By William Gallagher The Reduce Interruptions Focus Mode aims to use Apple Intelligence to prioritize notifications to cut them down, yet not have you miss anything important. Here’s how to use it.The Reduce Notifications Focus ModeA strength of Apple Intelligence is that rather than some separate ChatGPT-like app, its features are woven into all aspects of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. But that also makes it confusing when Apple promotes some feature but doesn’t say where it fits.”For example,” said Craig Federighi at the WWDC 2024 launch, “your iPhone can prioritize your notifications to minimize unnecessary distractions while ensuring you don’t miss something important.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Mike Wuerthele If you have a lot of hard drives to connect to your Mac, the TerraMaster D9-320 will get you there, with good price to performance.TerraMaster D9-320Cloud storage has done something funny to local storage. All the tech giants are happy to sell you Internet based storage relatively inexpensively, which has led to Apple’s hardware having smaller internal storage now than it did in the shift to SSD as a main storage medium about a decade ago.Even now, though, some jobs just need dozens of terabytes accessible at decent speeds, cost-effectively. There is exactly one Mac tower these days that can hold hard drives internally, and doing it with the Mac Pro is not easy like it was with the first five Intel Mac Pro towers, nor is it inexpensive. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Andrew Orr Apple dodged part of a class-action lawsuit accusing it of hiding sound issues in the first AirPods Pro, but the fight over crackling audio isn’t over yet.Apple deals with an AirPods Pro lawsuitOn October 29, U.S. District Judge Noel Wise in San Jose agreed with Apple on some claims and threw out others. The judge said the people suing didn’t give enough detail to back up certain parts of their case.Judge Wise dropped the claim that Apple made unfair profits but let the rest of the case move forward. Customers can still argue that Apple kept quiet about sound issues in the first AirPods Pro. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen Apple has joined the advisory board of The Game Awards, which makes sense as the iPhone App Store is a dominant force in the world’s gaming market.The Game Awards award – Image Credit: The Game AwardsThe Game Awards are the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars for interactive entertainment, and is advised by many major companies in the field. Apple now counts as one of its advisors.In a change to the website for The Game Awards, spotted by VGC, Apple is now listed as one of its Advisory Board. The aim of the board is to help “guide and advance the mission of the Game Awards.” Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Andrew Orr It’s not about the iPhone 17 this time — Bank of America Securities has confidence that new products will power growth through the end of the decade, and has dramatically hiked their Apple stock target.Bank of America is optimistic about Apple’s futureBank of America’s October 29 report raised Apple’s price target to $320 from $270, maintaining a Buy rating and confidence in the company’s long-term strategy. The firm’s five-year forecast through 2030 projects steady growth fueled by Apple’s AI ambitions and expanding services business.The analysts highlighted Apple’s ecosystem, brand, and installed base as key advantages. These factors are expected to support durable earnings growth. The analysis looks at Apple’s revenue and operating margins across products and services. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Malcolm Owen Apple device management platform Jamf is becoming a private company, following a $2.2 billion deal with investment firm Francisco Partners.Jamf logoAn deal has been struck between Apple device management service Jamf and private equity firm Francisco Partners. Confirmed on Wednesday after some details of the deal leaked to Reuters, the agreement sees Jamf become a privately-owned company, instead of a public one.The stock market responded to the news by raising Jamf’s share price up by over 15% in premarket trading. The offer price is $13.05 per share, which is a premium of 24% on Jamf’s September 11 closing price. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher Apple’s iOS Family Sharing is meant to be a boon for protecting children and managing app purchases, but for one broken family it was turned against them. Unless Apple makes changes, there’s not much that can be done about it.Apple’s Family Sharing — image credit: AppleApple launched Family Sharing in 2014, and alongside Parental Controls, it’s all about protecting children and overseeing their use of devices. According to Wired, however, the stringent controls Apple imposes also enables potentially serious problems.An anonymous woman referred to as Kate, has recounted how Family Sharing was used against her when she separated from her husband. Her ex was the organizer of their Family Sharing group, and refused to remove their children from it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen Apple has always used the tools it has at its disposal to influence EU politics, and it was not afraid to spend a record amount of its cash for lobbying officials in 2025 — but it is not the leader amongst big tech in that regard.EU flags – Image Credit: European UnionApple faces a lot of criticism and regulations around the world. Like other companies, it wants to have rules to either work on its behalf or be at least tolerable.Also like other major organizations, it lobbies lawmakers and officials, all in a bid to massage upcoming laws and regulations more to its liking. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By William Gallagher A new Apple research paper argues that AI imaging editors are currently trained on inadequate image sets — so Apple Intelligence researchers have released an improved one.Apple Intelligence is just fine for what it isDespite the continual presumption that Apple is behind the industry in AI, it keeps publishing comprehensive research papers on the subject. In 2025 alone, it’s most significant studies have covered how AI cannot reason, but can uncover bugs in code.Now the researchers have published “Pico-Banana-400K: A Large-Scale Dataset for Text-Guided Image Editing.” It’s explicitly concerned with how to better train AI systems to edit images following text prompts. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
By Brian Patterson While the KiiBoom Cybrix 29 is effectively half a keyboard, it’s still extremely useful for Mac owners as a macropad for shortcuts — or for gaming.KiiBoom Cybrix 29 ReviewIn the world of third-party keyboards, it can be easy to get lost in the ocean of options, designs, and layouts. Every manufacturer is fighting tooth and nail to catch your eye and your dollars with their next big thing.It is a consumer market, and we have never been more spoiled for choice. But in the wave of products and noise, some manufacturers choose to step outside of the norm, delivering products that appeal specifically to gamers and niche needs consumers. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
