Welcome to our hebdomadal compendium of all the Apple intelligence you missed this hebdomad , in a ready to hand bite - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it fail great with a aurora cup of coffee or tea , but it ’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too .
WWDC’s profitable freebies
WithWWDC just day aside — the keynote presentation begin on Monday at 10 am PT — we’re eager to hear what Apple has in computer storage for our iPhones , iPads , Apple Watches , and Macs . And for once our notecase have no motive to worry . Apple is often accused of overprice its products , but the annual mesh system update are glorious freebies , adding a plenty of new feature of speech to be ware without costing you a centime . There was a meter when a newfangled OS came with a mid - sized terms tag ( $ 20 ) , but such practices would get short shift in today ’s market .
Just look at what we got in the last mickle of OS updates , or in point update in the undermentioned months , without being require to pay up for the perquisite . Thanks toiOS 15 , iPhone handsets buy the farm all the way of life back to the 6s were able to get SharePlay , Focus , text hunt , and Live Text in image , and major revamps of Maps , Weather , Wallet , and FaceTime.macOS Monterey , available on even some 2013 Macs , also brought SharePlay and Focus , plus Quick Note , Universal Control ( eventually ) , and a overplus of other handy tweaks . And even the elderly Apple Watch Series 3 made it onto the list forwatchOS 8and its newfangled faces and health feature , redesign apps , and ( limited ) on - machine Siri commands .
Apple , of course , is not a charity , and does n’t give away these free upgrades out of the goodness of Craig Federighi ’s fondness . One way of looking at it is that a constantly develop and improving substance abuser experience means happy users who are probable to stick with the political program for the next generation of premium hardware . Another is that progressively complex and demanding software means youneedto buy new hardware to keep it running smoothly .
Sometimes it feel like Apple has a inclination to tally new featuresjust for the rice beer of it . And it ’s deserving take down at this point that by no means all of the new feature will be as welcoming to Old hardware as I ’ve intimate above . iOS 16’salways - on cover , for example , is expected to be available on the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max only . act as both cultivated carrot and get for the ironware upgrade cycle , Apple ’s free OS updates are a crucial part of the company ’s money - gain motorcar .
Dan Moren rounds upthree hardware featuresApple should consign to thedustbin of story .
WWDC should be Apple’sbiggest Mac eventof the year . But itprobably wo n’t be .
Apple Music hasbetrayed its most firm listeners , reckonsJason Snell .
Apple’swage hikesare a gracious smoke screen formuch uglier fears .
Apple shouldtotally stealthenewest ChromeOS featurefor the Mac .
WWDC and the Macgo together likecaviar and micro horseradish . From transitions and towers to chip and changes , we ’ve rounded up the10 top Mac momentsin WWDC history .
There surface area whole bunch of Mac announcementswe want to see at WWDC .
The rumor mill
Aredesigned MacBook Aircould debut at WWDC — without an M2 chip .
Apple ’s pose ahuge Junelined up . WWDC is just the start of ajam - packed calendar month .
Podcast of the week
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Software updates, bugs & other issues
iOS 16 is on the manner , but Apple is n’t yet doneupdating iOS 15 .
WithWWDC just days away , Apple has released thesecond macOS Monterey 12.5 genus Beta .
