Apple has released iOS 26 beta 8 for iPhone and iPadOS 26 beta 8 for iPad. The new beta build has arrived to developers first, and a public beta version is likely soon to follow.

Separately, Apple released MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 8 along with beta 8 for the rest of the OS 26 suite. The 8th beta is historically often the final beta version in major system software testing cycles for Apple before a release candidate build, and it’s possible this applies here too. Apple has previously stated that iOS 26, and the rest of the OS 26 lineup, will be released this fall.

iOS 26 includes a new shiny and translucent Liquid Glass interface appearance scheme that offers new icon customization options along with new wallpapers, a revamped lock screen, custom backgrounds in Messages app, group chat polling in Messages, Phone app improvements, CarPlay enhancements, imporvements to Apple Intelligence, new ringtone options, Preview app, and more. For iPadOS 26 all the same is included, along with new multitasking capabilities and windowing of apps, along with an iPad menubar that is Mac-esque.

Any advanced user can install iOS 26 beta on iPhone or iPadOS 26 beta on iPad, though this is generally not recommended for most people.

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MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 8 has been released by Apple, the new beta build arrives for users enrolled in the beta testing program first, and is typically soon followed by the same build being made available to public beta testers (update: public beta 5 is out).

Apple also issued iOS 26 beta 8 for iPhone and iPad, watchOS 26 beta 8, and tvOS 26 beta 8. Historically, the 8th beta build is often the final beta version for a major system software release from Apple, so it’s possible these 8th betas are what will be released to the general public in the near future. Apple has previously said that macOS Tahoe 26 will be released this fall, along with iOS 26, ipadOS 26, and the rest of the OS 26 suite.

The most significant change with MacOS Tahoe 26 is the new translucent and shiny Liquid Glass interface appearance complete with new icon customizations, new wallpaper options, new screen saver choices, and a boring new Macintosh HD icon design. There are also new features too, including a clipboard history feature included in Spotlight, Launchpad is removed directly but instead is available as an option with Spotlight too, and the Phone app and Journal app come to the Mac for the first time. There are also custom backgrounds and group chat polling in the Messages app similar to what WhatsApp offers, and Live Activities from iPhone arrive on the Mac too, amongst other smaller various changes and features. MacOS Tahoe is compatible with a variety of Macs and can be installed now by curious users as MacOS Tahoe 26 beta, though the beta experience is best reserved for more advanced Mac users.

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Apple has a routine of opening new stores and celebrating those store openings with custom wallpapers, and they’re back at it again. This time around, Apple is opening a new store in Hebbal, India, and has released a nifty peacock feather Apple logo wallpaper to go along for the ride.

Click the image below to open the desktop version in full size at a whopping 6020 × 3911 resolution, or click the links below that to open full sized versions for iPhone, iPad, Desktop, and to visit the Hebbal store page on Apple.com.

6020 × 3911 resolution peacock Apple logo wallpaper

• Mac wallpaper
• iPhone wallpaper
• iPad wallpaper
• Hebbal Apple Store page

If you’d like to check out more wallpaper posts go ahead and browse around, and don’t miss some of the other fancy store opening wallpapers from Apple too, like the nice tropical flora Miami wallpaper and more.

Running a Large Language Model (LLM) like ChatGPT’s gpt-oss locally can have multiple benefits, including providing offline access to an AI language model tool like GPT. If you’re a fan of LLMs, AI tools, and ChatGPT, you might be interested in running a local instance of gpt-oss, but even if you’re fairly new to AI tools it could be intriguing to you to experiment with. Additionally, if you’re one of the ChatGPT users who are not thrilled about GPT-5 and want to revert back to GPT-4, running gpt-oss on your Mac provides another avenue to do that.

We’re going to walk through a really simple way to get gpt-oss, ChatGPT’s open model, running locally on your Mac. (And yes you can run gpt-oss on Windows or Linux too using basically the same methods outlined below, but we’re obviously focusing on MacOS here).

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Amazon is offering some really great deals on the pro model Mac laptops, with the M4 Max MacBook Pro and M4 Pro MacBook Pro models both deeply discounted in 16″ and 14″ display sizes, with the top-end models offering the biggest discounts.

16″ M4 MacBook Pro

• 16″ M4 Pro MacBook Pro, 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD – $2,228.99 ($270 off)
• 16″ M4 Pro MacBook Pro, 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 48GB RAM, 512GB SSD, space black – $2,581.94 ($317 off)
• 16″ M4 Max MacBook Pro, 14-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space black – $3,099 ($400 off)
• 16″ M4 Max MacBook Pro, 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU, 48GB RAM, 1TB SDD, space black – $3,552.55 ($446 off)

14″ M4 MacBook Pro

• 14.2” M4 MacBook Pro, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, space black – $1,299 ($300 off)
• 14.2” M4 MacBook Pro, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, silver – $1,499 ($300 off)
• 14.2” M4 Pro MacBook Pro, 14-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space black – $2,099 ($300 off)
• 14.2” M4 Max MacBook Pro, 14-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 36GB RAM, 1TB SSD, space black – $2,839 ($359 off)

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Apple has issued important security updates for iPhone and iPad, versioned as iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2. The security update addresses an actively exploited security hole pertaining to malicious image files, and given the huge number of people who share and receive funny pictures, memes, gifs, and other image files online, it’s a good idea to install this update as soon as you can onto your devices. With all that said, it’s unlikely that most people are impacted by this particular exploit, but nonetheless it’s still good security practice to install these type of updates right away when possible.

The same security patch is also available for older iPad users with iPadOS 17.7.10, along with Mac users versioned as MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1, MacOS Sonoma 14.7.8, and macOS Ventura 13.7.8.

No new features or other changes are included in the update, it is strictly security oriented.

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Apple has issued macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 as a security update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. Apple says the update contains “important security fixes” and is therefore recommended for all users.

The particular exploit that has been patched pertains to malicious image files, and given that a huge number of people regularly encounter image files and share things like memes and funny pictures that are found online, it’s a good idea to install these updates as soon as you can on your Apple devices. While it’s unlikely that you have been impacted by this particular exploit, it’s still good practice to install these type of security updates onto your devices right away.

The same security patches are also available for other MacOS versions including MacOS Sonoma 14.7.8 and macOS Ventura 13.7.8, along with iPhone and iPad versioned as iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2.

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If you’ve installed the iOS 26 beta on your iPhone or iPadOS 26 beta onto iPad, and found it a little too buggy, unstable, or you’re simply not interested in iOS 26 any longer, you’re certainly not alone. While many adventurous Apple users jump onto the beta train to explore the new operating systems, it’s not unusual to discover that the experience isn’t always the smoothest ride, or that you have some critical incompatibility that makes the beta unworkable for you. Fortunately, it is pretty easy to downgrade from iOS 26 beta back to a stable release of iOS 18, as we’ll show you here.

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Amazon remains the best possible place to get a new MacBook Air, as they continue to cut $200 off the Apple retail price. The M4 MacBook Air series is available at the whopper discount in a variety of color, storage, and RAM configurations, in both the 13″ and 15″ display sizes. These powerful Macs feature the M4 chip, support for dual external displays, has all day battery life, Apple Intelligence support, FaceTime camera with Center Stage support, backlit keyboard, MagSafe charger, two USB-C/thunderbolt ports, a pleasant LCD display (no annoying PWM for those with sensitive eyes), and more.

13″ M4 MacBook Air Deals ($200 Off)

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• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
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15″ M4 MacBook Air Deals ($200 Off)

• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $1,199 (MSRP: $1,399)
• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 24GB / 512GB for $1,399 (MSRP: $1,599)

Apple Watch Series 10 from $299, Ultra 2 from $649

Apple has resurrected the Blood Oyxgen monitoring feature on Apple Watch with software updates, which might be enough to entice you to grab the latest model Apple Watch Series 10 or Ultra 2. But rather than pay full price, take $100 off the retail price and snag these great deals from Amazon. You’ll get an always-on display, fitness and activity tracking, heart rate monitor, ECG, irregular heart beat detection, crash and fall detection, emergency SOS, ovulation tracking, GPS, one handed operation with pinch gestures, water resistance, voice control, Siri commands, and, again, the return of Blood Oxygen monitoring, and more.

• Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $299 (down from $399 MSRP)
• Get Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $650 (down from $799)

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Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 7 to users participating in the developer beta testing program, and the same build has been released as MacOS Tahoe public beta 4 as well. The beta release schedule is accelerating as the OS 26 operating systems are finalizing towards their inevitable fall release timeline.

The primary major new feature in MacOS Tahoe 26 is the introduction of the new shinier and more translucent Liquid Glass interface appearance, but there are also new wallpapers, new icon customization options, a new mundane Macintosh HD icon, clipboard history in Spotlight, the removal of Launchpad as it’s squished into Spotlight too, Live Activities from iPhone display on Mac, Journal app arrives on Mac, Phone app arrives on Mac, Messages app gains backgrounds and group chat polling, and more.

Separately, Apple has also released iOS 26 beta 7, iPadOS 26 beta 7 watchOS 26 beta 7, tvOS 26 beta 7, and visionOS 26 beta 7. Each developer build is also accompanied by the same build available for public beta testers as public beta 4.

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The beta development cycle of Apple operating systems is accelerating, as Apple has released iOS 26 beta 7 for iPhone, along with iPadOS 26 beta 7 for iPad. While those are developer beta versions, Apple simultaneously released the same builds as public beta versions, labeled as iOS 26 public beta 4.

Separately, new betas have also been released for MacOS Tahoe 26 beta 7 (and public beta 4), tvOS 26 beta 7, watchOS 26 beta 7, and visionOS 26 beta 7, along with their accompanying 4th public beta builds.

As the betas continue to refine, more users may be interested in installing iOS 26 beta on iPhone or iPadOS 26 beta onto iPad, just keep in mind it is still a beta experience and there will be bugs, performance issues, and app incompatibilities.

iOS 26 includes the new Liquid Glass interface appearance which is shinier and more translucent than before, plus there’s a revamped lock screen design, new wallpaper options, custom backgrounds in Messages app, polling in group chat Messages, CarPlay improvements, Phone app enhancements, inclusion of Preview app, new ringtones, Apple Intelligence improvements, and new multitasking and windowing options for iPad.

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MacOS Tahoe 26 has an all new updated interface appearance that Apple calls Liquid Glass, and with that comes a glassy watery default wallpaper pair in both light with blue hues and dark with more purple hue colors. The new MacOS Tahoe 26 default wallpaper is abstract but pleasant, recognizable as an abstraction of a wave, perhaps similar to colors and waves you might see for yourself if you were half-submerged in Lake Tahoe, the lake that the new MacOS operating system is named after.

But you don’t have to install MacOS Tahoe 26 just to get the new wallpapers, and you can grab and download the full-sized 6k versions at 6016 × 6016 resolution below by clicking on either link, which will open the full sized image in a browser window. You can then save it to your Mac and use it as desktop wallpaper, or stylize the background wallpaper on any other device, whether it’s another Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, Linux machine, or Android device.

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Apple has released two updates as iOS 18.6.1 for iPhone along with watchOS 11.6.1 for Apple Watch, and the combination of the two system software updates returns the blood oxygen monitoring feature back to Apple Watch. Previously, Apple had to remove the blood oxygen monitoring feature from Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and the latest Ultra 2 models, because of an ongoing legal dispute with another tech company.

No other features or security patches are included in these releases, but if you’re an Apple Watch Series 9, 10, or Ultra 2 owner (or shopper, Apple Watch 10 is $100 off from Amazon) this is certainly a series of updates you’ll want to get so that you can get the blood oxygen feature back on your device.

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Now that Apple has returned Blood Oyxgen monitoring to Apple Watch with iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1, you might be interested in shopping for an Apple Watch again. You can get either the Apple Watch Series 10 for $299 at $100 off, or take $150 off the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for just $650 down from $799. You’ll get an always-on display, fitness and activity tracking, heart rate monitor, ECG, irregular heart beat detection, crash and fall detection, emergency SOS, ovulation tracking, GPS, one handed operation with pinch gestures, water resistance, voice control, Siri commands, and, again, the return of Blood Oxygen monitoring, and more.

• Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $299 (down from $399 MSRP)
• Get Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $650 (down from $799)

Amazon continues to offer great deals on other Apple products too:

15″ M4 MacBook Air Deals from $999 ($200 Off)

• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $1,199 (MSRP: $1,399)
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13″ M4 MacBook Air Deals from $799 ($200 Off)

• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $799 (MSRP: $999)
• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 24GB / 512GB for $1,199 (MSRP: $1,399)

M3 iPad Air Deals from $449 ($150 Off)

• M3 iPad Air 13″ – $649 (down from $799)
• M3 iPad Air 11″ – $449 (down from $599)

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Apple has issued the 3rd public beta of iOS 26, macOS Tahoe 26, and iPadOS 26. There’s also a new updated build – iOS 26 23A5318f up from 23A5318c – for developers (which was previously updated to OS 26 beta 6) to match the fresh public beta build. Any user participating in the public beta program can find the updates available now on their eligible devices.

The OS 26 suite features the new Liquid Glass interface appearance, along with new wallpapers and numerous other new features and changes for the various Apple operating systems. The public beta program gives advanced users an early look at the changes and features, while offering the opportunity to provide feedback to Apple regarding the features as well.

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iPadOS 26 has a freshly redesigned interface called Liquid Glass, and no new appearance scheme would be complete without some fancy new wallpapers to come along for the ride. iPadOS 26 is no exception, with it’s new default wallpapers that kind of look like abstract colorful glass plates with light refracting around in mysterious ways, producing blow-away amazing default wallpapers that are sure to win every global design award possible and are quite possibly the pinnacle of wallpaper design that will never be superceded in human history – this is it, this is peak wallpaper. Grab the finest champagne and uncork that bottle so that you can celebrate together in the best iPad wallpapers ever to exist. But that’s not all, hold onto your seats because you can get the new default wallpaper from iPadOS 26 in both light wallpaper or dark wallpaper versions, and like a kid in a candy store you won’t be able to contain your excitement every time you look at the screen as it is decorated by these innovative designs.

The iPadOS 26 default wallpaper is so amazing and stunning you won’t be able to stop looking at it, it’s that mesmerizing and hypnotic in its sheer beauty. While there are simply not enough words or hyperbole in any written language to convey the gorgeous accolade worthy gem of iPadOS 26 default wallpapers, the good news is that you don’t even need to install iPadOS 26 just to enjoy the new wallpapers. No indeed, you can get them right now and use them on any device or computer at all, whether it’s a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, Android, or whatever else you’ve got that you want to spiffy up with stellar design of Cupertino corporate wallpaper design greatness.

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The M3 iPad Air is continuing to be offered at a $150 discount by Amazon, with the 13″ version being available for just $649 (down from $799) and the 11″ version being offered at $449 (down from $599). These prices are available for a limited time of unknown duration, so if you’re in the market for a new powerful iPad, these are sure to fit the bill. Separately, Amazon is also offering nice discounts on the base model iPad, and iPad Mini too.

Take $150 Off iPad Air 11″ and 13″

• M3 iPad Air 13″ – $649 (down from $799)
• M3 iPad Air 11″ – $449 (down from $599)

M3 iPad Air has Apple intelligence support, 128GB storage, 12MP front and rear cameras, Touch ID, LCD retina display, great battery life, support for Apple Pencil Pro, support for Apple Magic Keyboard, and more.

iPad & iPad Mini Deals

• iPad Mini A17 Pro – $399 (down from $499)
• iPad A16 – $299 (down from $349)

If iPad isn’t what you’re looking for or you want a full fledged computer, the MacBook Air M4 model is also available with a great discount from Amazon, starting at just $799.

$200 Off the M4 MacBook Air, from $799

Amazon continues to offer the fantastic M4 MacBook Air model at whopper discounts, taking $200 off retail price on the 15″ and 13″ models. These start at just $799 and are fantastic Macs that are highly capable, and the MacBook Air series is generally what we recommend for most Mac users, and are popular amongst the staff here at OSXDaily too. You can select different color and storage/RAM configurations, check out the deals below while they’re hot.

13″ M4 MacBook Air

• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $799 (MSRP: $999)
• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
• 13″ M4 MacBook Air 24GB / 512GB for $1,199 (MSRP: $1,399)

15″ M4 MacBook Air

• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199)
• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $1,199 (MSRP: $1,399)
• 15″ M4 MacBook Air 24GB / 512GB for $1,399 (MSRP: $1,599)

The M4 MacBook Air the powerful and energy efficient M4 chip with Apple Intelligence support, all day battery life, Center Stage front FaceTime camera, a backlit keyboard, MagSafe charging, dual-display support, and much more.

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ChatGPT is wildly popular for good reason as an incredibly useful artificial inteligence and LLM tool. But OpenAI recently introduced ChatGPT 5, and while generally every release of ChatGPT has been a significant improvement and well received, the same is not entirely to be said about the introduction of ChatGPT 5, which tends to regurgitate things found on reddit in a kind of unemotional corporate speak – hardly the ChatGPT experience most users enjoyed or are looking for. The GPT-5 experience is negative enough for some users that there is a fair amount of backlash online as many users miss the GPT-4o and GPT-4.5 experiences.

If you’re not happy with ChatGPT 5 and want to revert back to ChatGPT 4o, you can do so easily, with the web client, Mac client, iPhone/iOS and iPad/iOS client, and elsewhere.

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