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Apple has announced that for the second fiscal quarter of 2022, the company posted $97.3 billion in revenue, up 9 per cent year over year. The company also posted $25 billion in profit – both the revenue and profit are all-time records for the March quarter. The iPhone continues to be Apple’s top money-maker, bringing in $50 billion in net sales, about $2 billion more than Q2 2021. Of the company’s product categories, Apple’s Services division saw the biggest increase (17 per cent), from $16.9 billion in 2021 to $19.8 billion in 2022, a $2.9 billion increase and a new record. Sales in the ‘Wearables, Home and Accessories’ category grew 12 per cent year-over-year. The Mac posted $10.4 billion in sales, up from $9.1 billion in Q2 2021. Apple CFO…

After an App Store policy came to light in April that threw countless apps into limbo, Apple has issued a clarification (fave.co/3P4LVz3) about its App Store Improvements process that will give developers much more time to update their apps. Apple also clarified that the policy isn’t new. Since 2016, when the App Store Improvements process was launched, some 3 million apps have been removed from the store to “ensure apps work for the vast majority of users and support our latest innovations in security and privacy”. Apps that were previously downloaded continue to work, but new users will not be able to find them in the App Store. It’s not clear if Apple had contacted developers previously, but Apple’s policy became known in late April after a developer shared an…

Apple announces its big yearly operating system updates at WWDC in June. No platform is bigger, or more important to Apple and its users, than the iPhone and thus no OS update is more important than iOS. After a successful reception to iOS 15 in 2021, we expect iOS 16 to add plenty of new features, though without radical design changes. Nothing is really official until we hear it from Apple at WWDC, but rumours about upcoming iOS features leak out all the time. Here’s what we’ve heard about iOS 16 so far. RUMOURED NEW FEATURES Little is known about what to expect from iOS 16 so far, but the months leading up to WWDC in June are usually filled with new leaks and rumours. We’ll update this guide as…

The iPad Air has seen some serious upgrades in the past couple of years, with many dubbing it the iPad Pro Junior thanks to the design language and power that it offers. But is this the right time to buy one, or has Apple got a new version waiting in the wings? We help you decide. PRICING AND SPECS The iPad Air is fast approaching its tenth anniversary, with the range debuting in November 2013. Since then, Apple has regularly updated its svelte tablet, moving it through different screen sizes, until the fourth generation appeared in 2020 without a Home button, making it very similar to the iPad Pros. That format was revived in 2022 with the new device being blessed with Apple’s M1 SoC, the same processor found in…

Apple always improves the cameras on its latest iPhone model, and of course, the iPhone 13 Pro is no exception. It’s got a new 3x telephoto camera, a new larger wide-angle camera, and an ultra-wide camera with a much larger aperture. Plus, there are new software tricks such as Photographic Styles and Cinematic Mode. But perhaps the best new camera trick is related to that new ultra-wide camera, which now has a minimum focal distance of only 2 centimetres. That means you can take excellent macro photography with your iPhone, just the thing for those who take pictures of flowers, insects, jewellery, miniatures, and so much more. It’s only available on the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max – the iPhone 13 and 13 mini do not have the same…

Price: £99 from fave.co/3smvsg3 We all know that the battery life of a phone is not limitless and that iPhones do not have a great reputation for lasting as long on one charge as other smartphones. Unless you stick close to a power outlet, you’ll need a power bank or battery case to top up on the move. Apple’s recent iPhones boast a technology called MagSafe that offers a tidier solution than carrying around a cabled power bank. It allows enabled accessories to magnetically latch on to the back of the iPhone for wireless charging or other functions. Apple’s MagSafe Battery Pack offers a power boost when your iPhone’s internal battery is running out on you. DESIGN The Apple MagSafe Battery Pack is a compact (96x64x11mm) white brick that weighs…

Wireless headphones are essentially the standard now, with Bluetooth not only being convenient but Apple removing the audio jack on the iPhone range. For most people, the sound quality difference to wired isn’t noticeable anyway. The market is huge but here are the best wireless headphones we’ve tested for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Macs. And if you’re wondering why the AirPods Max don’t appear here, we gave them due consideration, but while audio quality is exceptional, their high price and ill-judged case design kept them out of this chart. HOW TO CHOOSE WIRELESS HEADPHONES There are a few factors to consider before you hit that buy button. Type Wireless headphones typically fall into three main categories: Over-ear headphones: big, chunky models that completely cover your ears seem to be…

The addition of Live Text in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey (for models that support it) brings a new layer of utility to photos and other images. Click or tap an image, and you can select words or an entire password or translate text. But searching against that text is trickier. Photos for iOS, iPadOS and macOS don’t include a way to search for recognized text. Seemingly, Live Text works only on demand. But Apple tucked away a text-searching feature that you would think the company would trumpet. In iOS and iPadOS, you can use the overall search feature (swipe down and tap to enter text) to find matches in photos. (Live Text requires an A12 Bionic chip or later, including all iPhones or iPads released starting…

Long after its initial announcement back in August, and following considerable controversy over an as-yet-released component, Apple is expanding to the UK an iPhone feature designed to protect children against sending or receiving sexual content. Communications Safety in Messages eventually launched as part of the iOS 15.2 point update in December. Until now, however, this has been limited to the US. The Guardian broke the news that Apple announced plans to bring this feature to the UK, although the time frame remains unclear. When enabled on a child’s device, the feature uses an on-device AI tool to scan all photos received over Messages for nudity. If one is found, the image will be blurred and the user will receive a warning that it may contain sensitive content as well as…

Things are going great. Everything is awesome. Apple posted another record quarter, this time the company’s biggest second fiscal quarter, with $97.3 billion in revenue. Almost every product category showed growth. And yet, despite all the great numbers, I sense a disturbance in the force. The analysts of Apple’s quarterly conference call to discuss its results felt it, too. Thus far, through unprecedented global instability, Apple has managed to keep on keeping on. But can it continue floating above it all, or is it about to face hard times? ALL THE GOOD NEWS Essentially, almost all of Apple’s arrows are pointing up. The company reached new highs in its installed base in every one of its major product categories and geographic segments. On the services side, the number of transacting…

WWDC is just a couple of weeks away. Unless there’s a dramatic break from tradition, Apple will preview its new operating systems – iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16 and watchOS 9 – while highlighting all the biggest features and design changes they bring during the keynote event on 6 June. While those of us who follow Apple closely always get excited about new hardware, these major operating system updates are a big deal – the digital lives of over a billion people can shift dramatically by what Apple chooses to do with its software. As we do every year, we’re going to highlight some of the areas we hope to see Apple address in its next big yearly update. It’s not as if Apple makes its decisions…

For many years people have used the free TextEdit app on their Macs to quickly create plain text files. Apple for some reason has never brought this useful program to its mobile devices, so it can be something of a challenge to edit existing files from your Mac when on your iPhone or iPad. There are some options available though, including third-party apps and switching to another Apple offering. Here’s how to edit TextEdit files on iPad. IS TEXTEDIT AVAILABLE ON iPAD? Those who enjoy using TextEdit on a Mac because of its simplicity will be disappointed to learn that Apple does not make a version of TextEdit for iPad. While nearly every Mac app seems to have made its way from the Mac to the iPad or iPhone, TextEdit…

Every year, we test, benchmark, and analyse Apple’s phones to complete the following sentence: the iPhone [insert version number here] is the model that is deemed the one for most people, offered in a size that’s popular, with a satisfying feature set, and a price that meets most budgets. The iPhone 13 (above right) would normally be the phone that sits at that spot. The iPhone 13 offers a great set of features for £779, but the iPhone 12 (above left) is still a very good phone for £100 less, particularly if you don’t need the newest features. Let’s take a look at the major components of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 and how they compare. SPECIFICATIONS iPhone 12 • 6.1in (2,532x1,170; 460ppi) Super Retina XDR OLED, HDR10 display•…

Everyone knows Siri can set a timer or alarm, add a reminder, start a phone call or send a text, or do simple maths calculations. But Siri can do so much more. Apple keeps improving Siri year after year, so if you’ve gotten in the habit of only using it for a few select things because of your experiences a couple of years ago, you may be surprised by all the things Siri can do quite well today. Give these features a shot, and you may find yourself using Apple’s voice assistant a lot more often. 1. BE MORE SPECIFIC A lot of the basic things you use Siri for today can be modified when you make a more specific Siri request. For example, you can make a call on…

You can adjust how the multiple mics on the last several model years of iPhones mix sound to reduce noise or boost the background starting in iOS 15. Apple adds so many features in its release that you might have missed this one until now, as it’s available without being emphasized. You can change how foreground and background sounds are mixed or emphasized through the Control Centre when placing or receiving calls in several apps. That includes FaceTime, naturally, and many others, such as Webex, WhatsApp and Zoom. In an app on an iPhone that supports these modes, when you swipe to reveal Control Centre during an active call, you’ll see a Mic Mode option in the upper-right corner as a light-grey lozenge with the mic in orange. Press and…

Several weeks after the release of iOS 15.4, Apple has begun beta-testing iOS 15.5 (and associated operating systems like iPadOS, tvOS and watchOS). With iOS 15.4, Apple released what seemed like all previously-announced features and had nothing left to do until iOS 16 makes its debut at WWDC, but iOS 15.5 still has a few minor changes in store for us. The first beta of iOS 15.5 was released on 5 April. We expect the development to continue for several weeks, with a final release likely in May. iOS 15.5 NEW FEATURES Apple Cash card Request and Send In the Wallet app, there are large ‘Request’ and ‘Send’ buttons visible when you look at the Apple Cash card. iTunes Pass = Apple Account balance iTunes Pass, a years-old feature for…

Of the three big Apple events of the year, WWDC is the most reliable: in each of the past 15 Junes, like clockwork, Apple has held a big get-together for its developer partners and announced a raft of important software updates. The September iPhone launch and the March/April spring event seem almost unpredictable by comparison. In this article, we list the major announcements (and some of the smaller titbits) you can expect to hear at WWDC22 this June. Some of these – updates to the five big Apple operating systems, most obviously – are as predictable as the timing of the event. But we reckon Apple will spring a few surprises too. As for when WWDC will confirm that WWDC22 will kick off on 6 June with a keynote. WHAT…

When the iPad mini 2 and iPad Air 2 arrived in 2013 and 2014, respectively, they brought anticipated features that made buyers rush out to buy one. Now Apple has declared the once-popular tablets as vintage. The iPad mini 2 was the first iPad mini to feature a Retina display and the iPad Air brought the Touch ID home button to Apple’s thinnest tablet. While the iPad Air 2 was discontinued in 2017, the third generation iPad Air didn’t arrive until 2019. The iPad mini 2 was replaced by the iPad mini 3 in 2014 but continued to be sold until 2017. Apple’s vintage list (fave.co/3C8dYrf) is the first step before declaring products obsolete. As Apple explains, products are considered vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than…

Watch someone else use their iPhone for a few minutes, and you’ll quickly discover that they do a lot of things quite differently than you. You might discover some interactions you’ve never seen before, and you probably have a lot of suggestions for them. It’s not surprising that the average iPhone user doesn’t use many of its best features. Modern smartphones have grown into enormously powerful and complex devices, and unless you pay close attention, you’re going to be simply unaware of all they can do. So let’s learn some new ones. Here are 10 iPhone tips and features that a surprisingly large percentage of users seem to be completely unaware of. These tips should work on most modern iPhones (those made within the last few years) and assume that…

If you’re waiting for Apple to finally unveil an iPhone with a USB-C port, we have bad news: it’s not happening this year. But there’s still some serious intrigue in prospect for the iPhone’s lone port in the months ahead. Let’s start with the iPhone 14. According to iDropNews (fave.co/3FxBfEH), Apple is “working on [USB] 3.0 speeds for the iPhone 14 Pro connector”. The current Lightning port is rated for USB 2.0, which has an abysmally slow transfer rate of 480Mb/s. USB 3.0 offers a transfer rate of around 5Gb/s or about 10 times faster than the current Lightning port. LeaksApplePro reports that the feature will likely be exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple actually used a faster Lightning port on the original 12.9in…

Price: £219 from fave.co/3Fk3zua Sony’s headphones need no introduction. Their over-the-ear headphones rank among our favourites, and they are perennial contenders as our top pick in noise-cancelling headphones. Translating regular headphone success into a true wireless earbud is no simple task. Yet that’s what Sony is trying to do with its flagship, the £219 WF-1000XM4. Do these true wireless headphones live up to Sony’s legacy? You bet. They are a winner by any measure. Sony’s WF-1000XM4 come in your choice of silver or black. My review set came in the latter. The earbuds and companion charging case have a matte finish, which I found to be a nice change to the slippery, gloss finish on so many earbuds. The finish on the earbuds and case gave me confidence holding them.…

Sometimes Apple loses track of all the features they add in new releases – and how they interact. The Focus options added in iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey fall into this category. Rather than a single feature, Focus wraps in different kinds of purposes and notification controls under one umbrella. As colleague Jason Cross noted back in November 2021, it needs improvement; he has suggestions. As Jason explained, notifications can be immediate or delayed, grouped into a summary or not, time-sensitive or not, and able to override Focus modes or not. Apple’s documentation of the features is scattered and doesn’t help with how they interact together, including that macOS support only a few of the options provided in iOS and iPadOS. Let’s tease these apart so you…