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Raycast, the powerful launcher app for Mac, is officially in the works for iPhone (and Windows). The popular power user tool has been Mac-only since its debut, but the iPhone version is coming next year, and there’s a waitlist to join a beta sooner. Here’s what the company had to say about it. more…

Kandji, a popular Apple device management vendor, has introduced Kai, an AI-powered device management assistant designed to streamline the management of Apple devices within corporate environments. It’s touted as the first of its kind. Kai aims to provide IT teams with instant reporting insights through natural language queries, accelerating workflows and enabling more strategic use

A group of parents are trying to get the agreement of an entire town to have their kids go without smartphones until they are 14 years old. The hope is that if enough parents sign up to the initiative, it will remove the danger of isolating children from friends who do have phones … more…

Display samples requested by Apple suggest that a future non-Pro Apple Vision headset is likely to have around half the resolution of the existing model. Apple has reportedly requested samples of potential displays from both JDI and Samsung, with the Japanese company said to have recently provided this … more…

Macworld Last year, Apple introduced the Action Button to the iPhone 15 Pro and leaned hard into its use as a button to take pictures. This year, though, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro both have a new dedicated Camera Control button. So what’s an Action button–also now on the iPhone 16–to do? While the

A new market intelligence report suggests that US Mac shipments were flat in the previous quarter, with Apple’s market share slightly declining. Mac was up just half a percent year-on-year, against an overall average of 3.7%, but it’s likely that many are waiting for the M4 Macs we expect to see announced next month …

Macworld New to all iPhone 16 models is a button dedicated to controlling the camera, called Camera Control of all things. It’s not just a single-use button, it’s a Camera app launcher, multi-purpose shutter, and feature control with touch sensitivity and haptics. Those who are new to iPhone 16 have expressed some frustrating with it,

Apple last month reached agreement with employees at the first Apple Store to unionize, and has now done the same, with a store in Oklahoma City. The three-year contract covers much of the same ground as the contract in Maryland, though with higher pay rises agreed … more…

Macworld Why you need to protect your AirPods What’s the best feature of the new 4th-gen AirPods? Is it their audio quality, active noise cancellation, or that iconic minimalist design? No. It’s the charging case. Combining storage, protection, and on-the-go charging within a streamlined ultra-portable shell, the standard AirPods case is a masterpiece of design

Apple and Goldman Sachs are cutting the interest rate offered by Apple Card Savings Account from 4.4% to 4.25%. The move was announced in push notifications sent to Apple Card users on Tuesday evening. more…