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The Mac Observer, publishing Apple-related news, tips, podcasts, reviews, and analysis since 1998 (and was Webintosh before that!). All are welcome.

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Apple spent all of macOS 26 cramming tiny icons into every menu item, got roasted by designers for making everything look like a kids' toy, and now they're quietly removing most of them in 27. macobserver.com/news/macos-2…
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macOS 27 is the first version that literally cannot run on Intel Macs. Your 2019 Mac Pro cost $6,000 and Apple just declared it obsolete. macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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Your 2019 Mac Pro cost $6,000 and Apple just declared it obsolete. Meanwhile the M1 MacBook Air from 2020 gets five more years of updates. macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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Apple just gave you a countdown timer for when your favorite old apps die. New settings panel shows exactly which Intel apps will stop working in macOS 28. macobserver.com/tips/how-to/…
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Four years in, Apple is finally telling you which of your apps are dead men walking when macOS 28 kills Rosetta 2. macobserver.com/tips/how-to/…
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Vision Pro gets 10 new features in visionOS 27 but Apple barely mentioned it at WWDC. When your $3,500 headset becomes a footnote at your own developer conference. macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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Apple had to surgically remove specific audio frequencies from their own keynote so Siri wouldn't interrupt the Siri demo. Peak tech company problems. macobserver.com/news/apple-e…
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Apple had to surgically remove specific frequencies from their own keynote so Siri wouldn't interrupt the Siri demo. Even they can't control when it activates. macobserver.com/news/apple-e…
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Apple's naming their OS versions like it's 2031 but Siri still can't remember what you talked about five minutes ago without a dedicated conversation app macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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Took Apple 17 years to put a level tool one tap away in the Camera app. Pro photographers have been holding their $1200 phones up to actual bubble levels this whole time. macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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iOS 27 finally puts camera controls where your thumb can reach them instead of buried three menus deep. Only took 17 years to figure out photographers don't want to pause mid-shoot to find the level tool. macobserver.com/tips/round-u…
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Apple just forced every developer who spent years integrating SiriKit to start over with App Intents. The new Siri works great, but your favorite apps won't until devs rebuild everything from scratch. macobserver.com/news/apple-j…
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Two AI models lasted exactly three days before the government pulled the plug for national security reasons. Anthropic thinks it's because someone figured out how to jailbreak one of them but the feds won't say. macobserver.com/news/anthrop…
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They're teaching every iPhone app to work sideways right before launching a phone that folds in half. The timing feels intentional. macobserver.com/news/ios-27s…
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Federighi spent five minutes dunking on competitors for "chasing AI blindly" then unveiled Siri AI that still can't set two timers at once. macobserver.com/news/apple-s…
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This is the third time Congress has tried to stop Apple from burying competing apps in search results. At some point you have to wonder if lawmakers enjoy the performance more than actually passing anything. macobserver.com/news/us-lawm…
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The iPhone 15 base model didn't make the cut but the three-year-old iPhone 16e did. Apple's AI compatibility list reads like they threw darts at a device chart. macobserver.com/news/siri-ai…
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Federighi had to explicitly clarify that Siri won't be your AI girlfriend because apparently that's where we are as a society now. macobserver.com/news/apple-e…
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Apple spent a decade insisting touchscreen laptops were dumb while everyone else made them. Now they're "100% confirmed" to ship one because Samsung is already making the displays. macobserver.com/news/new-lea…
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iOS 27 lets you tap phones to share your email instead of spelling it out letter by letter to a teenager at checkout. Finally, technology solving the problems that matter. macobserver.com/news/new-tap…
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