I would love to replace my six journals and multiple journaling apps with a single app. But without greater user controls, I’m stuck with this clunky but effective system. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Ever since I learned how to write, I’ve never been without a journal. There are currently six I use regularly on my desk, plus the Day One and Daylio apps on my phone. Each has its purpose, but I often wish for a single app or notebook to replace the rest. On paper, I’m the type of person Apple was appealing to when it announced the Journal app during this year’s WWDC keynote. Instead, my reaction while watching the keynote was a knee-jerk…

Apple today announced that iOS 17 will include an option to set up recurring Apple Cash payments on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, a feature that will be useful for kids allowances and regularly shared expenses, such as rent payments. Alongside this feature, users will have the option to automatically top up their Apple Cash balance when it runs low, according to Apple. Apple revealed this addition in a press release highlighting a long list of new services-related features coming to iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17. Another feature announced was the ability for iPhone users to present an ID stored in the Wallet app at participating businesses later this year.Related Roundup: iOS 17Tag:…

Macworld Apple pulled the covers back on the latest iteration of its Mac operating system at WWDC on 5 June 2023. Named macOS Sonoma after the city in Northern California known for its winemaking region, the new software has customization at its heart, with Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering stating, “We think users are going to love macOS Sonoma and the new ways it enables them to personalize with widgets and stunning new screen savers, see new levels of gaming performance, and gain powerful productivity for video conferencing and browsing with Safari.” Here are the headline features to look forward to in macOS Sonoma when it arrives in the fall. Screensavers Ok, this might seem like…

Image: Apple Apple has unveiled Journal, a new journaling app for iOS that allows iPhone users to regularly log their daily activities. Announced at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Journal is the company’s latest step into the health and wellness segment, joining other iOS apps like Fitness, Sleep, and Breathe that help users track and manage aspects of their everyday lives. Journal will be released on iOS 17, which is expected to roll out in September later this year. Apple says that the new iPhone app will use on-device machine learning to curate personalized suggestions to inspire what users will write about, pulling information from messages, pictures, music, workouts, location data, and more. Journal is end-to-end encrypted, only storing…

Backing up the expectation that new Macs will be announced at WWDC 2023, Apple has temporarily shut down its online store and posted a link to watch the keynote at 10 a.m. Pacific.Apple regularly takes down its store ahead of events or announced pre-order dates. However, it most often posts just a general "Be right back" notice, or "You're early."This time the regular black-screen of the closed store page shows a distorted Apple logo from the company's WWDC promotion. Then it says the more familiar lines: "We're making updates to the store. Check back soon." Read more...

Backing up the expectation that new Macs will be announced at WWDC 2023, Apple has temporarily shut down its online store and posted a link to watch the keynote at 10 a.m. Pacific.Apple regularly takes down its store ahead of events or announced pre-order dates. However, it most often posts just a general "Be right back" notice, or "You're early."This time the regular black-screen of the closed store page shows a distorted Apple logo from the company's WWDC promotion. Then it says the more familiar lines: "We're making updates to the store. Check back soon." Read more...