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iOS 18 includes a new feature where you can choose to require Face ID to open an app, or go one step further and hide it from your device altogether. This second option removes the icon from the home screen, and places the app in a specially obscured Hidden folder in the App Library. Biometrics […]

Macworld Before Apple refreshed security on Intel Macs with the T2 Security Chip and FileVault, the company offered a different way to deter certain kinds of physical attacks. Intel Mac owners can set a firmware password, which prevents a volume other than the one set to start up the Mac from being used on restart

Macworld New major releases of Apple’s operating systems are available, but should you even bother? We talk about iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and why you should update now or wait, in this episode of the Macworld Podcast! Be sure to check this one out!  This is episode 901 with Jason Cross, Michael Simon,

Pre-orders for the iPhone 16 have already begun and the phones will hit stores on Friday, September 20. As previously reported, Apple will assemble the new iPhones in India simultaneously with China. But it turns out that Brazil is also on the list of countries where the iPhone 16 is assembled. more…

iOS 18.1 beta 4, released yesterday to developers, is bundled with new goodies, hidden items that reveal exciting hints about the future of Apple Vision Pro, and a new wireless system restore method for iPhone 16. Also included is an updated unified picker that combines stickers and emoji, Print Center status in the Dynamic Island,

If you’re looking for the best data management utility for the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, then look no further than iMazing 3. For years regarded as the best solution for accessing and controlling iPhone data via Mac or PC, iMazing 3 is a feature-packed utility that makes it easy to perform file

With iOS 18, Apple has finally introduced support for Rich Communications Services, or RCS, to the . As we’ve been covering since the first betas, the rollout depends on the carriers working with Apple to enable RCS for their customers. Soon, RCS will be available to iPhone users in China as well. more…

In a new podcast interview this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed how he believes his company differs from Apple. As noted by Business Insider, Zuckerberg said that he thinks Meta is “like the opposite of Apple” in a lot of ways, and pointed out multiple flaws with Apple’s strategy. more…

Macworld Independent tech journalist Tim Culpan reports that Apple is now in early production of A16 chips at TSMC’s new Arizona plant. The A16 is manufactured on an advanced 5nm process (some call it 4nm) that TSMC calls N4P. This is said to be the same process used at TSMC’s plant in Taiwan, and the

iPhone Settings has become busier and busier over the years and iOS 18 looks to solve that with a redesign. It keeps the main attributes of the historical UI, but the new Settings in iOS 18 offers a reorganized and simplified experience with improved search. more…