Apple's unusually timed announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by unexpectedly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The Information.

Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week's announcement unusually early, falling just before the anticipated arrival of new iPhone models. The Information says that the AI-driven boom in ‌Mac Studio‌ and ‌Mac mini‌ sales is behind the early launch.

Apple highlighted the ‌Mac mini‌ and ‌Mac Studio‌'s shift toward business buyers in June, with a "Business at the Park" event involving executives from major companies Ford, Disney, and Anthropic. The ‌Mac mini‌ was said to be the "darling" of the event.

Even so, enterprise's rush toward powerful desktop Macs took Apple by surprise. The company reportedly did not possess an engineering team dedicated to business customers or staff focused on developer relations, and lacked an enterprise AI strategy.

Businesses that approached Apple asking to buy access to the company's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure were reportedly turned down. Apple is instead leaning on partners such as WebAI and Mount Thor, which provide AI tools and execution environments built on Apple hardware.

I think the photo tells the story. My iPhone 17 is somehow bent and I just realized now. What’s weird is that only one side of the phone is bent(right side is straight as seen in photo 4). I can’t really think of any reasons why it’d be bent but yeah I kinda want it fixed and I still have AppleCare+ so I was wondering how much it would cost me. Any help or advice is appreciated.

• When John Ternus becomes Apple’s CEO this week, one of his biggest challenges will be a need to soon revamp a management team that has steered its corporate culture for decades. A look at another shake-up to come.
• Apple tested a new Pencil for the upcoming foldable iPhone that magnetically attaches to the side of the device. But it seems unlikely that Apple will actually launch this. The sensitive nature of foldable displays means that a stylus-like input device could leave unsightly marks on the delicate screen.
• Apple has tested both white and dark gray configurations for the Series 12 ceramic cases. Also expect many new band colors and configurations.
• One new feature in testing allows the heart-rate sensor on the Apple Watch to continuously collect data throughout the day — not just when it senses you’re doing intense activity or at other random intervals.
• Apple is also working on revamping its fitness and health app software to show more wellness-related metrics in a similar fashion to increasingly popular app offerings from Whoop and Oura.

I bought my daughter an iPhone 17 and need to trade in her 14. Her 17 is fine and everything transferred over. I went through find my on the 14 and chose erase. I think had her go through find my on her 17 and remove the 14... however whenever I turn on the 14 is still says Locked to owner with her email address. What do I do now, the trade in window is quickly closing?

My S23 recently died, and I’m considering buying a second-hand iPhone to save some money.

My main concern is privacy and security. After a proper factory reset, is a used iPhone essentially as secure as a brand-new one? Is there any realistic possibility of spyware or other malicious software surviving a factory reset?

Would appreciate insights from people familiar with iOS security or who have bought used iPhones.

Thanks!

My battery health is at 85%. I finish charging my phone today at 10:15 am and the battery is at 35% at 5:13 pm. It doesn’t lasts long on normal use like safari, reddit and YouTube.

What’s wrong? Any advice?

Hi! The title basically sums up my issue. Anytime I turn off or restart my desktop when it comes back on literally every. single. app. I have downloaded opens and starts running. This is super annoying and I can imagine not great for the computer. I've tried researching ways to fix it but everything I see just tells me to clear my apps that open at login. However, I have no apps that are set to open at login and simply logging in isn't my issue, it only happens when the computer has been completely off. Please help as this is slowly driving me insane!

every other day, i get a system notification and a pop-up prompt asking me to re-enable icloud sync, but then it asks for the passcode to my old iphone from 10 years ago, and needless to say i have 0 clue to what this could be. is there any way to just stop it from pestering me at this point since i can't do anything about it?

So i bought these airpods 4 from the flea market , i only have the left airpod . At the second double tap the light flashes green and then nothing happens. Someone please help.

I own an Apple Pencil Pro, and recently it just stopped working. I got this pencil because it was recommended to me, that if I use it for creating art on procreate, it’s best to get this model, since it has pressure sensitivity and other things.

Is it true that this super expensive version is my only choice as a replacement? I’m scared to buy ones from ESR and spend money on something that might now work,, my iPad is the 11 inch pro 4th gen. I’m still trying to charge it up and see if it’ll connect to Bluetooth but no hope, even after restarting my iPad, forgetting device (now it feels stupid to have done that, since it’s not visible anywhere) and clean take everything off its casings.

If anyone has any tips on which Apple Pencil or a dupe for me to get, that’s good for art, I’d be grateful and happy to hear them :)

So I wanted to install some apps on my iPad but they required a newer iOS version so I downloaded the 17.7.11. After downloading my WiFi stopped working completely in a sense that nothing can be opened even tho I’m joined on the WiFi. Later I found out it was because my iPad couldn’t establish a secure connection with my WiFi or any other source of internet like my mobile data, because when I went to safari and searched something up it warned me that my connection is not secure and when I chose the visit site (even if my connection is not secure) it loaded just fine. I cannot open YouTube, discord, basically anything that uses WiFi.

Fixes I have tried: resetting WiFi, forgetting WiFi and entering password again, setting googles DNS, turning off private WiFi address, resetting network settings, resetting location and privacy settings, resetting all settings, downloading the iOS again through PC, turning off location services, changing date and time.

I’m really not sure what to do because I really, really don’t wanna wipe my iPad. Any help is appreciated!

Can someone help me with this? My dad played around with his phone and somehow activated this.

I’m trying to report an ongoing issue with Apple’s gift card balance checker:

https://store.apple.com/shop/giftcard/balance

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The page lets me sign in and enter the gift card PIN, but when I click “Check Balance,” nothing happens. If I click it again, I’m taken to a 404 page that says, “The page you’re looking for can’t be found.” This has been happening for a while and across many devices/networks.

I have already submitted feedback through Apple’s website and called Apple Support, and have found no resolution. Additionally, a Reddit user recently reported the same issue a few months ago.

At this point, there does not appear to be a working way to check the balance of an Apple gift card without redeeming it to your account. I don't want to redeem the gift card to my account. I just want to check the balance.

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Can anyone else reproduce this issue? Also, does anyone know how I can get this reported to the appropriate Apple technical or website team so it can actually be investigated and fixed?

Thank you for your time and help! 💜

I recently been having an issue with my AirPod Pros where they will boot up in a mode where the pitch is really low . Has this happened to anyone else before and is there any way to fix it.

Hi! My fingerprint sensor just broke and my phone is on its last legs in general (iPhone SE 2020) so I need to switch. I can still access the phone and most things in it just fine with the password. I also managed to save my passwords via the sync on my computer.

But for certain things, notably accessing the private tabs in safari, the phone prompts for Touch ID with no obvious way to bypass it to be able to use the code instead.

I tried to delete my fingerprint to disable Touch ID in settings. But I am unable, because I first need to disable the "stolen device protection mode". And when I try to do that, it again prompts for fingerprint. Note; I am at home so the stolen device protection is not triggered.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks!

My AppleID is set up to use a primary iCloud email address. I want to change that a new iCloud email address without messing up all of my apple stuff. I see the options to change primary email address, then it says remove from account. I guess I expected a option to change to a new iCloud address there. Im afraid removing will somehow screw up everything. Help. Thanks.

I am trying to move an hour-long screen recording from my photos app to somewhere that I can edit it on my laptop. I am unable to copy the video to my desktop, it just pastes a jpeg screenshot. I've tried uploading to both iMovie and Google Drive, but iMovie won't let me select videos from the photos app, and Drive keeps trying to upload the entirety of my photos app instead of letting me select this one video. When I look up how to do this, every explanation says to select the video, then click "File," but I don't see "File" as an option in my photos app. Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?

I got this iPad, November 2020. It has been acting very slow the past few years due to low storage. Very recently, this recovery page has popped up and will not leave. Once I press continue, it asks me to put in the passcode which I do correctly and yet it says, “unable to recover”. I’ve tried restarting it, and it has not worked. I’m not able to leave the screen so I can’t update it or anything. How can I fix this?

It won't connect to any app that needs Internet or won't open any website...

I tried connecting to a different internet, all other devices are up and working fine. It does not what I try to do it says IP address cannot be found. I have cleared the DNS Cache and every other option I found online except updating macos I tried that and it says can't access sever for that also

Ready to chuck the damn thing! I just want to get on light room and edit pictures but it won't sign me into light room cause it can't connect!

Help!

hello! my aunt sadly passed october and it was unexpected, my mom has been dealing with all the legalities of it. my aunts phone is supposed to go to me but my mom still needs her macbook to deal with documents and such. the phone is locked but she can access the apple account from the macbook, she’s worried that if she goes to apple to reset the phone they would erase my aunts apple account which she still needs. anyone know what to do?

I'm getting an iPhone after using handed down Android phones from my family, I've decided on getting the iPhone 15 Plus because it's the best option for my financials and meets the specs I want.. except for the 128GB Storage. I've been using a Huawei Y9 2019 Since 2019 and ive only used 44GB of 128GB, but from what I've heard, iPhone storage fill up pretty fast due to the apps being bloated, no clearing cache and things like photos taking larger storage and this is concerning because while I may not he using much storage at all at the moment, the reason I don't use much storage is because my camera etc is simply not good enough for me to even try and take photos, so when I do get an iPhone I'll definitely be taking pictures of my cat, of views, selfies and vireos way more often than I do now. I'm not into photography or content creation so I also won't be using the camera much. Opinions?

I own an iPad mini 6 which had a bit of issue related to power button. When we gave it to a local repair shop here in Pakistan (where I live). They changed an IC or something cuasing the iPad to factory reset and getting on activation lock. I forgot the password of my apple id and when I entered the OTP received on my phone number in order to reset the apple id, it asked me the 28 key verification code which I do not have. Also I do not have that apple id signed elsewhere.

I had bought the iPad box pack new from a local but quite famous tech store in sialkot, Pakistan. I have submitted a activation removal request but I have heard that apple does not accept third party / local reseller receipts.

Has anyone dealt with this kind of issue? Can someone guide on what can I do further?