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eSIM-Only at Fleet Scale: Test This Before the iPhone Duo Lands
The iPhone Duo is eSIM-only worldwide, but so is every iPhone 16 and 17 sold in the US. Here is what to test with your carrier and in Intune before October, and where the tooling is thinner than you would like.

MacSmithAI
2 days ago6 min read


Your Line-of-Business iOS Apps Are Not Ready for the iPhone Duo
The iPhone Duo's inner display reports regular size classes in both dimensions — the one assumption a decade of iPhone code takes for granted. Apple's developer guidance is out, the device ships 23 October, and here are the five questions to send your app owners now.

MacSmithAI
3 days ago6 min read


The iPhone Duo Up Close: Apple's September Hardware, Spec by Spec
Apple's foldable, the iPhone 18 Pro, the new Watches and AirPods — every figure from Apple's own releases, and the three Duo specs that change how you provision an iPhone.

MacSmithAI
4 days ago7 min read


Apple Put the M6 in a Mac mini First: What the Desktop Refresh Means for Your Fleet
Apple's 25 August desktop refresh debuts M6 silicon in the $899 Mac mini and pushes Mac Studio to M5 Max and M5 Ultra. Past the benchmark multipliers, here's what a Thunderbolt split, a 32GB ceiling and a 22 September ship date actually mean for a managed Mac fleet.

MacSmithAI
Sep 25 min read


What Apple's Next-Gen Apple Intelligence Actually Does on Your Mac
Apple previewed the next generation of Apple Intelligence at WWDC on June 8, and unlike the 2024 rollout, most of what was shown is already in a developer beta with a public beta due in July and a full release this fall alongside macOS 27. The headline is a rebuilt Siri, but the features that will change your day-to-day are scattered across Safari, Photos, Shortcuts, and Passwords. Here's what's real, what runs on your Mac versus in the cloud, and where the caveats are. One s

MacSmithAI
Jul 14 min read


Claude Opus 4.8: A Game Changer for Mac Users
What’s New in Claude Opus 4.8? Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.8 this morning. If you only read the headline, you might file it under “incremental point release” and move on. The company frames it that way too — a modest but tangible upgrade from Opus 4.7, available at the same price. However, a few features included in this release genuinely matter for my day-to-day work on a Mac. They deserve ten minutes of your attention before you return to your projects. Here’s a brief o

MacSmithAI
May 284 min read


Tim Cook Steps Down: An Engineer Takes Over Apple at the Worst Possible Moment for AI
Apple announced this afternoon that Tim Cook will become executive chairman and John Ternus will take over as CEO effective September 1, 2026. Cook will stay on through the summer to manage the transition, then move to the board chair role where he'll focus on policy engagement. This wasn't a surprise. Ternus has been the favorite to succeed Cook in industry coverage for at least a year. Apple disclosed in a filing that the board made the appointment on Friday. What's worth d

MacSmithAI
Apr 205 min read
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