The updates adding the features to most Canadian provinces is coming in iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan. Ontario is notably absent from that list. The features first launched in the US in iOS 18.1. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
B&H is discounting Apple's M5 MacBook Air line, with the 15-inch model with 24GB of RAM marked down to $1,499, $200 off.Save $200 on M5 MacBook Air with 24GB RAM - Image credit: AppleThe $1,499 15-inch MacBook Air configuration in Midnight is equipped with Apple's 10-core M5 chip, along with an upgrade to 24GB of unified memory. A 512GB SSD rounds out the configuration.Buy 15" MacBook Air 24GB for $1,499 Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple has updated the iPad mini, and this time the OLED screen is the star. Here's what's changed in the eighth-gen model compared to the iPad mini 7.iPad mini 8 [left], iPad mini 7 [right]The launch of the eighth-generation iPad mini is, for once, an evolutionary act on Apple's part. It is a continuation of the company's effort to bring OLED to every platform.Previously only available on the iPad Pro models, it's now hit Apple's smallest tablet, jumping past the iPad Air entirely. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
If there's anything more idiotic than spending $2,000 on an iPhone Duo, it's getting up at 4:00 AM to go buy it. I did both of those things, and am so relieved to say I'm glad.Left: my photo of Apple Birmingham as it opened to sell the iPhone Duo. Right: this article. Using split screen on an iPhone Duo.It was the pre-order failure that really sold me. I'd spent weeks figuring out the finances to buy an iPhone Duo and had set up the pre-order perfectly, but it went wrong.I had got onto the online Apple Store unusually quickly, and pressed that Buy button unusually smugly, but it didn't work. Instead of buying the phone, it reset my entire pre-order so that it just forgot the crucial trade-in, it forgot the financing I'd set up. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
As it launched a new iPad mini, Apple has also announced that there is more to come throughout the week.MacBook Pro, without OLEDPreviously when Apple has announced a week of launches, it has turned out to mean Monday through Wednesday. That looks to be the case this time, too, as the newly updated iPad mini seems certain to be followed by the OLED touch-screen M6 MacBook Pro, and an iMac.It's going to be an exciting week, and it starts with our all-new iPad mini. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Apple's new iPad mini has slimmed down with a thinner, narrower design, but those minor changes could make your perfectly good old case a lousy fit.iPad mini 7The OLED upgrade increases the display size from 8.3 inches to 8.5 inches while keeping roughly the same footprint. However, Apple's published measurements reveal several physical differences that could affect case compatibility.The sixth-generation iPad mini from 2021 and the A17 Pro model from 2024 have identical dimensions of 195.4 mm tall, 134.8 mm wide, and 6.3 mm thick.The 2026 model measures 195.3 mm tall, 132.6 mm wide, and 5.4 mm thick, according to Apple's technical specifications. The height difference is just 0.1 mm, but the reductions in width and thickness could affect how older cases grip the device. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
It may not be able to fold, but the iPad mini 8 is the smallest tablet available that runs iPadOS. Here's what's new.iPad mini 7 is revealed with OLED and A20 Pro chipApple has finally revealed the updated iPad mini with a new processor. Rumors have been swirling about this device since the seventh-generation model was revealed in 2024.It is an interesting announcement since it arrives only days after iPhone Duo started shipping to customers. The iPad mini is a tablet with a now slightly larger 8.5-inch display, while the iPhone Duo can unfold into a tablet-like device with a 7.6-inch display. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
A teardown of the new iPhone Duo shows multiple components that are easier to repair than on any previous foldable, but also many problem points.Taking apart the iPhone Duo - image credit: iFixitWhen iFixit tore down the iPhone 18 Pro, it gave it a "repairability" score of 7/10. By comparison, the iPhone Duo manages just 5/10, despite saying that there is much to admire in how Apple has designed it.The features that make the iPhone Duo better than all previous foldables include how the top layer of the screen can be relatively easily replaced. That compares to how with the original Samsung foldables, customers were destroying the screen by peeling off what appeared to be a packaging cover. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
The cause behind a repeating pattern in the way a very small amount of iPhone Duo screen cracks may have been discovered, with a failing element of the hinge believed to be causing the most damage.A sheared-off part of an iPhone Duo hinge mechanism - Image Credit: CuriousHagi/YouTubeSince the launch of the iPhone Duo, there have been sightings of cracked screens within hours of its release. While infant device failures are to be expected for major product launches, there is an consistency in the way that the screen itself is cracking.Observing videos such as the JerryRigEverything "test" and posts to Reddit show the screen cracks in a fairly typical manner when under stress. In quite a few instances, the fault develops at the crease line and spreads out horizontally to the edge. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
There's an open source project called InputConfig that allows you to adjust button settings on just about any input device you can connect to your Mac. There are no drivers, no subscription fees, and no accounts for the app required. So far in out testing, we've fiddled with conventional controllers, but a Rock Band game keyboard worked too! It's also on the App Store.https://github.com/ryleighnewman/InputConfig Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
