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Tech leaker and social media user (@aaronp613) known for surfacing Apple product details found in leaked firmware, code, and setup screens.
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Apple's iOS and macOS 27.2 beta 3 builds use the Apple Music logo first shown for Apple Music Hall last month. Teams with Apple Music artwork now have to choose between switching at the public release, expected later this month, and waiting for Apple's own pages.
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Apple's macOS 27.2 beta 3 adds touch gesture code to Photos, Notes, Safari and Quick Look ahead of a touchscreen MacBook Pro expected as soon as October. Apple is building touch handling into its own apps one at a time, and Mac developers have only that code and press reports to judge how much of the same work their apps will need.
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Apple's next entry-level iPad will skip the A18 and use the A19 chip, according to a leak from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Anyone ordering base iPads for a team now has to decide whether the A16 model on sale is worth buying before its successor lands.
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Apple's smart home hub, reportedly due October 13, may come in Silver, Space Gray, Starlight or Rose Pink, according to the leaker pdfu. Accessory makers can plan around its looks from the leaks so far, but what it will control has not been reported.
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Images in Apple's own code, found by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, show an A20 Pro iPad mini 8, a HomePod mini 2 and a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Apple has set no date, so tablet buyers and app teams can plan on the hardware details sooner than on the October window the reports expect.
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Apple's own code describes an A20 Pro iPad mini that Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects to launch by the end of October. Anyone about to buy the current A17 Pro model should wait those few weeks, unless the purchase has a deadline that lands first.
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A hidden framework in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate spells out how camera-equipped AirPods would sample the world. It also appears to describe a product Apple has shelved.
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