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Macworld The Finder in macOS is where you spend the most time when using your Mac. It is the most important tool for managing files and folders; its the basis for installing and launching apps; its where you can manage iPhones and iPads; and a lot more. Its the foundation for the macOS interface and for using your Mac hardware. Many Mac users have been using the Finder every day for decades, often without making full use of its capabilities or customizing it to suit their own needs. You should m

Macworld TL;DR: Query MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle from one native Mac app with a lifetime SQLPro Studio subscription for $129.97 (reg. $219.99). Most database tools that work with more than one engine run on Java instead of natively on macOS. If you want a faster native app for all of your databases, try SQLPro Studio , a Mac database client with a lifetime subscription on sale for $129.97 (reg. $219.99). SQLPro Studio is a 100% native Mac app that runs faster than Java-based datab

Macworld If you pre-ordered a new MacBook Pro, youre probably counting down the hours until it arrives. While you wait, you can get a look at it in action during a unique livestream from the Downtown LA Apple Store At 11 pm ET, British singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer Labrinth will compose a song from scratch using the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Logic Pro. The whole process will be livestreamed on YouTube directly from the Apple Store, allowing viewers to watch

Macworld Apples HomePod and HomePod mini are obvious choices for Apple users, but there are plenty of alternatives that work with your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Whether you want a compact kitchen speaker, a multi-room setup or a stereo system for music and TV, you could find features and value that better suit your needs. AirPlay makes it easy to stream audio from your iPhone, iPad or Mac to a compatible wireless speaker, while AirPlay 2 lets you play music across multiple rooms. You can l

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Macworld Choosing the right Apple Watch depends on your budget, lifestyle and which features matter most to you. As of September 2026, Apples lineup consists of the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch SE 3, although the various combinations of case size, material, color and band can make choosing one seem like a bit of a minefield. The Apple Watch Series 12 is the best choice for most people, combining a tougher display and more advanced heart-rate sensing with an S11 chip

Macworld Last week, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece describing how memory and flash chip manufacturers were finally getting their revenge on Apple. The demand spike from AI-driven data centers has made it so Apple can no longer negotiate extremely low prices. Provocative language aside, its worth noting that while Apple may indeed be paying a lot more for components, it isnt exactly hurting here. The company just posted its biggest September quarter of all time. Yes, you would expect revenue

Macworld At a glance Expert's Rating Pros Duo-optimized apps change how you use your iPhone The nano-texture display is great No real compromise on performance Cons Unoptimized apps are worse than on previous iPhones Battery life varies widely based on inner/outer display use Cameras are a step behind recent flagship iPhones Touch ID can be annoying Our Verdict Folding phones come with some inherent tradeoffs, but even so, the iPhone Duo is hard to recommend right now. It simply requires optimiz

Macworld TL;DR: Tired of renewing Microsoft 365 every year? Get Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 for Mac for $99.97 (reg. $219) and own the classic apps outright. If all you need from Office is to write, crunch numbers, and answer email, a subscription feels like overkill. This license is a single payment for one Mac, with no renewals. Grab Microsoft Office Home & Business 2021 for Mac for $99.97 (reg. $219) while its still on sale. Whats on the install list You get Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Macworld Achievement badges are a funny thing. You know theyre just a simple little bit of visual flair, they dont even do anything, and yet for some reason you just have to collect them. Gamification can be a great motivator, and the achievement badges for the activity tracking on the Apple Watch have inspired many users to get more exercise. If you want to maximize your badge count, youre going to want to chase down as many activity achievements as you can. Most are available year-round, but t

Macworld While we expected the OS 27.3 betas to bring our first look at the new Apple Watch Audio Intelligence and the redesigned Health app, Apple has delivered a couple of features in todays betas that we didnt expect. Available now in the developer beta and coming soon to public beta testers, Apple has announced several new Safari features coming in the next iPhone and Mac update, including a couple popular ones inspired by Chrome and other browsers. Here is a quick summary of the new feature

Macworld Apple has begun beta testing for iOS and iPadOS 27.3, along with the 27.3 versions of all its other operating systems. This release should bring early Apple Intelligence features to China, as well as the Audio Intelligence features of Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, the redesigned Health app, and new Siri AI features within apps. We expect the final public release will take place sometime near the end of November or early December. Whats new in the iOS 27.3 beta Here are some of the

Macworld Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on September 14, 2026, but development hasnt stopped. The latest update, macOS 27.2, became publicly available on October 26, completing its beta cycle. The newest beta is macOS 27.3. The developer beta became available on November 3, 2026. The public beta will likely become available once beta 2 is ready. Beta releases give developers and testers early access to upcoming features, fixes and refinements. However, unfinished software can introduce bugs

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Macworld Earlier this year, when other rival companies were slowly raising prices due to RAM and storage shortages, we praised Apple for keeping things steady, but when the price hikes arrived in June, they were brutal . Products released since then, including the iPhone 18 Pro and M6 Mac mini, have seen additional price hikes, and there are numerous clues that further price hikes are a distinct possibility. In an otherwise celebratory earnings call this week, for instance, hints were dropped ab

Macworld At a glance Expert's Rating Pros More compact with a larger display Faster performance overall OLED improves display quality IP67 dust and water resistance Cons Display lacks ProMotion Our Verdict With this release, Apple finally does more with the iPad mini, giving it an overhaul that makes the device feel modern and worth its price. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Price When Reviewed $699 Best Prices Today:

Macworld What new products will Apple launch in 2027? Rumors point to a redesigned iPhone to mark its 20th anniversary, an OLED iPad Air, and potentially Apples first smart glasses. Updated Macs, more affordable iPhones and new AI-focused accessories could also be on the way. The first launches could arrive in the spring. Reports suggest Apple will introduce the standard iPhone 18 and iPhone 18e, potentially alongside an updated iPhone Air. Bloombergs Mark Gurman also expects new entry-level iPa

Macworld TL;DR: memoryOS is a memory training app for iPhone and Android, and a lifetime Student Plan subscription is on sale for $89.97 (reg. $198). Ten minutes of scrolling on your iPhone usually leaves you with nothing you remember an hour later. If youd rather spend that time on something that sticks, try a memoryOS Student Plan lifetime subscription , now $89.97 (reg. $198). memoryOS teaches memory techniques through 52 interactive micro-lessons, each short enough to finish while your coffe

Macworld After a jam-packed month that included the launch of a new smart-home display, touch-screen laptop, and folding phone, Apple on Monday released impressive quarterly results leading into what should be a stellar holiday quarter. For the quarter ending September 30, which notably doesnt include any of the above products, Apple posted revenue of $114.5 billion, a 12 percent increase over the same quarter last year and a massive close to its best fiscal year ever, according to CEO John Tern

Macworld While we all wait for Apples HomeView smart home hub to ship, were reminded that Apple has been working on a larger, robotic version of the same thing for years. A new report from The Information shares some details about the so-called HomeView Ultra (which has reportedly been floated but may or may not launch under that name). According to the report, this larger HomeView would have a roughly 9-inch display, giving it about 65 percent more screen area than the 7-inch display on the Hom

Macworld Apple sells several MacBook models across different sizes, prices, and performance levels, so choosing the right one depends on your budget, the type of work you do, and how much power you actually need. In this in-depth guide, we explain which MacBook is best for different users, compare the latest MacBook Air , MacBook Neo and the MacBook Pro models (with and without touchscreen), and help you decide how much RAM and how much storage you really need. Choosing a MacBook Pro now involve

Macworld USB-C and its Thunderbolt variant are the most up-to-date standards of the USB connector. They allow data-transfer speeds of up to 80Gbps, can fast-charge devices up to 240W, and conveniently fit in a port either way upwhich means that you can wave bye-bye to the age-old USB guessing game of Which way does it go in?. USB-C is no one-trick ponyhandling data transfer, video output and power input.Youll find faster variants of USB-C (called Thunderbolt 3, 4 or 5) on Macs. Each version of T

Macworld Well, in the long list of Apple product launches, last weeks announcements were certainly some of them. Marketing supremo Greg Joswiak didnt set the bar especially high when he predicted an exciting week, but even that comparatively tepid assessment turned out to be wildly optimistic. The 8th-gen iPad mini falls, I would say, into the category of dull but worthwhile iterative refreshes. It gets some nice upgrades, including a thinner and lighter body, a faster processor, and an OLED scr

Macworld TL;DR: DVDneXtCOPY turns DVDs into digital video files , and a lifetime subscription is on sale for $29.99 (reg. $59.99). A shelf of DVDs doesnt do much once none of your devices can play them. If you want those movies on your iPhone or iPad instead, try a DVDneXtCOPY DVD Ripper lifetime subscription , now $29.99 (reg. $59.99). DVDneXtCOPY is Windows software, so on a Mac youll run it through Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion or Boot Camp on an Intel Mac. Youll also need a DVD drive conn

Macworld TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC puts Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on your computer for good with a one-time payment of $114.97 (reg. $149.99) through November 1. Microsoft 365 charges a yearly fee to keep Word, Excel, and PowerPoint working on your Mac, even if those three apps are all you ever open. If youd rather pay once and be done, try a lifetime license for Microsoft Office 2024 Home , on sale for $114.97 (reg. $149.99). You get the desktop versions of all three app

Macworld TL;DR: AdGuard blocks ads, trackers, and phishing sites on up to nine devices, and a lifetime Family Plan is $14.97 (reg. $169.99). Ads are a problem no matter what device you use. If you want to avoid that without paying for a bunch of separate subscriptions, get an AdGuard Family Plan that lasts for life. Right now, its only $14.97 (reg. $169.99). AdGuard removes banners, pop-ups, autoplay videos, and in-app ads before they load. Pages come up without the clutter, and videos start wit

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Macworld TL;DR: PDF Expert edits, signs, and converts PDFs on your Mac, and its only $79.99 for life (reg. $139.99). Macs have a few basic tools to open PDFs, but you cant do much more than look at them. If you want to fix typos or make bigger edits, youll need an app like PDF Expert . Right now, a lifetime subscription only costs $79.99 (reg. $139.99). PDF Expert lets you edit PDFs as easily as any other file format. You can update a number, fix a sentence, or add a full paragraph without rebui

Macworld Whats new on Apple TV? What are the best shows and movies? How do you sign up and what does it cost? This article will answer all of that, and youll also get a list of all the currently-available Apple TV content. Theres also a ton of new content in the works for Apples service, too. If you want to know whats on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV shows and movies . Updated October 30: Crime drama Nocturne is now streaming. Mentioned IN THIS story Apple TV 4K (2022, 3. Gen.

Macworld If you have an old cheese-grater Mac Pro, you probably dont want to part with it. SO you look at it and wonder what youre going to do with it, since it cant be upgraded. Seems like a waste to throw it out, and you wont get nearly enough to make it worth selling. Well, a Canadian mechatronics enthusiast understands your predicament and has set out to do something about it. Stefan Bond has launched the Mac Pro 7,1 (A1991) ATX Conversion Kit project on Kickstarter. The kit can be used to i

Macworld TL;DR: Track your wallet with Apple Find My using the MagTag tracker card, now $23.99 (reg. $59.99). AirTags work well on keys and bags, but their round shape leaves a bulge in a wallet. MagTag is a tracker card the size of a credit card and just 1.5mm thick, works with Apples Find My app, and is on sale for $23.99 (reg. $59.99). https://youtube.com/watch?v=os_LWIWikII%3Ffeature%3Doembed Once you add MagTag to Find My , it reports its location in real time through Apples network anywher

Macworld Apple rarely arrives first to the party, but it tends to deliver an innovative twist when it eventually catches up to its rivals. AirPods , Face ID , Apple Watch , even the iPhone Duo werent the first of their kind, but they stood out for their leaps in design and functionality. However, as the launch of Apples first touchscreen MacBook Pro just proved, thats not always the case. Commercial touchscreen laptops have been around for almost two decades. Despite that, standard models have r

Macworld TL;DR: Edit, sign, and redact PDFs with a lifetime PDF Reader Pro Premium license for Mac, now $39.99 (reg. $79.99). Changing the text in a PDF usually means paying Adobe for an Acrobat subscription every month you need it. PDF Reader Pro edits a PDFs text and images the way youd edit a Word document, and a lifetime Premium license for Mac is on sale for $39.99 (reg. $79.99). Pages can be merged, split, rotated, cropped, or deleted, and large files open fast. A document with thousands o

Macworld TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, Access, and more on your Windows PC with a lifetime Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus license, now $49.97 (reg. $249.99). Plenty of Mac owners still keep a Windows PC for work, school, or the family desk, and installing Office through Microsoft 365 Personal costs $99.99 a year. A Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus lifetime license sets up that PC for a one-time $49.97 (reg. $249.99). This license works on Windows 10 and 11 PCs only and isnt compatible

Macworld Measuring MacBook battery life in straight hours of real-world usage (as Apple likes to do) is not always an accurate metric for comparison purposes as so many use and environmental factors play a part. We can, however, rely on straight technical specifications to tell us the stated battery capacities of each MacBook. Where Apple is secretive about iPhone battery specifications (see our list of iPhone battery capacities based on teardowns), the company does list MacBook capacities in Wa

Macworld Apple has announced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro lineup, officially called MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. Available in 14.2-inch and 16.3-inch sizes with M5 Pro or M5 Max processors, the new models combine tandem OLED technology with direct touchscreen input. Touch is standard across the new range, while non-touchscreen MacBook Pros remain available. The biggest changes include Dynamic Island, a smaller and lighter enclosure, and a new 16TB maximum SSD option on M5 Max config

Macworld People like to joke that a high-end Mac costs more than my first car did! Well, after being delayed for about a month, the Mac Studio with M5 Ultra chip and 512GB of RAM is finally shipping, and it costs more than some brand new cars today . When the new Mac Studios with M5 Max and M5 Ultra started shipping on September 22, one configuration was not yet available: that with a whopping 512GB of RAM. In order to select that much RAM, you must also choose the M5 Ultra configuration, of cou

Macworld Since the launch of the original iPhone in 2007, Apple has released dozens of versions of iOS, introducing new features, design changes, performance improvements, security updates and more. From the early days of iPhone OS through landmark releases such as iOS 7, iOS 14 and the current iOS 27, each version has changed the way we use the iPhone. Whether youre trying to identify the version running on your iPhone, check compatibility before upgrading, or find out which releases are still

Macworld October 27, 2016 was a day that shook the laptop market. Some of us are still recovering from what Apple did on that day, and how it lead to insanity amongst devoted Mac users. On that day, Apple introduced the first MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar . And the world was never the same. Okay, sarcasm aside, the Touch Bar, on the surface, seemed like a good idea at the time. That idea was to provide more dynamic input capabilities than the standard F keys across the top of the keyboard. In o

Macworld Apples Pro and Tell media experience takes place in Los Angeles today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific / 1 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. U.K. The announcements have already begun. Apple unveiled the iPad mini with A20 Pro on October 26, followed by the M6 MacBook Pro and M6 iMac on October 27. Attention now turns to the rumored OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro , which Apple has not yet announced. Follow our Pro and Tell live coverage for the latest developments. This will b

Macworld On Wednesday at 1 pm ET, Apple is expected to cap off its Pro and Tell week of announcements with the launch of its first truly new laptop in years and a milestone for the Mac: the first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro with a new design, a new display, and a new price tag. As with the past few Apple announcements, Bloombergs Mark Gurman has spilled some final details about the new device, most notably the price. According to his sources, Apple has discussed charging as much as $2,899 for t

Macworld TL;DR: Run Windows apps on your Mac with a lifetime Windows 11 Pro license, now $9.97 (reg. $199). Some apps still have no Mac version, so running them means installing Windows. A Windows 11 Pro license from Microsoft usually costs close to $200, but through Nov. 1, a lifetime license is on sale for $9.97 (reg. $199). Install it in Parallels Desktop, and Windows runs next to macOS without a reboot. Pro includes several tools that Windows 11 Home leaves out. Hyper-V runs virtual machines

Macworld TL;DR : Free up iPhone storage with a lifetime subscription to Cleaner Kit Premium, now $29.99 (reg. $104.97). An iPhone fills up quickly with burst shots, screenshots, and near-identical photos, and the usual fix is paying for a bigger iCloud plan. Cleaner Kit finds and deletes that clutter on the phone itself, and a lifetime subscription to the Premium plan is on sale for $29.99 (reg. $104.97). Cleaner Kit uses AI to scan your photo library for duplicates and low-quality shots. Photos

Macworld The iPhone Duo isnt just a major iPhone release, its a landmark product in Apples lineup. We talk about our experience with the new folding phone in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is episode 1006 with Michael Simon , Jason Cross , and Roman Loyola . Episode 1006 on YouTube Episode 1006 on Apple Podcasts Episode 1006 on Spotify Get Info Click on the links below for more information on what was discussed on the show. iPhone Duo guide: Release date, price, specs and more Apple

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Macworld On Tuesday, Apple announced new features in the apps for Apple Creator Studio , its collection of professional creative apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. The updates will be available in November for free to current Creator Studio subscribers. Each of the 10 apps that make up Creator Studio received a major update. Video software updates Apple acquired plug-in developer MotionVFX earlier this year; the company specialized in video editing and graphics tools subscriptions that cost for $29

Macworld Apple today announced an M6 update to its iMac desktop line, heralding a major boost in performance and AI capabilities. But other than the upgrade from an M4 to an M6 chip theres little change from the previous model. Admittedly that chip upgrade, leaping two generations in a single refresh, is a significant one. Apple claims the M6 will deliver up to 1.5x faster performance than M4 in apps such as Excel, up to 2x faster graphics performance, and up to 2x higher gaming performance with

Macworld After weeks of development with enrolled beta testers, iOS 27.2 is available to all iPhone users as a stable release, along with macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS. The first major update to iOS 27 introduces several handy enhancements to Siri AI, along with some major additions to Apple TV and HomePod. What happened to iOS 27.1? Its odd for Apple to jump from iOS 27.0.1 to iOS 27.2, but theres a simple explanation: iOS 27.1 was strictly for the iPhone Duo. There was never a developer or

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