Articles by Benjamin Mayo

One long-standing complaint about Apple Wallet on iPhone is that it would keep your old passes around indefinitely. Users would have to manually go in and delete them, one by one. Thanks to iOS 15, that is now a thing of the past …
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After being unceremoniously removed in iOS 13, Apple has restored the magnifying glass (loupe) when interacting with text on iOS 15.
Now, when a user starts to move the text cursor, a bubble appears above their finger magnifying what is shown below. T…

On first launch of iOS 15, your iPhone and iPad now feature a cute welcome animation dating back to the classic ‘hello’ Mac font.
This animation shows only the first time a user updates to iOS 15, and cycles between various handwriting sc…

For the first time, Apple will allow users to stay on the previous major version when iOS 15 ships in the fall. Users will have the choice to stay on iOS 14 and receive important security updates, or upgrade to iOS 15 to take advantage of all the new …

Apple today announced its own continuous integration system called ‘Xcode Cloud’. Xcode Cloud allows developers to commit code which is then built on Apple’s servers. Test suites can then be performed in parallel whilst the local dev…

As part of WWDC today, Apple announced the next major version of its desktop operating system, macOS Monterey. The Shortcuts app is now available on the Mac to achieve ‘peak productivity’. Safari is getting a new design including an integr…

With iOS 15, Siri will now be able to handle a variety of requests without an Internet connection. This means requests like setting timers or switching apps can be performed without any communication with a server, making the experience faster and mor…

For the first time, you can code, iterate and build apps on the iPad itself. Using Swift Playgrounds on iPadOS 15, customers will be able to create iPhone and iPad apps from scratch and then deploy them to the App Store.
It remains to be seen how limi…

As part of iOS 15, Apple AirPods headphones are getting new features. You can boost the sound of other people when in a busy environment, and now AirPods can speak notifications to you as well as incoming phone calls and messages.
There are also impro…

A rather strange issue with Apple Fitness+ has cropped up in the last twenty four hours or so. On the Apple TV, upon pairing a nearby Apple Watch to start a Fitness+ workout, the Fitness app crashes and the user is sent back to the Apple TV Home Scree…