receive to our weekly solicitation of all the Apple news you missed this week , in a handy bite - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a dayspring cupful of chocolate or tea , but it ’s nerveless if you want to give it a read during dejeuner or dinner hours too .
Where’s my iPhone charger?!
A blast from the past this week , with a reminder from Brazil of a tilt that rocked the Apple world – or prod it slightly , at any rate – back in 2020 .
That was the year when Apple decided , citing environmental encroachment , to end bundle world power chargers with Modern iPhones . You ’d still get the cable , but the paries battery charger would be absent , resulting in a slight box and lower fabrication and bringing price for the companionship . ( But not a lower toll tag , note – unless we start to reflect that the cost would have goneupif the charger had n’t been withdraw , which as far as I know even Apple has n’t stress to claim . ) The idea was that most citizenry already had courser at home , and that most bundled battery charger were ending up in landfill .
It ’s fair to say this argument was not universally well receive at the time , but in most part of the world it was finally accept as just one of those things ; predictably a numeral of Android manufacturers take the chance to doexactly the same thingand cut their own cost while as usual letting Apple take the Porto Rico flak . But the Brazilian government was less inclined to let the matter drop , claiming the practice was abusive andfining the company $ 2min March 2021 . And this week ( as report byInsider ) the fellowship has been teach to bear one specific Brazilian consumer the combining weight of $ 1,081 for selling him an iPhone with no charger . Apple could find that money by cutting back on Craig Federighi ’s hairspray budget , but it will be leery of the size of the banknote if it get going have to do the same thing for everyone .
I ’m no expert on Brazilian law , but the legal contestation as reported do seem a little flimsy . The judge rule the situation a “ tie sale , ” which Insider glosses as a client having to purchase two of a company ’s products in order for one of them to work – yet , as Apple itself pointed out , the iPhone and cable it sold would have worked utterly well with compatible plugs supplied by any bit of third - party manufacturers . presumptively the lawyers are all over that form of detail .
The long - term consequences of the opinion stay uncertain . Will it be the first of an avalanche of such case ? Will Apple be pull to make changes in what it sells ? Or will the caller , as common , end up doing reasonably much what it like ? I know what I have a bun in the oven .
In any display case , it ’s a riveting monitor of a controversy that ’s been mostly forget in the US and the UK . Whether you draw near the issue from a perspective of environmental headache or personal choice , it always made sense for Apple to unbundle the phone and the courser ( and the headphones too , for that matter ) . If you ’ve already suffer a courser , as so many iPhone buyers do , then why should the additional fiscal and fabric costs of another one be factor into the transaction ? The issue was one of introduction . The perception was that Apple was claim something off , when it should have give it as not ask you to pay up for something you do n’t necessitate . A rebate voucher for a battery charger from its depot or a small price cut to ruminate the lower toll would have assist . But that would have been a concession , and until recently they were something that Apple did n’t do .
We ’ve got10 awesome iPhone featuresyouprobably do n’t use(but should ) .
Everything has5Gnow . When will it bethe Mac ’s turn ?
Meanwhile , the Macalope is here with the substitute view:5 G is a jokeand the iPhone is thewell - timed punchline .
Theoriginal HomePodis having a moment andwe’re not certain why .
Apple is expanding oneiPhone child - prophylactic featureto the UK , but another stay in limbo followingpushback from privacy groups .
Pour one out formacOS Server , which has beendiscontinued after 23 geezerhood .
The rumor mill
LeakediPhone 14 case moldsconfirmbig change are on the way .
Could Apple’srumored new HomePodactually be atiny Studio Display ?
Things are about to getvery interestingfor theiPhone ’s charging port …
… But it looks like we ’re stuck withnotches and holesuntilat least the iPhone 16 .
orchard apple tree TV+ might soon become thepremier rain cats and dogs sports service , with NFL gamesrumored to be comingin 2023 .
Podcast of the week
Version 13 of the Mac operating system will make its debut atWWDCthis June . And while we do n’t know what Apple will reveal , we do know what we want to see . In this episode of the Macworld Podcast , it ’s our wishlist for macOS 13 .
you’re able to catch every installment of the Macworld Podcast onSpotify , Soundcloud , thePodcasts app , orour own site .
Software updates, bugs & other issues
Thesecond macOS Monterey 12.4 betais here . If you ’re runningUniversal Control , make certain your macOS and iOS versions jive .
talk of which , asecond iOS 15.5 betahas landed with ocular tweaks andhints of new characteristic .
Want tocharge your iPhone more quickly ? Here ’s how toupdate the MagSafe Battery Pack .
Weexplainhow to fixmail waiter errorsin Apple Mail for macOS .
And here ’s how toreduce notificationsbycontrolling time sensitivityin iOS / iPadOS 15 .
