Welcome to the unexampled home for Apple Breakfast ! If you ’re a reader of Macworld ’s UK internet site , you ’ll recognize this column that will now appear on Macworld.com every Saturday . If you ’re unexampled , this to our weekly appeal of all the Apple news you missed this hebdomad , in a handy bite - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes big with a weekend cupful of coffee or tea , but palpate free to check it out during lunch or dinner party hours too .
The trend is nigh: Predictions for 2022
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While 2021 was a strange and difficult class for many of us , the earthly concern ’s best-loved yield - themed technology company seems to be doing all right . Sure , it had a few setback – concessions to app developers , allegations of employee mistreatment , and a climbdown in its warfare against the right hand to revive – but the hits keep coming and the money box keep reverberate . Indeed the Macalopereckons it was a twelvemonth of miracle , all told .
With the company standing at a juncture – look a struggle for its soul , as we ’ve discussed in aprevious Apple Breakfast – it ’s fascinating to speculate about the counseling it will take from here on out . And Macworld writer have taken up the challenge of explore Apple ’s potential trends in 2022 .
Dan Moren complain things off bylooking aheadto a year of untrammelled possibility and simmer excitement , from assorted reality to smart home tech .
Jason Snell reckons that 2022 could be theMac ’s good yr ever . He also explain why the iPhonewon’t take middle stagein 2022 , with attention focalise on Apple ’s brand - new categories . iOS 16 , on the other handwriting , will bea braggy surprisal , write Simon Lohmann .
David Price outlines the Modern Apple products we canexpect to establish in January 2022(including the depressing but distinct possibility that the company wo n’t launch anything until the natural spring ) . Not to be outdone , Karen Haslam blood upevery raw product rumoredfor the integral year .
André Martin cover that 2022 will go down in history as the year in which Applecompletes the switch to Apple silicon , and presage that high - ending Macs are descend . While Thomas Armbrüster reckonsmacOS is in for a mammoth updatethis year .
In 2021 Apple confounded the leakers with a smartwatch launch full of surprise . Halyna Kubiv wonders if theApple Watch Series 8will prove to be a tick or a tock , and run down the change and novel feature we can expect from the Apple Watch this year .
Stephan Wiesend , meanwhile , go deep on Apple ’s plan for the iPadfamily – it ’s no longer the Cheiranthus cheiri in the Apple cosmos , to mix our metaphor slightly – then gazes into a hereafter in whichiPadOS meets macOSin the centre .
It should be a fascinating twelvemonth . But whatever Apple comes up with in 2022 , you could guarantee that Macworld will be right there with you to explain what ’s snuff it down .
News in brief
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marvel how Zoom , Chrome , and note would have looked in 1999 ? Relive Apple ’s golden years with this delightfulMonterey - Mac operating system 9 mashup .
Apple has process Ericssonfor apply ‘ strong - arm tactics . ’
Got a novel Mac , or just require to get more out of the one you ’ve got ? Here are10 dewy-eyed tweaksthat will make your Mac safer and smart .
While we ’re at it , here are10 iPhone options you need to change , and why .
Glenn Fleishman reviewsPCalc for the Mac , and discovers a mere adding app with a gem trove of features .
Do n’t buy a second - hand Mac – you ’ll regret it , warns Karen Haslam .
When Apple the firebrand lose , Apple the company still wins , watch the Macalope .
And in showcase you missed it on Christmas Eve , here ’s another fortune to learn Martyn Casserly ’s masterlyApple - themed take on A Christmas Carol .
Software, bugs & other issues
In a troubling routine of event for one of the premier password managers on the web , multiple LastPass users reportedphantom login effort from strange country . LastPass has investigated what it believes to be “ attempted ‘ credential stuffing ’ activity ” and says it “ will stay on to take steps designed to ensure that LastPass , its users , and their data remain protected and inviolable ” . The companionship also order some of the logon messages were post in error and assures drug user that no parole were compromise .
DuckDuckGo is building aprivacy - first desktop browserfor macOS .
The rumor mill
The iPhone ’s SIM card may be the next legacy lineament tobite the dust , as we move one dance step nearer to a totally seal iPhone . But there is reason to trust that the iPhone 14 ’s camera willstill draw at zooming .
Apple is plot an18 - month Mac upgrade cycles/second , with the M2 microchip launching in mid-2022 . The company is also reportedly work oncheaper displaysfor 2022 .
And with that , we ’re done for this week . See you next Saturday , enjoy your weekend , and abide Appley !
