May 2025

iOS 19 will be unveiled at WWDC in just a few weeks. But as we wait, leaks about the release keep coming. The latest details revealed this week should prompt a lot of instant upgrades when iOS 19 launches this fall. more…

Macworld At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Good data transfer rate Quiet fan Cons Data rate drops during long, sustained data transfers No operation without fan Our Verdict With its quiet fan and attractive metal casing, the TurboMetal Portable SSD looks great. It offers a good transfer rate, but you can find faster drives. Price

Since Apple announced the first Thunderbolt 5-enabled Macs last year, it hasn’t taken long for peripheral-makers to usher in new Thunderbolt 5 compatible devices. Of course, Sonnet is often at the forefront of bringing such new hardware to market, and its is the first TB5 dock with an integrated NVMe SSD. How does it perform,

In early 2023, Spotify launched DJ, an interesting feature that leveraged a text-to-speech LLM to deliver… traditional radio, pretty much. Now, Spotify has announced that, much like traditional radio, DJ can also take requests. more…

Apple has long been working on embedding Face ID into the display, with recent report suggesting that this will finally happen in the iPhone 18 Pro. That idea today got a big boost in credibility, with a new development making the end of the Dynamic Island seem almost a done deal … more…

Macworld On some Apple products, including the M4 iMac, MacBook Pro, and iPad Pro, a feature called nano-texture glass is available. This is something that was first introduced on Apple’s Pro Display XDR, before coming to other Apple products beginning with the long-discontinued 27-inch iMac. So, what is it, and should you spend hundreds more

An Apple Maps update rolling out from today will let you explore the F1 Monaco Grand Prix circuit in 3D, thanks to a combination of a Detailed City Update and features specific to the Monaco Grand Prix. The update is landing just in time for this weekend’s race, and coincides with the premiere of F1

Bloomberg last month suggested that Apple is working on a 20th anniversary iPhone, which might represent the culmination of the company’s long-held ambition to create “a single slab of glass.” Few details have been reported as yet, but a new supply-chain report claims that it will be totally bezel-free, using display tech being developed by

If you are into culinary shows (we all have our guilty pleasures, right?), you’ve probably already watched Omnivore, an Apple TV+ docuseries that explores different ingredients from various ethnographies. Outside of Apple TV+, you might have also watched FX’s The Bear, which explores the overwhelming pressure of the impossible pursuit of perfection. What happens if

Macworld For many people, the Apple Watch is primarily a fitness tracker and an extension to the iPhone. It conveniently mirrors iOS notifications, calls, and messages, letting users stay updated without taking their phones out. What a lot of wearers don’t know, though, is how powerful and feature-packed watchOS really is, and how much your