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Who is John Ternus, Tim Cook’s Most Likely Successor and Next Apple CEO
Kanika Gogia
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As Tim Cook is set to turn 64, which nears the traditional retirement age, there are speculations about who could likely replace him as Apple's next CEO. One name that stands out is John Ternus, the Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Apple who reports directly to Tim Cook. Read on to know why John Ternus seems to be Tim Cook's most probable successor.
M4 iPad Pro Outperforms the $2000 M2 Max Mac Studio (but iPadOS holds it back)
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has released the new iPad Pro with a mighty powerful M4 chipset. As per benchmarks, the M4 chip smokes even the $2,000 Mac Studio with the M2 Max chip. While this makes iPad Pro really powerful but will be able to harness that power with the incapable and half-baked iPadOS?
Arjun Sha
Early Geekbench scores for the Apple M4 chipset has just surfaced online and it has broken all records in the consumer chipset segment. Its single-core score has breached the 3,800 mark, outranking the Snapdragon X Elite and x86 chips from Intel and AMD. Apple is running the Apple M4 at 4.4GHz.
Apple offers a nano-texture glass option for 1TB and 2TB storage variants of the new OLED iPad Pro. The nano-texture glass coating can significantly reduce glare without affecting the overall image quality. They are especially designed for users who work in challenging lighting conditions or deal with color-managed workflows.
The latest M4 iPad Pro features the much-anticipated OLED display that Apple calls "Tandem OLED". A Tandem OLED panel has multiple OLED screens stacked on top of each other. The new OLED iPad Pro offers several benefits like higher brightness levels, perfect blacks, and a better contrast ratio.
Ajaay Srinivasan
Apple just announced the brand-new iPad Air 6th generation as an upgrade to the iPad Air 5th generation that released in March 2022. The new model comes in two different sizes - 11-inch and 13-inch with an improved Apple M2 chip, landscape front-facing camera, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3.
Apple Pencil Pro vs USB-C vs Gen 2 vs Gen 1: Specs Comparison and Compatibility
Kanika Gogia
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Apple launched the new Apple Pencil Pro with some exciting features like barrel roll & squeeze gestures and Find My App support. In case you're planning to buy an Apple Pencil or are excited to swap the older stylus for a new one, we've compared all the Apple Pencils based on the features offered and their pricing.
Apple has unveiled its powerful next-gen chipset, the M4 with the OLED iPad Pro. In comparison to the Apple M2, the M4 delivers 1.5x better CPU performance, 4x better GPU performance, and 2x improvements in Neural Engine performance. It also packs a slightly faster memory and overall, the M4 brings big improvements over the M2.
Apple unveiled the much-awaited OLED iPad Pro at its "Let Loose" event on May 7, 2024. The latest iPad Pro is a well-designed device that packs everything you would expect from a premium tablet. The M4 chipset should fairly make the new iPad Pro future-proof. If you're a casual user, you might not feel a huge difference between the two iPads. On the flip side, if you're a video editor or someone who's into heavy-duty design, the 2024 iPad Pro makes a worthy upgrade.
New iPad Pro and iPad Air India Pricing Out: Here’s How Much It Costs
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has announced new iPad Pro and iPad Air models at its recently concluded events. The new iPad Air arrives with the M2 chip and new colors, whereas the iPad Air is powered by Apple's new M4 chip. Here are the pricing for 2024 iPad Air and iPad Pro models in India.
Apple has announced the Apple Pencil Pro along with the new iPad Pro. The Pencil Pro comes with new squeeze sensors for quick tool switching and color changes, a gyroscope for precision control, and haptic feedback to confirm actions. The devices supports Apple Find My and snaps magnetically to the side of the new iPad Pro for pairing, charging, and storing.
Apple Reveals New M4 Chip with 2x Faster Performance than M2 and AI Features
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has announced the iPad Pro with a brand-new M4 chip, skipping the M3 altogether. Apple claims that the M4 chip is an outrageously powerful chip for AI. The chip is based on the 2nd generation 3nm chip fabrication process and features a new display engine to support the new iPad Pro's Tandem OLED Display.
Apple announces its new iPad Pro with an OLED screen and M4 chipset. The 2024 iPad Pro features an Ultra Retina XDR OLED panel, an M4 chip, enhanced aesthetics, and other upgrades. The new iPads are available for pre-order starting today and will hit the shelves starting next week.
Apple announces its new iPad Air with M2 chipset. For the first time ever, Apple launched a bigger 13-inch iPad Air as well. The 2024 iPad Air models are available for pre-order starting today and will be up for grabs starting May.
The code on Apple's official website for Japan has revealed multiple mentions of the name "Apple Pencil Pro." All the mentions are in the page source and developer views of the site, with no publicly visible references yet. Currently, Apple sells Apple Pencil (1st-generation), Apple Pencil (2nd-generation), and Apple Pencil (USB-C). Apple's Let Loose Event will primarily focus on the new iPad Pro, iPad Air, Apple Pencil, and other accessories.
Foldable iPhone Is Real and Apple Is Reportedly Looking at 2026 Release for It
Kanika Gogia
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According to a recent investor note, Apple reportedly plans to enter the foldable devices space with a 20.3-inch MacBook-iPad Hybrid and a foldable iPhone. The mass production of a 20.3-inch foldable device is expected to commence in late 2025, followed by a foldable iPhone in late 2026. Apple’s exciting and expensive foldable lineup would target the “ultra high-end market.”
The first and easiest way to find a lost Apple Pencil is to use your connected iPad. Open Settings -> Bluetooth, and if your Apple Pencil appears to be Connected, it should be between a range of 30 feet. You can also use a Bluetooth tracker app to track your Apple Pencil location. Since Apple Pencil doesn't work with Find My, you will have to manually retrace your steps to find your missing Apple Pencil.
Some of the most common reasons why your MacBook fan is so loud include faulty adapters, poor air circulation, running resource-intensive tasks at a stretch, and hardware damage. To fix Mac loud fan problems, you can check the vents, ensure proper air circulation, check CPU usage, update macOS, or check your charging accessories. If nothing works, you should contact Apple support.
Apple Might Take the HoloLens Route for Vision Pro and It’s a Definite Path to Failure
Anmol Sachdeva
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Speaking at Q2 2024 earnings call, Tim Cook said Apple is excited about Vision Pro's applications in the enterprise market and the company would be keen to explore opportunities for spatial computing in the enterprise sector. We have seen products like Magic Leap and HoloLens make a similar pivot from consumer to enterprise market previously and it didn't bode well for them.
By default, the Journal app on your iPhone will show personalized suggestions based on your locations, photos, music, workouts, and podcasts. If you don't find these useful, you can go to Settings -> Journal and turn on Skip Journaling Suggestions. In case you wish to disable Journal suggestions for a specific category, go to Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Journaling Suggestions -> Turn off all
AI Chatbot App That Surpasses ChatGPT Is Now Available for iPhones
Anmol Sachdeva
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Anthropic, the startup behind Claude LLMs, has announced that it is launching the Claude iOS app along with a Team plan that starts at $30 per month. The Claude iOS app runs on Sonnet model for free users and if you're a Pro user, you can leverage Claude Opus on the app.
MacBook screen flickering issues may occur due to software glitches, outdated macOS, malware, or hardware problems. To fix this, restart your MacBook, check for macOS updates, run Apple diagnostics, or reinstall macOS. You can also try resetting NVRAM and SMC on Intel-based Macs. If nothing helps, you should contact Apple support.
Sagnik Das Gupta
The Apple MacBook Air M3 is the latest and greatest Air that the brand has to offer right now. But, is it worth the upgrade if you are on an M1 or M2 MacBook Air? Honestly, probably not, unless you need that extra extra power to do some heavy-duty editing and rendering or even gaming. If you don't require that GPU power, you can skip this one if you're on the M2. But, if you're on the M1, it still makes sense.
Hot Corners are simple gestures that allow you to quickly trigger an action when you move the pointer to a corner. To set up Hot Corners on Mac, go to System Settings -> Desktop & Dock -> Hot Corners and set specific actions you wish to trigger on every corner of the screen. At the moment, macOS allows you to choose from 11 different options for each corner.
To deactivate Hot Corners on a Mac, go to System Settings -> Desktop & Dock -> Hot Corners and choose "-" for each Hot Corners sub-menu. You can also disable Hot Corners on a Mac using Terminal. If you don't want to disable Hot Corners completely, you can assign a Modifier key to every Hot Corner action to avoid accidental triggers.
Leaked Safari AI Features Show Apple’s Big Plans to Supercharge Its Browser
Anmol Sachdeva
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Apple has seemingly big plans for Safari. According to information obtained by AppleInsider, Apple will launch Safari 18 in efforts to bring revamped UI, AI features and more to the next version of Safari. Some of these features include Web Eraser, UI changes, and a new Intelligent Search Feature.
New UK Laws Want Apple to State for How Long iPhones Will Receive Security Updates
Kanika Gogia
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A new British cybersecurity law requires smart device manufacturers like Apple must maintain minimum security standards or face huge penalties. These laws aim to safeguard internet-connected devices against hacking and cyber-attacks. The British cybersecurity law specifically targets the inadequacies in current security measures and mandates three main changes. In case of any non-compliance, the offended company will have to pay a fine of up to £10 million or 4% of the company's global turnover.
Apple is expected to launch a plethora of AI-features at the upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference where it will showcase iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 10 and more. But, Apple has other plans for its first truly AI-powered device and as per the reliable analyst, it won't be an iPhone or a Mac.
The Health app on an iPhone allows you to enter data manually. For this, go to the Health app and tap on the Browse tab from the bottom. Then tap on Activity, choose a subcategory, and tap on Add Data to manually add data to the Health app on iPhone.If you ever forget to start a workout on your Apple Watch, you can manually add workout data in the Health app.
Apple Faces New Hurdle: After iOS, EU Now Identifies iPadOS as Digital Gatekeeper
Kanika Gogia
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The European Commission on Monday announced that iPadOS, Apple's operating system for iPad has been identified as a significant digital gatekeeper under the EU's new tech rules. Now, Apple has a six-month deadline to make necessary changes to iPadOS so that it fully complies with the DMA. Faling to do so may result in significant fines, that can amount to 10 percent of a company's global revenue.
You can find some useful macOS Sonoma Widgets that you can add to your Mac's desktop or the Notification Center. Some of the best first-party macOS Sonoma widgets are Weather, World Clock, and Screen Time. Other must-try Mac widgets include Todoist, Drafts, Calendar, News, World Clock, Color Widgets, and Spark Mail.
According to a recent report by Mark Gurman, the upcoming iOS 18 might overhaul some of the most popular Apple's built-in apps, including Mail, Notes, Photos, and Fitness. Besides, Apple Maps, Notes, and Calculator apps are also expected to receive some great updates. The overall OS is likely to get an overhaul with a series of design tweaks that will make the app designs more “modular” and “easier to update and customize”.
The Photos app on an iPhone automatically scans your photos and recognises the faces of people and pets. To give them a name, go to Photos app -> Albums -> People, Pets & Places, tap on the photo and then tap on Add Name.
You can also tap your pets and people manually. For this, go to the photo, swipe it up, and then tap on the pet or person with a question mark.
Recently, TSMC announced plans to begin the production of its breakthrough 1.6nm chips by 2026. The new 1.6nm node, named the "A16" process will greatly improve the chip density and performance. The key feature of the A16 chip manufacturing process is the Super Power Rail (SPR) technology where the power rails are moved to the back of the chip to allow additional signal rails on the front.
You Can Get iPhone’s EU Exclusive Features Anywhere but the Process Is Really Tiresome
Anmol Sachdeva
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iOS developer Adam Demasi has been successful in tricking his iPhone into believing that he is in Italy while living in Australia. He did this to get his hands on EU-exclusive iPhone features like third-party app stores, option to choose the default browser and direct app downloads from websites. However, the process is complex and not feasible for everyone to try.
Ahead of the WWDC 2024, Apple releases a family of open-source large language models that run on-device rather than on cloud servers. There are 8 OpenELM models in total, four of which were pre-trained using the CoreNet library, while the other four are instruction-tuned models. The OpenELM release might be the latest chunk of Apple’s behind-the-scenes preparation of iOS 18 AI features.
According to a report by MacRumors, Apple will finally release a Calculator app for the iPad as a part of iPadOS 18. This means, all the iPad models supported by the upcoming iOS 18 will get a native Calculator app. The upcoming macOS 15 is likely to bring a revamped Calculator app with the Notes app integration and other features. Apple will give the first preview of the iPadOS 18 and other major software updates at its WWDC Keynote event on June 10, 2024.
During initial setup, the Apple Vision Pro requires you to set up eye and hand tracking. However, if it feels off for some reason, you can redo the tracking. To do so, press Digital Crown once -> Settings -> Eyes & Hands -> Redo Eye Setup/Redo Hand Setup. Or, you can press the physical top left button on the Vision Pro four times to summon a window and setup the tracking if you can't get into the Settings panel.
If you see an "AirPods Found Moving With You" alert on your iPhone, it means the Find My app has noticed an unknown pair of AirPods have the same direction and location as you for quite a while. To disable these alerts, you can try to find those AirPods, Identify the owner, or Disable AirPods. If you get alerts for a known pair of AirPods, you can reset your AirPods or enable Family Sharing.
The MacBook Air M3 is here with us, and we ran a bunch of different benchmarks to put it to the test. After running Cinebench, Geekbench, BlackMagic Disk, and Final Cut Pro, we can come to the conclusion that it's on par with the M2 for the most part. The M1 is slightly behind in benchmarks, but doesn't perform as bad at all. In terms of performance, the M3 is barely any different from the M2. However, it is the M2 Pro that takes a bit of a leap and beats the M3 in certain aspects.
Apple has announced an event for May 7, 2024 at 7 AM PT or 7.30PM IST. The company is expected to launch new iPad Pro with M3 chip, two new iPad Air models with M2 chip and a new Apple Pencil, alongside a revamped Magic Keyboard. The new iPad Pro models are rumored to get OLED display, bringing a major shift from LCD IPS panels in the current gen.
Apple offers a Live Listen feature that turns your iPhone into a microphone that sends sound to your AirPods in real-time. With this feature, you can use your AirPods as hearing aids. Go to Settings > Control Center and add the Live Listen feature. Once you've done this, open the Control Center, tap on the Hearing button, and then tap on the Live Listen feature.