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9to5Mac's Jeff Benjamin previewed macOS 27, showing Siri deeply integrated into Spotlight search rather than tucked away as a separate function. The beta lets users choose between traditional search and asking Siri directly from the same Command+Space interface, with responses drawing on personal context while Apple emphasizes on-device privacy.
Apple's iPadOS 27.2 beta introduces a Siri icon that appears when text is selected, mirroring a feature already in macOS 27 Golden Gate. Hovering over the small icon with a connected trackpad expands it into an 'Ask Siri' text box, offering a quicker way to query Siri without leaving the selected text. Without a trackpad, users still get the standard edit menu with a Siri option, but the hover shortcut only works with pointer input.
Ars Technica's review of macOS 27 Golden Gate reports that Apple has removed the option to disable Apple Intelligence, eliminating the toggle that once let users skip downloading its AI models. The release also ends support for Intel-based Macs entirely, running only on Apple Silicon, while bringing design fixes and performance polish to areas criticized in macOS 26 Tahoe.
9to5Mac's daily podcast episode for September 16, 2026 rounds up the day's top Apple stories, including discussion of features expected in the next macOS release, internally referred to as 'Golden Gate.' The episode is distributed via major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Google Play.
The Ulysses writing app has been updated to align with iOS 27 and macOS 27, adding Siri AI integration for writing, rewriting and proofreading text, along with a fully customizable toolbar. The release also introduces project templates with pre-built groups and sheets, new group icons, and accessibility improvements, though Siri AI features are excluded for users in the EU.
AppZapper, the veteran Mac utility for thoroughly removing apps and their leftover files, has relaunched as AppZapper 3000 after a long absence. The new version keeps its signature zap sound effects but adds a playful blaster-style cursor animation for deleting app remnants. It's free to try with three zaps included, after which a license costs $18.
Apple has pushed out the first Release Candidate build (26A5428) of macOS 27 Golden Gate to developers and public beta testers, signaling that the operating system's development is essentially finalized ahead of its public release. The RC follows earlier betas that introduced redesigned Liquid Glass-style traffic light window controls, a new Siri app, AI-powered Shortcuts, and a prompt-based Safari extension builder.
Apple has pushed out new public beta builds for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, tvOS 27, and HomePod 27, matching the seventh developer betas issued earlier the same day. The company also released a second public release candidate for macOS Sequoia 15.8, with a similar RC for macOS Tahoe 26.7 expected shortly.
Apple has pushed out macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta 7, arriving just one week after beta 6, carrying build number 26A5421a. The update follows beta 6's redesign of the traffic light window controls with Liquid Glass-style effects, and no major new user-facing features have surfaced yet in beta 7.