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What’s the catch with the Apple Upgrade program?

2026-07-29T14:55:04-04:00

Apple's new Upgrade program is here, allowing you to lease select models of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches with a relatively low monthly payment. The company promises you won't pay more than the full price of the device over the course of the one- to three-year lease, and in some cases, you'll pay hundreds of dollars less.

The basics of the program make it sound like an amazing deal… so surely there must be a catch, right?

The answer basically depends on how you use the Upgrade Program. At least with current pricing, a diligent user really should be able to make a monthly payment, swap in their phone a year or more later, and move along …

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Apple’s reportedly raising the price for AppleCare Plus on Macs and iPads

2026-07-16T05:48:05-04:00

An AppleCare Plus subscription for a Mac or iPad will cost more soon, with prices going up by $0.50 per month or $5 per year for new sign-ups while remaining the same for existing subscribers, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman says that under the new AppleCare Plus pricing, "a plan for a new 13-inch MacBook Air increased to $7.99 from $7.49, or to $79.99 from $74.99 annually," following a move last year that similarly raised the plan's price on iPhones. We haven't seen the new pricing reflected on Apple's site in the US or terms of service yet, and Apple has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Last month, Apple announced …

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The macOS 27 public beta is worth it just for the Liquid Glass tweaks

2026-07-13T16:51:32-04:00

Golden Gate’s public beta should be at parity with the third developer beta, which is pretty stable.

The macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta is here, and anyone with an M-series Mac now has easier access to test-drive Apple's latest changes - including a more subdued Liquid Glass aesthetic. That's reason enough to be at least a little excited for macOS 27 (particularly if you're on Tahoe and disliking all the transparency). But there are other things that make trying out this beta a little more appealing than usual.

There was a rumor earlier this year that this new macOS would focus on performance optimizations, bug fixes, and a bunch of small quality-of-life improvements, rather than being a major overhaul. And aside from dialing down Liquid …

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Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

2026-06-17T17:45:12-04:00

Apple is planning to raise prices in response to the ongoing memory shortage. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook says "price increases are unavoidable:"

We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we've been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable.

Cook doesn't say when Apple plans on raising prices or which products will be affected. The company has already stopped selling the Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM in March and later raised the starting price of the Mac Mini to $799 after dropping the cheaper $599 option f …

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My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

2026-06-13T09:44:07-04:00

I turned off Siri on the Mac years ago and never looked back. Similarly, I found Apple Intelligence so fruitless I never engage with it. But the new Siri AI coming to macOS 27 Golden Gate has at least got me slightly rethinking things.

I'm still early in testing Siri AI, as I've only had access to it in the macOS 27 developer beta for little more than 24 hours. It's also in an early preview state on the dev beta, so there should be lots of runway for improvements before it releases later this year. I don't even know if it's done indexing my files and folders on our review unit M5 MacBook Air and M5 Max MacBook Pro. Unlike on the iOS 27 dev …

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Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month

2026-06-10T05:14:35-04:00

Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Office 2019 for Mac are being warned they'll have to purchase Office 2024 or a Microsoft 365 subscription if they want to continue editing documents.

Microsoft previously promised that "all your Office 2019 apps will continue to function," when it announced end of support in 2023. The company then quietly updated that support note last month to remove the mention of apps continuing to function, replacing it with "Rest assured that all your Office 2019 apps won't lose any data."

Starti …

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Apple dials down Liquid Glass, and the Mac looks way better for it

2026-06-09T14:04:01-04:00

MacOS 27 Golden Gate will usher in a bunch of changes to the Mac when it's released later this year, with its biggest new features revolving around Siri AI. But for now, using the first developer beta, Siri AI is only offered through a waitlist. So what's available to try is mostly about how the upcoming operating system looks and feels.

Booting up the macOS 27 developer beta upon updating immediately prompts you with Apple's new Liquid Glass slider, allowing users to set the amount of UI transparency. There's minimal fanfare to Apple's welcome screen, but this is reason to celebrate. On one end of the slider, it's as seethrough as Liquid …

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Apple WWDC 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

2026-06-08T15:35:04-04:00

Apple's keynote at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference was a big one. After months of delays, Apple reintroduced us to its AI-upgraded Siri, which will go beyond what the existing voice assistant can do by offering more personalized help. We also got a look at many other updates coming across the operating systems powering the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

You can catch up with all the biggest news in the roundup below.

Siri's big AI revamp

Siri is getting a bunch of AI features powered by the latest version of Apple Intelligence, which Apple worked with Google to build. Apple is calling the upgraded voice assistant Siri AI, offering the …

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WWDC 2026 bonus live blog: Tech Talk with Craig Federighi

2026-06-08T16:58:40-04:00

One of the funnier parts of the keynote.

Fresh off the WWDC keynote presentation, The Verge has been invited to an "on-the-record technical deep dive into the bold new architecture enabling Apple Intelligence capabilities." Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi and his team will be there, and so will we.

The revamped Apple Intelligence is at the heart of nearly every update Apple announced across all its operating systems today, Liquid Glass corner radii notwithstanding.

The discussion will begin at 12PM PT / 3PM ET. Nilay and Vee will be live blogging below; Allison will be Quick Posting.

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Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate with Siri AI and revamped Liquid Glass controls

2026-06-08T16:21:26-04:00

Apple has announced macOS 27 Golden Gate, the next version of its desktop operating system. Alongside updates to Apple Intelligence, Siri, search, and parental controls, the new Golden Gate version of macOS brings a global slider to adjust the opacity of Liquid Glass UI effects, with a tighter corner radius of windows to give them a more unified look. And Apple is "reincorporating" previous elements of macOS design, like giving sidebar icons their color back.

Unlike in past keynotes, Apple didn't spend much time on macOS-specific updates, instead focusing on cross-platform improvements. Many will be part of macOS 27, including updates to pa …

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