February 2025

Apple’s Messages app has a lot of great features, including the recent iOS 18 additions and Genmoji. But one thing that’s sorely missing: good tools for tracking your unanswered messages. The new Mac app RPLY seeks to solve that problem with AI. more…

This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Apple’s M5 chip is coming with AI enhancements, Tim Cook teases the iPhone roadmap, and Vision Pro’s expanding game support. Here are this week’s Apple rumors. more…

Severance is one of the biggest Apple TV+ hits, yet it took almost three years for its season 2 return. Ben Stiller, one of the major creative forces on the show, says that shouldn’t happen again as season 3 is already ‘underway.’ more…

Leaks have indicated Apple has an internal robotics team working on building new home products. But now, via a recently published video, Apple has actually offered its own glimpse into what our robot future could look like. more…

Macworld AI is all the rage, and Apple Intelligence is supposed to change how we use our Apple devices. But has it? On this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about what Apple Intelligence offers–and does it matter? This is episode 920 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon, and Roman Loyola. Watch episode 920 on

Apple officially launched Apple Invites on Tuesday, giving iPhone users a new way to create rich digital invitations for real events. One day later, Apple released Apple Invites version 1.0.1 with some improvements to the original version of the app. more…

Speaking of Jason Snell, he and I played a round of Clockwise with Rosemary Orchard and Dan Moren today. Check out the podcast episode below. more…

You’ve probably heard someone say “but can it run Doom?” That’s because running Doom on the most unexpected platforms and devices has become a fun challenge among developers. Now someone has done something really surprising: they’ve run Doom on an Apple Lightning to HDMI adapter. more…

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were fantastic smartphones in 2016 and 2017, but they did experience a so-called “Loop Disease” in some instances. For that reason, a class action lawsuit was filed years ago and eventually approved last year. A year later, former iPhone 7 customers are starting to receive their settlement payments. more…

Macworld Apple’s Studio Display was released along with the Mac Studio in March 2022. While it’s seen as a display for that Mac, the Studio Display can work with any Mac. It’s a lot more affordable than Apple’s Pro Display XDR, and it’s really the only 27-inch 5K display on the market. If you’re in