Apple on Wednesday pushed first betas of what would become the minor iOS 12.1.1, tvOS 12.1.1 and macOS Mojave 10.14.2 updates. The betas are available to Apple's registered developers and members of the Apple Developer Program. Public betas should follow shortly after the developer builds, but you'll need to register with the Apple Beta Software Program.
Last week, the Apple TV version of Minecraft was pulled from the market due to low usage. Soon after, the folks over at Ars Technica began asking individuals in the gaming community what Apple should do to make its "hobby" device more appealing to gamers. The answers were interesting.
Nearly two years following its tvOS launch, Microsoft has made the decision to pull Minecraft for Apple TV because there weren't enough players in the first place, BBC News said Tuesday.
On Monday, Apple released tvOS 12.0.1 for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV. The update, which arrives one week after tvOS 12, has a build number of 16J380.
To increase support for the latest screen sizes and technologies, Apple will soon stop accepting iPhone apps that don't take full advantage the native display resolution of iPhone Xs Max. Likewise, Apple Watch apps must support the new Apple Watch Series 4 hardware.
Apple TV is expected to gain support for Dolby Atmos as early as next month in the upcoming tvOS 12 update. As this release gets closer, Apple is beginning to add Dolby Atmos support for iTunes Movies for beta testers to enjoy.
Just a week after releasing iOS 12 beta 5, Apple on Monday issued a sixth beta of its upcoming iOS 12 software update to the developer community. The company also released sixth developer betas for watchOS 5, tvOS 12 and macOS Mojave.
Apple has four million people on betas of its operating systems.
Mac content caching cuts down your Internet data usage and accelerates downloads on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV dramatically. Here's how to set up and use this feature to avoid repeated downloads and reduce bandwidth usage.
Thanks to nitoTV and the Electra Team, we now have a stable jailbreak for tvOS 11.2-11.3. If you heeded our advice in the run up to this release and stayed on the right firmware, you're probably itching to try it out. We'll show you how.
With no USB-C port to connect it to a computer, the Apple TV 4K falls firmly into the category of "irksome products which Apple doesn't want you to mess with". However, although it is easier to get your own apps onto its older brother the Apple TV 4, it's still possible to sign and sideload apps on the 4K.
Developers can now download watchOS 5 beta 4 and tvOS 12 beta 4, which were released alongside iOS 12 beta 4, today, July 17. These betas arrive 14 days after the previous releases.