Apple silicon was announced five years ago this week, kickstarting one of the most successful periods for the Mac ever. Following years of rumors, Apple in June 2020 unveiled its plan to transition the entire Mac lineup from Intel processors to its own custom-designed chips. Later that year saw the release of the first three […]

There are hundreds of changes in iOS 26, some of which are huge updates and some of which are smaller. We’ve rounded up two lists, one featuring the best features ‌iOS 26‌ has to offer, and one that includes some of the smaller but still useful changes that are available. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube […]

Apple provided developers with the second beta of iOS 26, introducing the first changes and refinements to the new operating system since it debuted after the WWDC keynote. Because we’re early in the beta testing process, there are quite a few tweaks to ‌iOS 26‌, which we’ve rounded up below. Control Center The background behind […]

iOS 26 beta 2 adds full support for the order tracking feature that Apple announced at WWDC. In the Wallet app, there is an option to let Siri scan your Mail app to find all orders and emails from merchants, even if those orders weren’t made with Apple Pay. The Wallet app previously had an […]

The second beta of iOS 26 hints at the existence of an iPhone with a new display size, perhaps the iPhone 17 Air that’s expected this fall. Macworld found a version of the classic iOS clownfish wallpaper with a “420×912@3x” resolution, which translates to a 1260 x 2736 resolution. That does not match the resolution […]

In iOS 26 beta 2, Apple updated the location of the new tab icon in Safari, fixing a frustrating change that was made in the first ‌iOS 26‌ beta. Safari in beta 2 on left, Safari in beta 1 on right The initial ‌iOS 26‌ release introduced three view options for the tab bar and […]

In macOS Tahoe Beta 2, Apple included a new option to add a background to the menu bar, making it possible to have a menu bar design that’s similar to the menu bar in macOS Sequoia. As part of macOS Tahoe’s Liquid Glass design, Apple removed the background of the menu bar, so it blends […]

In the initial macOS Tahoe beta, Apple swapped the colors of the Finder icon, a longtime Mac classic. Rather than featuring blue on the left side of the face and light blue on the right side, the icon was primarily white and the right side of the face was blue. macOS Tahoe Finder icon in […]

iOS 26 adds a new Recovery Assistant feature to iPhones, and it can help return the device to a working state if and when necessary. Recovery Assistant was introduced in the first iOS 26 beta, but Apple only mentioned the feature in its release notes for the second iOS 26 beta today. “Recovery Assistant is […]

The second beta of iOS 26 includes a new ringtone that’s an alternative to the classic “Reflection” ringtone that Apple uses as a default on iPhones. Apple didn’t give the new ringtone a special name, and it’s just listed as “Alt 1” as an option if you tap into Reflection. You can get to the […]