Category: ios

Apple Maps might finally get a much-requested feature in iOS 18

iOS updates usually bring a suite of new features to Apple’s hardware and first-party software – and one rumored upgrade coming with iOS 18 could be the Apple Maps feature you’ve been waiting for: custom routes. On other apps with custom routes, the feature allows users to specify which route…

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iOS 18 might break the iPhone’s iconic app grid, and it’s a change no one asked for

The iPhone and iOS are not messy. Throughout their nearly 20-year life they’ve embodied precision and consistency, with no design element left to chance. There’s never a detail unexplained or unaccounted for; and one thing you absolutely will not find, on either the phone itself or in its operating system,…

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A fake LastPass developer wizarded their way onto the App Store – but things could actually be far worse

People worry, and I know I’ve written about how Apple allowing side-loaded apps, as it’s about to do in Europe with iOS 17.4, could lead to dangerous malware-filled apps arriving on your best iPhone. But it turns out that Apple’s ironclad App Store checks and balances aren’t entirely perfect either.…

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Apple’s poison-pill approach to EU regulation might be the right thing to do

What if Apple is right about the App Store and its control of it? I’ve never wanted an open App Store. Side-loading apps onto my best iPhone struck me as the perfect way to infect or ruin them. Granted, I was not an iPhone jailbreak kind of guy. I’ve also…

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iOS 17.2 promises to fix your wonky Wi-Fi connection issues

Every iOS update comes with bug fixes attached, and iOS 17.2 is no different: currently in beta form, the upcoming software upgrade promises to fix Wi-Fi connectivity problems that have been troubling some iPhone owners. This comes from iClarified (via MacRumors): Apple has apparently confirmed to iClarified directly that several…

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Switching to an iPhone 15 from an older iPhone? Do this first and thank us later

If you bought an iPhone 15 series device today and you’ve been having trouble getting your phone set up, you’re not alone, but there’s good news. Apple has issued its first software update for iOS 17, and it fixes problems with the iPhone 15 transferring data from older devices.  If…

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