Apple released iPadOS 27.2, adding a contextual Siri popup that appears when text is selected with a trackpad or mouse, offering quick options like 'Proofread' and 'Rewrite.' The update also brings user profiles to the Apple TV app on iPad, letting multiple people on a shared device get separate watch histories, queues, and content recommendations. Siri AI in this release can also recall past conversations and pull answers from Messages photos, Calendar, voicemail, and Safari history.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-30
Apple has released a MacBook Pro featuring an OLED 'PROLED XDR' display and, for the first time, touchscreen support, running macOS 27 Golden Gate. The touch functionality lets users tap and swipe the screen, with some UI elements in certain apps magnifying or expanding slightly in response, while mouse and trackpad input remain fully functional.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-30
A developer published 'dontallow', a small Swift utility that automatically clicks 'Don't Allow' on macOS's recurring 'find devices on local networks' prompt. The tool runs with no CPU usage while idle and persists across reboots, requiring a single Swift file and no external dependencies. According to the creator, the prompt resurfaces repeatedly because Chromium-based browsers like Chrome, Brave, Edge and Arc relaunch from randomized temp paths each time, causing macOS to treat them as new apps needing a fresh permission decision.
github.com
· 2026-10-29
Apple has shipped macOS 27.2 alongside its new touchscreen MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, adding touch-specific interface tweaks for that model. At the launch event, an Apple employee told press that the company's touch optimization work for macOS is still in early stages, per Bloomberg's Chris Welch.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-29
Apple introduced its first touchscreen laptops, the MacBook Pro with ProLED XDR Display, in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes at a Los Angeles event. The machines still run MacOS rather than iPadOS, and touch input is optional—users can rely entirely on the trackpad and keyboard as before. Apple says software automatically converts touch taps into clicks, and some interface elements, like window buttons, enlarge slightly when touched.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple's latest MacBook Pro introduces a PROLED XDR (OLED) display, touch support, and modern OS features like the Dynamic Island, according to a writer who has used the iPad Pro as a primary computer since 2015. The reviewer says they have ordered the new laptop to test as a potential full-time replacement, but notes it lacks a cellular connectivity option that exists on iPad Pro models.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple has explained how touch input works on its newly announced MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, which features a touch sensor built directly into the screen. Users can scroll, pinch-to-zoom, draw, and hide the dock using finger gestures borrowed from iPad interactions, with wider spacing in touch-enabled menus. The laptop starts at $2,899.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro will bring iOS's Dynamic Island to macOS, letting users tap to accept AirDrops or control music playback. Beyond that, touch gestures mirror standard touchscreen behavior like pinch-to-zoom, drag-and-drop, and swipe-to-scroll, with deeper touch optimization happening largely within individual apps like Notion, Canva, Zoom, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lightroom, and DaVinci Resolve.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple introduced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro laptops, available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes, alongside updated macOS touch gestures like swiping, pinching to zoom and double-tapping to maximize windows. The new 14-inch model weighs 3 pounds and the 16-inch weighs 4 pounds, both lighter and slightly thinner than their non-touch M5/M6 counterparts, and both bring back an illuminated Apple logo on the lid.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-28
Leaker pdfu found visual assets for a Dynamic Island interface element inside a new MenuBarAgent component in macOS 27, including compact and minimal system views. The assets suggest Siri will adopt a droplet-like design expanding from the Dynamic Island, mirroring its iPhone implementation, ahead of Apple's expected unveiling of a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-28
Apple was notified on 17 October that eMudhra had issued compromised TLS certificates, but as of 28 October the git, curl and python3 tools bundled with macOS still trust them. The macOS 27.2 update released on 26 October failed to fix the problem and even reverted a manual workaround some users had applied, leaving them exposed again. Many other open-source projects had already shipped fixes days earlier.
emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com
· 2026-10-28
Astropad released Workbench 1.4, a remote desktop app update that lets users switch between a Mac's screen and a terminal window without reconnecting, with sessions persisting across devices. The update also adds voice dictation for terminal commands, drag-and-drop file transfer for Mac-to-Mac connections, and native support for iPhone Duo with agent-monitoring panes.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-27
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