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In March, Apple announced it was discontinuing the Mac Pro and confirmed that it had no plans to offer future Mac Pro hardware.

A new report from Bloomberg today offers more context on Apple’s Mac Pro strategy, with a surprising tidbit on something Apple was working on …

Apple’s hardware price increases in June were costly and unwelcome. They were also just the start of a wave of higher prices on Apple products and services. Over the last few weeks, Apple has been raising prices in all areas for different reasons.

Yesterday, Apple announced price increases for Apple Music as well as two of its Apple One bundles.

Apple offers a broad range of services nowadays, ranging from Apple TV to Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, and more. Apple One lets you bundle those together at lower prices.

Is Apple One worth it? Here’s what you need to know.

Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.

If you’ve ever found yourself striking up a conversation while out and about, you may end up wanting to quickly share your contact information with another person. While Apple does offer NameDrop, it lacks granularity, and isn’t always the most reliable. Passable brings contact sharing into neat looking Apple Wallet passes, and it offers tons of granularity.

Most of your smart home lights are smaller bulbs and outlet adaptors, but the market is maturing to the point where we are seeing full hardwired fixtures that integrate natively with Apple Home (via Matter). SwitchBot just recently released the new SwitchBot RGBICWW ceiling light. It brings incredibly bright illumination and native Matter support directly to your overhead ceiling lights.

If you could go back to the early days of the internet, would you handle your privacy differently? Most of us would. We would be more cautious about the services we joined and the information we shared. Since a time machine is not an option, we have to deal with the reality of the present. Your personal data is currently available and for sale at this very moment.

Right now, your phone number, email address, home address, and even your family connections are being packaged and sold to marketers, insurers, and hackers. While Apple’s privacy protections in Safari and Mail help block some tracking as you browse the web, they cannot undo years of information already scraped and spread across hundreds of broker databases. Data brokers have built a multi-billion-dollar industry by collecting your digital data, packaging it, and selling it. It’s time to take your personal information off the market and off the internet. Let’s look at how.

The next iPhone lineup is around the corner – and it’s going to be a different one. The base model iPhone 18 won’t be making an appearance quite yet, as that model has been shifted to a spring release schedule. This September will squarely be on the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the all new foldable iPhone.

Of course, there’s one major elephant in the room: price hikes. It’s inevitable that the iPhone 18 Pro lineup will cost more, which begs the question – is buying an iPhone 17 Pro at today’s prices a good idea?

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While macOS is inherently secure by design, hackers/scammers are increasingly relying on social engineering to bypass native protections. A new report published by Netskope Threat Labs details a new and highly sophisticated macOS ClickFix campaign. This attack tricks people into deploying an AppleScript-based information stealer and a persistent remote access trojan.

We are landing for another weekend edition of 9to5Toys Lunch Break to highlight the summer price drop on AirPods Pro 3 at $50 off, as well as the lowest price in several months on AirPods 4 with ANC (or score a renewed premium down at $119).

If a new Apple Watch is in line, the most popular models are $100 off right now starting from $299, while the M5 MacBook Pro is $150 off, the M5 Pro is $300 off, and M5 Max is $400 off the list price.

Also be sure to swing by the Nomad Anniversary Sale this weekend – it is loaded with discounts on Apple Watch bands, 25W MagSafe chargers, cases, and more – as well as the ongoing Anker summer charging gear sale from $8. Everything awaits below. 

Following recent hardware price increases, along with subscription hikes in the US and other markets, Apple has now raised iCloud+ prices in several countries. Here are the details.

Apple is citing a newly paused securities fraud lawsuit to support its request to pause further lower-court proceedings in its legal battle with Epic Games while the Supreme Court reviews part of the dispute. Here are the details.

An investigation by 9to5Mac reveals dozens of apps that disguise gambling platforms as simple games and utilities. Here are the details.

Apple has raised iPhone prices in Japan by up to 11% today. The changes affect the iPhone 17 lineup, iPhone Air, and iPhone 16e. Here are the exact increases and the likely explanation.

Update, 4:29 p.m. ET: Apple reached out to 9to5Mac with more information, which you can find below the original post.

San Francisco city attorney David Chiu has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google, demanding that they remove several “nudify” apps from their app stores. Here are the details.

Jeff and Fernando discuss the iOS 27 Public Beta, some of their favorite new iOS 27 new features, and whether or not people should consider installing it on their main device. The pair also talks about ChatGPT vs Siri AI, OpenAI vs Apple, the end of carrier-financed unlocked iPhones, and nine upcoming new emoji.

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Apple has raised the price of Apple Music today in the United States and other countries. Starting today, Apple Music’s Individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, up from $10.99.

Apple has also increased the price of select Apple One bundles.

In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple said: “As a result of rising licensing costs, Apple Music is increasing its subscription price beginning today.”

OpenAI has updated its recently redesigned ChatGPT app for Mac to make chats easier to access once again. Here are the details.

Back in 2024, the US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company of a “smartphone monopoly.”

Apple has voiced its opposition to the case many times over the last two years. Now, a Bloomberg report says the DOJ and Apple are in talks to settle the lawsuit.

As Apple continues expanding Car Keys support across the auto industry, the feature now appears to be headed to select vehicles from a major Chinese automaker. Here are the details.

After announcing ‘The Dynasty: UConn Huskies’ last May, Apple TV today released the first trailer for the docuseries, ahead of its debut next month. Watch it below.

After rolling out a username reservation system a few days ago, WhatsApp is now beginning to activate the full feature for a limited number of users. Here are the details.

When Apple finally responded to the dramatically increased costs of memory and other components, the company didn’t hold back. Some of the price hikes exceeded 50%, while memory and storage upgrades literally doubled in some cases.

There’s a strong possibility that these higher prices will remain in effect for years, and quite possibly permanently …