iPhone apps integrating Google Analytics for Firebase briefly crashed on Monday due to an issue with the analytics platform that has since been resolved. Affected apps should no longer crash, with no action required from developers. Although the problem started shortly after Apple released iOS 27.0.1, the timing was coincidental because apps were also crashing…
Apple will soon announce a brand new operating system Apple is developing an entirely new operating system that is essentially a mix of tvOS, watchOS and iOS, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman reiterated that the operating system will feature a grid of customizable app icons, widgets, and clock…
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 2:27 p.m. PDT by Juli Clover In the mid-1990s, Apple worked on an operating system called Copland, which was announced but never released due to project management issues and feature creep. Parts of Copland were eventually included in Mac OS 7.6 and Mac OS 8, but it was so problematic as…
Apple’s new texture and grain controls for Photographic Styles are not available on iPhones other than the latest iPhone 18 Pro models and the upcoming iPhone Duo, despite the company’s original wording suggesting otherwise. When Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max earlier this month, its press release said the new…
A supposed Geekbench result for an unreleased M6 Pro chip surfaced this week, but it’s likely false. Geekbench creator John Poole informed Woozad that it discovered “internal inconsistencies” that lead it to believe the M6 Pro result might not be legitimate. BloombergMark Gurman of Mark Gurman previously reported that Apple plans to skip the M6…
“Design the Next iPhone,” an interactive website from developer Neal Agarwal, allows users to control the appearance of a virtual iPhone, including the ability to combine conventional smartphone components with deliberately impractical accessories. The interactive tool starts with a bare iPhone model that can rotate in 3D, with users able to drag and drop components…
iPhone 18 Pro models support Apple Reference Image, a way to verify that a photo was taken with an iPhone and hasn’t been edited. Apple says it’s a method of proving that something actually happened and wasn’t generated by AI, likening the feature to a digital film negative. Apple Reference Image provides a reliable, scalable…
12 years ago today, Apple published a web page with one goal: to make a U2 album disappear. On September 9, 2014, during Apple’s iPhone 6 event, Tim Cook revealed that “Songs of Innocence” would be offered free to every iTunes customer. The album was tied directly to accounts, and devices set to “auto-download” got…
The popular Mac app AppZapper was revamped today with a new design, updated features, and a new name. AppZapper 3000 provides a quick way to remove Mac apps and their associated files. AppZapper requires full disk access permission to search files on the Mac. Once installed, you can drag and drop an app into AppZapper,…
The first iPod touch went on sale on September 14, 2007, nine days after Steve Jobs unveiled it at Apple’s “The Beat Goes On” media event. The device introduced the iPhone’s multi-touch interface, Wi-Fi and Safari browser to the iPod line for the first time, but it lacked cell phone features and a camera. The…