Happy Monday: New OS updates from Apple

October 24, 2022

Go get 'em!

Apple on Monday morning released software updates for iPhone, iPad, Macs, Apple TV and Apple Watch.

iOS 16.1, macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1 and tvOS 16.1 are all available for free download, and come packed with new features.

Check out our guides below to see the new things you should be trying out.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

Although Apple announced iOS 16 at WWDC22 and released it on September 12, not all promised features made their way into the first public build. With iOS 16.1, which just became available Monday, Apple delivered many such promised features. Once you install it on your iPhone, check out the five iOS 16.1 features you should try right away.

Apple finally released iPadOS 16.1. The debut of the Stage Manager multitasking system has drawn most of the attention, but plenty of other new features are worth checking out, too. Monday’s launch is extra-significant because iPadOS 16 never launched.

macOS 13 Ventura is finally here after being unveiled way back in June. The free update includes a range of improvements for Mac users. Here are four reasons to install Ventura today.

These affordable clear cases from Mkeke show off your iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max rather than hiding the smartphone's design. The tough and stylish cases are top sellers on Amazon for a reason — several reasons, in fact.

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Apple plans to raise the prices of some of its subscription services by $1 to $3 each. Users should see the price increases with their next subscription renewal.

Halloween is the time for kooky costumes, candy-induced belly aches and frighteningly good deals on Apple accessories in Cult of Mac‘s Super Sweet Deals sale. You can get anything made by Elago for 15% off this week.

If you have the space on or near your desk for them, Monoprice just put out a pair of powered desktop speakers that promise audiophile sound to boost your computer’s audio output.

The M-series processor in the upcoming Mac Pro desktop will reportedly give it a dramatic speed boost. The previous Pro desktop is the last in Apple’s product lineup still designed around an Intel chip.

This week on Cult of Mac’s podcast: For once, Apple’s new gear makes us scratch our heads instead of reaching for our wallets. We let loose our first impressions of this week’s new iPads, the surprisingly affordable Apple TV 4K, that ridiculous Apple Pencil dongle and more.

On October 24, 1988, Steve Jobs got ready to launch the NeXT Computer, a machine he hoped would cement his reputation as a tech genius.

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"Just like driving, people that don't drive are very rare. Another generation or two, people that don't use computers are [going to] be pretty rare." -- Steve Jobs, 1990.

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