Apple’s Shortcuts app offers tremendous power, especially with new iOS 26 additions. But my own most-used shortcuts tend to be extremely simple, including one recently shared by Quinn Nelson for opening an app’s settings.

Following two months of meticulous work, Basic Apple Guy has released the much-anticipated iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max Internals Wallpapers. Here’s how to get them.

Back in August, OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, a major frontier model update to ChatGPT. Three months later, OpenAI is back with GPT-5.1, which it says is “now warmer, more intelligent, and better at following your instructions.”

Jason Momoa is fast becoming an Apple TV fixture, with reports emerging of a third major series coming from Apple with Momoa in the starring role: Nomad.

The watch face is easily among Apple Watch’s most important features, and watchOS 26 offers big improvements to watch faces in three main ways. Here’s what’s new.

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Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll. Joining a long list of ongoing Singles’ Day Apple deals that are still live right here, including the best price ever on AirPods 4 at $85, today we are starting off with MacBook Pro. Best Buy is now offering a particularly notable deal on the M4 Pro MacBook Pro at over $550 off the list price in excellent condition open-box, alongside the Amazon all-time low on this M5 MacBook Pro. We also have a $250 price drop on the most Apple’s most affordable M4 iPad Pro, the 1TB iPhone 16 Pro Max at up to $540 off, and M4 Mac mini at up to $110 off. Just be sure to also scope out the launch deal on the brand new Find My Tracking Card Pro from Nomad before you head below for more. 

Apple is kicking off the holiday season today, with an extended product return window now in place, and decorations for the online store and retail locations. Here’s a look at this year’s holiday theming.

Apple has officially launched the highly-anticipated new Digital ID feature in Apple Wallet. The feature was first announced at WWDC and is now rolling out to everyone in the United States.

Apple’s implementation of Digital ID is powered by your US passport. Here’s how it works and where you can use it.

Apple is gearing up for the holiday season, including launching one change that it institutes every year: an extended holiday return window for Apple Store product purchases.

Apple’s opposition to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation took a turn back in September when the company started arguing that the law should be repealed. It also suggested that more new features would be delayed for EU customers, and perhaps even new hardware.

The company is now claiming a new study proves that the DMA fails to live up to one of its core promises: reducing app prices …

iOS 26.2 is coming next month, packed with changes for Apple’s system apps, and also a hidden new feature for notifications that can help ensure you don’t miss any alerts.

Apple has announced its next round of Apple Arcade titles. In a press release today, the company revealed that games including PowerWash Simulator, SpongeBob Patty Pursuit 2, and more will launch on Apple Arcade on December 4.

During the chaos of CES 2025, I came across one product that gave me the “I need to have that” feeling. It was at a small booth in the smart wearables area. They were the Even Realities G1 glasses. They were the first smart glasses I came across that I actually wanted to wear purely based on the look. When I finally got my hands on them, they mostly lived up to my internal hype. These G1 glasses were amazingly well made, had some great functionality that I used a lot, like the teleprompter feature, and seemed to be heading in the direction that I thought most smart glasses should take. However, it was still a first-generation product, so some kinks needed to be ironed out. Fast forward to today, and Even Realities introduced their new G2 glasses and the R1 bright ring, and now it feels like a whole different beast. Here is what you should know.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was infamous for his harsh critiques of the work of his team. Hardware or software, if Steve wasn’t 100% happy, you would certainly know about it.

Chris Espinosa, who wrote the first Macintosh calculator app and still works at Apple as its longest-serving employee, found a creative way around Steve’s never-ending critiques in what must be one of the best ever examples of managing upwards …

Apple went all-in on the ‘Pro’ angle with its iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, making the models thicker and heavier than their predecessors. Now, one leaker says the same thing will happen against next year with the iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Apple has updated its website to say that Apple Intelligence on a Mac requires a model with an M2 chip or later. That’s a change to the original compatibility requirement of an M1 chip or later.

However, while the change may be worrying for anyone with an M1 Mac, it seems near-certain that this is an error rather than a change of requirements …

The Gentler Stories-made app for cyclists, runners, and other performance-driven athletes just got even better with a beautiful Apple Watch app. Here are the details.

I have been wondering when one of my favorite accessory brands was going to release a metal Find My Wallet card that actually looks like a premium credit card – Nomad just did. The new Tracking Card Pro just debuted on the official site at $39, or you can score two of them at 10% off. Details await below. 

In the Apple Silicon era, MacBooks have become more affordable than ever – with brand new models starting as low as $599. With looming global tariffs, these great deals could potentially be coming to an end soon – so if you’re in the market for a new MacBook for any reason, now may be one of the best ever times to purchase.

Apple’s latest macOS Tahoe update also dropped support for practically all Intel Macs (with some small exceptions). If you’d like to stay on the latest and greatest Apple software, nows a fitting time to upgrade.

Keep up with all of the latest MacBook deals on 9to5Toys.

More than a year after wrapping up its first season, Palm Royale is back on Apple TV for a star-studded season 2. Here’s what to expect.

Apple announced support for Sony’s PSVR2 Sense Controllers with visionOS 26, and you can now purchase them from the Apple’s online store.

Update November 11: The Logitech MX Master 4 has regularly been out of stock since its initial launch last month. Right now, however, it’s in stock and ready to ship on Amazon. Act fast if you’ve been on the hunt for one. It’s clearly very popular, so who knows how long this availability will last.

The Logitech MX Master line of mice has become a staple in the setups of Mac users everywhere. Now, the company is out with the highly-anticipated MX Master 4. It packs a handful of changes to the iconic mouse, while staying true to the form factor that has made the lineup so popular over the years.

Apple updated Xcode today with multiple welcome bug fixes, including some performance updates to its new AI-assisted coding features. Here’s what’s new.