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• Sunday Reboot: Touch MacBook Pro's nice, but I want macOS on iPad

  11-10-2026 22:54 via appleinsider.com
  In this week's Sunday Reboot, the touch-enabled MacBook Pro looms, but the Mac-iPad divide still exists for some reason.
  Imagine the MacBook Pro, but with OLED and a touchable display.Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get next week underway with a good first step.
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• New joint filing shows Epic remains unhappy with Apple at every turn

  13-10-2026 01:19 via appleinsider.com
  In spite of Apple agreeing to everything Epic requested during discovery, Epic asserts that the company is attempting to artificially delay the litigation process.
  Epic vs. Apple continues its doom spiral ahead of Supreme Court decision
  It is anyone's guess how the Supreme Court might rule on whether Apple can be in violation of an injunction due to the "spirit of the law." In the meantime, Epic seems desperate to speed up discovery in light of this monumental decision.According to a joint filin
  
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• Apple trails Samsung as global smartphone shipments hit a 13-year low

  13-10-2026 00:02 via appleinsider.com
  While global smartphone shipments fell to their lowest quarterly level since Q3 2012, Apple and Samsung both managed to capture well over a fifth of the market.
  Apple's iPhone eats up more market share as global shipments fall
  Though it remains to be seen whether the iPhone 18 Pro will be as big of a success as Apple hopes, the company is seemingly moving in the right direction In its Q3 2026 financial report, Apple revealed that iPhone revenue rose to $54.25 billion, up 21.7% from $44.58 billio
  
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• New 'Remnants' immersive horror on Apple Vision Pro is terrifying

  12-10-2026 19:57 via appleinsider.com
  On October 16, Apple is releasing "Remnants" by writer and director Ti West on Apple Vision Pro. And, the company screened the jaunt inside Woldmere Castle for a select few and filmed the reactions in real time.
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• M5 Pro MacBook Pro vs Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra: Compared

  12-10-2026 19:22 via appleinsider.com
  The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra uses Nvidia graphics in a bid to take over from the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro as a productivity favorite. Here's how the two powerful notebooks compare.
  14-inch MacBook Pro [left] vs Surface Laptop Ultra [right]
  Microsoft's Surface line has always been in direct competition with Apple's MacBook and iPad lineup. While the main Surface range goes after the iPad Pro, the Surface Laptop takes on the MacBook Pro.In its late 2026 attempt against the MacBook Pro
  
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• iPhone Duo production orders up 30% says report that does math strangely

  12-10-2026 18:22 via appleinsider.com
  Yet another report from yet another source that has no real idea what Apple or its suppliers are doing, conflates parts orders with iPhone production. As before, this means nothing for iPhone demand.
  Apple's iPhone Duo is reportedly a hit, although it hasn't actually come out yet.
  As AppleInsider recently pointed out, and investment firm JP Morgan even more recently agreed, Apple has not cut orders for the iPhone 18 Pro. Now a new report says that it must have cut those orders, because it's rais
  
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• Beats meets Pokemon in an upcoming speaker collaboration

  12-10-2026 18:04 via appleinsider.com
  Gotta catch'em all! Beats has teased a new collaboration with Pokemon that looks like a new co-branded Beats Pill design.
  A still from a Beats-Pokemon promo clip - Image Credit: Beats/X
  Apple subsidiary Beats by Dre is no stranger to collaborations. They've worked with designers and stars like K-pop singer Jennie to brands like Nike. However, in its latest tease, it's going to be working with a heavyweight in kids entertainment.In a short clip posted to X, Beats proposes it's "Time to catch some
  
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• Apple's 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro plunges to $2,399 ($600 off)

  12-10-2026 17:15 via appleinsider.com
  Amazon has slashed Apple's 14-inch M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 2TB of storage to $2,399, a $600 discount.
  Save $600 on Apple's 2TB MacBook Pro - Image credit: Apple
  Amazon is clearing out MacBook Pro inventory this week, with a variety of deals that can save you up to $600. Today's markdown on Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro with 2TB of storage is especially enticing at $2,399.Buy 2TB MacBook Pro for $2,399
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• Exploring Apple's rumored LG partnership on Smart Home Insider

  12-10-2026 16:59 via appleinsider.com
  On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we dive deep into Apple's "Welcome Home" experience and its rumored partnership with LG.
  Smart Home Insider Podcast
  Guest host this week is once again Dan Turk, Vice President, Tech & Innovation at Max Borges Agency. Working closely with several smart home companies, he always has unique insight into the industry.The big news to kick off the episode is Apple's late-week confirmation of a "Welcome Home" experience, with selected press
  
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• Grab AirPods Max 2 for $429 ($120 off)

  12-10-2026 16:43 via appleinsider.com
  Save $120 on Apple's over-ear AirPods Max 2 headphones at Amazon today, with every color marked down to $429.
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• HomeView, OLED MacBook Pro & more: When Apple is shipping the rest of its 2026 hardware

  12-10-2026 16:36 via appleinsider.com
  Apple has yet to ship a lot of stuff that's expected in 2026. From the certain date for the iPhone Duo, through the expected ones for the HomeView, and on to the probable MacBook Pro, here's when to expect stuff in stores.
  Just some of the many Apple devices due shortly.
  Even before Apple formally announces its range of smart home devices, it has an unusual number of products expected to be released shortly. Here's what's coming plus when it is most likely to be announced and ship.
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• Just about all of 'No Man's Sky' is coming to iPhone and iPad

  12-10-2026 16:10 via appleinsider.com
  Hello Games is bringing "No Man's Sky" to iOS and iPadOS, with preorders for the mobile version starting ahead of its October 28 release date.
  No Man's Sky on iOS - Image Credit: Hello Games
  "No Man's Sky" is a game that has been around since August 2016, and only became available on Mac as recently as June 2023. Now, over a decade after the initial release, "No Man's Sky" is finally landing on iPhone and iPad.The sci-fi adventure game is set in a procedurally-generated universe, filled with cou
  
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• Endangered indigenous languages are being saved by the iPhone

  12-10-2026 15:07 via appleinsider.com
  Apple supports over 200 languages on the iPhone, but doing that takes years of continual effort and consultation with indigenous cultures around the world.
  Apple's iPhone supports over 200 languages.
  As far back as 2010,Apple has partnered with members of indigenous cultures to ensure that their languages were correctly supported on the iPhone. Apple even documented some of the process earlier in 2026.And as a new report in Wired details, there is so much more to it than adding a translation dic
  
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• Where Apple focused engineering so the iPhone Duo could have desktop-like performance

  12-10-2026 14:57 via appleinsider.com
  To make the iPhone Duo as thin as it is, Apple needed to make a lot of design choices to fend off heat. Here's what they did, how they did it, and where in the device the innovations live.
  iPhone Duo
  Folding devices like the iPhone Duo often raise engineering challenges due to their unique design. However, solving problems like making as thin a smartphone as possible can lead to the creation of others, such as keeping it cool.In an interview with PCMag, Apple's VP of silicon engineering Dan Murr
  
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• New Windows games play really well on M5 Max Mac Studio

  12-10-2026 14:48 via appleinsider.com
  Long-time modern Mac gaming enthusiast Andrew Tsai has documented how fast some modern Windows games like Gears of War E-Day run on a M5 Max Mac Studio, and how to get them going. While the setup method varies across the 17 games he tested in his latest video, we'll be talking about one of the tools, specifically (not)Proton, very soon.
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• How to set up your iPhone Duo pre-order to make checkout faster

  12-10-2026 13:53 via appleinsider.com
  While pre-orders for the iPhone Duo don't start until October 16, Apple will allow you to prepare on Monday. You'll need to as demand is expected to be high.
  You can "Get Ready" to pre-order the iPhone Duo starting October 12.
  It's usually the case that demand for a new iPhone is high enough that unless you're very fast, they go on backorder. You'll still get one, but it will be weeks later, sometimes months, so it helps to be as quick off the starting blocks as you can.This time, though, the ru
  
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• JP Morgan dismisses iPhone cuts report, hikes AAPL target to $360

  12-10-2026 13:29 via appleinsider.com
  Financial analysis firm JP Morgan has told investors to ignore reports of low iPhone 18 Pro demand and has raised its target price by $20 to $360.
  Demand for iPhone 18 Pro is not as low as other reports claim, say JP Morgan analysts
  Back in July 2026, JP Morgan lowered its target price to $340 on concerns about supply constraints. Now that there are reports of Apple cutting orders over low demand, though, the firm is raising its target and telling investors to look beyond the short term.Specific
  
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• Updated entry-level iPad won't arrive until early 2027

  11-10-2026 20:08 via appleinsider.com
  While there will probably be a launch of the OLED iPad mini in late October, users face a long wait until early 2027 before they get to see a revised base-model iPad.
  The current iPad 11
  Apple is poised to hold a pair of events in October, with the smart home-centric one confirmed for October 13. A second is apparently planned for October 27 for new Macs and the OLED iPad mini, but it may be a little light on other iPad models.In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman writes t
  
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• Tim Cook visits China for the third time in 2026

  11-10-2026 19:15 via appleinsider.com
  Apple executive chair Tim Cook has returned to China for the third time in 2026 alone, greasing the political wheels and insisting Apple wants to do more in the country.
  Apple executive chair Tim Cook - Image Credit: Apple
  While he is no longer CEO, Tim Cook's new role as executive chair allows him to speak on behalf of the company on a political level. While John Ternus settles into his CEO chair, Cook is continuing to glad-hand to help Apple grow.According to the South China Morning Post on Su
  
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• ADT rumored to handle installations in Apple's smart home push

  11-10-2026 17:52 via appleinsider.com
  Apple's smart home plans could involve yet another partner, with security company ADT potentially joining the roster alongside LG and Schneider Electric.
  ADT has been linked to Apple's smart home plans
  Since early October, the rumor mill has been rife with claims that Apple will be using companies like LG and Schneider to help its smart home revival effort. However, job listings indicate that there could be a third company that will lend a hand to Apple.Job listings for ADT have appeared across
  
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• There's a vibe-coded Adobe Creative Suite clone, and it's pretty good

  11-10-2026 17:09 via appleinsider.com
  Vibe-coded alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop and Premiere have been released. They may help Mac users save money, but there are some nuances to the situation.
  PhotoCraft by ArtCraft. Not Photoshop.AI has been a major driver of change in the software development landscape, and it may have claimed its biggest scalp. A group of vibe coders has decided to take on Adobe by coming up with their own alternatives.Released under the banner of ArtCraft, the releases on GitHub are
  
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• Unsurprisingly, the OLED iPad mini is going to be expensive

  11-10-2026 17:08 via appleinsider.com
  A new report on Sunday says that the new iPad mini will likely cost about $799, versus the current $599. Between RAM price increases, and a costly OLED screen that should come as a surprise to nobody at this point.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-10-11/apple-smart-home-launch-oct-13-plans-homeview-has-mid-november-release?srnd=undefined
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• New Apple TV might have microphones, HomePod will be unsurprising

  11-10-2026 16:35 via appleinsider.com
  While the HomeView home hub will be the headline device, Apple's "Welcome Home" event will finally debut the new Apple TV set-top box, and a refreshed HomePod mini.
  On October 13, 2026 Apple is expected to launch a major push into the smart home market with what's to be called the HomeView. Now Bloomberg claims that, as expected, there will be new versions of the HomePod mini and Apple TV.Specifically, the report backs up previous rumors regarding the HomePod mini refresh. It says that this will
  
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• Apple smart home control center is called 'HomeView'

  11-10-2026 16:16 via appleinsider.com
  Apple's new smart home controller is the HomeView, and while it's not shipping in October, you'll be able to get your hands on it before the end of 2026.
  An example of what the HomeView could look like.Over the last few months, rumors have intensified about a new smart home device Apple has been working on. With the October 13 event on the way and focused on smart home hardware, it's finally going to become a reality.Posted on Sunday in Bloomberg's "Power On" newsletter, Mark Gurman writes that
  
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• Amazon slashes $430 off 14-inch MacBook Pro M5 Pro, now $2,069

  10-10-2026 18:31 via appleinsider.com
  Early holiday deals are in effect at Amazon this weekend, with Apple's M5 Pro MacBook Pro dropping to $2,069 after a $430 discount. You can also save up to $600 on M5 Max models.
  Grab Amazon's M5 Pro MacBook Pro deal at $2,069 - Image credit: Apple
  In what is the lowest price seen since Apple raised prices on MacBooks in June 2026, Amazon's $2,069.10 deal for the current M5 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro is worth checking out. The standard configuration in Space Black has a 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU,
  
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• 30 old Intel Mac minis are hugely faster than the Cray-1 chassis they live in

  10-10-2026 17:53 via appleinsider.com
  It's not Xgrid, but a computing museum in Spain has recreated a Cray-1 supercomputer to a 1:1 scale, using a total of 30 Intel Mac minis to generate up to 1.5 teraflops of performance.
  A replica Cray-1 made with Mac minis - Image Credit: Museo de Historia de la Computacion/Facebook
  Sometimes, efforts to recreate famous old computer systems involve the use of more modern parts. In the case of one exhibit from the Museo de Historia de la Computacion in Spain, it's a visual replica of the Cray-1 su
  
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• iPhone Duo will greet some owners by name on its first boot

  10-10-2026 13:36 via appleinsider.com
  New owners of the iPhone Duo will get an extra treat if they buy it from an Apple Store, with the option to personalize the smartphone's boot-up screen to greet them by name.
  An open iPhone Duo
  The iPhone Duo will be available to the public from October 23, with preorders starting from October 12. However, for some customers who opt for the full in-store Apple purchase experience, they can get an extra bit of personalization.According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in an X post late on Friday, Apple
  
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• Redesign your new M6 Mac mini for 2026 with these colorful wraps

  09-10-2026 21:21 via appleinsider.com
  Apple's M6 Mac mini still comes only in silver, making vinyl skins an easy way to give the compact desktop a more personal look. Our favorites add style without bulk while helping protect the aluminum finish from everyday scratches and fingerprints.Mac mini
  A vinyl skin makes the most sense for anyone who wants to change the Mac mini's appearance while preserving its compact footprint. Unlike a case, a skin provides cosmetic protection rather than meaningful protection against drops.The 2026 Mac
  
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• Wean yourself off the Action Button before you get an iPhone Duo

  09-10-2026 20:35 via appleinsider.com
  The iPhone Duo more famously lacks Face ID, but it's also lost the Action Button. If that matters to you, it matters a lot, but there is something you can do.
  You don't know what you've got until it's gone. The iPhone Duo has no Action Button.
  Not to keep you hanging, the solution to losing the Action Button on the iPhone Duo is to create a near equivalent. You can replace one of the iPhone's regular lock screen icons with a control or a Shortcut that mimics the Action Button.True, the real Acti
  
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• My Apple TV 4K is now 'vintage,' and I'm ready for a new one

  09-10-2026 19:54 via appleinsider.com
  My 2017 Apple TV 4K is so old that it's now considered to be a vintage product, but that's fine, because there's a new model on the horizon with some features that I can't wait to try out.
  It's time for a new Apple TV 4K and a Siri Remote with buttons
  Apple routinely adds products to its vintage list when it last sold them more than five years ago, but less than seven years ago. It means that those products might be harder to get parts for, should a repair be needed.As of October 9, 2026, the 20
  
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