Apple’s own instructions ask for a Wi-Fi connection to download iOS 27, not cellular data, and one of the four alert messages Apple documents for a stalled update says exactly that. Apple has also already documented and fixed a bug that stopped an update from downloading over a cellular connection at all, in the iOS…
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Every Apple Device Updating Monday, and the Ones iOS 27 Leaves Behind
iOS 27 is one of five operating systems Apple has confirmed for Monday, September 14, alongside iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27 and visionOS 27. A sixth, tvOS 27, has no release date attached to it anywhere on Apple’s own pages. iPhone 11 and later, plus the second-generation iPhone SE and later, are…
The iOS 27 Backup Setting That Decides Whether You Keep Your Health Data
One setting decides whether a computer backup made before iOS 27 keeps your Health and Activity data or leaves it behind. Apple’s own instructions for backing up with a Mac say plainly that saving that data requires turning on encryption and setting a password before you click Back Up Now. Health and Activity data recorded…
iCloud or Your Mac Before iOS 27: What Each Apple Backup Method Actually Saves
iOS 27 becomes available free on iPhone and iPad this Monday, September 14. Before it does, Apple’s own update instructions put one step ahead of everything else, including opening Settings: back up the device, using iCloud or a computer. iOS 27 becomes available free on iPhone and iPad on Monday, September 14. Image: Apple Apple…
The Six Days Before iPhone 18 Pro Arrives: What Apple Has Published About Getting Ready
Between Saturday’s pre-order and Friday’s delivery, Apple has published exactly one dated event that touches the phone you are still carrying: iOS 27 ships free on Monday, September 14, four days before iPhone 18 Pro itself arrives. Past that single date, and past the short prep list Apple sends to anyone trading in a device,…
iOS 27 Communication Safety Now Covers Gore: The Four Operating Systems, and the Gap Apple Left
Communication Safety, the feature that blurs nude images in Messages, now covers gore and violent content as well, and Apple lists the change across four operating systems: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 and watchOS 27. Apple has not published where the assessment of a shared image or video takes place. Apple set out its…
How Long Should You Plan to Keep an iPhone 18 Pro? Apple Publishes One Age Limit, and It Is Four Years
Cost of ownership is a price divided by the years you keep the thing, and Apple publishes exactly one number on the second half of that sum. It is four years, and it appears in the eligibility wording for AppleCare One Family: most devices less than four years old and in good working condition. An…
iPhone Duo Day One: Buy the Phone Apple Ships on October 23, Not the One It Has Promised
The strongest argument against buying a first-generation product is usually the roadmap, and the iPhone Duo has one. Apple has dated Apple Pencil support to later in 2026, the developer tools for the fold to later this month, and five more Siri AI languages to October, which means the phone that arrives on October 23…
Can an iPhone Duo Replace a Small Tablet? Apple Never Makes That Comparison
Apple’s published case for carrying one iPhone Duo instead of a phone and a small tablet comes down to four figures: a 7.6-inch inner display it calls 50 percent larger than the iPhone 18 Pro Max’s, a body 5.2 mm thick open and 11.3 mm closed, a weight of 254 g, and Apple Pencil (USB-C)…
Three iOS 27 Features Built to Share Your Details: Tap to Share, Find My Timers and Wallet Passes
Three of the features in iOS 27 exist to pass your information to someone else. Apple Pay’s Tap to Share connects to a merchant’s iPhone to share your email, shipping and loyalty details, Find My gains location sharing that stops at a time you set, and Wallet can turn a scanned physical loyalty card into…
iOS 27 First, Then watchOS 27: The Update Order for Monday, and Where Apple TV Fits
There is a fixed order to Monday’s updates, and Apple publishes it in a footnote rather than an instruction. watchOS 27 requires a paired iPhone already running iOS 27, so the phone goes first and the watch cannot go at all until it does. watchOS 27 installs only after the paired iPhone is on iOS…
watchOS 27's Four Off-Stage Features: Find My, Wallet Passes, Call Context and Kids' Setup
watchOS 27 arrives free on Monday, September 14, and four of its changes were never mentioned on stage: a single Find My app, Wallet passes made by scanning a plastic membership card, Call Context on your wrist, and a setup path for a child’s Apple Watch. None of the four needs an Apple Watch Series…
AirPods Features That Stop at One Model: Heart Rate, Hearing Aid, Volume Swipe and MagSafe
Several of the features Apple advertises on AirPods exist on exactly one model in the range, and one of them exists on only one of the two AirPods 5 versions. Heart rate sensing and the hearing features are AirPods Pro 3 alone, MagSafe charging is Pro 3 alone, and the force sensor with volume swipe…
iPhone Duo Arrives Five Weeks After the iPhone 18 Pro: What That Gap Is Worth to a Buyer
Apple’s first foldable pre-orders on Friday, October 16 and ships on Friday, October 23, exactly five weeks after the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max reach buyers on September 18. For anyone weighing a first-generation fold, that gap is the most useful thing about the launch, because most of what sits inside an iPhone Duo…
iOS 27 Password Alerts Are Not Ready on Monday: Every Privacy Feature Apple Left Undated
One of the security additions Apple lists for iOS 27 is not in Monday’s release. Apple’s own page says the Passwords app “Alerts you to weak or compromised passwords and can update them”, then labels it “Coming in a future software update”, with no date attached. iOS 27 arrives Monday, September 14, without every feature…
tvOS 27 Is the Only Apple Update With No Date and No Device List
Apple has published no release date for tvOS 27 and no list of Apple TV models that can install it, even though the software reached release candidate on September 9 with build 24J360. The five other operating systems from the same wave all arrive on Monday, September 14. iOS 27 is dated for Monday, September…
macOS 27 Golden Gate vs iPadOS 27: Six Mac Features Apple Does Not List for iPad
iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate ship on the same day, Monday, September 14, and they are not the same update. Apple’s macOS page lists six things its iPadOS page does not, and the iPad page lists one thing the Mac page does not. Safari and Siri side by side, the kind of layout…
macOS 27 Golden Gate Has One Cutoff, Not Two: Every Mac on Apple's List Runs Apple Intelligence
On the Mac there is only one cutoff. Every Mac family on Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list also appears on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device list, so a Mac that can install Monday’s update can also run the intelligence features that come with it. The 27 software family ships free on Monday, September 14.…
Apple Already Prepared Your iPhone for iOS 27 in an iOS 26 Update, and Said So Once
Apple named iOS 27 in its support library exactly once before this week, and it did it in the release notes for an iOS 26 update. The line reads that iOS 26.6 “optimizes the Spotlight index to prepare for iOS 27,” which means some of Monday’s groundwork was already done on your iPhone weeks ago.…
AirPods 5 Live Translation Needs an iPhone 15 Pro, and Apple Rules Out China Mainland
Live Translation sits on Apple’s AirPods 5 feature list, but the earbuds are not what decides whether you can use it. Apple’s support documentation sets the terms: an iPhone 15 Pro or later on iOS 26 or later, the latest AirPods firmware, Apple Intelligence turned on, the Translate app installed, and it states that the…
iPadOS 27 and the iPad Air: Apple's Footnote Says M2, Its Apple Intelligence Page Says M1
Apple has published two different chip floors for the iPad Air. The compatibility footnote on Apple’s iPadOS page reads “iPad Air (4th generation and later, M2 and later)”, while Apple’s Apple Intelligence page lists “iPad Air (M1 and later)”. Apple announced the 27 software family at its September 9 event. Image: Apple Both pages were…
iOS 27 can install itself overnight: How Apple's two update switches work
If your iPhone is set to install updates automatically, iOS 27 can arrive without you choosing a moment for it. Apple’s own description is blunt: when an update is available, iPhone downloads and installs the update overnight while charging and connected to Wi-Fi. iPhone 18 Pro ships with iOS 27 already installed on September 18.…
iOS 27 Voice Control Adds Natural Language in Four Countries: US, Canada, UK and Australia
Apple’s iOS 27 page says Voice Control will let you describe an onscreen control rather than remember its label, and Apple’s own regional footnote limits that change to English in four countries: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. iOS 27 arrives as a free update on Monday, September 14. Image: Apple Voice…
Accessibility Reader in iOS 27: Summaries and Translation for Dense Text, and the Five Details Apple Left Out
Apple’s iOS 27 page lists Accessibility Reader as one of five accessibility features arriving on Monday, September 14, and describes it in a single line: summaries and translation on complex material. That line is the whole of what Apple has published about it. iOS 27 ships on the iPhone 18 Pro and on every iPhone…