Juli Clover

Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.

She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.

Juli Clover's Articles

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iOS 26 Wallet App Will Let You Track All Your Packages

Tuesday June 10, 2025 4:09 pm PDT by
Apple is integrating Apple Intelligence in the Wallet app in iOS 26, with the aim of powering a new package tracking feature. Apple Wallet will be able to automatically scan your emails to find messages from merchants or delivery carriers, and tracking numbers will be added to the Wallet app so you can keep an eye on upcoming deliveries. Package tracking is already a feature in the Wallet...
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Image Playground in iOS 26 Gets ChatGPT Integration for Anime-Style Images

Tuesday June 10, 2025 2:42 pm PDT by
If you've seen the anime-style Studio Ghibli images that people have been making with ChatGPT, you might be interested to know that Apple has integrated this feature into Image Playground in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe. ChatGPT's anime-style output in ‌Image Playground‌ ‌Image Playground‌ doesn't add new art styles designed by Apple, but it does support several ChatGPT Styles. Options...
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iPadOS 26 Multitasking Update Gets Rid of Split View and Slide Over

Tuesday June 10, 2025 1:50 pm PDT by
With iPadOS 26, Apple is introducing major changes to the way that multitasking works, and part of that update will see the removal of Split View and Slide Over, two multitasking interface options that have long existed on the iPad. iPadOS 26 allows for multiple app windows, each of which can be resized freely on the display. The feature works on all ‌iPad‌ models able to run iPadOS 26,...
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watchOS 26 Removes These Apple Watch Faces

Tuesday June 10, 2025 1:30 pm PDT by
Apple has removed several Apple Watch faces that are options in watchOS 11, nixing the Fire/Water, Gradient, Liquid Metal, Vapor, and Toy Story watch faces, according to a post on Reddit. Apple tends to quietly remove some watch face options when it launches a new version of iOS, so it is not a huge surprise to see these go missing. It is not clear why Apple picked these watch faces in...
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'AirPods Pro 3' Referenced in iOS 26 Code

Tuesday June 10, 2025 10:59 am PDT by
iOS 26 suggests that Apple is indeed working on a new version of the AirPods Pro that could be coming in the not too distant future. Code in ‌iOS 26‌ discovered by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser references the "AirPods Pro 3" alongside the "‌AirPods Pro‌" and the "‌AirPods Pro‌ 2." There is no ‌AirPods Pro 3‌ at the current time, but rumors suggest that Apple plans to introduce a new model this...
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Apple Expands Digital ID Support to Web Browsers in iOS 26

Tuesday June 10, 2025 10:22 am PDT by
Apple is adding a "Verify with Wallet on the Web" option in iOS 26 that can use a state-issued license or Digital ID to verify age and identity in a private and secure way. This is already an option in apps, but Apple is expanding it to the web through support for the W3C Digital Credentials API and the FIDO CTAP protocol. Right now, purchasing alcohol, renting a car, or similar activities...
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iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification

Tuesday June 10, 2025 9:35 am PDT by
In iOS 26, Apple is implementing a new Digital ID feature that builds on integration for Driver's Licenses in the Wallet app. Starting this fall, Apple Wallet will allow iPhone users to add a U.S. passport that can be used in lieu of a physical passport for domestic travel. The Digital ID can be stored on the ‌iPhone‌ or the Apple Watch, and it can be used at select TSA checkpoints throughout...
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iOS 26 Features Battery Settings Overhaul

Monday June 9, 2025 6:40 pm PDT by
In iOS 26, Apple updated the Battery section of the Settings app to provide a much more in-depth look at how your iPhone usage impacts battery life and how much battery apps are draining, plus there are new battery management tools. At the top of the Battery interface, there's a readout of your current battery and the time that you last charged. If your ‌iPhone‌ is currently charging, it will...
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iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe Public Betas Launching in July

Monday June 9, 2025 5:44 pm PDT by
While the new software updates that Apple showed off today are only available to developers at the current time, Apple does plan to release public betas. In the fine print for most of its software announcements, Apple says that public betas for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, watchOS 26, and tvOS 26 will be coming "next month," aka July. Apple has been releasing public betas during July for...
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Everything Apple Announced at WWDC 2025 in 9 Minutes

Monday June 9, 2025 5:21 pm PDT by
At today's WWDC 2025 keynote event, Apple unveiled a new design that will inform the next decade of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS development, so needless to say, it was a busy day. Apple also unveiled a ton of new features for the iPhone, an overhauled Spotlight interface for the Mac, and a ton of updates that make the iPad more like a Mac than ever before. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel ...
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Here Are the New Background Sounds in iOS 26

Monday June 9, 2025 5:18 pm PDT by
With iOS 26, Apple added a bunch of new options for the Background Sounds feature. If you're unfamiliar with it, it is an Accessibility option that allows your iPhone to play soothing background noise, like white noise or rain. Prior to ‌iOS 26‌, there were eight Background Sounds options, but now there are a total of sixteen. Here's what's new: Babble Steam Airplane Boat Bus ...
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iOS 26: All the Little Changes

Monday June 9, 2025 5:08 pm PDT by
There are a long list of new features in iOS 26, some of which Apple highlighted at today's keynote event, and some of which were quietly added. We've rounded up some of the smaller changes but still useful changes that have been introduced in the update. Home bar - The Home bar that's meant to remind you that you can swipe up to get to the Home Screen has been removed from apps, for the ...
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Apple Releases New Beta Firmware for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4

Monday June 9, 2025 2:56 pm PDT by
Apple today introduced new beta firmware for the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4, with an 8A5279d version number. The firmware is only available to developers at the current time, and a device running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 is required to install the update. The new firmware adds several features that Apple is debuting alongside ‌iOS 26‌, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe. The ‌AirPods Pro‌ 2...
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macOS Tahoe Transforms Launchpad Into App Library

Monday June 9, 2025 2:47 pm PDT by
macOS Tahoe does away with the Launchpad feature that's designed to show you all of the apps on your Mac, instead replacing it with a new "Applications" interface that's similar to the App Library on the iPhone and iPad. The Applications interface organizes apps by category, like Utilities, Productivity and Finance, Social, Creativity, Information and Reading, Entertainment, and Other....
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iOS 26 Adds New 'Emoji Game' for Apple News+ Subscribers

Monday June 9, 2025 2:15 pm PDT by
Apple News+ subscribers who upgrade to iOS 26 can now access an all-new game, which Apple calls "Emoji Game." The idea is to solve puzzles by completing words and phrases with emoji characters. Apple will show some words and blank spots with a selection of emoji and emoji combos below, and the idea is to drag an emoji into the blank spot to fill in the word. If the word is disappear, for...
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Intel Macs Won't Get Updates After macOS Tahoe

Monday June 9, 2025 2:05 pm PDT by
macOS Tahoe is the final software update that Intel-based Macs will get, as Apple works to phase them out following its transition to Apple silicon. During its Platforms State of the Union event, Apple said that Intel Macs won't get macOS 27, coming next year, though there could still be updates that add security fixes. Support for Intel Macs is being phased out because Apple wants to put ...
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iOS 26 Lets You Know How Long It'll Take Your Battery to Charge

Monday June 9, 2025 1:41 pm PDT by
iOS 26 adds a new feature that lets you know how long it'll take your battery to charge when it's plugged in or on a wireless charger, with the new option allowing you to better optimize your charging practices. You'll be able to determine how fast a charger is charging your device based on the estimated time to a full charge. If you're charging from a slow connection or a Qi-based charger...
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All the New AirPods Features Coming in iOS 26

Monday June 9, 2025 1:30 pm PDT by
Apple's upcoming iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe updates add several new features for the AirPods, which will be available through an AirPods firmware update. Studio Quality Recording The AirPods 4 and the AirPods Pro 2 can be used to record studio-quality audio for interviews, podcasts, songs, videos, and more. Apple says that the feature can be used to record high-quality vocals while...
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iOS 26 Gets New 'Adaptive Power' Option to Extend Battery Life

Monday June 9, 2025 1:07 pm PDT by
With iOS 26, Apple added a new feature called Adaptive Power that joins Low Power Mode as a power management option. Available in the iPhone's battery settings, Adaptive Power is designed to make small performance adjustments that will improve battery life. Apple says that some of these options include lowering display brightness or allowing some activities to "take a little longer." The ...
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iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe Include Phone App With Call Screening, Hold Assist and More

Monday June 9, 2025 12:52 pm PDT by
With iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, Apple is expanding the Phone app to the Mac and the iPad for the first time. It might not make a lot of sense for these platforms to have a Phone app, but you can actually make phone calls from your ‌iPad‌ and Mac using Apple's Wi-Fi calling features. The Phone app on ‌iPad‌ and Mac features all of your incoming phone calls, voicemails, contacts, and FaceTime...