Apple has planted its own flag in the streaming wars with Apple TV+, its in-house streaming service that focuses almost entirely on original programming rather than an extensive library of existing TV shows or movies.
This guide will list all the Apple TV+ content you can watch today, divided into episodic shows or series and movies. There’s also a ton of new content in the works for Apple’s $9.99-a-month service. If you want to know what’s on the way, check out our list of upcoming Apple TV+ shows and movies.
Updated April 25, 2025: Family-friendly series WondLa enters its second season, and Jane enters its third.
WondLa (season 2)
Released: April 25, 2025
Jane (season 3)
Released: April 18, 2025
Government Cheese
Released: April 16, 2025
Your Friends and Neighbors
Released: April 11, 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Released: March 28, 2025
Side Quest
Released: March 26, 2025
The Studio
Released: March 26, 2025
If you want to start watching Apple TV Plus here’s how.
You can subscribe to Apple TV+ on Apple’s website here, or via the Apple TV app on your device. It costs $9.99/£8.99 a month, which you can cancel at any time (Read: How to cancel and Apple subscription). You can also opt for a one-year subscription for $99/£89, which essentially gives you two months free each year.
Apple also offers various trials so that you can try out Apple TV+ before you subscribe. Take a look at our article explaining all the ways you can watch Apple TV for free, and the best Apple TV+ deals you can get.
Students can get Apple TV+ for free with an already subsidized Apple Music subscription.
There’s far too much content on Apple TV+ to sift through it all yourself. If you’re looking for something to watch and don’t know where to start, here are a few of the Macworld staff’s favorite shows, series, and movies.
These are all the episodic series you can currently watch on Apple TV+, including both recurring and limited series. This list is in alphabetical order.
| Title | Premiere | Seasons / Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything | May 21, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Acapulco | October 8, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Amazing Stories | March 6, 2020 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| Amber Brown | July 29, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Bad Monkey | August 14, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Bad Sisters | August 19, 2022 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| BE@RBRICK | March 21, 2025 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Becoming You | November 13, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Before | October 25, 2024 | 10 episodes |
| Best Foot Forward | July 22, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Big Beasts | April 21, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Black Bird | July 8, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker | April 7, 2023 | 2 episodes |
| The Buccaneers | November 8, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Calls | March 19, 2021 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Camp Snoopy | June 14, 2024 | 10 episodes |
| Carpool Karaoke | August 8, 2017 | 5 seasons, 75 episodes |
| Central Park | May 29, 2020 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Circuit Breakers | November 11, 2022 | 1 season, 7 episodes |
| City on Fire | May 12, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Constellation | February 21, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Cowboy Cartel | August 2, 2024 | 4 episodes |
| Criminal Record | January 10, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Curses! | October 27, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Dark Matter | May 8, 2024 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Dear Edward | February 3, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Dear… | June 5, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Defending Jacob | April 24, 2020 | 8 episodes |
| Dickinson | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Disclaimer | October 11, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Dope Thief | March 14, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Doug Unplugs | November 13, 2020 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| Dr. Brain | November 3, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Drops of God | April 21, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Duck & Goose | July 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Earth at Night in Color | December 4, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Earthsounds | February 23, 2024 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Echo 3 | November 23, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| El Deafo | January 7, 2022 | 3 episodes |
| Eva the Owlet | March 31, 2023 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Extrapolations | March 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Five Days at Memorial | August 12, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| For All Mankind | November 1, 2019 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Foundation | September 24, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | January 21, 2022 | 2 seasons, 27 episodes |
| Fraggle Rock: Rock On! | April 21, 2020 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Frog and Toad | April 28, 2023 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Get Rolling with Otis | October 8, 2021 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Ghostwriter | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 39 episodes |
| Government Cheese | April 16, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Greatness Code | July 10, 2020 | 2 seasons, 13 episodes |
| Gutsy | September 9, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Harriet the Spy | November 19, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Hello Tomorrow! | February 17, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show | November 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Helpsters | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Helpsters Help You | April 24, 2020 | 6 episodes |
| High Desert | May 17, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Hijack | June 28, 2023 | 7 episodes |
| Hollywood Con Queen | May 8, 2024 | 3 episodes |
| Home | April 17, 2020 | 2 season, 19 episodes |
| Home Before Dark | April 3, 2020 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Interrupting Chicken | November 18, 2022 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| Invasion | October 22, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Jane | April 14, 2023 | 3 seasons, 20 episodes |
| John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial | December 6, 2023 | 3 episodes |
| K-Pop Idols | August 30, 2024 | 6 episodes |
| La Maison | September 20, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lady in the Lake | July 19, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Land of Women | June 26, 2024 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Lessons in Chemistry | October 13, 2023 | 8 episodes |
| Liaison | February 24, 2023 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| Life by Ella | September 2, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Lincoln’s Dilemma | February 18, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| Lisey’s Story | June 4, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| Little America | January 17, 2020 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Little Voice | July 10, 2020 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
| Long Way Up | September 18, 2020 | 11 episodes |
| Loot | June 24, 2022 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Losing Alice | January 22, 2021 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Love You to Death | February 7, 2025 | 1 season, 7 episodes |
| Lovely Little Farm | June 10, 2022 | 2 seasons, 14 episodes |
| Make or Break | April 29, 2022 | 2 seasons, 15 episodes |
| Manhunt | March 15, 2024 | 7 episodes |
| Masters of the Air | January 26, 2024 | 9 episodes |
| Me | July 12, 2024 | 1 seasons, 10 episodes |
| Messi Meets America | October 11, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Messi’s World Cup: Rise of a Legend | February 21, 2024 | 4 episodes |
| Midnight Family | September 25, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | November 17, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Monster Factory | March 17, 2023 | 6 episodes |
| Mr. Corman | August 6, 2021 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| My Kind of Country | March 24, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Mythic Quest | February 7, 2020 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Now and Then | May 20, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Omnivore | July 19, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| One-of-a-Kind Marcie | August 18, 2023 | 39 min. |
| Onside: Major League Soccer | February 21, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Oprah Talks COVID-19 | March 21, 2020 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Oprah’s Book Club | November 1, 2019 | 1 season, 14 episodes |
| Pachinko | March 25, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Palm Royale | March 20, 2024 | 10 episodes |
| Physical | June 18, 2021 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Pinecone & Pony | April 8, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Platonic | May 24, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Prehistoric Planet | May 23, 2022 | 2 season, 10 episodes |
| Presumed Innocent | June 12, 2024 | 8 episodes |
| Pretzel and the Puppies | February 11, 2022 | 2 seasons, 18 episodes |
| Prime Target | January 22, 2025 | 8 episodes |
| Puppy Place | October 15, 2021 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Real Madrid: Until the End | March 10, 2023 | 3 episodes |
| Roar | April 15, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Sago Mini Friends | September 16, 2022 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Schmigadoon! | July 16, 2021 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| See | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Servant | November 28, 2019 | 4 seasons, 40 episodes |
| Severance | February 18, 2022 | 2 seasons, 19 episodes |
| Shantaram | October 14, 2022 | 1 season, 12 episodes |
| Shape Island | January 20, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Shining Girls | April 29, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Shrinking | January 27, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Side Quest | March 26, 2025 | 4 epsiodes |
| Silo | May 5, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Slow Horses | April 1, 2022 | 4 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Slumberkins | November 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Snoopy in Space | November 1, 2019 | 2 seasons, 24 episodes |
| Still Up | September 22, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Stillwater | December 4, 2020 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| Strange Planet | August 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| STEVE! (martin): A documentary in two pieces | March 29, 2024 | 2 episodes |
| Sugar | April 5, 2024 | 8 episodes |
| Sunny | July 10, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Super League: The War for Football | January 13, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Surface | July 29, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| Surfside Girls | August 19, 2022 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Suspicion | February 4, 2022 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Swagger | October 29, 2021 | 2 season2, 18 episodes |
| Ted Lasso | August 14, 2020 | 3 seasons, 34 episodes |
| Tehran | September 25, 2020 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Afterparty | January 28, 2022 | 2 seasons, 16 episodes |
| The Big Cigar | May 17, 2024 | 6 episodes |
| The Big Conn | May 6, 2022 | 4 episodes |
| The Big Door Prize | March 29, 2023 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| The Changeling | September 8, 2023 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin | March 1, 2024 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Crowded Room | June 9, 2023 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Dynasty | February 16 2024 | 10 episodes |
| The Enfield Poltergeist | October 27, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| The Essex Serpent | May 13, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | March 11, 2022 | 6 episodes |
| The Last Thing He Told Me | April 14, 2023 | 7 episodes |
| The Line | November 19, 2021 | 4 episodes[a] |
| The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 5 episodes |
| The Me You Can’t See | May 21, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| The Morning Show | November 1, 2019 | 3 seasons, 30 episodes |
| The Mosquito Coast | April 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 17 episodes |
| The New Look | February 14, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Oprah Conversation | July 30, 2020 | 1 season, 15 episodes |
| The Problem with Jon Stewart | September 30, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| The Reluctant Traveler | February 24, 2023 | 2 seasons, 13 episodes |
| The Shrink Next Door | November 12, 2021 | 8 episodes |
| The Snoopy Show | February 5, 2021 | 2 seasons, 26 episodes |
| The Studio | March 26, 2025 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| The Super Models | September 20, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| They Call Me Magic | April 22, 2022 | 1 season, 4 episodes |
| Time Bandits | July 24, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| Tiny World | October 2, 2020 | 2 seasons, 12 episodes |
| Truth Be Told | December 6, 2019 | 3 seasons, 28 episodes |
| Trying | May 1, 2020 | 4 seasons, 32 episodes |
| Visible: Out on Television | February 14, 2020 | 5 episodes |
| Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn | August 25, 2023 | 4 episodes |
| Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson | July 30, 2021 | 1 season, 6 episodes |
| WeCrashed | March 18, 2022 | 8 episodes |
| Where’s Wanda? | October 2, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | September 24, 2021 | 2 seasons, 20 episodes |
| Women in Blue | July 31, 2024 | 1 season, 10 episodes |
| WondLa | June 28, 2024 | 2 seasons, 14 episodes |
| Wonder Pets: In the City | December 13, 2024 | 1 season, 13 episodes |
| Yo Gabba Gabbaland | August 9, 2024 | 1 season, 20 episodes |
| You Would Do It Too | October 30, 2024 | 1 season, 8 episodes |
| Your Friends and Neighbors | April 11, 2025 | 1 season, 9 episodes |
Apple TV+ is home to a fair number of original movies, too. Some of the movies saw a limited theatrical release, all are listed here in alphabetical order.
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room | September 1, 2021 |
| Argylle | April 12, 2024 |
| Beastie Boys Story | April 24, 2020 |
| Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry | February 26, 2021 |
| Blitz | November 22, 2024 |
| Blush | October 1, 2021 |
| Boys State | August 14, 2020 |
| Bread and Roses | November 22, 2024 |
| Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You | October 23, 2020 |
| Causeway | November 4, 2022 |
| Cha Cha Real Smooth | June 17, 2022 |
| Cherry | March 12, 2021 |
| CODA | August 13, 2021 |
| Come from Away | September 10, 2021 |
| Dads | June 19, 2020 |
| Emancipation | December 9, 2022 |
| Fancy Dance | June 28, 2024 |
| Fathom | June 25, 2021 |
| Finch | November 5, 2021 |
| Fingernails | November 3, 2023 |
| Flora and Son | September 29, 2023 |
| Fly Me to the Moon | December 6, 2024 |
| Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds | November 13, 2020 |
| Ghosted | April 21, 2023 |
| Girls State | April 5, 2024 |
| Greyhound | July 10, 2020 |
| Hala | December 6, 2019 |
| Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas | November 22, 2023 |
| Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth | April 17, 2020 |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | January 12, 2024 |
| Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues | October 28, 2022 |
| Luck | August 5, 2022 |
| Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special | December 4, 2020 |
| Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues | December 3, 2021 |
| Napoleon | March 1, 2024 |
| Napoleon: Director’s Cut | August 29, 2024 |
| Number One on the Call Sheet | March 28, 2025 |
| On the Rocks | October 23, 2020 |
| Palmer | January 29, 2021 |
| Raymond & Ray | October 21, 2022 |
| Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me | November 4, 2022 |
| Sharper | February 17, 2023 |
| Sidney | September 23, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne | December 10, 2021 |
| Snoopy Presents: It’s The Small Things, Charlie Brown | April 15, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: Lucy’s School | August 12, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love | May 6, 2022 |
| Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin | February 16, 2024 |
| Spirited | November 18, 2022 |
| Stephen Curry: Underrated | July 21, 2023 |
| Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | May 12, 2023 |
| Swan Song | December 17, 2021 |
| Tetris | March 31, 2023 |
| The Banker | March 20, 2020 |
| The Beanie Bubble | July 28, 2023 |
| The Bloody Hundredth | March 15, 2024 |
| The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | December 25, 2022 |
| The Elephant Queen | November 1, 2019 |
| The Family Plan | December 15, 2023 |
| The Gorge | February 14, 2025 |
| The Greatest Beer Run Ever | September 30, 2022 |
| The Instigators | August 9, 2024 |
| The Last of the Sea Women | October 11, 2024 |
| The Pigeon Tunnel | October 20, 2023 |
| The Sky Is Everywhere | February 11, 2022 |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | January 14, 2022 |
| The Velvet Underground | October 15, 2021 |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | November 22, 2023 |
| The Year Earth Changed | April 16, 2021 |
| Twas the Fight Before Christmas | November 26, 2021 |
| Who Are You, Charlie Brown? | June 25, 2021 |
| Wolfs | September 27, 2024 |
| Wolfwalkers | December 11, 2020 |
After a decade of development, the Apple Watch is basically the same as it was when it launched in 2015. Yes, the technology inside has gone through significant improvements its early days a dacade ago. Bigger, brighter displays. More powerful processors. An ever-growing suite of sensors to detect everything from your heart rate to incredibly fine movements.
But outside, the Apple Watch still looks like the Apple Watch—more so than any other Apple product. From 10 feet away, you wouldn’t be able to tell if someone has a new Series 10 or an old Series 4. Perhaps that is by design, but with major new health technologies like blood glucose monitoring still years away and even the blood oxygen sensor “on pause” for over a year and counting, it’s hard to find something to look forward to in a new Apple Watch.
Apple doesn’t need a new health sensor to make Apple Watch exciting again. It needs to take some risks.
The shape of the Apple Watch hasn’t changed in a decade. There have been slight variations in thickness, size, or curvature, but you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference without holding one next to another.
Imagine if the first decade of the iPhone was like that! By the time iPhone X celebrated the tenth anniversary of Apple’s smartphone, the device was already drastically different from its first few years.
So play with the shape, Apple. Give us a watch with flat sides—I loved the mockups people made of such a watch back when it was rumored that the Series 7 would sport such a look.
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Or offer two kinds of Apple Watch, one rectangular and one—gasp—round! Android watches have been circular for years now without major compromises to features or battery life, surely Apple could make it happen with a few tweaks to the OS.
And what happened to colors? Of course, silver and black are the most popular watch colors, but these days, rose gold is the only other option. Where did the colorful green, blue, and red offerings of the Series 7 go? Or the pink Series 9? Like the iMac, the fashion-forward Apple Watch is an opportunity for Apple to have some fun.
There are a million Apple Watch bands out there, but they’re kind of…well…the same. The materials and colors might be different, but none of them add anything to the watch other than a little style. How about a new clasping mechanism that allows for a tiny amount of power and data transfer, just enough to power some tiny microelectronics and send a few kilobytes of data every now and then. Add a few developer frameworks, and both Apple and third-party developers could make smart bands.
There have been various rumors over the years about a new mechanism, and one could imagine smart bands adding custom sensors for specific kinds of activities, or even a small, thin secondary screen that shows a “complication” of sorts. An Apple Watch that supports new “smart bands” would be a major reason to upgrade—more than yet another health sensor, really.
Heck, I would buy a smart band that just had a button on the wrist side that I could set to one of a dozen different functions just like the Action Button on the iPhone and Apple Watch Ultra.
Obviously there’s a lot Apple can and should be doing with software on the Apple Watch, starting with making Siri great. Even before Apple Intelligence, the experience on the Apple Watch wasn’t as good as the one on our iPhone. Since none of the current Apple Watch models support Apple Intelligence, it’s only going to get worse. Apple needs to find a way to bring the new Siri to the Apple Watch. If the Siri models are too big to run entirely on the watch, the watch could simply work as a “speakerphone” for Siri on your iPhone most of the time.
When I watch people use their Apple Watch, I’m struck by how much of the core interface goes completely unused. Control Center is just as bad on Apple Watch as it is on iPhone—so many people don’t know what it is or where it is, don’t know what it can do, and when you tell them, they struggle to actually access it. It’s taking a bunch of core iPhone (or Apple Watch) functions and deliberately stuffing them in a hidden and confusing menu, and as far as the average user is concerned, it might as well not be there.
Then there’s the weird honeycomb app grid that’s like an annoying little game to find what you’re looking for (List View should really be the only option), the limited watch faces… with basic customization that still seems beyond the average user. Most people I see just stick with the defaults, maybe change the color, but have no idea what complications are or how they work at all.
But all of these things—software that simultaneously does way too much and not enough, and whose best features are opaque to the average user—should be fixed on all existing Apple Watches. Maybe the shift to the new design with iOS 19 will spur Apple to rethink watchOS 12 as a turning point for a rethink of the Apple Watch interface.
But new software only goes so far. It’s a new direction for hardware that’s needed to really make Apple Watch exciting again. Apple seems so laser-focused on the next big heath and fitness sensor that it seems to be ignoring all the other ways it could change up the Apple Watch line—a little fun and some outside-the-box thinking.
Apple’s newest MacBook Air is already a great value at $999, but thanks to its current discount over at Amazon, it’s even more affordable as its price drops to $909, the lowest we’ve ever seen.
This laptop features the super speedy M4 chip and a gorgeous 13.6-inch Liquid Retina Display that will make everything look gorgeous, whether you’re working, doomscrolling, or watching Netflix. We reviewed the 15-inch version but loved it just the same. We gave the M4 MacBook Air a perfect 5-star review, appreciating the performance boost delivered by the new M4 chip. The fact that its Thunderbolt 4 port lets you finally hook up two external displays at 6K and 60Hz is pretty much the cherry on top.
The laptop comes with 16GB memory and 256GB of storage space, which is the minimum nowadays, enough for whatever you want to do with it. Plus the new MacBook Air is perfectly ready for any Apple Intelligence tasks you need to complete, from getting help writing emails to summarizing content, playing around with image editing, and more coming soon.
So stop wasting time and get your very own M4 MacBook Air for $909 at Amazon while this deal still stands.
Get the best MacBook Air for its best priceIt might not be the best game in the series, but the zombie-slaying action is still good fun, and a new enemy called Nemesis adds a bit of variety.
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You’ve got to hand it to Capcom, as the company is certainly putting real effort into releasing Mac versions of its games – or at least the Resident Evil series anyway. Resident Evil: Village was the first of the series to be released for the Mac, back in 2022, although that was actually the eighth game in the long-running series. Since then Capcom has followed up with Resident Evil 4 and 7 and 2, in that order. Fortunately, the order doesn’t matter too much as most of the Resident Evil games have their own individual stories – which is just as well, as the latest game in the series to arrive on the Mac is Resident Evil 3, which was originally launched on PC in 2020 (although it’s actually a remake of the original game from 1999).
This time around, you play as Jill Valentine, a special agent sent to Racoon City in the American Mid-West to investigate the outbreak of the ‘zombie virus’ that first emerged in Resident Evil 2. Jill and her fellow agents suspect Umbrella, a typically evil big pharmaceutical corporation that has developed a biological weapon called the T-Virus that seems to be behind the outbreak. In most Resident Evil games, this is the point where you start gunning down wave after wave of not-very-smart zombies, but Resident Evil 3 has a new trick up its sleeve in the form of Nemesis, a kind of intelligent super-zombie developed as a secret weapon by Umbrella.
See all the games we have enjoyed playing on the Mac in our round up of the Best Mac Games.
Nemesis turns the tables and shakes up the traditional Resident Evil formula by turning Jill from the hunter into the hunted. Instead of blasting your way through hordes of zombies you now find yourself on the back foot for a change, as Nemesis is always on your trail, hunting you down as you attempt to escape Racoon City. It actually makes a welcome change to find that you’re on the defensive occasionally, often just running and trying to stay alive rather than casually blasting zombies out of your way.
It’s a shame that the reliance on cut-scenes sometimes breaks the flow of the game, but Resident Evil 3 could still be a good starting point for Mac gamers who are new to the series, as the combat isn’t quite as relentless as it is in some of the other games. Capcom does recommend using a game controller, but I grew up playing games with a mouse and keyboard and didn’t have much trouble playing the game that way.
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It’s a good option for owners of older Macs too, as the age of the game means that it doesn’t require a top-of-the-range Mac to handle its 3D graphics. The Mac App Store says that the game will run on any Mac with an M1 processor or later, and macOS 13.0 or later – but not on Intel Macs unfortunately.
We tested the game on a MacBook Pro with an M2 Pro chip and it run smoothly at all times, even with hordes of zombies lurching across the screen (although it’s a shame that there’s no frame-rate counter built into the game to precisely measure performance). The game also provides a number of graphics presets that allow you to prioritize performance or graphics quality, depending on the speed of your Mac. We were also pleased to find that you can download a demo version of the game to see how it runs on your Mac before paying for the full version.
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The bad news – as is so often the case with Mac games – is that the Mac version of the game is currently only available on the Mac App Store, so if you’ve already bought the game on Steam or another online store then you’ll still have to buy the Mac version separately. There’s some consolation, though, as the Mac version also runs on the iPhone 15 or later, and iPads that have an A17 or M-series processor, so buying the Mac version will allow you to play it on your mobile devices as well.
The zombie-shooting formula can quickly become a little over-familiar if you’ve played other Resident Evil games in the past. However, Resident Evil 3 shakes things up a little by using Nemesis to put you on the back foot for a change, and the game’s modest system requirements – and a free demo – make it a good, affordable choice for anyone that’s new to the series. Now if we could just have a word with Capcom about the Monster Hunter and Dragon’s Dogma games….
Until the company was granted an exemption a fortnight ago, President Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs threatened to be a major headache for Apple. A large proportion of its products are manufactured in China, and the severe tariffs on that nation’s exports could have forced it to put up prices.
While Tim Cook may be feeling relieved for now, the chaotic way in which the tariffs have been applied, and Trump’s insistence that the exemption isn’t really an exemption and that the levies will simply be applied in a different way, suggest that the solution is fragile and that relief may be short-lived. Which is why Apple is doing its best to pivot its supply chain in the longer term and reduce dependence on Chinese factories.
According to a new report by the Financial Times, Apple plans to ramp up manufacturing in India to such a major extent that by the end of 2026, it supplies all iPhones shipped to U.S. stores and customers. India already makes some iPhones, but far fewer than China: likely between 30 and 40 million units per year, out of a total of more than 230 million. The U.S. accounts for around 65 million of those, by IDC’s estimates, so India will need to double its capacity–a difficult task “after almost two decades in which Apple spent heavily in China to create a world-beating production line,” as the FT notes.
The task is being made more difficult, according to sources in the supply chain, by China’s predictable reluctance to see such a major source of revenue shifting out of the country. An article by Wayne Ma of The Information reports that Chinese authorities are delaying and blocking shipments of iPhone equipment to India without explanation, and that Foxconn “has seen approval times from Chinese authorities for exporting iPhone-making equipment from its China factories to those in India rise from two weeks to as long as four months.”
Ironically, these logistical headaches may ultimately prove helpful to Apple. The company’s strategy since Trump was re-elected has been one of conciliation–a controversial policy, but one which appeared to bear rich fruit when the exemption was granted. And this story can only improve the relationship between Apple and the White House.
More than anything else, the president wants to see headlines crediting him for bringing jobs back to U.S. soil. (Apple has tried to play ball in that regard.) But I suspect he’d also enjoy a few news stories about Chinese officials desperately trying to prevent a U.S. company from taking its business elsewhere. This story makes it look like the U.S. is winning its trade war with China in the short term, whether or not Apple achieves the stated goal. In political terms, the end of 2026 is a long time from now.
It’s also worth mentioning that, like the Mac Pro being built in Texas (which was happening as early as 2013), Apple’s pivot to India is not really Trump-related. It’s been trying to diversify manufacture for years, with human rights believed to be one factor in the company’s wish to reduce its dependence on China. Apple has accelerated the plan in response to recent tariff chaos, but it’s been in the pipeline for a while. Whether Trump acknowledges this remains to be seen.
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