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Today — 8 March 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Apple @ Work: Apple Business Manager gains new functionality related to released devices

By: Bradley C
8 March 2025 at 11:00

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Apple Business Manager (and School Manager) is Apple’s web-based portal that helps IT teams deploy and manage their Apple fleets at scale, ensuring automatic enrollment, configuration, and oversight of company-owned hardware that connects to their device management system of choice. Over the years,

With a recent update, Apple Business Manager now provides IT administrators with additional visibility into released and replaced devices. This makes it easier to monitor when a device was removed, which person authorized the release, and whether a replacement device has been issued.

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These are the best accessories for your new M3 iPad Air

8 March 2025 at 10:20

In case you missed it, Apple announced two new iPads, the M3 iPad Air, and the new iPad 11th generation. As an iPad first user, these iPads just add to the excitement because they allow you to get even more power for at a cheaper price point! Another nice aspect is that these are internal upgrades, meaning that accessories that worked with their predecessors will also work with these newly revamped iPads. Here are some of my ‘must get’ accessories for your new iPad Air!

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These three upgrades will make Apple’s next product launch a meaningful one

8 March 2025 at 08:35

Apple has just wrapped up a number of its spring releases, including , iPad Air, Mac Studio, and iPhone 16e. For the most part, that’s probably the end of what the company plans to announce for a little while. However, there’s more in the pipeline for the middle of this year, including the long-rumored 2.

Here’s what we’re expecting with the next generation of Apple’s popular and affordable item tracker, AirTag, later this year. It may sound boring, but it’s meaningful.

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Apple Card now offering rare sign up bonus for a limited time: up to $200

8 March 2025 at 07:08

Historically, Apple Card has never offered a standard sign up bonus. Apple has certainly run a number of limited time promos, and now there’s a new one on the table. It’s a unique offer, and doesn’t have a minimum spend requirement, unlike previous Apple Card sign up bonuses.

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Yesterday — 7 March 2025Latest Mac & Apple News

Apple pulls ad that showed Siri being useful after delaying feature that could make Siri useful

By: Zac Hall
7 March 2025 at 19:31

Since last fall, Apple has been marketing the iPhone 16 and Apple Intelligence with an unreleased Siri feature. After confirming today that the more personal version of Siri isn’t coming anytime soon, Apple has pulled the ad in question.

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9to5Rewards: Enter to win a MacBook Pro from Chargeasap [Giveaway]

7 March 2025 at 16:17

There’s still time to enter to win Apple’s latest MacBook Pro courtesy of our friends at Chargeasap. This month, the company has launched its new Flash Pro Ultra, the world’s first dual OLED 275W powerbank. Head below the fold to enter the giveaway now and learn more about the new Flash Pro Ultra by Chargeasap.

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Here’s how much faster the M3 Ultra’s GPU is compared to M4 Max

7 March 2025 at 15:09

Following the announcement of the new generation Mac Studio this week, the first Geekbench test results with the new M3 Ultra chip have been floating around the web. The difference between the CPU of the M3 Ultra and M4 Max chips isn’t huge, but what about the GPU? A new benchmark test reveals how much faster the M3 Ultra is for graphics processing.

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Bloomberg: Apple could have to scrap new Siri AI features and start over

7 March 2025 at 14:37

Earlier today, Apple announced that it is delaying the launch of the “more personalized” version of Siri, which was first announced at WWDC last year. In a statement, the company said it anticipates rolling the features out “in the coming year.”

In a new report this afternoon, Bloomberg details the internal turmoil that led to this delay, with Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi reportedly voicing “strong concerns that the features didn’t work properly” in his testing.

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Six months with Apple Watch Series 10: Fantastic hardware under-utilized

7 March 2025 at 13:33

Time flies, and somehow Apple’s last fall launches happened a whole six months ago. That means I’ve been using an Apple Watch Series 10 for half a year. Here’s how the new Watch has measured up in that time, and why its hardware is being held back by software.

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Apple prevails in AliveCor patent case over Apple Watch

7 March 2025 at 12:29

Apple and health technology company AliveCor have been embroiled in multiple legal battles for years, including a back-and-forth case with the International Trade Commission.

In a decision today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a previous decision from the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that found the three AliveCor patents at the center of its ITC case to be unpatentable.

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HomeKit Weekly: Making the case for putting an Aqara temperature and humidity sensor in every room

By: Bradley C
7 March 2025 at 11:16

HomeKit has changed how I interact with many of the rooms in my house. While lighting and cameras tend to have the spotlight for most people as they can easily see the impact, environment monitoring is an equally important factor for me. is a low-cost, simple, yet useful device that can enhance your HomeKit setup significantly. Here’s why you might want to install one in every room.

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Apple officially delays its ‘more personalized’ version of Siri

7 March 2025 at 09:43

Apple has confirmed that it will take “longer than we thought” to deliver some of its promised Apple Intelligence updates to Siri.

In a statement to Daring Fireball today, the company said it anticipates rolling out “a more personalized Siri” to users “in the coming year.”

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Here’s everything Apple unveiled this week

7 March 2025 at 09:02

As Tim Cook promised, there was a lot “in the air” for Apple news this week. The company unveiled two new iPad models, two new Mac models, an ultra-powerful Apple Silicon chip, and more. Here’s your full roundup of everything Apple announced this week…

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9to5Mac Daily: March 7, 2025 – iPhone 17 rumors, RCS expansion

7 March 2025 at 08:46

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts appStitcherTuneInGoogle Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

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Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 best price ever, AirPods Pro 2 $170, M2 MacBook Air $600 off orig. price, more

7 March 2025 at 08:45

The Apple deals are bursting at the seams today. Alongside the ongoing pre-order deals on the new iPad (A16) at up to 50% off, the M3 iPad Air at up to $650 off with trades, and the M4 MacBook Air from $449 (as well as the straight up cash deals on much of it you’ll find below), today’s headliner deal delivers the best prices ever now live on the latest Apple Watch Series 10. All models including the base configs, GPS + Cell variants, and the high-end titanium case models are now $100 off at Amazon, delivering the lowest prices we have tracked to date. Those offers join AirPods Pro 2 down at $170, Amazon clearance pricing on M2 MacBook Air models at up to $600 off the original prices, and the now live 3-day Apple sale event at Best Buy – iPad Pro M2 $900 off, AirPods Pro 2, HomePod mini, M4 MacBook Pro, more. All of that and more awaits below in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break.

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New Apple TV+ comedy, The Studio, reveals the stress of Hollywood in trailer

7 March 2025 at 08:25

Later this month, Apple faces the big challenge of trying to keep TV+ subscribers after Severance ends. One big card up the company’s sleeve? A new comedy coming to Apple TV+ called The Studio, which just dropped its full trailer.

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