Apple makes up a full 12% of the total valueIt's not entirely clear how Kantar calculates these values.

According to Kantar, it's…

AppleInsider readers are eligible for exclusive savings on M3 MacBook Air models, with prices falling to $1,087 when equipped with 24GB of RAM.

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Apple's AirPods Pro are expected to receive a hardware upgrade later in 2025, and now Apple's own software suggests a new model is close.

In 2023, the AirPods Pro received a USB-C connector in place of Lightning, as well as lossless audio support for Apple Vision Pro users.

Apple altered a sentence that originally referenced the "AirPods Pro 2nd generation," so that it now says "AirPods Pro 2 or later," indicating that a new model could debut soon.

We've heard rumors surrounding heart rate monitoring coming to AirPods Pro 3 for a while.

Design changes, active noise cancellation improvements, and a new H3 chip are among the other changes rumored for the third-generation AirPods Pro.

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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…

I never actually decided to stop writing Swift articles.

But as time went on, I started to really miss Swift by Sundell.

The solution to that problem — meet the Swift by Sundell Archive.

I want to sincerely thank the fine folks at Genius Scan for helping me bring Swift by Sundell back, and to everyone in the Swift community who has reached out over the past few years with encouraging and supportive messages.

Welcome back to Swift by Sundell!

It's also great to see Swift Testing going from strength to strength, with three major improvements coming in Swift 6.2, including exit tests and attachments.

So, this kind of code is legal in Swift 6.2 and later:func `function name with spaces`() { print("Hello, world!")

As an example, we could create two classes like this:final class User: Sendable { let id = UUID() } final class Session: Sendable { weak let user: User?

{ self.user = user } }We could then make and use them like so:var user: User?

Note: Unlike the XCTest equivalent, Swift Testing's attachments do not support lifetime controls in Swift 6.2.

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In Swift 6.1 this has been resolved, but only when the new MemberImportVisibility upcoming feature flag is enabled.

Formalize ‘language mode’ terminologySE-0441 makes a small but important change to the way we describe Swift versions, clearly separating Swift version from Swift language mode.

Creating a test scope means conforming to two protocols: the core TestTrait protocol, and also the TestScoping protocol introduced in Swift 6.1.

Swift 6.2 will almost certainly arrive at WWDC25, and will include another batch of changes aimed at refining Swift concurrency amongst other improvements.

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Swift Apprentice: Beyond the Basics is the sequel to Swift Apprentice: Fundamentals and explores additional Swift programming concepts.

Swift Apprentice: Beyond the Basics is the sequel to Swift Apprentice: Fundamentals and explores additional Swift programming concepts.

The section is a list of the expanded areas of Swift programming.

Finally, it covers Advanced Protocols, Generics, and Concurrency, giving you a solid understanding of Swift’s language-level concurrency mechanisms.

Each topic provides a robust foundation for advanced Swift programming, ensuring your grasp of these concepts is both thorough and practical.

Here, at last, is our All the Conferences episode, featuring iOS community luminaries Mikalea Caron and Matt Heaney.

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How to network at conferences, even if you’re introverted—and why just saying “it’s my first time” can be a superpower.

​CocoaConferences.com, a curated directory of English-language conferences tailored for developers working with Apple’s platforms—macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

iOS Conferences for Mobile Developers in 2024, dated now but many of these conferences recur annually.

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.

This book is the easiest and fastest way to get hands-on experience with using Git for version control of your projects.

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.

Git Log & History: You’ll discover the versatility of the git log command—displaying branches, graphs and even filtering the history.

One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you’ll be well-prepared to use Git in your own software development workflow!

iOS Ready provides you with the tools to maximize your learning potential towards becoming a sought after iOS developer using SwiftUI.

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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.

Instead of just covering a list of features, macOS Apprentice does something much more important: It explains how all the building blocks fit together and what is involved in building real apps.

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

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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.

This book, SwiftUI Apprentice, is designed to teach new develop…

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.

By the end…

In our final episode of 2024, we’re thrilled to welcome fellow podcasters Malin Sundberg and Kai Dombrowski of Triple Glazed Studios.

With a decade of experience in iOS and Mac development, Malin and Kai share how they’ve built thriving indie apps, established roots in new communities worldwide, and achieved repeated App Store features.

Tune in to learn actionable insights that can help you grow your indie app business too!

Show NotesJoin Suz, Jenn, and Dru as they chat with Malin and Kai, the creative minds behind Triple Glazed Studios, to explore what it takes to run a successful indie app business.

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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.

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

The UIKit Apprentice series doesn’t cover every single feature of iOS – it just focuses on the absolutely essential ones that you need to know.

1 Introduction Toggle description Welcome to The UIKit Apprentice!

Edit Items Toggle description Now that you can add items, learn how to edit added items.

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 …

Про формат USDUSD – это открытый формат файлов от Pixar, который позволяет описывать сложные 3D сцены и объекты. В частности, он лежит в основе visionOS. В статье детально разбирается сам формат и то, как работать с ним в Xcode.

Xtool – кроссплатформенная замена XcodeXtool дает возможность собирать и подписывать iOS приложения без Xcode на любой операционной системе. Детальный туториал – здесь.

MCP сервер для xcodebuildПолезные MCP сервера для iOS разработчиков продолжают появляться! Теперь любой AI чат с поддержкой MCP (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf и другие) могут напрямую вызывать билд-тулы Xcode:👉Запускать сборки, в том числе инкрементальные👉Управлять симуляторами👉Вытаскивать логи👉Управлять любой мета-информацией о проекте

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Когда переговоры идут не по плану…Вы когда-нибудь выходили с performance review или созвона с заказчиком с чувством: «Что-то пошло не так»?Аргументы были. Слова — правильные. Но в итоге — без прибавки, с лишними задачами или с чувством упущенной выгоды. Возможно, пора изменить свою переговорную стратегию.Приходите на бесплатный практический воркшоп — «Сложные переговоры».17 мая в 11:00 (GMT+3), онлайн. Бесплатная регистрация: https://stratoplan-school.com/negotiation/tlgr На воркшопе вы:– Освоите алгоритмы подготовки к переговорам– Поймёте, как устанавливать контакт и слушать так, чтобы слышали– Разберётесь, как работают BATNA, WATNA, ZOPA и «поле торга»– Попрактикуетесь — вживую, в подгруп…

Дебаггер в Swift RegexSwift Regex – очень удобный веб-сервис для того, чтобы собирать Regex Builder DSL из заданной регулярки. Теперь он стал еще удобнее, так как завезли дебаггер – с его помощью можно посимвольно анализировать, почему какая-то строка не проходит условия регулярного выражения.

Harmonize – линтер для вашей архитектурыHarmonize – новый линтер, основная фича которого – описание всех правил в виде обычных юнит-тестов. Библиотека дает доступ ко всей структуре проекта, включая классы, методы, пакеты, и с помощью обычного Swift кода вы можете проверять кучу разных полезных штук. Например: 👉То, что все ViewModel наследуются от нужного базового класса.👉То, что инициализаторы определенных классов не используют какие-то конкретные типы.👉То, что часть классов имеют только один публичный метод.👉То, что все модели лежат в определенном пакете.

Привет! Возможно вы уже слышали о недавнем противостоянии между Apple и Epic Games, в котором Apple проиграла суд. Теперь Apple обязана разрешить разработчикам использовать сторонние платежные системы. Это значительное изменение на рынке, которое напрямую касается всех нас, разработчиков.Если вы работаете над приложениями с подписками, скоро ваши продукты и бизнес-оунеры могут запросить интеграцию с такими сервисами, как Stripe. Поэтому важно понимать, что происходит, и быть в курсе всех деталей.Завтра Сэм, CEO Qonversion, вместе с Александром Зиминым (Co-Founder Eda), Виталием Урбаном (Co-Founder Moonly) и Ником Лазаревым (SDR Qonversion) проведут круглый стол. В адженде:▫️Как это всё рабо…

Что нового в Swift 6.1Классический обзор всех нововведений в Swift от Пола Хадсона с простыми примерами:👉Trailing comma in comma-separated lists👉Metatype Keypaths👉Member import visibility👉Precise control flags over compiler warnings...и все остальные фичи!

Sentry купили Emerge ToolsЕсли вы забыли, Emerge Tools – офигенный стартап, которые делают набор тулов для анализа размера приложения и его перфоманса. Так вот, сегодня анонсировали, что и продукт, и команду купили Sentry. Новость классная – Sentry уже делают, кажется, лучший на рынке продукт для анализа крешей, а теперь смогут стать вообще стандартом для мониторинга и улучшения нефункционального качества приложений.

Как Яндекс Карты учат нейросети угадывать твои желанияПредставь: ты открываешь Карты, а они уже знают, куда тебе хочется пойти — будь то место для завтрака или тихий парк с видом на закат. Так работает магия рекомендаций — нейросети, геоданные и тонны экспериментов. Яндекс Карты — это команда инженеров и исследователей, которые превращают терабайты логов в персонализированные подсказки. Нейросеть анализирует разные действия: от просмотра фото до построения маршрута, и находит «ближайшие» места не только на карте, но и по интересам. А компьютерное зрение выбирает самое аппетитное фото, чтобы ты сразу понял: «О, тут есть рамен!»А ещё мы постоянно экспериментируем: например, учим модель учитыв…

Партнерство Apple и AnthropicВторая новость, которая прошла менее замеченной. Ходят слухи, что Apple и Anthropic, разработчики лучших LLM для кодинга, партнерятся вокруг добавления AI в Xcode. Что конкретно это значит пока не очень понятно – это может быть как добавление Claude в качестве одной из доступных моделей, так и использование их как дефолтной опции, так и что-то существенно большее.

Кстати, напоминаю, что у меня есть второй канал, в котором я делюсь классным контентом про управление людьми, командами и разработкой – @leadgr. Если вы уже доросли до сеньора, то там точно будет много полезного!Вот несколько постов, с которых можно начать:👉Как избежать атрофии навыков из-за AI👉Как AI помогает читить на собесах👉Почему 10х инженеры – это антипаттерн👉Большая подборка книг, чтобы прокачаться в менеджменте за год

Apple проиграл в суде EpicГлавная новость недели – Apple проиграли долгий судебный процесс Epic, и теперь в USA App Store можно принимать платежи в обход App Store, и не платить комиссию.👉Apple уже обновили гайдлайны👉Stripe подсуетились и запустили SDK для приема платежей

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

Hyperspace updates, more on Apple's in-app-purchase injunction, how to choose Ubiquiti gear (and when not to), and some actual vibe-coding (we think?).

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The ruling against Apple, the Slate Truck, and using a reMarkable e-ink tablet.

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

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Chaos in the government, chaos in the Siri group, chaos in Casey's AirPods case… and new T-shirts!

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The Nintendo Switch 2, iOS-redesign rumors, finally surrendering in three old battles, and our plans for [waving hands] all of this.

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New Siri leadership, WWDC's announcement, the EU's new demands, and a dropped axe that could've been much worse.

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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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John launches Hyperspace!

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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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‘The Ratchet of Flippancy’, With Craig ModCraig Mod returns to the show to discuss his splendid new book, Things Become Other Things.

Other topics include creating with AI tools (including programming), social media permanence vs. ephemerality, and more.

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‘The Best Hatched Plan’, With Glenn FleishmanSpecial guest Glenn Fleishman returns to the show for episode 420 on 4/20, but everyone’s sober, I swear.

Topics include Trump’s dumb tariffs and Glenn’s smart new edition of his book Six Centuries of Type & Printing.

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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.

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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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