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. Life after the iPhone Last week a new CIRP report indicated a trend that will be worrying for Apple: the company’s customers are holding on to their iPhones for longer. From 2021 to 2022 the average age of replaced iPhones dropped, but that figure is now heading back towards the peak recorded in March 2021. It would seem that the…

Macworld When you rely on your phone, the last thing you need is a low battery warning before the day’s out. Need a fast charging solution to keep your iPhone running from morning to night? Then check out the Speedy Mag Wireless Charger, on sale this week for over $79 off the MSRP. The Speedy Mag, which is compatible with iPhone 12 and up, is a thin and lightweight wireless charger that goes anywhere. You just use the charger’s built-in magnet and metal plate to secure it to your phone and you’re done. It features a handy charge indicator, it offers safety tech to prevent overcharging, and it juices your phone really quickly too. It’s a must-have add-on for any…

Macworld Apple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV shows or movies. This resource will list all the Apple TV+ content you can watch today, grouped into: TV shows, limited series, and movies. There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s $6.99-a-month service. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV+ shows and movies. Updated 05/12/23: Documentary film STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie and drama series City on Fire are now streaming. u003cbru003eMentioned IN THIS story Apple TV 4K (2022, 3. Gen.)…

Accelerating a shift of production outside China, Tata Group is set to become Apple’s fourth iPhone contract manufacturer, following its acquisition of Taiwanese firm Wistron’s factory in southern India, according to research firm TrendForce. Ben Jiang for South China Morning Post: The Mumbai-based, cars-to-software conglomerate has received orders for the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models to be launched later this year, indicating that India will see the first wave of shipments for the new series, TrendForce said in a recent blog post, without elaborating. “Following Apple’s pattern, new suppliers receive smaller orders for lower-end models,” the Taipei-based firm said. It predicted Tata’s share of assembly orders from Apple for various iPhone models would amount to 5 per…

Macworld Of the big Apple events of the year, WWDC is the most reliable: In each of the past 16 Junes, like clockwork, Apple has held a big get-together for its developer partners and announced a raft of important software updates. The September iPhone launch and the March/April spring event (which didn’t happen in 2023) seem almost unpredictable by comparison. In this article, we list the major announcements (and some of the smaller titbits) you can expect to hear about at WWDC 2023 this June. Some of these–updates to the five big Apple operating systems, most obviously–are as predictable as the timing of the event. But we reckon Apple will spring a few surprises too. WWDC 2023 will kick off…

Over the last several months, a new “leaker” emerged on Twitter claiming to know a broad range of details about upcoming Apple software releases. The account shared what they claimed were details on new features coming to iOS 17, watchOS 10, and more. On Wednesday morning, however, the account went dark and the source posted an update in which they claimed Apple identified their source and fired her through a “multi-step sting” operation. more… The post Leaker claims Apple used ‘multi-step sting’ operation to identify and fire their source ahead of WWDC appeared first on 9to5Mac.