Macworld Prime Day has landed and were seeing record-low prices on all sorts of Apple gearand iPads werent left out. The iPad Air is on sale for $479 right now, the very best discount weve ever seen for the tablet. The M3 iPad Air is a gorgeous tablet that we adore. With a four-star rating and our Editors Choice award , we found the iPad Air had an outstanding performance, gorgeous display, and excellent battery life. Its ready for iPadOS 26 , coming this fall, and you can pair it with the Apple

Macworld Even at full price, we really like the AirPods 4 with ANC as an affordable alternative to AirPods Pro, but at this price, theyre impossible to pass up. Amazon has slashed the price of the AirPods 4 to $119 , a savings of $60, and by far the very best price weve seen for these buds. This discount is that much more impressive considering the previous best price was just under $150, so being able to get them for $30 under that is just crazy. How crazy? Theyre actually cheaper than Apples r

Macworld Summer is nearly here, and that means beaches, baseball, and everyones favorite sale, Prime Day! Amazons annual Prime Day will be held from July 8-11, and there may be no better time to get your hands on Apple gear. Read on for all the details. When is Prime Day 2025? Amazon has announced that Prime Day will run between July 8 and July 11, which is similar to the time frame to Amazons usual summer sale event. However, this is the first time Prime Day will last four days, meaning there w

Macworld With Prime Day savings offering gobs of money off some of the best Macs, now is a great time to buy a new Apple computer. One of the biggest decisions youll have to make when buying a new Mac is whether you should buy a desktop model or opt for a laptop instead. Apples laptops might seem like the best choice, with a combination of portability and price, but Apple also offers a great selection of desktops, from the teeny-tiny M4 Mac mini to the all-in-one iMac. So the next time youre sho

Macworld Apples ongoing fight with regulators over App Store rules can get pretty confusing at times. Sometimes its hard to know whether regulators are being over-zealous in their required changes, or when Apples rules are simply patently unfair. But this week we have good news! At least one issue is a lot simpler because we now have the perfect example of why Apples anti-steering policy and the companys subsequent ham-fisted efforts to Wait, is it a mixed metaphor to say hamstring here or is it

Macworld Amazons annual Prime Day sale is longer than ever this year, lasting until Friday, July 11, which means youll have even more time to grab a great deal on a new iPad. All of Apples tablets, from the iPad Air and Pro to the mini and 11th-gen iPad, are already seeing some of their best prices ever. The Prime Day iPad deals picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everything we recommend, and we wont tell you to buy somethin

Macworld Amazons annual Prime Day sales event is a fantastic opportunity to find a good deal on the Apple Watch, and this year, youll get even more time to save. Amazons Prime Day sale runs a whopping four days this year, from today to Friday, July 11, and were already seeing some great Prime Day Apple Watch deals. The Apple Watch models picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everything we recommend, and we wont recommend buyin

Macworld If youre in the market for a new iPhone, Amazons Prime Day sales might be a good time to find a dealwith a few caveats. In the U.K., you can find the latest iPhones at Amazon and at other resellers. With Prime Day upon us we are seeing discounts on the iPhone 16 series and on the older iPhone 15 models. If you arent sure which iPhone to buy take a look at our iPhone buying guide and our comparison of every iPhone . If you are in the U.S., you wont see deals on new iPhones (only renewed/

Macworld If youre looking for a new pair of AirPods, Amazons twice-yearly Prime Day sales are a great time to look for a discount. Amazon often has AirPods on sale for well below Apples MSRP, but when big sales events like this come around, you can often get a pair for an all-time-low price. The AirPods picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everything we recommend and we wont tell you to buy something thats not actually worth

Macworld If youre shopping for AirPods this Prime Day , you can stop now. Apples AirPods Pro 2 are down to their lowest price ever $149, a whopping $100 off and a ridiculously low price for a fantastic set of earbuds. Even at $249, AirPods Pro 2 get our full recommendation, with incredible noise cancellation, excellent battery life, and fantastic sound. Youll also get a slew of software features, including Hearing Health that provides a clinical-grade hearing test and the worlds first software-e

Macworld Apple released only one new Apple Watch in 2024: the Apple Watch Series 10. It offers a refined design and a few modest upgrades over the Series 9. Apple did not update the Ultra 2, and instead just added a new color option. You can also still buy the Apple Watch SE from 2022. In this guide, we will help you decide which Apple Watch is best for you. Well compare the features, specs and price as well as offer advice on choosing cases, colors, and straps in our Apple Watch comparison char

Macworld Apple changed its AirPods lineup by introducing the AirPods 4 and the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation. The update makes it a little easier than before to decide whether you get the standard AirPods or step up to the AirPods Pro 2. Lets look at the differences between the three earbudstheres a lot more than just the shape and fit. This guide will help you make the proper buying decision for yourself or the person youre shopping for. AirPods and AirPods Pro features compared Heres

Macworld Every year, Apple updates the Mac operating system. The current version of macOS is macOS 15.5, but development of macOS 26 (not macOS 16) is well underway. Apple runs a beta program, which means developers and registered public testers can try out new features before they are released to the general public later in the year. The beta process doesnt stop with the full release of macOS in the fall. After macOS 15 Sequoia arrived on Macs in September 2024, development continued with new f

Macworld Prime Day came early for the Apple Watch Ultra 2 as this gorgeous smartwatch has dropped to a brand-new low price of $649 . Thats $150 off one of the best wearables you can get right now. There are so many things to love about the Ultra 2 , starting with its huge display and rugged black titanium design. Theres a built-in GPS and cellular connectivity, as well as the customizable Action button. Its also got an array of sensors so its great at tracking workouts, hiking trips, and just ab

Macworld When Apple launched its first smartwatch in 2015, there was a sense that the company didnt exactly know what the device was for. But within a few years, it carved out an identity focusing mainly on health and fitness, with millions of owners using their Apple Watches to track metrics such as steps taken, minutes of exercise each day, and how often they stand. Nearly every other smartwatch soon followed Apples lead, and they all promise to help you get fit and stay healthy. A new report,

Macworld If youre looking for a new pair of AirPods, Amazons twice-yearly Prime Day sales are a great time to look for a discount. Amazon often has AirPods on sale for well below Apples MSRP, but when big sales events like this come around, you can often get a pair for an all-time-low price. The AirPods picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everything we recommend and we wont tell you to buy something thats not actually worth

Macworld Was 2019 just six years ago or sixty? Whatever your outlook on the passing of semi-recent time, one things for sure: Tech has been advancing at a rapid pace. If your software doesnt have AI, does it even exist? For those of us who are over the overpriced upgrades and simply want to type up a doc, make a quick spreadsheet, or throw together a sleek presentation without being helped by bots of all shapes and sizes, this Office 2019 deal will bring sighs of relief. For just under $40 durin

Macworld Once upon a time, Apple used to make significant changes to the iPhone every two years. A new model (iPhone 4, 5, 6, etc) would launch with an overhauled look, followed by an S variant that boosted performance and smoothed out any imperfections. Thats no longer the case. Primarily due to the iPhones maturity, iterative annual upgrades have become the norm. After all, theres only so much it can improve year over year. And despite what you may have read about this years phones , the new l

Macworld Solid-state drives aka SSD used to be really expensive, but prices have really fallen in the past few years, and you can now pick up fast, reliable SSDs that cost only slightly more than their hard drive counterparts. Even the slowest SSDs are generally faster than mechanical hard drives. As well as being faster than conventional hard drives, SSDs are lighter and sturdier too, making them ideal for use with a laptop when youre traveling. Thats reflected in the drives that we review he

Macworld If youre in the market for a new Mac, the good news is Amazon Prime Day is coming soon! It runs from July 8 to July 11. In our experience, you can get discounts on Macs all year round, but some of the best Mac discounts fall during Amazons sales. The Amazon Prime Day sale is a great way to save some money when buying a new Mac. We see some of the best Mac deals during Prime Day, plus, the sale comes at a time when you might be thinking about back-to-school shopping, making its July timi

Macworld Last month, Apple released the iOS 26 developer beta , letting testers try out upcoming features before the OS launches this fall. As expected, the early code references unreleased Apple products, such as what appears to be the AirTag 2 and AirPods Pro 3 . Thats not all! A closer look at iOS 26s user-facing changes suggests that an iPhone 17 Air is coming later this year. Liquid Glass design Apple has long envisioned its ideal smartphone to resemble a sleek glass slab; it would do away

Macworld Google has announced a UI redesign for its Photos app on iOS, updates that are being made available on the iPhone before they are released on Android. Google states that the updates make for a simpler, more modern, and more intuitive UI. The changes include: A new light mode and the ability to match the iPhones setting of light or dark mode. Identification of date, time, and location at the top of a photo. Some actions have moved to the three-dot menu . Photo stacks and bursts now have

Macworld Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isnt a little different from the likes of PlayStation Plus, EA Play, or Xbox Game Pass. If youve got questions about it, weve got plenty of answers. Updated July 3, 2025: There are four new games added to Apple Arcade this month: Angry Birds Bounce , Crayola Scribble Scrubbie+ , Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD+ , Suika Game+ . What is Apple Arcade? Apple Arcade is a gaming subscription service for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and App

Macworld While we know the numbers of Apples upcoming operating systems iOS 26 , iPadOS 26 , macOS 26 Tahoe , etc.Apple, like other companies, assigns code names to its products that are used internally for products in development. As noted by aaron613 on X, Apple is shifting to a mostly botanical theme for next years operating systems. According to various rumors, the codenames for Apples 2027 updates have already leaked: iOS 27 Buttercup macOS 27 Honeycrisp watchOS 27 Orchid visionOS 27 Ec

Macworld So, has an airline ever lost your luggage? With vacation season in full swing, you have to make sure you always know where your things are at any given moment, which is super easy by popping an Apple AirTag into your bag. And even betteryou can get one of these for $23 right now , the lowest price so far in 2025. These AirTags are super cute, and there are about a million accessories that go with them (including dog collars and kid bracelets, even if Apple doesnt advertise AirTags in th

Macworld The monitor might be the most important part of your Macs setupafter all, you cant use any desktop computer without one and even the 16-inch screen on the MacBook Pro is going to feel cramped if you are having a particularly productive morning. Spread your work out by plugging in multiple monitors to your Mac and extending your desktop over a wider space. Because youll spend a lot of time looking at the display, youll want to invest wisely. Not only will you want a monitor that provides

Macworld Apple announced in March that it would support RCS Universal Profile 3.0 in a future software update. That future update is expected to be iOS 26either in September or soon after. RCS 3.0 will provide the ability to encrypt iPhone-to-Android messages, as well as other features to make the experience between iPhones and Android phones more seamless. One of those features includes message editing. According to a report by Android Authority, Google has been slowly deploying the ability to

Macworld If youre in the market for a new iPhone, Amazons Prime Day sales might be a good time to find a dealwith a few caveats. In the U.K., you can find the latest iPhones unlocked at Amazon and at other resellers. Supplies can be limited, and there are usually only small discounts for the newest iPhones, but we are seeing discounts on the iPhone 16 series and on the older iPhone 15 models. If you arent sure which iPhone to buy take a look at our iPhone buying guide and our comparison of every

Macworld Once upon a time, Apple used to make significant changes to the iPhone every couple of years. A new model (iPhone 4, 5, 6, etc) would launch with an overhauled look, followed by an S variant that boosted performance and smoothed out any imperfections. Thats no longer the case. Primarily due to the iPhones maturity, iterative annual upgrades have become the norm. After all, theres only so much it can improve year over year. And despite what you may have read about this years phones, the

Macworld If you are wondering if MacBooks are on sale for Prime Day, you will be glad to learn that yes, you can get money off MacBooks at Amazon. Lots of money, in fact! Sales on MacBooks are normal for most of the year, but the best deals tend to happen during Amazons big sales events. With Amazons Prime Day running for four days from Tuesday, July 8, and continuing until it all ends on July 11, this could be a great time to save money on a new Mac laptop. Below you will find links to the best

Macworld At the WWDC25 keynote , Apple announced a new AirPods feature that would enable the headphones to pause when they sense that their wearer has fallen asleep. But its now been discovered that the function is a little more versatile than that suggests. A contributor to the tech site MacRumors has discovered code that indicates the feature is tied to iOS 26, rather than the AirPods line specifically, and suggests that it will work on Apples Beats headphones too. A good thing, since the Beat

Macworld Amazons annual Prime Day sale is longer than ever this year, lasting from Tuesday, July 8, to Friday, July 11, which means youll have even more time to grab a great dealespecially if you want a new iPad. All of Apples tablets, from the iPad Air and Pro to the mini and 11th-gen iPad are already seeing some of their best prices ever. The iPad deals picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everything we recommend, and we wo

Macworld Its hard to believe, but if youve been an Apple Music subscriber since its inception , youve been streaming for a full decade. Announced as One more thing at WWDC 2015, the service launched on June 30, 2015, months before iOS 9 and Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan landed later that fall. To celebrate the milestone , Apple is offering a special version of its annual Replay playlist. Similar to Spotifys Wrapped campaign, Replay offers a look back at the top songs, artists, albums that defined yo

Macworld If you want the best tablet you can possibly get, look no further than the M4 iPad Pro. And right now, its never been cheaperwith an all-time-low price cut of $200 off , you can get yourself your very own iPad Pro for as low as $1,099. The same discount applies to all other storage capacities as well. The 13-inch iPad Pro has all the features you could possibly want and then some. Its super powerful thanks to the M4 chip and it comes with a gorgeous ultra-thin design built around a stun

Macworld Apple published two job openings on LinkedIn and on its job search portal last week. In them, the Bangalore, India, location is looking for two engineers for its machine learning/artificial intelligence team. The two adverts are somewhat vague, but reveal some insights into Apples plans. Our team is responsible for delivering next-generation Search and Question Answering systems across Apple products including Siri, Safari, Spotlight, and more. You will collaborate with outstanding Sear

Macworld Amazons annual Prime Day sales event is a fantastic opportunity to find a good deal on the Apple Watch, and this year youll get even more time to save. Amazons Prime Day sale runs a whopping four days this year, from Tuesday, July 8, to Friday, July 11, and were already seeing some great discounts on the Apple Watch even before it officially starts. The Apple Watch models picked here are all chosen by our editors, who have decades of experience with Apple devices. Weve reviewed everythi

Macworld iPhone owners beware: a new and surprisingly plausible phishing scam is making the rounds, and could easily catch out the unwary. The message, which has been seen by AppleInsider reporters, claims to be from the delivery company UPS. It says a package is ready to be delivered, and encourages the recipient to click on a link to set this up. Of course, the link goes to a fake website where personal data can be harvested. We attempted to deliver your UPS package on [date], the message read

Macworld Um what the heck is going on with Apples advertising? Forget the problem with Apple selling ads, which is also a problem. Apple has a problem making ads. Disclaimer: you cant talk about Apple ads without discussing the Get a Mac ads . Legally, the Macalope means. There are any number of local, state, and federal laws that prohibit the discussion of Apple ads without first laying the groundwork of the Get a Mac ads. So, sorry, the horny one would love to just discuss Apples ads of late b

Macworld Cloud storage subscription fees have gotten out of hand. For some popular platforms, paying monthly doesnt even guarantee youll get enough space for all your files, or that those files will be secure once theyre uploaded. Internxt gives you a simpler, long-term solution. Instead of paying monthly, you pay once and get 20TB of cloud storage that lasts for life. Normally, Internxts 20TB lifetime subscription would cost $4,900, but the price just dropped to $389.97 during Macworlds version

Macworld Prime Day isnt until next week, but theres never been a better time to get your hands on an iPad mini. Ahead of the 4-day Prime Day sale extravaganza, A mazon has dropped the price of the A17 Pro iPad mini down to $399 , its best price yet. The smaller form is one of the main benefits of getting the iPad mini because its 8.3-inch screen can fit just about anywhere. Its also super fast thanks to the A17 Pro chip and a whopping 8GB of RAM, enough to run all of the Apple Intelligence goodi

Macworld Its all very well telling people to back up their Mac . But human nature means that searching for backup advice is something that usually happens after the worst has already happened. Hopefully, youll be able to fix the damaged drive and get your data back by following our advice, but we will also cover what you need to know about crashing without a backup and how to recover data from damaged hard disk or an external drive. This guide is also relevant if you have accidentally deleted a

Macworld Apples most affordable new laptop is a $999 MacBook Air. For a lot of people, thats still too expensive, especially when compared to Chromebooks and budget PCs. But Apple may finally be doing something about that. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo , Apple plans to release a brand-new MacBook model thats designed for the low-cost market. The laptop will not use an M-series chip, but an A18 Pro, the same chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro. Kuo believes it will have a 13-inch display and come

Macworld As a diehard Apple fan and a technology journalist, I try to refresh my gear every year or so to keep up with the latest features. However, while my three-year-old M2 MacBook Air could certainly use an upgradeand Ive got my eye on a new MacBook Pro its going to have to last for another year. Not only are the M5 MacBooks not expected to bring much in the way of new features, but Apple is reportedly set to kickstart a new era with the M6 MacBook Pro as soon as next year. Heres why Im wait

Macworld Thanks to the excellent quality of smartphone cameras these days, we take so many pictures when were on holiday, with friends, or just when we see something that we want to remember. Sadly, the results arent always as good as wed hope, and theres the problem of how you can easily share the images with your family or friends. Yes, there are plenty of photo-editing options around that can help fix the problems, but they can be expensive or have too many options and features for someone wh

Macworld Apple is expected to introduce noticeable changes to the iPhone this fall, especially with the Pro models. For the first time, the camera wont be confined to a square in the upper-left corner but will now stretch across the entire back of the device with the flash at the far right. For a company obsessed with symmetry and balance, that change will force another adjustment thats both visual and practical. According to leaker Majin Bu , Apple will reposition the Apple logo thats long been

Macworld As we keep warning prospective testers , Apples software betas are prone to bugs. Until a big software update is pushed live to the general publicand sometimes even beyond that pointit should be regarded as unfinished, flawed, and liable to go wrong in all sorts of unexpected ways. This particularly applies to a first developer beta, the most speculative and the least finished of an updates run; the one that has been subject to precisely zero testing in the real world outside Apples lab

Macworld I have long complained that, for all its impressive hardware and software technology, the Apple Vision Pro is thus far a failure mostly because Apple doesnt understand AR. Or Spatial Computing, or whatever it wants to call it. Thats been the case for two years, since the Vision Pro arrived in February 2024 and the first major update in visionOS 2. But based on what Apple showed of visionOS 26 at WWDC, I feel like the company is finally starting to understand what a spatial computing exp

Macworld In online publishing, as in Hollywood, nobody knows anything. Why did a dashed-off news story get vastly more traffic than a painstakingly honed opinion piece? Who can say. As flies to wanton boys are we to the algorithms; they kill us for their sport. Last weeks mystifying success (not that Im ungrateful, Google!) was a short article about a ringtone . In the first beta of iOS 26, testers discovered a new variant of the Reflection ringtone; in the second beta, this became a usable opti

Macworld Running Windows on a Mac isnt just for the brave anymoreits for the smart. Whether youre dual-booting with Boot Camp, running Parallels, or keeping a Windows environment handy for dev work or app testing, this bundle has you covered. Right now, you can get Microsoft Windows 11 Pro plus a training course for only $24.99 (reg. $237). Thats alifetime licensefor Windows 11 Pro (great for installing on a Mac via virtualization) and a self-paced course that helps you master its features, from

Macworld Writing a book can feel overwhelming, especially when youre staring down a blank page with no clear starting point, but AI can help. Youbooks is an AI-powered platform that helps you turn non-fiction ideas into professional, polished books in a fraction of the time it usually takes. With a lifetime subscription, you get ongoing access to tools that let you generate up to 300,000-word manuscripts tailored to your style, with real research and your own supporting materials built in. Its a