Friday, August 7, 2026
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News items you should check out: August 7

Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from some other neat sites:

° From AppleInsider: Apple has significantly increased how much it pays you to trade in most devices, but you should compare carrier offerings, other trade-in vendors, and private sale values to get the most for your hardware.

° From MacRumors: Apple has expanded support for the Apple Account Card in the Wallet app to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta.

° From 9to5Mac: iPhone 18 Pro is only weeks away from launching, and a new report from Culpium indicates it could have limited availability due to a DRAM shortage holding up production.

° From Macworld: Apple killed the Mac Pro this year after two decades. Where does that leave Apple’s professional users?

° From The MacObserver: Meta launches Muse Code for Mac and Linux with pricing up to 20 times cheaper when developers allow AI training on prompts and completions.

° From MacVoices Live!: On the new episode, the MacVoices Panel tests a new live-production platform while discussing Apple’s reported $5 trillion valuation, and the end of Tim Cook’s earnings-call era.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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