iPhone 8 and More Now Available, macOS High Sierra Released, 3D Touch App Switcher Will Return - MacRumors

Brought to you by: iPhone 8, Apple Watch Series 3, and Apple TV 4K Now Available Last Friday saw the launch of three major new Apple products, the iPhone 8, Apple Watch Series 3, and Apple TV 4K. If you're interested in the iPhone X, you'll have to wait until the end of October to pre-order. Check out our hands-on video of the iPhone 8, as well as first impressions from our forum members. If you're still on the fence about whether to upgrade to the iPhone 8, you'll also be interested in our video comparison to the iPhone 7. We've also got extensive guides comparing the iPhone 8 Plus to the iPhone 7 Plus and the iPhone 8 family to the upcoming iPhone X. The iPhone 8 hasn't been without issues, with some users complaining about "static noise" in the earpiece during calls, which Apple says will be fixed in an upcoming software update. And while Apple says it's using the strongest glass ever in a smartphone, it's still susceptible to breakage under severe impacts. With the glass now covering both the front and back of the phone in order to allow for inductive charging, it's doubly important for users to take extra care of their phones or use cases. Still, the iPhone 8 has some nice upgrades, including significantly improved cameras, fast charging, and modestly faster cellular network speeds.   Read Full Article Sponsored Stories Popular Productivity-Boosting Email Extension Mailbutler is Now Available for Gmail! Mailbutler, the leading productivity enhancing email software, which has already conquered Apple Mail, has now become available for Gmail, too. And it's great news for multiple reasons. Mailbutler is a supercharged personal email assistant. It keeps the native interface of the email client, be it Apple Mail or Gmail, and improves its functionality by adding to it an array of helpful tools. Using Mailbutler's various features, users are able to process emails faster and more effectively, saving hours per day for other tasks. For example, Mailbutler does: Send Later: Emails can be scheduled to be sent at a preferred date and time Snooze: Snoozed emails temporarily disappear from the Inbox and pop up again at your preferred time Tracking: Mailbutler provides information about when, where, and how often the email or the included link has been opened Unsubscribe: An 'Unsubscribe' button appears on top of every incoming newsletter Undo Send: Outgoing messages can be recalled and corrected within a specific time period after they have been sent Notes: Create and attach notes to your email messages The brand new version, Mailbutler 2.0, has some exciting changes, and is now available as a public beta. Learn more and test it yourself! Visit Sponsor Popular Stories Sep 28, 2017 Apple Releases macOS High Sierra With Apple File System, Safari Autoplay Blocking and Privacy Tools, Metal 2, and More Apple this week released macOS High Sierra to the public, bringing a number of improvements primarily focused on under-the-hood aspects, including a new Apple File System (APFS) for flash storage, support for more efficient HEIF image and HEVC video formats, and more. You'll also find a number of enhancements to the Photos app, new Safari features like blocking of autoplay videos, improved search, and more efficient Mail storage.   Read Full Article Apple Seeds First Beta of iOS 11.1 to Developers iOS 11 has only been out for a week, but Apple's already moving forward with updates to the major operating system version. The first update out the door was a minor iOS 11.0.1 update this week that fixed a few bugs including a previously documented Microsoft Exchange email issue. Apple has also begun seeding developers and in some cases public beta testers with versions of iOS 11.1, macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, watchOS 4.1, and tvOS 11.1. Perhaps the most notable of these updates is watchOS 4.1, which includes Apple Music streaming and a new Radio app for accessing Beats 1 and other radio stations.   Read Full Article Craig Federighi Says 3D Touch App Switcher Gesture Will Return in Future Update to iOS 11 With the release of iOS 11, users have discovered that Apple removed a popular 3D Touch gesture that made it easy to switch between apps, with a firm press at the left side of the screen activating the mode and allowing for quick sliding between apps. One MacRumors reader emailed Apple executive Craig Federighi about the issue, and Federighi replied to note that it was removed due to a "technical constraint" (perhaps related to rewriting parts of iOS for the iPhone X) and that it will be coming back in a future iOS 11.x update. There's no sign of it yet in iOS 11.0.1 or the iOS 11.1 beta, but we'll keep an eye out for it.   Read Full Article TrueDepth Camera System is Primary Reason for Slow iPhone X Production We already knew supplies of the iPhone X were going to be tight at launch, but rumors are indicating production is going even more slowly than Apple had originally planned.  The production bottleneck appears to be the new TrueDepth front camera system that supports Face ID and augmented reality features, with several reports pointing in that direction. In particular, the "Romeo" module that includes the infrared dot projector is said to be the problem, with the "Juliet" module that includes the infrared camera seeing stronger supplies. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, iPhone X supplies on launch day could total just 12 million units, which would mean you're going have a very hard time getting a hold of one at first and likely all the way into 2018.   Read Full Article Here's a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Apple's Pre-Order 'War Room' BuzzFeed last week shared a rare behind-the-scenes look into Apple's operations, joining retail chief Angela Ahrendts in the "war room" just as pre-orders for the iPhone 8 went live, traveling to the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky to see the area dedicated to Apple's massive pre-order shipments, and following UPS crews as they delivered shipments to Apple retail stores. The video offers a good look at some of what goes into an Apple product launch, even for a smaller than usual iPhone 8 launch as many customers wait on the sidelines for the iPhone X next month.   Read Full Article 'iPhone SE Plus' Concept Imagines Bezel-Free Compact Device With 4.7-Inch Display Apple this month introduced three new iPhone models, but an update to the smaller iPhone SE wasn't among those devices. German site Curved.de took the opportunity to put together a concept of what an updated iPhone SE with the characteristics of the iPhone X might look like. It's pure speculation, covering the full face of the iPhone SE body with a 4.7-inch OLED display, but the concept has proven extremely popular with our readers.   Read Full Article

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