One of the more compelling new subtler features introduced iOS 27 pertains to the ability to use full screen Widgets on iPhone. Full screen widgets can effectively turn a Home Screen page into a full mini-app of whatever the full screen widget is.

For example, you can have the full screen Weather widget, which shows a full longterm forecast and weather conditions right on the iPhone Home Screen, without having to open the Weather app. Or another popular example, is to use the full screen Photos widget, which lets you have a full Home Screen page dedicated to the photos widget and showing photos you might enjoy.

Full screen widgets are compelling for iPhone, here’s how to add one on your Home Screen.

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The Mac mini and Mac Studio are both increasingly popular, not only as desktop Macs, but also for local AI setups. Amazon is taking up to $150 off the Mac mini configs, and $200 off a well-equipped Mac Studio:

• M6 Mac Mini – 16GB / 256GB – $779 (down $120 from $899)
• M6 Mac mini – 16GB / 512GB – $949 (down $150 from $1099)
• M5 Pro Mac Mini – 24GB / 512GB – $1599 (down from $1699)
• M5 Max Mac Studio – 32GB / 512GB – $2299 ($200 off, down from $2499)

Mac mini and Mac Studio do not com with displays, keyboards, or mouse, but you can get those separately:

• Apple Magic Mouse (black) – $89
• Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (black)- $199
• Apple Studio Display 27″ – $1599
• Dell 27″ 4k display – $350
• ASUS ProArt 27″ display – $650

Separately, Amazon continues to offer the Rose Pink HomeView at a small discount with pre-order:

• Pre-order HomeView for $289 in Rose Pink (down from $299, Released November 13)

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Siri Suggestions is a feature in Spotlight search for iPhone and iPad that suggests apps to open. The apps shown in this list are based on a few factors, including frequency of use, time of use, recency of use, and other algorithmic factors, but there are times the apps shown are not helpful, not in line with apps you’d be using, or that you simply don’t want those apps shown as suggested in Siri Suggestions.

Fortunately, with minimal effort you can remove an app from the Siri Suggestions of Spotlight on iPhone or iPad.

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Apple has set an event for next week, October 28, using the tagline “pro and tell” to describe the “special Apple experience” that select influencers and press were invited to.

The “pro and tell” tagline certainly seems to suggest that Pro products will get updates, which is in line with rumors that suggest MacBook Pro could get a redesign, new M6 processors, and even include touch screen support. There are also rumors of updates to the iMac lineup, and potentially a revamped iPad mini as well. As usual, these are just rumors circulating until Apple announces anything official.

It’s also likely that we’ll get the release date, or perhaps the software release itself, of iOS 27.2, MacOS 27.2, and iPadOS 27.2, at the October 28 event, since those versions of system software are currently in beta that were just updated to Release Candidate builds.

This is the second Apple event to be held this month, as just last week Apple announced the HomeView product, along with updating HomePod mini and Apple TV.

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Apple has issued the first Release Candidate builds of iOS 27.2, MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, and iPadOS 27.2, for users who are in the beta testing program for Apple system software. A Release Candidate (RC) build typically matches the final version of the beta testing process, absent any last minute issues or changes.

Aside from the RC designation, it is highly likely that iOS 27.2, MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, and iPadOS 27.2 will be finalized in the near future, because Apple just announced another event next week.

iOS 27.2 includes support for using Siri AI in several new languages and regions, includes a redesigned Health app with Longevity and Insights scores that gather from Apple Watch, and presumably bug fixes and security enhancements as well. It’s also likely that MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, and ipadOS 27.2 will also include bug fixes and improvements.

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You might occasionally find yourself in a situation where you need to know the IP address of a Mac. Once upon a time, in Mac OS X users could instantly see their IP address when selecting the “Network” preference panel, but that is no longer the case in modern MacOS versions that have System Settings. Now, you’ll have to dig a little deeper to retrieve your IP address on a Mac, but it’s still pretty simple.

Here’s what you’ll want to do with a modern MacOS version, including MacOS 27 Golden Gate, 26 Tahoe, 15 Sequoia, 14 Sonoma, and macOS versions with “System Settings”.

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While Apple is mostly sold out of November 13 delivery HomeView’s and is providing early-to-mid December deliver estimates, it appears that Amazon is not. In fact, Amazon is not only still accepting pre-orders for HomeView, but they’re also offering some color models at a small discount. Currently the $10 discount applies to the Starlight and Rose Pink models, but stock and pricing changes quick on Amazon.

• Pre-order HomeView for $289 in Rose Pink (down from $299, Released November 13)
• Pre-order Homeview in Starlight for $299 (No longer discounted, Released November 13)

The HomeView is an interesting new home device introduced by Apple. With a 7″ screen that shows widgets, clocks, and photo slideshows, and a Home Screen complete with Safari, Music, Messages, FaceTime, Reminders, and support for Siri AI assuming your connected iPhone or iPad supports Siri AI anyway. It has an on-screen keyboard for when you need it, and some neat features like Safari having a capability to convert any webpage that is a recipe into a full-screen swipeable cookbook. HomeView is available in Silver, Starlight, Rose Pink, and Space Grey color options, and there’s also a wall mount version that does not include the speaker base.

HomeView is almost certain to be a popular gift this holiday season for people who are heavily in the Apple ecosystem, as those who are Android users without iCloud probably won’t get as much utility out of the device.

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Whether you had the original iPhone or just dreamt of one, you can step back in time 19 years(!) and re-experience the original iPhone running iPhoneOS 1.0 in an emulator within any modern web browser. Play around with the original apps on the original iPhone experience, which all function as they should, though the emulated Safari does not have the ability to connect to the internet. You’ll quickly recall that many of the original iPhone apps were quite different and had names; Music was called iPod because Apple still made iPods at the time, Messages was called Texts because iMessage hadn’t debuted yet, there was no App Store or third party apps, there was no iCloud yet, and lots of other interesting little reminders of the first iPhone experience, before iPhoneOS was renamed iOS, and before many other features even existed.

Aside from a trip down memory lane and the nostalgic factor, there’s not a lot of utility to this, but it sure is fun to see how far iPhone and iOS has come. All you need is a web browser, then simply swipe to unlock, and click around.

• Check out 2007.mobile in a web browser

This is a fun little project from @_kelindi_ on X, don’t forget to follow @osxdaily there too.

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iPad has many uses, either as a touch device, or even as a pseudo-laptop of sorts with the Magic Keyboard, or as a desktop-like device with an external mouse and keyboard, and for better or worse, iPad is always running iPadOS. While many Mac users wish iPad could also run MacOS, a completely different and new option outside of the Apple ecosystem is available for the adventurous; running Linux on iPad, with the help of the new LinPad app.

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If you’ve ever wanted live video wallpapers on your Mac, the Phosphene app will bring your MacOS desktop to life. But that’s not all, Phosphene is also able to add your own videos to the native wallpaper and screen saver pipeline on the Mac, letting MacOS play your own videos on both your desktop, and your Mac lock screen.

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The Apple HomeView might have just been announced, and it’s already a good deal at $299, but Amazon is making it even better by offering a little discount on a pre-ordered HomeView for just $289.99 for the model with a speaker and swivel screen.

• Pre-order HomeView for $289 (down from $299)

The HomeView is sure to be a popular holiday gift this season for people who are deep in the Apple ecosystem, and as of now only Amazon is offering a discount on pre-orders.

While you can get a wall-mounted version of HomeView, it’s the same price as the model with the speaker base and stand, so we’d mostly recommend the speaker base model unless you have a very specific utility for the wall mounted variation.

Amazon is showing a delivery date of November 13, which is the official launch date of HomeView.

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Apple used their “Welcome Home” event to unveil a handful of new and updated devices geared towards a smart home ecosystem, with a brand new product category called HomeView, and notable updates to Apple TV and HomePod mini. All of the devices are heavily integrated with Siri AI and Apple Intelligence, and the Apple ecosystem.

HomeView is particularly interesting, and could turn into a popular home accessory device, while the updates to Apple TV and HomePod mini are more iterative.

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Apple continues to march along with new beta 4 builds of iOS 27.2, MacOS 27.2 Golden Gate, and iPadOS 27.2, available for all users enrolled in the beta testing programs for Apple system software.

iOS 27.2 beta supports several new languages for using Siri AI, and there’s a newly redesigned Health app that includes insights and longevity scores gathered from Apple Watch data. While no bugs are specifically mentioned, there are sure to be bug fixes included with iOS 27.2, MacOS 27.2, and ipadOS 27.2 as well.

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The all new Siri AI and Spotlight search experience in MacOS 27 is significantly more powerful and capable than prior versions of Siri and Spotlight, but Spotlight Search has a neat trick up its sleeve where you can change it to ask ChatGPT instead, directly from Spotlight search on the Mac. And you don’t even need a ChatGPT account to use this feature, though you can connect it to your OpenAI credentials if you’d like to keep the interactions in your ChatGPT history.

Here’s how to use this super handy quick ChatGPT access on Mac, and yes you will need MacOS 27 or later.

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Amazon is offering some giant discounts on the M5 MacBook Pro models, knocking up to $600 off some of the higher level configurations in both 16″ and 14″ display sizes.

M5 MacBook Pro 16″ and 14″

• 16″ M5 Max MacBook Pro – 36GB – 2TB – $3899 ($500 Off)
• 16″ M5 Pro MacBook Pro – 24GB – 1TB – $2499 ($500 off, down from $2999)
• 14″ M5 Pro MacBook Pro – 24GB – 2TB – $2399 ($600 off from $2999)

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Homebrew now has an official MacOS GUI app for visual package management, offering a graphical alternative to the popular command line tool. The Homebrew GUI app makes it easy to install new packages, update existing packages and casks, manage packages, and find new Homebrew packages, and is a worthwhile addition for Mac users who use Homebrew anyway.

The Homebrew GUI app will obviously require you to have installed Homebrew already on the Mac. If you haven’t done that, or if you have no interest in Homebrew as a package manager or command line, this won’t be of particular relevance to you. But if you’re a Homebrew user, and you want to use the official Homebrew GUI app (as opposed to third party alternatives like Applite), here’s how to install it.

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If you’re looking for a great desktop Mac, the Mac Studio and Mac mini are both fantastic. Amazon is offering the latest Mac mini and Mac Studio at some nice discounts, taking up to $200 off the Studio and $150 off the Mac mini in select configurations.

• M6 Mac Mini – 16GB / 256GB – $779 (down from $899)
• M6 Mac mini – 16GB / 512GB – $949 (down $150 from $1099)
• M5 Pro Mac Mini – 24GB / 512GB – $1619 (down from $1699)
• M5 Max Mac Studio – 32GB / 512GB – $2299 ($200 off, down from $2499)

You’ll need a display for the Mac Studio or Mac Mini:

• Dell 27″ 4k display – $350
• ASUS ProArt 27″ display – $650
• Apple Studio Display 27″ – $1599

And a keyboard and mouse too:

• Magic Mouse (black) – $89
• Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad (black)- $199

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A somewhat rare reason that MacOS can feel excessively slow is due to a runaway process in the background, in this particular case; rpcsvchost. You might find this in Activity Monitor or another resource monitor, consuming an unusually large amount of RAM and/or CPU, in which case you’re probably wondering what this process is, and whether it’s safe to kill it.

If you were wondering, yes, rpcsvchost is a legitimate system process for MacOS, but it can still occasionally misbehave and contribute to unusually high CPU usage or excessive memory consumption (enough to swap and use virtual memory), both of which can make a Mac feel notably slower.

Let’s dive a bit into what rpcsvchost does, why it might be using excessive system resources, and how to troubleshoot the problem.

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