Month: November 2024

Apple will finally deliver major Apple Intelligence features in early December, 2024

CompuScoop Staff November 4, 2024 18

Apple will finally begin delivering major Apple Intelligence features in early December with the release of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, according to Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman of Bloomberg News.

The iOS 18.2 operating system update, which includes major improvements to Apple Intelligence — like ChatGPT chatbot integration, the Image Playground app and custom emoji known as Genmoji — is likely to arrive on the earlier side of December, I’m told. How early? The week of Dec. 2, barring any unexpected delays. The next major update to Apple Intelligence after that will come in April as part of iOS 18.4 and will include improvements to Siri. It should let the digital assistant tap into people’s data and respond to queries based on the information on their screens.

The December iOS 18.2 update will begin offering varieties of English beyond the American version, and the April release will expand to the European Union. For now, pushing into China isn’t on the horizon. I’d guess that won’t happen until iOS 19 at the earliest. Other future improvements include an integration with Google Gemini. But Apple will probably give OpenAI a nice window of exclusivity, especially since it isn’t exactly paying for the technology. So I wouldn’t expect the Gemini chatbot to arrive in iOS until next year.

We’re back!

Dan Uff November 4, 2024 18

For those of you who tried to view this website for the past few hours, the problem has been - hopefully - fixed. Thank you for your understanding.

How to use the new writing tools in macOS Sequoia

Dan Uff November 3, 2024 28

[caption id="attachment_36991" align="alignright" width="422"] Apple Intelligence Writing Tools Drop Down Menu.[/caption]

MacOS Sequoia comes with new Artificial Intelligence writing tools right out of the box. It uses Apple's own Mx chip for on-device processing to ensure security and speed.

What is Apple Intelligence?

Apple Intelligence is a personal intelligence system that uses generative AI to provide tailored recommendations and information to users based on their personal context. It's available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and is built into Apple's operating system and apps.

How to use the new writing tools in Apple's Pages:

Even though the new wring tools are available in virtually all iOS and Mac apps, this how-to will concentrate on using Apple's free Pages.

Open Pages.
Create a new Document.
Write the document as normal.
When done, go to a word or sentence that you want Apple Intelligence to assist.
With your Mouse, highlight a word or sentence.
Right click on the highlighted area.
A drop down menu will appear (see included diagram on the right side).
Select "Writing Tools."
This is where you can instruct Apple Intelligence what to do with the highlighted word or sentence.
That's it.

Apple reports fourth quarter results

Apple Inc November 1, 2024 4

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2024. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $94.9 billion, up 6 percent year over year, and quarterly diluted earnings per share of $0.97. Diluted earnings per share was $1.64,¹ up 12 percent year over year when excluding the one-time charge recognized during the fourth quarter of 2024 related to the impact of the reversal of the European General Court’s State Aid decision.

“Today Apple is reporting a new September quarter revenue record of $94.9 billion, up 6 percent from a year ago,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “During the quarter, we were excited to announce our best products yet, with the all-new iPhone 16 lineup, Apple Watch Series 10, AirPods 4, and remarkable features for hearing health and sleep apnea detection. And this week, we released our first set of features for Apple Intelligence, which sets a new standard for privacy in AI and supercharges our lineup heading into the holiday season.”

“Our record business performance during the September quarter drove nearly $27 billion in operating cash flow, allowing us to return over $29 billion to our shareholders,” said Luca Maestri, Apple’s CFO. “We are very pleased that our active installed base of devices reached a new all-time high across all products and all geographic segments, thanks to our high levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty.”

Apple’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on November 14, 2024 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 11, 2024.

Apple will provide live streaming of its Q4 2024 financial results conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PT on October 31, 2024 at apple.com/investor/earnings-call. The webcast will be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.

Non-GAAP measure. See the section titled “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP Results of Operations” at the end of the accompanying financial statements.