MacOS Tahoe 26 features the all new Liquid Glass interface, brings the Phone app to the Mac, big Spotlight changes with actions, new Apple Intelligence features, a new Games app, backgrounds are added to Messages for the WhatsApp fans, Live Activities from iPhone, and much more. With so many new features combined with a significant … Read More

iOS 26 is out, with it’s all new shiny Liquid Glass interface, and new features like backgrounds and polling in Messages app, improvements to Apple Intelligence, Live Translation in FaceTime, Phone, and Messages, CarPlay improvements, enhancements to the Phone app, a new Games app, and more. It’s no wonder there’s so much interest in iOS … Read More

In a testament to how quickly time moves, 20 years ago Steve Jobs gave his famous Stanford commencement speech. If you haven’t heard it before, set aside the time to listen, it’s about 15 minutes long and arguably one of the best commencement speeches ever given, if not one of the best general speeches ever … Read More

MacOS Tahoe 26 is here, and right from the start you can see the difference with the all new Liquid Glass interface appearance and styling, with it’s heavy use of translucency, shiny icons and buttons, and all around revamped appearance. Of course MacOS Tahoe is much more than skin deep though, and there’s many new … Read More

iOS 26 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 for iPad has been announced by Apple, and the first beta versions are available to users partcipating in the developer beta programs. With the beta for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26, users can get an early look at the nifty shiny new Liquid Glass interface and it’s redesigned … Read More

Apple has enthralled the world with some pretty significant visual overhauls to the iPhone and iPad system software, featuring the all new Liquid Glass appearance style. With a new look, plus many new features, it’s no wonder that so many Apple users are curious about downloading iOS 26 beta and installing it right away. And … Read More

Apple announced iOS 26 at WWDC 2025, and if you’re a registered Apple Developer, you can now download and install the first iOS 26 beta onto eligible iPhone models. iOS 26 includes a new Liquid Glass interface which is basically just more transparent and shinier with a slightly less bleached neon look, and includes various … Read More

Apple announced the next major version of MacOS, called MacOS Tahoe, versioned as MacOS 26, at WWDC 2026, and now the first beta version is available to download. For Mac users who are enrolled in the developer beta testing program, MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 1 can be downloaded right away through the standard software update … Read More

Apple has announced MacOS Tahoe, versioned as macOS 26, jumping 11 versions ahead from the current versioning of MacOS 15. This versioning number change is congruent with the new year-based versioning system that also arrives on iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and the rest of the Apple operating system suite. MacOS Tahoe features an … Read More

Apple has debuted iPadOS 26 today, complete with some notable new features and changes to the iPad operating system. First to notice is the new numerical versioning system, with iPadOS 26 jumping many version numbers ahead of the current iPadOS 18 version, following a numerical system much like Microsoft used to use for Windows (remember … Read More

Apple has announced iOS 26, the next version of system software for iPhone. And yes you read that correctly, it’s iOS 26 – twenty six – jumping way ahead from iOS 18, to follow year numbers. It’s not just iOS that is facing the numerical versioning change, it turns out that Apple is labeling all … Read More

If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More

If you’re a Mac gamer and you love free games, you won’t want to miss out on this deal; Borderlands 2, the classic popular first-person action RPG shooter, is free to download this weekend on Steam (until the morning of June 8 at 10am PDT). And because it’s on Steam, you’ll be able to play … Read More

Gamers everywhere are happy that Fortnite is back for iPhone and iPad users, but there’s no Mac client in sight (yet anyway). That doesn’t mean you can’t play Fortnite on the Mac though, because if you have an Apple Silicon Mac, and you’re comfortable running some mods and tweaks, you can get the iOS/iPadOS version … Read More

One of the more curious features of Apple Watch is how the Compass Backtrack feature automatically activates and takes over the Apple Watch screen during workouts, seemingly at random, or even every time a “Hiking” workout or sometimes any outdoor workout of any sort is selected or initiated. Given that the vast majority of hikers, … Read More

macOS Sequoia is a pretty solid operating system with some great features like iPhone Mirroring, and while performance is fantastic for most, not all users are experiencing the speediest of experiences. If you feel like macOS Sequoia is running slower than your Mac was on prior operating system versions, you might appreciate some of these … Read More

For the majority of existence for iPhone, anytime that music, podcasts, audiobooks, or media was being played on the device but the screen was locked, a volume slider was visible on the iPhone Lock Screen. The volume slider made it easy to see what volume something was playing at, and also made it very easy … Read More

If you’re running macOS Sequoia or macOS Sonoma, you might occasionally find yourself in a situation where you need to flush the DNS cache on your Mac. This can be necessary to fix DNS related issues or errors, to clear out outdated DNS settings or records, to resolve issues with certain websites, or even to … Read More