Apple wants to make it easy for you to buy its latest products. To that end, the company is reportedly working on a hardware subscription service that would work something like leasing a car.

Signing up for a Mac subscription with monthly payments, for instance, might make it easier to justify splurging on a new high-end model rather than making do with last year's machine.

Apple might even attach the hardware subscription, which could launch by the end of the year, to its existing digital subscription offerings.

Sounds like a winner to me.

But then I'm already on the iPhone Upgrade Program, which keeps me hooked up with new smartphones year after year (whether I need the latest features or not). And I signed up for an Apple One plan that connects me to all Apple's services, some of which I rarely use. (Sorry, Apple Arcade.)

Would you be up for an Apple hardware subscription? You can find out more details about what this service might look like in today's top story.

-- Lewis Wallace, managing editor

Apple preps subscription service for iPhone, Mac and more — www.cultofmac.com

Cupertino might soon give customers the option to buy hardware with monthly fees, rather than paying the full cost up front. Software subscriptions are common, but hardware is a different business.

iFixit takes a peek at Mac Studio’s amazing insides — www.cultofmac.com

The gadget butchers at iFixit finally got their hands on Mac Studio. After many hours on the operating table, Apple’s newest desktop has been pulled apart to give us a detailed look at its guts.

macOS 12.3 Monterey users fight external monitor, game controller problems — www.cultofmac.com

Some upgraders say their Macs no longer detect connected displays at all. Others express frustration that their Xbox, PlayStation and other third-party gamepads no longer function over Bluetooth.

iScanner is an iOS scanner with a very particular set of skills — www.cultofmac.com

The iScanner app does much more than quickly scan documents and QR codes. It also can measure the area of a room, as well as pulling off unexpected tasks like counting similar objects or solving math problems. It’s a great tool to have on your iPhone. And right now, you can get a lifetime subscription to iScanner for just $27.99 (regularly $199) with coupon code DOWNLOADNOW.

Apple finds greener way to make aluminum for iPhones — www.cultofmac.com

Cupertino plans to use the world’s first commercial-grade, low-carbon aluminum in the iPhone SE. It’s the first aluminum manufactured at industrial scale without carbon emissions.

Trailer for Apple TV+ series 'Roar' shows it’ll be dark and weird — www.cultofmac.com

Looks like the star-studded anthology series will live up to its billing as “darkly comic feminist fables.” It will premiere on Apple TV+ in mid-April, but the trailer gives us an early look.

Bargain silicone band makes Apple Watch ultra-comfortable — www.cultofmac.com

If you like to wear your Apple Watch to the gym as well as the office, you need a band that’s ready for anything. Like, for instance, the insanely affordable silicone band from BluShark, now available in a bunch of great color options.

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"I probably didn't sleep for three or four nights because I was afraid that if I went to sleep I wouldn't wake up. I guess I was 7 years old at the time and I understood exactly what was going on. I think everybody did. It was really a terror that I will never forget, and it probably never really left. I think that everyone felt it at that time." -- Steve Jobs on the Cuban Missile Crisis