receive to the young home for Apple Breakfast ! If you ’re a reader ofMacworld ’s UK site , you ’ll recognize this column that will now come out on Macworld.com every Saturday . If you ’re new , this is our hebdomadal aggregation of all the Apple news you miss this week , in a ready to hand bite - sized roundup . We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a forenoon cup of umber or teatime , but it ’s nerveless if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too .
Spring’s (maybe) coming early
We thought we had until late March at least , but aBloomberg reportnow points to Apple holding itsspring eventon March 8 . Which is n’t technically spring , and could cause all sorts of problem for the flora and migrant bird that depend on Tim Cook ’s keynote to regulate their seasonal pattern .
It would be an exaggeration to say that the Macworld team are all running around in unreasoning panic . On the contrary , we will be quick and raring to provide expert analysis of the promulgation as they happen . But the confidential information of an early kick - off has prompted some rapid assessments of what we ’re likely to get word about .
blistering favorites for ( presumably still practical ) phase clip are theiPad Airand the newsouped - up Mac miniskirt , both of which typify the best of what a colleague refers to as Apple’sinbetweenertendency : a Goldilocks - style production range with a cheap pick at the bottom , and an overpowered option at the top , and by far the best option in the middle . The iPad Air was our selection of the lozenge market when it launched in 2020 , and take only a straightforward update to find that crown . The Mac mini could do with a little more punch , and rumour suggest it ’s about to get just that .
Most eyes , however , will be on a gimmick that pose closer to the bottom of the compass : the expected ( and long - bespeak ) 2022update of the iPhone SE . The SE shows that Apple can make a brilliant budget(ish ) product when it sets its mind to the task , while the machine ’s commercial winner indicate how much price still drives smartphone sales , even in the aspirational world of Apple .
There could well be more spring surprisal in store , given that 2022 looks set to be throng with Apple launch , and we ’ll hash out some of those in due course . But for now , we will only advise you to thinly pencil in the date in your diary and get ready for the first of a huge year .
Week in brief
Talking of this spring ’s likely release , this week’sDifferent cerebrate columnlooks at theiPhone SE 3 , which is more exciting than it seems .
Apple and Samsung haverun out of smartphone ideas , write Michael Simon .
Autocorrect on the iPhoneisn’t any better than it was 10 years ago andwe want to roll in the hay why .
The real reasonApple is n’t bring Face ID to the Macisn’t about size , it ’s about obstinance .
An entreaty motor hotel hasthrown outthe “ legally unwarrantable ” damages of $ 1.1bn that Apple was tell to pay forinfringing two patents – but has uphold the infringements themselves .
The Macalopethinks you shouldreach out to aid Facebookin its time of need . ( He ’s also very sarcastic . )
Apple hasbought AI Musicfor an undisclosed join . The firm creates tech toadapt music to drug user doings , which could be a everlasting conniption for Fitness+ .
Jason SnelllamentsApple ’s involuntariness to make App Store changesin the face of thriving net profit .
Apple Music free trialshave been cut from three monthsto just one , in a move that may be link to a royalties dispute from 2015 . But cheer up , because Karen Haslam has discovered that you may still get atwo - month trial with Shazam .
Caldigit has an18 - port Thunderbolt dockthat’stailor - made for Mac users .
If youbuy your next iPhone from Verizon , you ’re going to bepaying for it for three years .
Software, bugs & other issues
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A Bluetooth issue that caused an alarmingdrop in MacBooks ’ barrage levelshas beenfixed in macOS Monterey 12.2.1 .
Apple has warned of asurprising warmth problemaffecting two of its most high - terminal products . If you ’ve catch a Pro Display XDR or a MacBook Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display , you ’ll demand to be thrifty ofrooms above 77 point Fahrenheit .
Thesecond beta of 15.4hasarrivedwith the framework for dab to Pay.macOS Monterey 12.3 Beta 2isalso useable .
The novel feature article in iOS 15.4 could place us on the road toeliminating password hell , writesDan Moren .
This week Apple rolled out anurgent security updatefor Mac , iPhone , and iPad . The updates close up a exposure that could conduct to“the execution of arbitrary code . ”
Apple says it ’s fixed an error in iOS 15 that mean some Siri conversations wereevaluated without permission . Here ’s what went wrong .
Adobe has releasedpatches for 17 security system opening – includingseveral key out as critical – in five political platform , admit Photoshop and Illustrator .
The rumor mill
Apple is planninga production blitz in 2022 , withfour new M2 Macsanda full slating of new devicesall throughout the twelvemonth .
Is Apple getting quick to launch itsmixed - reality headset ? Something ’s in the piece of work becausereferences to ‘ realityOS’were spotted in Apple codification this workweek .
Prolific rumor - peddler Mark Gurman hasspilled the beanson theM2 MacBook Proexpected to launch this class . It wo n’t have Pro Motion or a Touch Bar , he says , while the understructure M2 chip wo n’t be capable to tally the performance of the M1 Pro and Max . Sounds like someone ’s turning into a Negative Nancy !
beware you , other rootage think thenew MacBook Procould be here in early March … which brings us back to the ‘ pre - spring natural spring event ’ rumors with which we began this clause .
