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Apple at WWDC this week announced its latest privacy and security innovations, including major updates to Safari Private Browsing, Communication Safety, and Lockdown Mode, as well as app privacy improvements. Additionally, Apple introduced new features designed with privacy and security at their core, including Check In, NameDrop, and Live Voicemail. These new efforts are the latest manifestation of Apple’s deeply held belief that privacy is a fundamental human right and that good privacy is built on a foundation of strong security.

“Privacy is designed into every new Apple product and feature from the beginning,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, in a statement. “We are focused on keeping our users in the driver’s seat when it comes to their data by continuing to provide industry-leading privacy features and the best data security in the world. This approach is evident in a number of features on our platforms, like the major updates to Safari Private Browsing, as well as the expansion of Lockdown Mode.”

Privacy Features Give Users Greater Control of Their Data

Major Updates to Safari Private Browsing

Safari introduced private browsing years before any other browser. This year, a significant update provides even greater protection against trackers as users browse the web and from people who might have access to their device. Advanced tracking and fingerprinting protections go even further to help prevent websites from using the latest techniques to track or identify a user’s device. Private Browsing now locks when not in use, allowing a user to keep tabs open even when stepping away from the device.

Safari Private Browsing windows now automatically lock if they have not recently been in use.
Safari Private Browsing windows now automatically lock if they have not recently been in use.

Photos Privacy Permission Improvements

A new embedded Photos picker can help users share specific photos with apps while keeping the rest of their library private. When apps ask to access the user’s entire photo library, the user will be shown more information about what they’ll be sharing, along with occasional reminders of their choice.

The Photos permission prompt now tells users how many photos and videos they’d be giving access to, as well as providing a sample of those photos.
The Photos permission prompt now tells users how many photos and videos they’d be giving access to, as well as providing a sample of those photos.

Link Tracking Protection in Messages, Mail, and Safari Private Browsing

Some websites add extra information to their URLs in order to track users across other websites. Now this information will be removed from the links users share in Messages and Mail, and the links will still work as expected. This information will also be removed from links in Safari Private Browsing.

App Privacy Improvements

New tools give developers more information about the data practices of third-party software development kits (SDKs) they use in their apps, allowing them to provide even more accurate Privacy Nutrition Labels. These changes also improve the integrity of the software supply chain by supporting signatures for third-party SDKs to add another layer of protection against abuse.

Features Designed to Help Protect User Safety

Communication Safety

Communication Safety, designed to warn children when receiving or sending photos in Messages that contain nudity, now covers video content in addition to still images. A new API lets developers integrate Communication Safety right into their apps. Additionally, the feature will now help keep kids safe when they’re sending and receiving an AirDrop, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Phone app to receive a Contact Poster and the Photos picker to choose content to send. All image and video processing for Communication Safety occurs on device, meaning neither Apple nor any third party gets access to the content. These warnings will be turned on for the child accounts in their Family Sharing plan, and can be disabled by the parent.

Communication Safety now protects children receiving or attempting to send videos or photos containing nudity in AirDrop, a Contact Poster in the Phone app, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Photos picker, in addition to Messages.
Communication Safety now protects children receiving or attempting to send videos or photos containing nudity in AirDrop, a Contact Poster in the Phone app, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Photos picker, in addition to Messages.

Sensitive Content Warning

Sensitive Content Warning helps adult users avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos when receiving them in Messages, an AirDrop, a FaceTime video message, and the Phone app when receiving a Contact Poster, all using the same privacy-preserving technology at the core of Communication Safety. The feature is optional and can be turned on by the user in Privacy & Security settings. As with Communication Safety, all image and video processing for Sensitive Content Warning occurs on device, meaning neither Apple nor any third party gets access to the content.

Sensitive Content Warning is an opt-in feature that helps adults avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos in Messages and AirDrop, as well as when receiving a Contact Poster in the Phone app or a FaceTime video message. Sensitive Content Warning can be enabled in Privacy & Security settings.
Sensitive Content Warning is an opt-in feature that helps adults avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos in Messages and AirDrop, as well as when receiving a Contact Poster in the Phone app or a FaceTime video message. Sensitive Content Warning can be enabled in Privacy & Security settings.

Powerful Security Protections to Safeguard User Data

Passwords and Passkeys Updates

For easier and more secure password and passkey sharing, users can create a group to share a set of passwords, and everyone in the group can add and edit passwords to keep them up to date. Since sharing is through iCloud Keychain, it is end-to-end encrypted. Additionally, one-time verification codes received in Mail will now automatically autofill in Safari, making it easy to securely log in without leaving the browser.

Users can now share passwords and passkeys with groups, so everyone can stay up to date with access to shared accounts.
Users can now share passwords and passkeys with groups, so everyone can stay up to date with access to shared accounts.

Lockdown Mode

Lockdown Mode expands to provide even more protections for those who may be targeted by mercenary spyware because of who they are or what they do. New protections encompass safer wireless connectivity defaults, media handling, media sharing defaults, sandboxing, and network security optimizations. Turning on Lockdown Mode further hardens device defenses and strictly limits certain functionalities, sharply reducing the attack surface for those who need additional protections. Additionally, Lockdown Mode will be supported on watchOS.

When a user enables Lockdown Mode on iPhone, it will also turn on Lockdown Mode for their paired Apple Watch.
When a user enables Lockdown Mode on iPhone, it will also turn on Lockdown Mode for their paired Apple Watch.

Additional Features Designed with Privacy and Security at Their Core

• Check In makes it easy for users to let friends or family members know they’ve reached their destination safely. Once turned on by the user, Check In automatically detects when the user has reached their intended destination, and will let selected contacts know via Messages. In the case that something unexpected happens while the user is on their way, Check In will recognize that the user is not making progress toward their declared destination and check in with them. If they don’t respond, the feature will share useful information — like the user’s precise location, battery level, cell service status, and the last active time using their iPhone — with the contacts the user selected. In addition to making it easier to get help if needed, Check In is designed around privacy and security, keeping the user in control by letting them choose whom to share their information with, including the destination and time duration that they set. Users can end the Check In session at any time. Information sent with Check In is end-to-end encrypted so only the user’s family member or friend can read it, not Apple or anyone else.

• With NameDrop, a new AirDrop experience, a user can hold their iPhone near another to share their contact information with only their intended recipients. Users can also choose the specific contact details they want to share — and, importantly, what information they don’t want to share. Users can also share content like photos or links the same way. Apple Watch users can also use NameDrop by tapping the Share button in My Card in the Contacts app, or by tapping the My Card watch face complication, and then bringing Apple Watch face to face with someone else’s Apple Watch. As with all AirDrop experiences, these new features securely share content over an encrypted connection.

• Live Voicemail makes it easier to know when to answer a phone call. When someone calls and starts to leave a message, users will see a live transcription as the caller speaks. If the user wants to talk to the caller, they can pick up the call at any time. When Silence Unknown Callers is turned on, calls from unknown numbers will go directly to Live Voicemail without ringing. Calls identified as spam by carriers won’t appear as Live Voicemail, and will instead be instantly declined. This gives the user more peace of mind that spam, scams, or calls that may be invasive of privacy, can be ignored without missing important calls. Thanks to the power of the Neural Engine, Live Voicemail occurs entirely on device, and this information is not shared with Apple.

MacDailyNews Note: These features will be coming in Apple’s free operating system updates this fall.

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]]> Apple announces powerful new privacy and security features https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/06/06/apple-announces-powerful-new-privacy-and-security-features-4/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:49:05 +0000 https://macdailynews.com/?p=263374 Apple at WWDC this week announced its latest privacy and security innovations, including major updates to Safari Private Browsing…

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Apple at WWDC this week announced its latest privacy and security innovations, including major updates to Safari Private Browsing, Communication Safety, and Lockdown Mode, as well as app privacy improvements. Additionally, Apple introduced new features designed with privacy and security at their core, including Check In, NameDrop, and Live Voicemail. These new efforts are the latest manifestation of Apple’s deeply held belief that privacy is a fundamental human right and that good privacy is built on a foundation of strong security.

“Privacy is designed into every new Apple product and feature from the beginning,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, in a statement. “We are focused on keeping our users in the driver’s seat when it comes to their data by continuing to provide industry-leading privacy features and the best data security in the world. This approach is evident in a number of features on our platforms, like the major updates to Safari Private Browsing, as well as the expansion of Lockdown Mode.”

Privacy Features Give Users Greater Control of Their Data

Major Updates to Safari Private Browsing

Safari introduced private browsing years before any other browser. This year, a significant update provides even greater protection against trackers as users browse the web and from people who might have access to their device. Advanced tracking and fingerprinting protections go even further to help prevent websites from using the latest techniques to track or identify a user’s device. Private Browsing now locks when not in use, allowing a user to keep tabs open even when stepping away from the device.

Safari Private Browsing windows now automatically lock if they have not recently been in use.
Safari Private Browsing windows now automatically lock if they have not recently been in use.

Photos Privacy Permission Improvements

A new embedded Photos picker can help users share specific photos with apps while keeping the rest of their library private. When apps ask to access the user’s entire photo library, the user will be shown more information about what they’ll be sharing, along with occasional reminders of their choice.

The Photos permission prompt now tells users how many photos and videos they’d be giving access to, as well as providing a sample of those photos.
The Photos permission prompt now tells users how many photos and videos they’d be giving access to, as well as providing a sample of those photos.

Link Tracking Protection in Messages, Mail, and Safari Private Browsing

Some websites add extra information to their URLs in order to track users across other websites. Now this information will be removed from the links users share in Messages and Mail, and the links will still work as expected. This information will also be removed from links in Safari Private Browsing.

App Privacy Improvements

New tools give developers more information about the data practices of third-party software development kits (SDKs) they use in their apps, allowing them to provide even more accurate Privacy Nutrition Labels. These changes also improve the integrity of the software supply chain by supporting signatures for third-party SDKs to add another layer of protection against abuse.

Features Designed to Help Protect User Safety

Communication Safety

Communication Safety, designed to warn children when receiving or sending photos in Messages that contain nudity, now covers video content in addition to still images. A new API lets developers integrate Communication Safety right into their apps. Additionally, the feature will now help keep kids safe when they’re sending and receiving an AirDrop, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Phone app to receive a Contact Poster and the Photos picker to choose content to send. All image and video processing for Communication Safety occurs on device, meaning neither Apple nor any third party gets access to the content. These warnings will be turned on for the child accounts in their Family Sharing plan, and can be disabled by the parent.

Communication Safety now protects children receiving or attempting to send videos or photos containing nudity in AirDrop, a Contact Poster in the Phone app, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Photos picker, in addition to Messages.
Communication Safety now protects children receiving or attempting to send videos or photos containing nudity in AirDrop, a Contact Poster in the Phone app, a FaceTime video message, and when using the Photos picker, in addition to Messages.

Sensitive Content Warning

Sensitive Content Warning helps adult users avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos when receiving them in Messages, an AirDrop, a FaceTime video message, and the Phone app when receiving a Contact Poster, all using the same privacy-preserving technology at the core of Communication Safety. The feature is optional and can be turned on by the user in Privacy & Security settings. As with Communication Safety, all image and video processing for Sensitive Content Warning occurs on device, meaning neither Apple nor any third party gets access to the content.

Sensitive Content Warning is an opt-in feature that helps adults avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos in Messages and AirDrop, as well as when receiving a Contact Poster in the Phone app or a FaceTime video message. Sensitive Content Warning can be enabled in Privacy & Security settings.
Sensitive Content Warning is an opt-in feature that helps adults avoid seeing unwanted nude images and videos in Messages and AirDrop, as well as when receiving a Contact Poster in the Phone app or a FaceTime video message. Sensitive Content Warning can be enabled in Privacy & Security settings.

Powerful Security Protections to Safeguard User Data

Passwords and Passkeys Updates

For easier and more secure password and passkey sharing, users can create a group to share a set of passwords, and everyone in the group can add and edit passwords to keep them up to date. Since sharing is through iCloud Keychain, it is end-to-end encrypted. Additionally, one-time verification codes received in Mail will now automatically autofill in Safari, making it easy to securely log in without leaving the browser.

Users can now share passwords and passkeys with groups, so everyone can stay up to date with access to shared accounts.
Users can now share passwords and passkeys with groups, so everyone can stay up to date with access to shared accounts.

Lockdown Mode

Lockdown Mode expands to provide even more protections for those who may be targeted by mercenary spyware because of who they are or what they do. New protections encompass safer wireless connectivity defaults, media handling, media sharing defaults, sandboxing, and network security optimizations. Turning on Lockdown Mode further hardens device defenses and strictly limits certain functionalities, sharply reducing the attack surface for those who need additional protections. Additionally, Lockdown Mode will be supported on watchOS.

When a user enables Lockdown Mode on iPhone, it will also turn on Lockdown Mode for their paired Apple Watch.
When a user enables Lockdown Mode on iPhone, it will also turn on Lockdown Mode for their paired Apple Watch.

Additional Features Designed with Privacy and Security at Their Core

• Check In makes it easy for users to let friends or family members know they’ve reached their destination safely. Once turned on by the user, Check In automatically detects when the user has reached their intended destination, and will let selected contacts know via Messages. In the case that something unexpected happens while the user is on their way, Check In will recognize that the user is not making progress toward their declared destination and check in with them. If they don’t respond, the feature will share useful information — like the user’s precise location, battery level, cell service status, and the last active time using their iPhone — with the contacts the user selected. In addition to making it easier to get help if needed, Check In is designed around privacy and security, keeping the user in control by letting them choose whom to share their information with, including the destination and time duration that they set. Users can end the Check In session at any time. Information sent with Check In is end-to-end encrypted so only the user’s family member or friend can read it, not Apple or anyone else.

• With NameDrop, a new AirDrop experience, a user can hold their iPhone near another to share their contact information with only their intended recipients. Users can also choose the specific contact details they want to share — and, importantly, what information they don’t want to share. Users can also share content like photos or links the same way. Apple Watch users can also use NameDrop by tapping the Share button in My Card in the Contacts app, or by tapping the My Card watch face complication, and then bringing Apple Watch face to face with someone else’s Apple Watch. As with all AirDrop experiences, these new features securely share content over an encrypted connection.

• Live Voicemail makes it easier to know when to answer a phone call. When someone calls and starts to leave a message, users will see a live transcription as the caller speaks. If the user wants to talk to the caller, they can pick up the call at any time. When Silence Unknown Callers is turned on, calls from unknown numbers will go directly to Live Voicemail without ringing. Calls identified as spam by carriers won’t appear as Live Voicemail, and will instead be instantly declined. This gives the user more peace of mind that spam, scams, or calls that may be invasive of privacy, can be ignored without missing important calls. Thanks to the power of the Neural Engine, Live Voicemail occurs entirely on device, and this information is not shared with Apple.

MacDailyNews Note: These features will be coming in Apple’s free operating system updates this fall.

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]]> Apple’s First 12-inch Retina MacBook to be Declared Obsolete at End of June https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/06/04/apples-first-12-inch-retina-macbook-to-be-declared-obsolete-at-end-of-june/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:16:59 +0000 https://appleosophy.com/?p=122205 According to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors, Apple is planning to add the original 12-inch MacBook (Retina,…

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]]> Final Cut Pro and Logic for iPad are now available https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available/ Tue, 23 May 2023 15:07:19 +0000 https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available?utm_medium=rss Apple has now made Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro available to download to the iPad, with users able to buy a subscription to the video-editing and music apps.

Just as it declared during its announcement earlier in May, Apple has made both Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro downloadable from the App Store for the iPad and iPad Pro. The launch means two of Apple’s Pro-grade tools for content creation are now usable on both Mac and iPad.It is also Apple’s first foray into subscription apps, as both tools will cost users $4.99 per month or $49 per year. For those undecided about the apps, there’s also a one-month free trial available.

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]]> Final Cut Pro and Logic for iPad are now available https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available-2/ Tue, 23 May 2023 15:07:19 +0000 https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available?utm_medium=rss Apple has now made Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro available to download to the iPad, with users able to buy a subscription to the video-editing and music apps.

Just as it declared during its announcement earlier in May, Apple has made both Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro downloadable from the App Store for the iPad and iPad Pro. The launch means two of Apple’s Pro-grade tools for content creation are now usable on both Mac and iPad.It is also Apple’s first foray into subscription apps, as both tools will cost users $4.99 per month or $49 per year. For those undecided about the apps, there’s also a one-month free trial available.

Read more…

]]> Final Cut Pro and Logic for iPad are now available https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available-3/ Tue, 23 May 2023 15:07:19 +0000 https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/23/final-cut-pro-and-logic-for-ipad-are-now-available?utm_medium=rss Apple has now made Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro available to download to the iPad, with users able to buy a subscription to the video-editing and music apps.

Just as it declared during its announcement earlier in May, Apple has made both Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro downloadable from the App Store for the iPad and iPad Pro. The launch means two of Apple’s Pro-grade tools for content creation are now usable on both Mac and iPad.It is also Apple’s first foray into subscription apps, as both tools will cost users $4.99 per month or $49 per year. For those undecided about the apps, there’s also a one-month free trial available.

Read more…

]]> Once again, you’ll have to wait till next year for the iPhone upgrade you really want https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/22/once-again-youll-have-to-wait-till-next-year-for-the-iphone-upgrade-you-really-want/ Mon, 22 May 2023 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.latest-apple-news.com/?guid=af1166f23dccff2b502f737100ae1d45 Macworld

Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too.

Jam tomorrow

One of our most widely read articles last week was an exploration of early iPhone 16 rumors. Reflecting on reports of larger screens, better battery life, solid-state buttons, and more, the article mused that the best course for customers might be to skip the iPhone 15 generation entirely and wait for the big update in 2024. I don’t entirely disagree… but this argument did make me wonder how often super-exciting Apple product launches are predicted for next year, and how often they actually arrive.

I’m not talking about delays. I don’t mean, for example, the endlessly pushed-back launch of the Reality Pro headset–because, unless it hits an insoluble technical difficulty and does an AirPower, that will arrive eventually. I’m talking about the way that next year’s launch is always more exciting than this year’s.

Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, one of the earliest exponents of the tick-tock release strategy, famously pledged to feed her employees jam every other day, with the slight caveat that in practice, jam would be served yesterday and tomorrow but never today. Today’s White Queens work as tech analysts, endlessly telling us that the iPhone upended the industry in the past and will enjoy groundbreaking innovations in the future but this year, sadly, is doomed to wallow in the iterative doldrums.

So let’s try an experiment. When, in your view, was the last really momentous iPhone launch? Especially generous readers might be thinking last year’s 14 Pro, which did offer an always-on display and the Dynamic Island. But plenty of pundits advised their readers to give it a miss and wait for the 15 series. Sound familiar?

I have a soft spot for the 12-series, with their sharp-edged redesign and MagSafe charging standard, while 5G support in retrospect feels like an important step forward; but in an iPhone 12 Pro review at the time I said that “Everything about this screams iterative upgrade.” Those with an iPhone 11, I insisted, had no reason to make an upgrade that year.

In fact, to find an iPhone launch that most people at the time agreed was a big deal, I reckon you have to go back to the iPhone X, the first of Apple’s handsets to ditch the home button and go almost full-screen. (Our own review even declared, “The thrill is back.”) But I bet there were pundits in 2017 insisting that the XS would be the one to wait for.

Partly, I suppose, this mentality is a function of the way that tech products are developed. Each generation of iPhone presumably starts out with grand ambitions, which are gradually worn down and compromised as tests fail and prototypes disappoint and managers do their best to keep costs under control. On the other hand, without wishing to be overly cynical, media coverage naturally gravitates towards the rumors that are most interesting, and the further we are from launch, the less concrete information there will be to keep the nonsense in check. Next year’s iPhone sounds more exciting than this one’s because the more wildly ambitious rumors about it have not yet been disproven.

There might also be a larger psychological effect going on here. Whatever we have right now has to be unsatisfactory for the entire system to work. We’ve based our economy around wistfulness for an imagined future, and our politics around nostalgia for a misremembered past. Why should the way we feel about tech products be any different?

Perhaps I’m starting to drift out of my lane. If this week’s column has been disappointing, I do apologize. But next week’s is going to be awesome.

Apple Breakfast logo

Foundry

Apple’s upcoming AR headset is the riskiest product it’s ever launched.

The new Beats Studio Buds + make us long for the days of the iMac and iBook. Apple, please make transparent devices again.

If no one can afford Apple’s AR headset, does it matter how good it is?

Final Cut Pro changes everything and nothing about the iPad.

Google will pay an absurd amount for your iPhone if you switch to a Pixel Fold.

Want to know how long Macs last? Macworld investigates the lifespan of Macs and MacBooks.

A special tour of Apple Park is among the new perks offered at this year’s WWDC viewing event.

The rumor mill

Following a recent dip, Apple is looking to spur a ‘Mac comeback’ with a super-fast M3 chip.

Hype is building for Apple’s AR headset as more evidence of a WWDC launch emerges.

Indeed, Apple’s ‘xrOS’ trademark all but confirms the arrival of its AR headset next month.

If you want an iPhone 14 Pro you should probably just wait for the iPhone 15.

Podcast of the week

The countdown to Apple’s Developers Conference has begun, and reports say that it’s time for major changes with watchOS 10. We talk about the new face of the Apple Watch in this episode of the Macworld Podcast!

You can catch every episode of the Macworld Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site.

Software updates, bugs & problems

A weird iPhone bug has been breaking chat threads with Android users.

Apple has patched three active Safari zero-day bugs with its latest round of updates.

We now know what Apple fixed in its first iOS and macOS Rapid Security Response.

People were upset with Google last week, but Apple will delete your inactive account even faster.

Apple is tapping into Shazam with new live concert features in Music and Maps.

Apple has pushed an updated iOS 16.5 final beta as the wide release approaches, and a rare third macOS Ventura 13.4 release candidate.

And with that, we’re done for this week. If you’d like to get regular roundups, sign up for our newsletters. You can also follow us on Twitter or on Facebook for discussion of breaking Apple news stories. See you next week, and stay Appley.

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]]> The exciting iPhone update everyone wants will forever be a year away https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/22/the-exciting-iphone-update-everyone-wants-will-forever-be-a-year-away/ Mon, 22 May 2023 03:30:00 +0000 http://www.latest-apple-news.com/?guid=d67e0fea40f232cf1487aeeb8c2582ff Macworld

Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too.

Jam tomorrow

One of our most widely read articles last week was an exploration of early iPhone 16 rumors. Reflecting on reports of larger screens, better battery life, solid-state buttons, and more, the article mused that the best course for customers might be to skip the iPhone 15 generation entirely and wait for the big update in 2024. I don’t entirely disagree… but this argument did make me wonder how often super-exciting Apple product launches are predicted for next year, and how often they actually arrive.

I’m not talking about delays. I don’t mean, for example, the endlessly pushed-back launch of the Reality Pro headset–because, unless it hits an insoluble technical difficulty and does an AirPower, that will arrive eventually. I’m talking about the way that next year’s launch is always more exciting than this year’s.

Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, one of the earliest exponents of the tick-tock release strategy, famously pledged to feed her employees jam every other day, with the slight caveat that in practice, jam would be served yesterday and tomorrow but never today. Today’s White Queens work as tech analysts, endlessly telling us that the iPhone upended the industry in the past and will enjoy groundbreaking innovations in the future but this year, sadly, is doomed to wallow in the iterative doldrums.

So let’s try an experiment. When, in your view, was the last really momentous iPhone launch? Especially generous readers might be thinking last year’s 14 Pro, which did offer an always-on display and the Dynamic Island. But plenty of pundits advised their readers to give it a miss and wait for the 15 series. Sound familiar?

I have a soft spot for the 12-series, with their sharp-edged redesign and MagSafe charging standard, while 5G support in retrospect feels like an important step forward; but in an iPhone 12 Pro review at the time I said that “Everything about this screams iterative upgrade.” Those with an iPhone 11, I insisted, had no reason to make an upgrade that year.

In fact, to find an iPhone launch that most people at the time agreed was a big deal, I reckon you have to go back to the iPhone X, the first of Apple’s handsets to ditch the home button and go almost full-screen. (Our own review even declared, “The thrill is back.”) But I bet there were pundits in 2017 insisting that the XS would be the one to wait for.

Partly, I suppose, this mentality is a function of the way that tech products are developed. Each generation of iPhone presumably starts out with grand ambitions, which are gradually worn down and compromised as tests fail and prototypes disappoint and managers do their best to keep costs under control. On the other hand, without wishing to be overly cynical, media coverage naturally gravitates towards the rumors that are most interesting, and the further we are from launch, the less concrete information there will be to keep the nonsense in check. Next year’s iPhone sounds more exciting than this one’s because the more wildly ambitious rumors about it have not yet been disproven.

There might also be a larger psychological effect going on here. Whatever we have right now has to be unsatisfactory for the entire system to work. We’ve based our economy around wistfulness for an imagined future, and our politics around nostalgia for a misremembered past. Why should the way we feel about tech products be any different?

Perhaps I’m starting to drift out of my lane. If this week’s column has been disappointing, I do apologize. But next week’s is going to be awesome.

Apple Breakfast logo

Foundry

Apple’s upcoming AR headset is the riskiest product it’s ever launched.

The new Beats Studio Buds + make us long for the days of the iMac and iBook. Apple, please make transparent devices again.

If no one can afford Apple’s AR headset, does it matter how good it is?

Final Cut Pro changes everything and nothing about the iPad.

Google will pay an absurd amount for your iPhone if you switch to a Pixel Fold.

Want to know how long Macs last? Macworld investigates the lifespan of Macs and MacBooks.

A special tour of Apple Park is among the new perks offered at this year’s WWDC viewing event.

The rumor mill

Following a recent dip, Apple is looking to spur a ‘Mac comeback’ with a super-fast M3 chip.

Hype is building for Apple’s AR headset as more evidence of a WWDC launch emerges.

Indeed, Apple’s ‘xrOS’ trademark all but confirms the arrival of its AR headset next month.

If you want an iPhone 14 Pro you should probably just wait for the iPhone 15.

Podcast of the week

The countdown to Apple’s Developers Conference has begun, and reports say that it’s time for major changes with watchOS 10. We talk about the new face of the Apple Watch in this episode of the Macworld Podcast!

You can catch every episode of the Macworld Podcast on Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site.

Software updates, bugs & problems

A weird iPhone bug has been breaking chat threads with Android users.

Apple has patched three active Safari zero-day bugs with its latest round of updates.

We now know what Apple fixed in its first iOS and macOS Rapid Security Response.

People were upset with Google last week, but Apple will delete your inactive account even faster.

Apple is tapping into Shazam with new live concert features in Music and Maps.

Apple has pushed an updated iOS 16.5 final beta as the wide release approaches, and a rare third macOS Ventura 13.4 release candidate.

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]]> Don’t own Apple stock for the dividends https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/15/dont-own-apple-stock-for-the-dividends/ Mon, 15 May 2023 20:37:08 +0000 https://macdailynews.com/?p=262617 Concurrent with the second quarter of fiscal 2023 results published in early May, Apple declared a new quarterly payout of $0.24 per share…

The post Don’t own Apple stock for the dividends appeared first on MacDailyNews. Concurrent with the second quarter of fiscal 2023 results published in early May, Apple declared a new quarterly payout of $0.24 per share. This dividend raise shook out to a 4% improvement on its $0.23 per share predecessor.

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Eric Volkman for The Motley Fool:

All things being equal, [top dividend] stocks produce regular dividend income that yields at, or above, the average of a representative group of dividend payers. These days, the average yield of the S&P 500 index sits at just under 1.7%. It also helps greatly if the company enacts a dividend raise at least once every year.

The companies most readily identified with dividend stocks also tend to be well-established ones with modest growth but very strong and reliable free cash flow (FCF).

So does Apple fit this bill? Well, not entirely. That FCF sure is mighty… As for yield, that’s a different story. Strictly on that basis, Apple isn’t very impressive. Its yield is a rather light 0.6% these days, well under the aforementioned S&P 500 benchmark…

I’m an Apple stock owner myself, and for me, it’s never been about the dividend — and likely never will be. Instead, I’m excited about the numerous growth opportunities the tech giant has in front of it, and the payout is just a little sweetener in my eyes. I suggest you look at the stock the same way.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple is a growth stock. You own it for growth (and the current support of huge buybacks), not the dividend.

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]]> Don’t own Apple stock for the dividends https://www.latest-apple-news.com/2023/05/15/dont-own-apple-stock-for-the-dividends-2/ Mon, 15 May 2023 20:37:08 +0000 https://macdailynews.com/?p=262617 Concurrent with the second quarter of fiscal 2023 results published in early May, Apple declared a new quarterly payout of $0.24 per share…

The post Don’t own Apple stock for the dividends appeared first on MacDailyNews. Concurrent with the second quarter of fiscal 2023 results published in early May, Apple declared a new quarterly payout of $0.24 per share. This dividend raise shook out to a 4% improvement on its $0.23 per share predecessor.

Apple logo

Eric Volkman for The Motley Fool:

All things being equal, [top dividend] stocks produce regular dividend income that yields at, or above, the average of a representative group of dividend payers. These days, the average yield of the S&P 500 index sits at just under 1.7%. It also helps greatly if the company enacts a dividend raise at least once every year.

The companies most readily identified with dividend stocks also tend to be well-established ones with modest growth but very strong and reliable free cash flow (FCF).

So does Apple fit this bill? Well, not entirely. That FCF sure is mighty… As for yield, that’s a different story. Strictly on that basis, Apple isn’t very impressive. Its yield is a rather light 0.6% these days, well under the aforementioned S&P 500 benchmark…

I’m an Apple stock owner myself, and for me, it’s never been about the dividend — and likely never will be. Instead, I’m excited about the numerous growth opportunities the tech giant has in front of it, and the payout is just a little sweetener in my eyes. I suggest you look at the stock the same way.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple is a growth stock. You own it for growth (and the current support of huge buybacks), not the dividend.

Please help support MacDailyNews. Click or tap here to support our independent tech blog. Thank you!

Support MacDailyNews at no extra cost to you by using this link to shop at Amazon.

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