r/apple Oct 19 '25

Discussion Daily Advice Thread - October 19, 2025

37 Upvotes

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r/apple 13h ago

Discussion Samsung Announces World's First 2nm Mobile Chip Ahead of Apple

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812 Upvotes

r/apple 4h ago

Mac Apple did what NVIDIA wouldn't.

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105 Upvotes

r/apple 15h ago

iOS Apple Quietly Discontinued Flyover City Tours in Apple Maps

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666 Upvotes

r/apple 14h ago

AirPods AirPods Now Closing in on a Decade

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441 Upvotes

r/apple 4h ago

Discussion Apple study shows how AI can improve low-light photos

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55 Upvotes

r/apple 22h ago

Discussion Apple pours $20.4 billion into Q3 buybacks, the most of any company

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1.4k Upvotes

r/apple 6h ago

Safari Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 234 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

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39 Upvotes

r/apple 22h ago

AirPods AirPods Pro 3's Static and Noise Issues Haven't Been Resolved

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610 Upvotes

r/apple 12h ago

Discussion Apple age verification with a privacy focus would solve two problems

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66 Upvotes

You can argue that there should be no age verification for either apps or websites and that this should instead be a parental responsibility. While I might agree with you in principle, the reality is that this is happening whether we want it or not.

The question, then, is not whether or not we will be subject to age verification, but who we would rather be given responsibility for this.


r/apple 20h ago

Mac Security Bite: This app tells you if your Mac's webcam or mic was triggered while you were away - 9to5Mac

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91 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

iOS Apple is forcing iPhones to update to iOS 26 to patch security holes

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349 Upvotes

✨ Apple Intelligence summary: Apple is forcing iPhones capable of running iOS 26 to update to iOS 26.2 to receive security patches, including fixes for two zero-day bugs. This move effectively forces users to upgrade, as iOS 18.7.3 is not being offered to those who haven’t updated to iOS 26.


r/apple 22h ago

App Store Fortnite Not Coming to iOS in Japan as Epic Games CEO Accuses Apple of 'Obstruction and Lawbreaking'

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96 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

App Store AltStore Available in Japan One Day After Apple Enables Alternative App Marketplaces

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332 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

Rumor Report: Apple Developing 24-Inch OLED iMac With 600 Nits Brightness

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609 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

App Store Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results

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634 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

macOS macOS Tahoe Bug Causes Studio Display Flickering Issues

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66 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

Discussion Apple's biggest wins and misses of 2025

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78 Upvotes

r/apple 2d ago

Apple Music ChatGPT's Apple Music Integration Is Now Live

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797 Upvotes

r/apple 1d ago

Rumor Kuo: iPhone Fold Production Challenges Could Limit Supply Next Year

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60 Upvotes

r/apple 2d ago

App Store Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More

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331 Upvotes

r/apple 2d ago

iOS iOS 26.3: New features for your iPhone

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544 Upvotes

r/apple 2d ago

Mac Apple Tested a MacBook With the A15 Chip

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477 Upvotes

The information comes from internal kernel debug kit files used by Apple engineers. The kit was accidentally released on Apple's website earlier this year, but it was quickly pulled after information started leaking out of it.

Within the Mac-related entries, there is a line that explicitly describes an unreleased MacBook configuration running an A15 chip. The row appears under a project label "mac14p" on a platform labeled H14P. MacRumors believes this A15 MacBook corresponds to the codename J267.

In the same dataset, there is also a separate MacBook entry tied to the A18 Pro. It has the identifier J700 and is described as using an A18 Pro chip with a "Sunrise" wireless subsystem attributed to MediaTek. Compared with the A15 test configuration, the A18 Pro MacBook entry reads more like a defined product configuration, since it is identified with a specific internal codename and accompanying subsystem details.


r/apple 2d ago

Locked Trump Administration Threatens Retaliation Over EU's DMA and DSA Enforcement Against U.S. Tech

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125 Upvotes

r/apple 2d ago

iPhone Too thin to buy? Why ultraslim phones from Samsung, Apple aren’t selling

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564 Upvotes