At its Glowtime event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 lineup with the innovative Camera Control and Apple silicon necessary to support Apple Intelligence, plus camera improvements and more. The company showed off the Apple Watch Series 10, which boasts a larger, brighter display in the thinnest, lightest Apple Watch ever, and the existing Apple Watch Ultra 2 received a new black finish. Apple announced via its website that we can expect macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, tvOS 18, and HomePod Software 18 on 16 September 2024. Our AppBITS entry this week is Blip, a sleek little app that transfers files of any size directly between Macs and other devices. Now that the Action button is standard across the iPhone 16 line, we ask iPhone 15 Pro owners if they use it, and if so, for what. Notable Mac app releases this week include Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2.5.5, Default Folder X 6.1, and iStat Menus 7.0.2.
Apple has revealed that the initial versions of its 2024 operating systems—macOS 15 Sequoia, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, visionOS 2, tvOS 18, and HomePod Software 18—will ship on 16 September 2024.
Do you regularly need to send large files to someone else? Blip makes it easy to send files of any size to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android user directly over your network or the Internet.
The new Apple Watch Series 10 is the thinnest, lightest Apple Watch yet, even while providing a larger, brighter display. It now comes in aluminum and titanium models. Apple updated the Apple Watch Ultra 2 with a new finish but no new hardware features.
At its Glowtime event, Apple unveiled its latest crop of iPhones, with the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus gaining the new Camera Control, along with the Action button from last year’s Pro models. The iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max boast larger screens, better cameras, and faster performance.
Watchlist
Maintenance update with several bug fixes and crash resolvers. (Various prices new, free update, various sizes, macOS 10.15+)
Open/Save dialog utility adds support for macOS 15 Sequoia. ($39.95 new, free update, 17.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)
Maintenance update for the recently upgraded menu bar system monitoring utility. ($11.99 new, free update from version 7, upgrade pricing available, 19.6 MB, macOS 11+)
