Macworld On Tuesday at 9 am ET, Apple will launch a new crop of products as part of its Welcome Home launch . While we’re not expecting a proper keynote presentation to announce the new stuff, there should be a lot to see, with no fewer than three new products expected to arrive Tuesday morning. Here’s what you can expect from the announcement. Welcome Home: How to watch Since this isn’t a special

Macworld It wasn’t long ago that Macs were considered secure enough on their own. But as Apple devices have grown in popularity, macOS has become an increasingly attractive target for attackers . Today’s threats are less about traditional viruses and more about phishing, fake updates, malicious downloads, and scams designed to trick users into installing malware themselves. At the same time, AI to

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Macworld Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro View Deal If you’ve been on the hunt for a big discount on the MacBook Pro, they’re not so easy to find. Usually you need to spend well over $3,000 to get anything more than a couple hundreds bucks off the price, but today’s deal won’t force you to spend more than you want: This M5 Pro MacBook Pro is on sale for $2,399 , which usually costs $2,999. That’s $600 off

Macworld Wireless headphones or earbuds (whatever you call them) are essentially the standard now, with Bluetooth earbuds being convenient and the sound quality difference to wired not being that noticeable to typical people (we realize audiophiles ‘know’). The market is huge, but here are the best wireless earbuds we’ve tested for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Macs. If you do want a wired connect

Macworld Tomorrow’s Welcome Home Apple event –sorry, “experience”–will center on the smart home. And at the core of that home sits Apple’s new home hub, from which all the other devices will be monitored and controlled. Thanks to a last-minute report we now know, or at any rate have been told, a great deal about what Apple has in store for this vital product. In the latest instalment of his Power

Macworld It’s been a huge year for Apple, with a wave of new products arriving throughout 2026. The year began with the MacBook Neo and iPhone 17e in March, followed by the new Mac mini and Mac Studio in August. September brought another major wave of launches at Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event , including the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max , iPhone Duo , Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 , and A

Macworld A little over a decade ago, on September 13, 2016, Apple officially entered the smart-home market. That was the date when the Home app launched, bringing control of compatible third-party smart-home products to the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. It’s probably fair to say that Home hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. Not like the AirPods , for instance, which launched a week ea

Macworld Apple’s September event may not have been Apple’s final event of 2026. Apple has confirmed a special “Welcome home” Experience for Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 9am ET (2pm BST). Selected journalists have been invited to attend the gathering in New York, suggesting Apple is preparing to introduce new products focused on the smart home. Apple hasn’t confirmed what it will announce, but rum

Macworld Apple has confirmed a “Welcome home” Experience in New York on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 9 a.m. ET (6 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. BST). A new HomePod mini and Apple’s first smart-home display are expected to feature alongside an updated Apple TV 4K. Invited journalists will attend a New York gathering. We’ll cover the announcement in our Welcome Home live blog . For much of 2025 and 2026, Apple’

Macworld Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC on June 8, 2026 , with the public release following on September 14. But more features are on the way, and the latest beta offers a preview of what’s coming next. iOS 27 mainly focuses on three key areas: Siri AI, a rebuilt assistant with its own dedicated app; new child safety and parental controls; and system improvements designed to make everyday tasks fas

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Macworld The holiday season has begun, and that means it’s time for traditions. While “traditions” usually conjure up thoughts of centuries-old practices, some are a bit more modern, like the watching of holiday Peanuts specials on TV. The first of several holiday-themed episodes, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a Halloween classic that’s exclusively on Apple TV. While Apple has allowed P

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Macworld TL;DR: A lifetime Matt’s Flights Premium subscription is $39.99 (MSRP $194), with 3+ deals per week, unlimited custom search requests, and 1-on-1 travel planning support. Airfare prices swing by hundreds of dollars depending on when you book, and most of the best deals disappear before you even know they exist. But unless you want to spend your free time refreshing airline sites, you need

Macworld The Apple Watch can vibrate to let you now about a notification. But you might find that the vibration isn’t strong enough for you to notice. Or, you might want to disable vibrations completely. Apple offers three vibration settings: Off , Standard , and Prominent . If you’ve bought an Apple Watch and never changed this setting, Standard is the default. There are two ways to adjust it: di

Macworld October is shaping up to be an exceptionally busy month at Apple Park. Apple is readying the iPhone Duo , a revamped Health app in iOS 27.2, a touchscreen MacBook Pro , and an overhauled iPad mini , which are all expected to launch by the end of this month. But that won’t be all. Apple announced on Thursday that it will be holding a special “Welcome Home” experience on October 13, where i

Macworld A new report by security researchers at Censys warns that the DarkSword exploit on iOS continues to be used in conjunction with Coruna malware to steal cryptocurrency wallets. Discovered earlier this year , DarkSword/Coruna is a dual-edged hacking toolkit. DarkSword attacks WebKit and JavaScriptCore to access iOS’s SpringBoard that managing app launch and the Home screen. Coruna is the pa

Macworld Gaming subscription services are all the rage now, but Apple Arcade isn’t a little different from the likes of PlayStation Plus, EA Play, or Xbox Game Pass. If you’ve got questions about it, we’ve got plenty of answers. Updated October 9, 2026: There are five new games on the service this month: 4 Pics 1 Word+ , Pusheen’s Place , River City Survivors , Terraria+ , and Touchgrind BMX 2+ .