Lock Screen customization in iOS 26 is both stretchy and 3D

The iOS 26 Lock Screen uses Spatial Photos for wallpapers and lets you stretch the clock using Liquid Glass. It's a big change, and a welcome one.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 0

Preview for iPadOS 26 vs macOS Tahoe: Finally a good native PDF tool on iPad

As part of making the iPad as powerful as the Mac, Apple has migrated Preview to iPadOS. Here's how it stands in iPadOS 26 versus macOS Tahoe.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 8

Photos in iOS 26 brings back tabs and generates Spatial Photos

Apple has made the Photos app less of a mess in iOS 26, with iPhone users also able to convert 2D images into Spatial Photos from their device.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 1

Markdown and Menu Bars: How Apple Notes on iPadOS 26 has matured

Apple Notes on iPadOS 26 is now even more powerful, thanks to the addition of transcripts of call recordings, exporting as a markdown file, and the new menubar.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 4

macOS 26 Phone app will eventually combine iPhone calls & desktop seamlessly

Apple's Phone app for macOS 26 means you don't need to pick up your iPhone to take a phone call while you're hard at work on your Mac. Here's how it works, and what it looks like in action.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 9

New Apple Design Resources helps Liquid Glass app development for iOS 26, macOS Tahoe

Apple has released new design resources following the introduction of its new operating systems, helping app developers work on the appearance of apps for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 1

Xcode 26 beta code hints at cheaper Apple Vision Pro model

Alongside iOS 26 and Apple's other next-gen operating systems, WWDC saw the debut of Xcode 26, which contains references to an unreleased Apple Vision Pro model.

Marko Zivkovic 1 year ago 4

New media format in visionOS 26 will bring lots more video to Apple Vision Pro

The new Apple Projected Media Profile expands what video formats work with visionOS, increasing the content library and making inbound headset releases more attractive to consumers.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 0

Camera app in iOS 26 goes all-out to woo content creators

The iOS 26 Camera app overhaul is one for content creators, simultaneously streamlining the UI while also making managing formats and resolutions less frustrating.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 0

iOS 26 vs iOS 18: Is Apple's 'Liquid Glass' a true redesign?

With iOS 26, Apple unveiled a unified design language with translucent elements that mimic the look of real-world glass. Here's how it compares to iOS 18.

Marko Zivkovic 1 year ago 44

Time Machine's Time Capsule support ends with macOS 27

It's not just Intel code — after a period of undeath, Time Capsule's time is coming, with Apple cutting off support for Time Machine backups using the hardware in macOS 27.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 17

How the new iPadOS 26 UI moving closer to Mac is a giant productivity boost

Apple's additions of dots and a Menu Bar to iPadOS 26 is quite Mac-like, but makes the iPad a multitasking powerhouse. Here's why.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 8

Passthrough audio is finally on the way to Apple TV, iPhone, and more

We've confirmed at WWDC that tvOS 26 is getting passthrough audio, which could allow a higher quality listening experience by disabling audio preprocessing on the Apple TV hardware, before hand-off to a sound system.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 26

iOS 26 iPhone battery overhaul: Trends and Adaptive Power

Apple has made big changes to iPhone battery management in iOS 26, with Adaptive Power, as well as a shakeup to make it more user-friendly. Here's how it works.

Malcolm Owen 1 year ago 1

iPadOS 26 fixes nearly everything wrong with the platform after everyone already left

It's been a rough decade for iPad users as promises of the future of computing kept arriving at unintuitive windowing interfaces and a broken file system, but iPadOS 26 checks nearly every box. Will it matter?

Wesley Hilliard 1 year ago 22

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