Michael is 9to5Mac’s Associate Editor, leading all of our Apple news coverage on Saturday and Sunday, and contributing to reporting from Monday to Wednesday. He got started in the world of Apple news during the pandemic, and it became a growing hobby. He’s also an indie iOS developer in his free time, and started the weekly Indie App Spotlight series, which has covered dozens of indie apps since it launched.
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.
If you want a lightweight, private, minimalistic, yet customizable web browsing experience on your iPhone – Quiche might be the perfect answer for you. It also offers a number of unique features to make it more tailored for power users than Safari.
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With the release of macOS 26 Tahoe last month, users began noticing a major GPU slowdown issue in popular Electron apps, due to their usage of a particular private API. Now, the Electron team has fixed the issue, and said fix is beginning to roll out in popular third party apps that utilize the framework.
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At WWDC earlier this year, Apple unveiled three key upgrades for flight boarding passes in Apple Wallet. Now, shortly after the public launch of iOS 26, United Airlines has added support for the new set of features.
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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.
QuickPod takes your music listening experience on your iPhone to the next level. With its intuitive widgets, as well as support for both Apple Music and Spotify, you can have an integrated music listening experience across your iPhone or iPad’s home screen, lock screen, and control center.
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Apple isn’t quite yet finished with its 2025 product launches yet, and there should still be a few big launches in the coming weeks. Nevertheless, we’ll be looking forward to next year’s product launches – where Apple has a lot more in store.
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According to the latest edition of the Power On newsletter from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, a few key Apple products are nearing mass production, ahead of a launch between “the end of the year and the first quarter of next year.” These products include M5 MacBook Air, M5 MacBook Pro, as well as at least one refresh to the Studio Display.
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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.
TimeWave is a comprehensive timer app that lets you do a lot more than Apple’s stock Clock app can do. In short, it allows you to create flowing timers – allowing you to have back to back timers for sequential tasks. It allows you to easily focus on your work at hand.
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The new reMarkable Paper Pro Move hit the shelves earlier this month, and it comes in with a much smaller form factor, akin to an iPad mini. This new smaller reMarkable paper tablet is also a lot cheaper, making for a rather interesting comparison between the two.
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Apple unveiled iPhone Air, its thinnest iPhone ever, nearly three weeks ago at this point. It’s an incredibly impressive model, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying mine since I picked it up on launch day last Friday. That said, despite the focus on it being ‘impossibly thin’ in Apple’s own words, I think it’s a lot more than that based on my time using it.
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Recently, Apple announced yet another price hike for its Apple TV+ service. This time, it’s increasing 30% from $9.99/month to $12.99/month. After the service launched in 2019 at $4.99/month, its received a couple price hikes. This new price hike, though, likely opens the door to something Apple has reportedly been considering for quite a while – an ad-supported plan.
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Today, Logitech is announcing its new Signature Slim Solar+ K980 keyboard, a slim wireless keyboard for Mac. Despite its normal looking design, it actually charges entirely via solar, so there’s no need to recharge it. It’ll be available for purchase today for $99.
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As per usual, iFixit has done their excellent annual iPhone teardown and analysis, and they’ve discovered some great news about iPhone Air. Despite being an incredibly thin engineering feat, the iPhone Air is still pretty easy to repair.
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Despite this year’s new iPhones only barely hitting store shelves, new information about next year’s iPhone lineup is already brewing. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today shared some new details about the all-new foldable iPhone set to launch next year – including how it should look, some pricing details, and more.
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Earlier this month, reMarkable – the company behind one of the most iconic paper tablets on the market – announced a new, smaller version of the reMarkable Paper Pro. It’s called reMarkable Paper Pro Move, and despite being a much smaller device, it truly does still feel flagship. It fits in the palm of your hand.
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Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact.
If you’re looking for a great app to help find you a new book, Bookovery is an awesome choice. It has a comprehensive book recommendation algorithm, helping you find the next read you’ll fall in love with. It also allows you to track your reads and organize your collection.
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Yesterday, Anker released its new 35W Nano charger for iPhone users. It’s rather slim, can charge up to two devices at once, and offers a built-in cable – which is rather nifty. This companies two additional charging products released earlier this month to accompany the new iPhone 17 launch, though the new products are for everyone.
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Rumors strongly suggest that Apple will be overhauling the MacBook Pro in 2026, marking five years since the previous redesign that we know and love today. There are five key rumors to follow with this redesigned MacBook Pro, and we’ll be delving into them here.
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Despite the new iPhone 17 lineup only being available for just over a day, repair experts in China have already started to open up the new iPhone 17 Pro Max to see what’s possible. Yesterday, a YouTube channel known as DirectorFeng uploaded a video showcasing their journey in attempting to upgrade an iPhone 17 Pro Max to 2TB of storage, just hours after the phone was available.
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AirPods Pro 3 are set to launch in just two days, and they’re a rather notable upgrade – even if you’re coming from the previous-generation AirPods Pro 2. But, if you skipped that upgrade – AirPods Pro 3 are a massive leap for a plethora of reasons. Here’s exactly what you gain after 6 years of upgrades.
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Apple today has released visionOS 26, the latest version of its spatial operating system for Apple Vision Pro. While it doesn’t have a dramatic Liquid Glass redesign like the other releases this year, it still has a number of meaningful upgrades that are certainly worth updating for.
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Today, Snap is announcing the second version of its Snap OS operating system, destined for its soon-to-be-released Snap Spectacles AR glasses. It includes a number of noteworthy features: including a new browser, remarkable new lenses, and much more.
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Today, Apple is set to launch iPadOS 26: an incredible new overhaul for the iPad. It brings a Mac-like windowing system, a new Menu bar, the ability to pin folders to the dock, and much, much more.
It makes the iPad feel like a computer for the very first time, making it a better time than ever to pick up a new iPad to pair with the new release.
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Apple truly hit it out of the park with the base iPhone 17, making it one of the companies best value iPhone models in quite some time. With how many incredible upgrades there are on iPhone 17, it actually makes a comparison to last year’s iPhone 16 Pro model more interesting than you’d expect.
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Apple is reportedly working on a new MacBook Pro refresh, as they tend to do almost every year. This refresh is quite minor, but if you’re in the market for a new laptop, we’ll be breaking down everything you need to know about the next MacBook Pro update.
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