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Volume Purchasing terms let schools and businesses get refunds for unused seats
Schools and businesses buying app subscriptions in bulk can be refunded for seats nobody uses. Apple wrote the rule into its developer agreement.
Apple sets October 22 for App Store subscriptions bought by the seat
Apple has set October 22, 2026 as the day organizations can start buying App Store subscriptions in bulk. The plumbing switched on first: as of September 16, multiseat purchases are enabled by default for subscriptions in App Store Connect, which means a developer’s subscriptions are opted in unless the developer opts out. A presenter on…
iPhone 18 Pro's Free Three Months of Apple One Start September 17, Not at Pre-Order or Delivery
Apple says buyers who purchase iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone 18 Pro Max can unlock three free months of Apple One, but the offer itself does not open until September 17, two days after pre-orders began and one day before the phones reach stores. That date, and the exact eligibility wording around it, comes from…
Turn Off iCloud Backup and Apple Keeps It for Exactly 180 Days
Apple states that if iCloud Backup is turned off for a device, any backups already stored in iCloud are kept for 180 days before being deleted. That single sentence, from Apple’s own support documentation, is the only expiration window Apple publishes for a consumer’s iCloud backups. Apple's backup guidance is written for iOS 26 today,…
iCloud+ Pricing in Full: Five Tiers From $0.99 to $59.99, and What Each Adds Beyond Storage
Apple prices iCloud+ storage at five tiers, from 50GB at $0.99 a month up to 12TB at $59.99 a month in the United States, according to Apple’s own support page. Every tier, cheapest to most expensive, bundles the same set of extra features on top of the storage itself. iCloud+ is set up from the…