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• Owning an Apple Home: Robots, maintenance, and chores

  12-06-2026 21:31 via appleinsider.com
  
  Whether you rent or own, there are some chores you have to complete on a near-constant basis. The good news is, you can get some help from robots and apps in your Apple Home.
  Get a little help in your smart home from some robots and tech solutions
  I'm a firm believer in optimizing when possible. If a robot, machine, or gadget exists to speed up or even remove the need for certain tasks, I'm going to implement it.While we're still waiting on a robot that can fold your laundry and put it away, the
  
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• How to use Visual Intelligence on macOS Golden Gate, and when it's worth it

  12-06-2026 19:26 via appleinsider.com
  Apple has finally brought Visual Intelligence to the Mac with macOS Golden Gate, and it is a boon when it works. Here's how to get started.
  You can select a region on your Mac's screen and if it shows food, you can get nutrition details - image credit: Apple
  I admit I have sometimes taken a photo of my Mac's screen and used Visual Intelligence on my iPhone to find out what I'm looking at. But as of macOS Golden Gate, I no longer need to do that because the Mac has Visual Intelligence built in.Ap
  
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• Apple Vision Pro helped Disney re-engineer a classic EPCOT ride

  12-06-2026 18:58 via appleinsider.com
  
  Just in time for America's 250th anniversary, Disney Imagineers tapped Apple Vision Pro to help give one of their most iconic flight rides a patriotic makeover.
  A Disney audio engineer wears the Apple Vision Pro
  Disney has shared a brand-new behind-the-scenes video as part of the Disney Unscripted series on YouTube. This time, the company shows off what it takes to revamp one of its existing attractions.The attraction in question is "Soarin', at EPCOT, which has been rebranded to "Soarin' Across
  
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• Your ChatGPT Mac app will stop working tonight if you haven't updated it recently

  12-06-2026 17:22 via appleinsider.com
  
  OpenAI is forcing Mac users to update ChatGPT and other desktop apps, after a supply chain attack exposed signing certificates that Apple's security systems use to verify trusted software.OpenAI is forcing Mac users to update ChatGPT
  The company disclosed the incident on May 13 and confirmed malware linked to the "Mini Shai-Hulud" attack infected two employee devices through the TanStack npm ecosystem. Investigators identified unauthorized access activity in a limited set of internal source code
  
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• How and when macOS will finally stop support for Intel apps

  12-06-2026 17:13 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's forthcoming macOS 27 doesn't run on Intel Macs at all, and that's just the beginning of a timeline that will complete a years-long transition to Apple Silicon. Here's what to expect, and when.
  Running Intel apps on Macs will soon be a thing of the past
  When Apple unveiled macOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 opening keynote, it put into motion its previously announced plan for the end of Intel Macs. Not only will the update not support any Intel Macs, but it also removes the Rosetta 2 translati
  
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• Apple and the American Academy of Pediatrics have a plan to teach healthy digital habits to kids

  12-06-2026 16:24 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple is gearing up to release new child safety tools in iOS 27. Here's a look at what the science behind the guidelines says.
  The science behind keeping kids safe online | Image credit: Apple
  During the WWDC 2026 keynote, Apple announced that it would release expanded parental controls for Child Accounts. These tools have been designed to help parents manage how a young person interfaces with a device.The controls range from content blocking to encouraging healthier browsing habits. These guide
  
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• WWDC, Siri AI, and all of Apple's platforms, on the AppleInsider Podcast

  12-06-2026 15:47 via appleinsider.com
  
  Finally, we know details about iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS Golden Gate, and more. There is still so much more to discover, especially now that we're diving into the betas on the AppleInsider Podcast.
  Craig Federighi starts to introduce macOS Golden Gate - image credit: Apple
  As Apple's WWDC week draws to its close, we're still digesting everything that was announced in its opening keynote. Plus one of your hosts has installed all of the betas.Tune in to find out whether he manages to make an appear
  
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• All the Liquid Glass design fixes are in Apple's new Design Resources documents

  12-06-2026 14:06 via appleinsider.com
  
  Developers looking to see just how much design work they have to do to match the revised Liquid Glass with its new app icons, can see every detail in Apple's updated resources library.
  Every detail of, in this case, the look of macOS Golden Gate is now available for developers to emulate - image credit: Apple
  Just as it did in 2025 with the launch of Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe, Apple has now published a comprehensive set of design resources for its main platform updates. Developers can see and
  
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• macOS Golden Gate beta review: it's nothing without Siri AI

  12-06-2026 13:25 via appleinsider.com
  
  Thank goodness for Siri AI, because if the only updates with macOS Golden Gate were the other ones shown at WWDC, this would be the weakest release in history.
  Apple's macOS Golden Gate really only brings one new feature to the Mac, but it's the mostly superb Siri AI.
  As it is, the new macOS Golden Gate is a significant and even dramatic update, but solely because of how useful Siri AI is. True, there is more to the update than Apple said, but all it mentioned was a Liquid Glass refinement, impr
  
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• Save $300 on Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM this weekend

  12-06-2026 09:43 via appleinsider.com
  
  Save $300 on Apple's 2026 14-inch MacBook Pro with an upgrade to the M5 Pro 18C CPU/20C GPU chip and boost to 48GB RAM. This flash deal ends Sunday.
  Save $300 on Apple's latest MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM this weekend - Image credit: Apple
  Despite being released only three months ago, Apple's M5 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro is already marked down heavily during B&H's weekend sale. Save $300 on this M5 Pro model that has an 18-core CPU/20-core GPU chip, an upgrade from the standard 15-core CPU/16-co
  
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• CrossOver, a Windows to Mac gaming tool, goes Apple Silicon only

  12-06-2026 00:23 via appleinsider.com
  
  If you're a CrossOver user on Intel or use 32-bit gaming bottles, your time is up with version 27. 64-bit bottles and Apple Silicon are now required.
  CrossOver is going Apple Silicon only
  Gaming on Mac has always been a bit of a wasteland, but that doesn't stop some folks from trying. The CrossOver app for Mac brings Windows games to the platform, and it gets better with each update.However, the latest update, CrossOver 27, will have to make some sacrifices to make development a little more stre
  
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