3 iOS 0-days, a cellular network compromise, and HTTP used to infect an iPhone (arstechnica.com)
Finewoven case letdown (512pixels.net)
macOS Sonoma Launching This Week With These New Features (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: macOS Sonoma launching on September 26 brings desktop widgets, Game Mode for gaming performance, web apps in the Dock, new screen savers, Safari profiles, and more features to compatible Macs.
iPhone 15 can locate your friends up to 60 meters away with Precision Finding [Video] (9to5mac.com)
Apple accused of ‘trying to thwart emerging startups through anticompetitive measures’ (www.livemint.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 Now Available on Mac (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: System requirements are ranging from M1 to M1 Pro or better Apple silicon chips. The game is priced at $60 on Steam.
iPhone 15 Plus takes the crown in battery life test, beating all previous iPhone models (9to5mac.com)
Apple's head of AI mentions iOS 17 Safari Private Browsing search in Google antitrust testimony (appleinsider.com)
Drop tests leave iPhone 15 Pro absolutely battered; iPhone 14 Pro comes out fully functional (www.phonearena.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
iFixIt recommends scotch-guarding your Fine Woven case (www.ifixit.com)
Apple Explains Why Only USB-C AirPods Pro Support Lossless Audio With Vision Pro (www.macrumors.com)
TL;DR: USB-C AirPods Pro support lossless audio with the upcoming Vision Pro headset due to the 5GHz band support in their H2 chip. The previous version only had 2.4GHz.
The macOS 14 Sonoma firewall bug that prevented Mullvad from working has been fixed (mullvad.net)
The firewall bug in macOS 14 Sonoma betas and release candidates that we blogged about last week has been fixed by Apple....
Apple uses hidden watermarks on iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity (appleinsider.com)
Woman rescued from outhouse toilet after climbing in to retrieve Apple Watch, Michigan police say (abcnews.go.com)
Apple pushes out critical iOS 17.0.1 update just days after iOS 17 release (www.macworld.com)
Apple makes three arguments for lack of 10x optical zoom on iPhone 15 Pro Max (9to5mac.com)
People hardly ever use 10x zoom...
Halide creators can turn iPad into an HDMI monitor for cameras and consoles with Orion (9to5mac.com)
Online Safety Bill passes in the UK w/o iMessage impact, but government not giving up (9to5mac.com)
Fine Woven review from The Verge highlights the problems (www.theverge.com)
Kind of glad that I went with a Spigen case, instead. I can’t justify $60 for a case that is so delicate.
Apple adds pronoun fields with privacy focus to Contacts app on iOS 17 (9to5mac.com)
iPhone 15 Models Finally Show Battery's Cycle Count (www.macrumors.com)
Apple and Goldman Sachs Planned to Launch iPhone Stock Trading Feature Last Year (www.macrumors.com)
iFixit Lowers iPhone 14's Repairability Score Due to Apple's Parts Pairing Requirement (www.macrumors.com)
Repair website iFixit today announced that it has retroactively lowered its iPhone 14 repairability score from 7/10 to 4/10 due to Apple’s post-repair parts pairing requirement, just over a year after the device launched....