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• Inside Apple Journal - the most personal diary you'll ever have

  Imagine turning everyday experiences — a photo, a song, a quiet moment — into something worth remembering. With Apple's Journal app, you can do just that, but only on your iPhone.
  
  

  
  How to get the most out of Journal

  
  Journal isn't just about capturing your thoughts. It's a personal memory tool designed to help you reflect on daily experiences, monitor your well-being and rediscover what matters most.
  
  Introduced at WWDC 2023, the app became available with iOS 17.2 in December 2023. It integrates deeply with iOS, using on-device machine learning to generate private, personalized journaling suggestions.
  
  
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• Apple wants nearly every iPhone 18 sold in the US to come from India

  Apple will reportedly dramatically accelerate manufacturing efforts in India, and may try to import nearly every iPhone 18 sold in the US from the country by the end of 2026. There are reasons to be skeptical that this will happen.
  
  

  
  Foxconn's iPhone manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, India

  
  Apple has been manufacturing iPhones in India for a few years. Opinions vary on how many devices imported to the US come from the country, but if Friday morning's report first made by the Financial Times is accurate, that number will skyrocket in the next 20 months.
  
  While a lofty goal, we're skeptical about the report. At the moment, India produces about 40 million iPhones per year for both local distribution requirements and export — a bit less than a fifth of Apple's global iPhone production.
  
  
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• How to add an email account to Apple Mail on Mac or iOS

  For many, the best email app is the one that came on your iPhone, Apple's own Mail app. To get the most use out of the Mail app, you can set it up to have all of your email accounts and addresses in one place in it.
  
  

  
  To keep all of your emails in one place, you'll have to make some additions

  
  Whether it be on your Mac or your iPhone, the process of adding an email account to Apple Mail is quick and painless. And, most importantly, it will make sifting through your emails that much simpler.
  
  That's because once you have added two or more email accounts to the Mail app, you have a choice of how to read them. You can go separately into each one or click on the overall inbox to see all messages from all accounts, right there in one place.
  
  
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• Apple explains how App Store reviews are summarized with AI

  Apple's iconic App Store was recently updated to feature AI-generated summaries of user reviews, and now we know how it all works.
  
  

  
  Apple has explained how its AI generates summaries of App Store Reviews.

  
  In October 2024, an unlisted App Store article revealed that Apple wanted to summarize user application reviews with the help of artificial intelligence. Months later, in March 2025, the feature became available to the general public with the release of iOS 18.4.
  
  While we already had a few details about Apple's AI-generated review summaries, a new post on Apple's Machine Learning blog explains the intricacies and specifics of the feature.
  
  
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• Apple shifts robotics team away from Giannandrea's AI organization to prioritize hardware

  A new report suggests that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith in his AI/ML chief John Giannandrea and is shifting the robotics team to hardware headed by John Ternus.
  
  

  
  Apple's robotics team now works for John Ternus

  
  Apple has been rearranging some of its teams after making a publicly embarrassing move to delay contextual Apple Intelligence features. The Siri team moved to be placed under Mike Rockwell, the Apple Vision Pro chief.
  
  It seems that wasn't the only internal move planned by Apple, as Bloomberg reports the robotics team is moving out from under the AI/ML organization. It will instead be under the hardware division, which is led by John Ternus.
  
  
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• How Apple's use of eucalyptus in Apple 2030 is controversial

  Apple invests quite a bit of time, money, and effort into its environmental initiatives, but it's hard to see whether or not its efforts are making an impact.
  
  

  
  Eucalyptus trees | Image credit: ekaterinvor on Pixabay

  
  The saying goes, "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." It's very possible to do a lot of harm while attempting to do a lot of good.
  
  In 2020, Apple announced "Apple 2030;" a highly ambitious goal of becoming 100% carbon neutral by 2030. While Apple has already been carbon neutral on the global corporate level, the company wants to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle.
  
  
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• Tactical, turn-based RPG 'Sunderfolk' uses iPhones, iPads as controllers

  "Sunderfolk," a new couch co-op game, has arrived for multiple platforms. While it doesn't run on Mac, it does require players to use iPads or iPhones as a controller for game night.
  
  

  
  Sunderfolk

  
  The developers over at Secret Door are looking to redefine game night with Sunderfolk, a turn-based, tactical RPG. What sets it apart from others in its class is that it's a couch co-op game that incorporates your smartphone into the experience.
  
  To play, players will need an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone or tablet. Then, they'll scan a QR code and use the Sunderfolk app to interface with the game.
  
  
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• Iffy leak claims iPadOS 19 could gain macOS menu bar

  Apple's shift to a more Mac-like experience in iPadOS 19 and iOS 19 is rumored to introduce features such as a menu bar — but there are reasons to doubt the latest "leak."
  
  

  
  Apple will reveal iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 at WWDC this summer

  
  Despite repeated calls over the years for the iPad to run macOS and be more like the MacBook Pro in usage, Apple has resisted making that move. However, that hasn't stopped rumors from surfacing about changes that bring the operating systems much closer together.
  
  According to a source of serial leaker Majin Bu, Apple will be shrinking the gap between macOS, iPadOS, and iOS when it comes to iOS 19 and iPadOS 19.
  
  
  Rumor Score: 🙄 Unlikely
  
  
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• Apple Watch arrived on buyers' wrists 10 years ago

  Years after rumors started, months after it was announced, and a week after preorders began, the Apple Watch became a reality for millions of users, starting on April 24, 2015.
  
  

  
  Apple got so much of the Apple Watch right back at the start in 2015

  
  Unless you were seriously into Rolex, there's a decent chance that you had stopped wearing a watch once your iPhone had become part of your life. It's not true that everyone stopped, but a noticeable number did — and then it seemed as if they all came back in 2015.
  
  For years before then, the very idea of an "iWatch" was both mocked and longed for. After it was launched in 2015, after Apple Watch became a reality, it was still mocked a little, and it was still longed for a lot.
  
  
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• Get a free Apple Watch 'Global Close Your Rings Day' pin at retail stores

  Celebrate "Global Close Your Rings Day" by earning Message app stickers and badges, a limited-time Apple Watch activity award, and score a commemorative pin at retail stores.
  
  

  
  April 24 is "Global Close Your Rings Day"

  
  April 24 is "Global Close Your Rings Day," and to celebrate, Apple is challenging users to get up, get out, and close their rings. This one-day challenge is available to anyone using an Apple Watch running watchOS 5 or later.
  
  Those who close all three Activity rings will receive a limited edition reward, as well as 10 animated stickers and an animated badge for Messages. Apple also encourages participants to share their achievements on social media using the tag #CloseYourRings.
  
  
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