14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (256+ words) Every iCloud+ tier, from the $0.99 50GB plan up to the $59.99 12TB plan, includes family sharing for up to five other members, according to Apple’s own support page. That is the only family-sharing headcount Apple publishes across its current storage and subscription pricing....

15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (280+ words) App Store Age Ratings: Every Deadline on Apple’s 2026 Compliance Calendar The Mac Observer Apple Changed iOS in Japan Under a New Smartphone Law: The March 17 Deadline Brazil and the App Store: Apple’s iOS Change and Its Betting License Rule Apple’s…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago   (342+ words) Connecting an iPhone 18 Pro to a carrier at checkout saves $100 against buying it unlocked, and that part is certain because it shows up in the price itself. The much larger figure attached to carriers, up to $1,200 in trade-in credit, is…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago   (300+ words) Apple prices the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299 in the United States only when a carrier is selected at checkout. Choose “connect on your own later” instead and the same 256GB model costs $1,399, a $100 gap that Apple has never printed as a…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (380+ words) Buying iPhone 18 Pro unlocked costs a known $1,299 for the 256GB model, and Apple prices that number the same way today as it will in a month. Buying it through a carrier is $100 cheaper up front, $1,199, but everything attached to that carrier…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (337+ words) The Mac Observer iPhone Duo Coverage Exists, the Price Does Not: Apple Confirms AppleCare+ for Its Fold and Publishes No Number Five Costs Buyers Assume Are Included in Apple’s September 2026 Lineup, and What Apple Actually Ships iPhone 18 Pro’s Two Active…...

13+ hour, 26+ min ago   (232+ words) Safari carries at least four documented privacy features that are separate from iCloud Private Relay and do not require an iCloud+ subscription: Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a free tier of IP address hiding from known trackers, a Privacy Report, and Fraudulent…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (379+ words) iPhone 18 Pro has no SIM tray in 12 markets, including the United States, and carrier choice still happens at Apple’s checkout in every one of them. Removing the tray changed how a line gets onto the phone. It did not remove…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (266+ words) The lock-in arrives alongside a genuine reversal: Apple In-App Purchase and alternative payment options can now run inside the same app in the EU, something Apple’s own terms previously prohibited. A developer gets more combinations to choose from, and then…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (466+ words) iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders opened at 12:00 UTC today in more than 65 countries, and Apple has published a specific financing figure for some of the biggest markets and none at all for two others. The UK gets 0 percent APR over 30 months with…...