iOS 18.6 now available, Apple Card news
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🗓️ 30 July 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- iOS 18.6 now available for iPhone, here's what's new
- iOS 18.6 has important security fixes, here are the full details
- Report: Apple nearing deal with Chase for Apple Card partnership
- Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’
- Apple just lost another AI researcher as it weighs shift to third-party models
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Wednesday, July 30th, 2025. |
| 0:07.5 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.6 | We are sponsored this week by BitWarden. |
| 0:12.2 | Leading off today, iOS 18.6 is now available for iPhone users. |
| 0:17.4 | The iOS 26 beta, of course, has stolen all the headlines recently, but Apple has also |
| 0:22.0 | quietly been beta testing 18.6 for the last few weeks. As for what's new in iOS 18.6, Apple says |
| 0:29.9 | the update provides important security fixes and bug fixes. It also fixes an issue in the Photos |
| 0:36.8 | app that could prevent memory movies from being shared. iOS 18. It also fixes an issue in the Photos app that could prevent memory movies from being |
| 0:39.4 | shared. iOS 18.6 also includes more changes to the App Store experience for users in the |
| 0:45.4 | European Union. There's an updated experience in the EU for installing an alternative app marketplace |
| 0:51.4 | from a developer's website and an updated user experience for installing an app directly from a developer's website, and an updated user experience for |
| 0:55.3 | installing an app directly from a developer's website. |
| 0:58.8 | Apple's security release notes for iOS 18.6 say the update patches vulnerabilities affecting |
| 1:04.3 | a couple of different accessibility features, media playback, network connectivity, and more. |
| 1:11.0 | Apple, however, is not aware of any reports of these vulnerabilities being actively |
| 1:15.5 | exploited in the wild. |
| 1:17.3 | In addition to iOS 18.6 for iPhone, Apple has also released updates for its other platforms, |
| 1:23.5 | including the iPad, the Mac, the Apple Watch, the Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. |
| 1:29.0 | You can update your iPhone by going to the Settings app, choosing General, then choosing Software Update. |
| 1:35.0 | Next up today, the U.S. Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March of 2024, |
| 1:41.2 | accusing the company of having a smartphone monopoly. |
| 1:46.6 | Apple has voiced its opposition to the case many times over the last year, calling it misguided. Now Apple has officially filed its answer to the DOJ's |
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