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Abstract cover art for stopping WhatsApp saving files to the Mac Downloads folder

Mac20 Oct

How to stop WhatsApp saving files to your Mac's Downloads folder, and clear out the ones already there

One checkbox in WhatsApp's Chats settings stops it copying photos, videos and documents into Downloads. Finder can then find and clear out the copies already there.

Jaymin Navadiya

The HomePod mini 2 in blue, with the colour-matched cable. It keeps the original mini's size and shape. Image: Apple Newsroom.

Home & TV20 Oct

HomePod mini 2 vs HomePod 2: which Apple smart speaker should you buy?

For most rooms the $149 HomePod mini 2 is the better buy: newer chip, newer wireless and a confirmed Siri AI update. The $349 HomePod 2 wins on sound.

Jaymin Navadiya

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Privacy & Security20 Oct

How Safari's identity tracker block in iOS 27 and macOS 27 protects your email address, and the settings to check

Safari in the 27 releases cuts off companies that turn the email you type into a site into a tracking ID. Here is how it works, and what you can still set.

Jaymin Navadiya

Abstract cover art for Loop Capital's downgrade of Apple to Hold

Rumour20 Oct

Loop Capital downgrades Apple to Hold and cuts its target to $330, saying 13 million cut iPhones will not come back

Loop Capital's Ananda Baruah moved Apple from Buy to Hold, citing supply checks that say iPhones cut from late 2026 plans will not be made up in 2027.

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How to stop WhatsApp saving files to your Mac's Downloads folder, and clear out the ones already there

HomePod mini 2 vs HomePod 2: which Apple smart speaker should you buy?

How Safari's identity tracker block in iOS 27 and macOS 27 protects your email address, and the settings to check

Loop Capital downgrades Apple to Hold and cuts its target to $330, saying 13 million cut iPhones will not come back

Perplexity Computer can now run entirely on a Mac, offline, but wants 36GB of memory

UK's CMA says Apple's iPhone NFC terms still keep Apple Pay rivals out, and proposes cheaper access

Apple names Perryman and Qnity as US suppliers of iPhone Duo titanium and iPhone 18 Pro camera parts

iPhone 18 Pro chargers, MagSafe and power banks: what Apple's specs say you need for full speed

iPhone Duo orders capped at two in the US, HomePod Sound Glow reaches older models, and more

Apple's own sites say iPhone Duo walk-in sales are off in Japan and South Korea, and the iPhone 18 Pro Max too

iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 release candidates are out, with macOS, watchOS and visionOS RCs alongside

Apple buys Samplab's AI audio tools and offers jobs to some of its staff, an EU filing shows

Apple confirms its 'Pro and tell' event for 28 October in Los Angeles, with new Macs and an OLED iPad mini expected

Which Macs support macOS 27? Compatible models and what Intel Macs lose

Gurman says new Macs and the OLED iPad mini could go on sale on 6 November, the third of four Apple launch Fridays

Bünyamin Aydın's Cappadocia fashion show, From Earth to Sky, was designed on iPad Pro and filmed on iPhone 18 Pro Max

Bloomberg: the OLED iPad mini will cost considerably more, and the A19 entry-level iPad slips to early 2027

Apple's code points to an A19 iPad with 8GB of memory, bringing Apple Intelligence to the cheapest iPad

The iPadOS 27.2 beta adds the Mac's Siri text pop-up for iPads with a trackpad, and Apple TV app profiles

Apple Watch Ultra 1 or Ultra 4: what four years of upgrades buy, and why watchOS 27 decides it

Apple sells a Diwali edition of AirPods 5 in India, and Beats teases a Pokémon Pill

AirPods 5 or AirPods Pro 3: what the extra 100 dollars buys, and which AirPods 5 case to pick

watchOS 27 replaces three Find My apps with one, and adds Siri and Readiness apps to Apple Watch

tvOS 27.2 release candidate is out: how four-HomePod surround sets up on the new Apple TV 4K, and what it costs

Bloomberg: a bigger HomeView with a 9-inch screen on a robotic arm is planned for 2027 or 2028

HomeView's Start Cooking reads any recipe in Google's format, Apple says, and food writers fear for their ad income

How to set up Halloween and Christmas automations in Apple Home, from sunset lights to the tree

How to follow teams and get live scores with Live Activities in the Apple Sports app on iPhone

Apple's App Review Guidelines now name AI nudify apps, and new rule 2.5.19 bans hidden features

Apple TV renews Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Tatiana Maslany's dark comedy thriller, for a second season

Apple's developer agreement adds terms for HomeView widgets, Live Assistance and app replacement

Apple Intelligence is coming to China in December with iOS 27.3, Bloomberg reports, but without Siri AI

RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes its models, after Apple dropped the single off switch

Siri AI could stay off EU iPhones for five months or more, Bloomberg's Gurman says

homeOS: Bloomberg's Gurman says Apple's home hub software is built around Siri AI, with touch as the backup

Man arrested over smashed Macau Apple Store door, plus iPhone and iPad crimes in Doral, Vermont and Baltimore

How to ask Apple to blur your house in Apple Maps Look Around

Elevation Lab pulls its AirTag Silencer, which disabled the speaker, after stalking concerns

How HomeView knows who you are: no Face ID, but your face plus your recently unlocked iPhone

Taction asks for royalties on iPhone and Apple Watch sales until 2035, plus interest, after its $5.7 billion verdict

Unconfirmed: GF Securities' Jeff Pu forecasts 257 million iPhones in 2026, the only growth among major phone makers

Why John Sculley left Apple in 1993: the Pepsi hire, the Newton and a 97 per cent profit fall

Developers doubt a DOJ antitrust settlement would loosen Apple's control of the iPhone, The Information reports

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