The final version of iOS 13 has been released for the general public to download onto a compatible iPhone or iPod touch.

iOS 13 includes many new features, including a new dark mode interface theme option, notable improvements and updates to the Photos app, updates to Notes and Reminders applications, a new “Find My” app that helps you locate your misplaced Apple devices, new Emoji, new Animoji and Memoji capabilities, improvements to Files app that allow for external storage access and SMB file sharing, improvements to Maps app, support for Apple Arcade gaming service, and much more. The complete release notes of iOS 13 are posted further below, along with IPSW firmware files.
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The final version of WatchOS 6 has been released for Apple Watch.

watchOS 6 includes a handful of nice new Apple Watch faces, a built-in Apple Watch App Store, Voice Memos, Audiobooks, new Siri features like the ability to find out what song is playing or to locate friends and family sharing their location, radio streaming, improvements to Calculator app, new Health app features like menstrual cycle tracking and fertility racking, a Noise app for detecting decibel levels of sounds, the ability to delete many built-in apps, and much more.

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Apple has released the fourth beta versions of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 for users participating in the beta programs.

Both developer beta and public beta releases are available to download.

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Sometimes when you check for available macOS software updates in System Preferences you’ll find there are multiple software updates available for different things, for example there might be a Safari update, alongside a macOS supplemental update, along with a security update, or firmware update. But what if you only want to install one of those updates and not everything?

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Have you ever needed to stop or cancel an iOS update before it installs on an iPhone or iPad? Installing iOS software updates is easy through the Settings app, but you may have noticed that once an iOS update starts downloading there is no ‘cancel update’ or ‘stop downloading update’ button or option. Nonetheless, despite there being no obvious method to cancel the process, you can stop an iOS update while it is downloading if you act quickly.

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If you’re updating several apps or downloading multiple apps at the same time on an iPhone, you can choose to prioritize a specific app download over the others with the help of a 3D Touch trick.

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Chrome for iOS and Android defaults to showing an “Articles For You” suggested article section when opening a new Chrome tab or window with Google search.

If you don’t want to see the Chrome suggested articles on iPad, iPhone, or Android, you can disable the Articles For You feature.

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The iPad Pro is already the best iPad ever made and you can take it to the next level by adding an Apple Pencil to the mix. But you’ll need to know how to set it up and get the most out of it.

With the addition of one accessory you can turn the iPad Pro into perhaps the very best digital note taking machine on the planet. It’s not just note taking, or Notes drawing and sketching tools, either. With tons of other drawing and painting apps in the App Store you’re only limited by your imagination rather than the technology. The Apple Pencil might not be cheap, but it’s a great accessory if you want to make the best use of your iPad Pro.

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Wondering when iPadOS 13 will be coming out for iPad? Well wonder no more!

Apple has announced that the official release date of iPadOS 13 is September 24, fresh off the heals of releasing the iOS 13 update for iPhone. This is six days sooner than the originally planned release date of iPadOS 13, which was September 30.

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If you’re filled with anticipation about running iOS 13 on your iPhone, you may be excited to learn that iOS 13 be released on September 19.

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For those who have been wondering when macOS Catalina will be coming out, Apple has announced that MacOS Catalina will be released in October.

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Apple has released the third beta version of iPadOS 13.1 and iOS 13.1 for users who are enrolled in the developer beta testing programs, as well as the public beta testing programs.

Additionally, Apple has released the eight beta version of MacOS Catalina for Mac users testing the latest Mac system software release.

Separately, watchOS 6 GM is available to download for compatible Apple Watches as well.

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Apple has released the GM version of iOS 13 to users participating in the developer beta testing program.

GM stands for Golden Master and typically represents the final version of software that gets released to the general public, thus indicating that iOS 13 GM will likely match the final version released next week.

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Apple has announced the all new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

The all new iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max will replace the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max as the high-end iPhone models, and they include improved performance, better power management, improved battery life, and a better camera system consisting of three individual cameras.

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Apple has released the all new iPhone 11.

iPhone 11 includes various new features, performance enhancements, improved battery life and energy use, and offers an improved dual-camera system.

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Apple has announced an all new entry-level iPad model.

The new hardware includes a variety of improvements, and perhaps most notably a bigger screen. The new iPad model was announced at the days iPhone launch event, along with new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, and Apple Watch Series 5.

Let’s take a moment to review the new iPad:

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Apple has announced the all new Apple Watch Series 5, with an always-on display.

The new Apple Watch was launched today along with a new base level iPad 10.2″ model, along with the new iPhone 11, and iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max.

The Apple Watch Series 5 screen now dims when not in focus, and brightens when the Apple Watch is raised or tapped. Other notable features for Apple Watch Series 5 include the following:

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If you use the Tags feature to tag files and folders on the Mac you may find it helpful to know that you can edit and rename tags to be more descriptive or to better suit your purposes for those tags.

For example, perhaps you want to rename some tags to be used as indicator of priority, so rather than having a tag simply named “Red” or “Blue” you could rename those tags to be “Urgent” and “Low Priority”. Or perhaps you’d like tags named something like “Personal”, “Family”, and “Work”, or to be project specific, or anything of that sort. Renaming tags on the Mac is easy, as you’ll see.

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