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Apple revamps how you buy a Mac online, removes preconfigured options

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 6:46am on 9to5Mac

Apple has updated its website with changes to the checkout flow when buying a new Mac. Previously, the Apple Online Store would show you a range of preconfigured options with specific processors, RAM, and storage configurations, before letting you dive into the granular configurator.

With this week’s revamp, however, those preconfigured options have been removed…

Here’s my one Apple Watch feature request for watchOS 27

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 4:58am on 9to5Mac

Apple Watch certainly feels like a rather mature platform at this point. Software wise, there isn’t usually a ton I’d like to see – though there probably is a lot of potential for the Apple Watch to serve as an AI wearable. Nonetheless, there is one nifty software upgrade I’d really like to see them add to the Apple Watch.

Why 2026 should be the year you take control of your privacy with Incogni

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 3:12am on 9to5Mac

This is about the time of year when most people’s enthusiasm for their New Year’s resolutions starts to wear off. Gym visits decline, diets get less strict, and those screen time goals we set with much determination have likely already been broken.

But if you are one of those who decided 2026 will be the year you take control of your online privacy, then keeping a resolution has never been simpler …

Apple @ Work: Apple’s bet on local AI was right, but our management tools will need to evolve

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 2:00am on 9to5Mac

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For the last decade, the technology industry has been obsessed with the cloud. The assumption was that the future of AI will also rely on massive data centers, infinite GPUs, and an always-on internet connection. Apple, however, took a different path. With Apple Silicon, they bet that the most important processing would happen locally on the Neural Engine. I believe Apple made an incredibly important decision.

This week’s top stories: AirTag 2, blockbuster Apple acquisition, more

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 12:00am on 9to5Mac

Welcome to 9to5Mac’s top stories of the week, where we recap the biggest news in the Apple world every Saturday. This week, we have AirTag 2, a blockbuster Apple acquisition, and iOS 26.3 beta testing continues. Plus, our usual slate of new podcast episodes, opinion pieces, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories.

Someone turned Apple’s most annoying bugs into a scoreboard of wasted human time

Published: Jan 31nd 2026 12:43am on 9to5Mac

A new website takes Apple’s most persistent software bugs and reframes them as a hilarious scoreboard, using intentionally over-the-top math to estimate how many collective human hours they’ve supposedly wasted over the years.

PSA: OpenAI will remove several models from ChatGPT next month

Published: Jan 30nd 2026 11:34am on 9to5Mac

From time to time, OpenAI removes older models from ChatGPT’s model picker, as users become accustomed to newer ones. Here are the models being retired on February 13.

Apple Creator Studio gets its own Instagram account

Published: Jan 30nd 2026 10:53am on 9to5Mac

Apple is apparently pushing to turn its newly launched creative bundle into a brand of its own. Here are the details.

As users look for TikTok alternatives, UpScrolled downloads surge on the App Store

Published: Jan 30nd 2026 9:44am on 9to5Mac

Over the last few days, UpScrolled went from a relatively unknown app to the top of the App Store, as users flocked away from TikTok. Here are the details.

JP Morgan reviews Apple’s stock price target following Q1 2026 earnings

Published: Jan 30nd 2026 8:33am on 9to5Mac

Just days after setting a $315 price target for Apple’s stock, JP Morgan is out with a revised outlook following the company’s Q1 2026 earnings. Here are the details.