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Apple confirmed this month that macOS 28 will no longer mount encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes. Unencrypted HFS+ drives are explicitly preserved and need no changes. The group with a real problem is smaller but specific: anyone running Time Machine to an encrypted HFS+ drive has no in-place migration path and will need to start a fresh backup chain before macOS 28 ships, according to Apple's support document.

Volvo is pushing a software update over the air to more than two million vehicles already on the road, adding a native Apple Music app that runs directly in the car's own software without needing an active iPhone session for playback, Volvo Cars SG reported. The update covers eleven model lines dating back to model year 2020. Apple CarPlay remains available alongside the new app, and Volvo is adding a native option, not swapping one system for another.

Suno is marketing a workflow it calls the Suno iMessage song generator: screenshot a conversation, extract the text with your phone's built-in OCR, paste it into Suno, and get back a full song with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation in about 60 seconds. The pitch leans hard on iMessage branding. The actual mechanic involves no Messages extension or official Apple integration of any kind.

MOFT now offers three MagSafe-compatible wallets with Apple Find My support: a slim two-card wallet and stand, a two-card model with a taller tripod and camera remote, and a larger Field Wallet that holds up to eight cards.

Every Mac includes Preview, Apple's app for opening PDFs and images. Double-click a supported file, and it will usually open without another download, subscription, or setup process.

The Strava Events tab went live yesterday, letting users search for nearby races, group runs, rides, and club meetups inside the app, then move toward a training plan through the app's Runna integration. Strava says the tab connects race discovery with Runna-powered training plans, per the company's press release, timed to what it calls peak running season.

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Code changes found in Apple's Wallet backend suggest that Apple Car Key support for GWM Tank vehicles may be in development, MacRumors reported last week. None of Great Wall Motor's four current Tank models, the 300, 400, 500, or 700, support the feature today, MacObserver reported last week.

iOS 27 will push receipt-scanning, itemized bill splitting directly into Apple Wallet and Messages, turning Apple Cash into the settlement layer for group dining tabs. Announced at WWDC 2026 last month, the feature identifies the receipt's line items, lets each participant select what they ordered, and calculates what that person owes before they pay the payer with Apple Cash. The wider iOS 27 release is expected this September.

iOS 27 adds something Wallet has never had in fourteen years: the ability to build your own pass. Tap the "+" button you use to add credit cards or pass emails, and a new "Create a Pass" option appears alongside the existing options. It lets you digitize a paper ticket, membership card, or loyalty pass directly from your iPhone, with no developer account, no Pass Type ID, and no certificate signing required (Michael Tsai, May 2026). This guide walks you through how to use Create a Pass in Apple...

After a month of daily use, MacStories described a visual-identification task that would have taken 20 to 30 seconds in ChatGPT but took roughly five seconds in Siri AI. The difference was workflow friction: Siri mode was built directly into the Camera app, eliminating the steps of taking a photo, opening ChatGPT, and uploading the image.

The iOS 27 Siri developer beta can sometimes summarize a webpage you're reading in Safari or a video you're watching in YouTube. Paste either URL directly into Siri, and it will refuse. That contrast, documented by 9to5Mac two weeks ago, points to something more specific than a half-finished feature. Apple is drawing a deliberate line between fetching content from the web and reading content already on screen, and the Siri third-party apps developer beta makes that line visible for the first...

No Cibby App Store listing was available when this article was researched. That's not a caveat buried at the end it shapes everything that follows. This is not a feature review of the Cibby iOS app for video game collectors. It's a sourced account of what the established competitors offer, what that sets as a minimum bar, and the specific questions any collector should answer before committing to a switch.

WhatsApp is testing its Liquid Glass redesign on the iPad for the first time, bringing the translucent, layered interface that iPhone users have had for months to iPadOS 26. The tab bar, navigation bar, and buttons are all updated. The chat screen, the part of the app people spend the most time in, has not yet arrived on iPad, though it has already appeared in iPhone beta builds.

WhatsApp is rolling out channel search on iPhone, arriving roughly a year and a half after the same capability reached Android users. Spotted this week by WABetaInfo and confirmed by 9to5Mac, the update gives iPhone users a way to find a specific post without scrolling backward through an entire channel's history something that previously had no shortcut.

Siri is intermittently summarizing webpages in Safari and videos in YouTube when users ask behavior 9to5Mac reported today that Apple has not clearly documented and that appears inconsistent across requests. The same prompt that produces a summary one moment draws a refusal the next, with no visible difference in conditions. For a company that has built its Siri AI pitch around on-screen context awareness, the gap between that promise and this behavior is worth understanding.

Apple's rumored first foldable iPhone is reportedly still on track for a September reveal alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, but whether that amounts to a real launch or an extended preview depends heavily on resolving reported hinge reliability issues that, according to recent supply-chain and leaker reports, have not cleared Apple's quality standards.

Google has closed one of the more frustrating gaps in its video platform. iPhone and iPad users without the Meet or Gmail app installed can now join Google Meet calls directly through Safari, with no download required and no Google account needed. If you've ever tried to join Google Meet on iPhone without the app and hit a dead end, that block is now gone.

Apple's most capable voice-to-text upgrade in iOS 27 shipped switched off in the first developer beta, and the vast majority of iPhones that support Apple Intelligence can't run it at all. Advanced Dictation Preview delivers sharply better transcription accuracy with automatic punctuation and capitalization, but the feature requires at least 12GB of RAM a threshold only the iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air clear, per MacRumors and TechSpot. One note on sourcing: 9to5Mac names...

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