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After a busy October in which Apple announced new Macs and Apple Intelligence launched, the calendar has now turned to November. Below, we outline what to expect from Apple this month as the slower-but-still-busy holiday season approaches.

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After seeding the first betas of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 with additional Apple Intelligence features last month, Apple will likely release other software betas, such as watchOS 11.2, tvOS 18.2, visionOS 2.2, and HomePod Software 18.2 in November. Public betas should begin rolling out this month too.

tvOS 18.2 should add some of the remaining tvOS 18 features that Apple promised were coming to the Apple TV later this year, such as support for ultra-wide 21:9 projectors, screen savers for Snoopy and other Apple TV+ content, and more.

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The upcoming Snoopy screen saver for the Apple TV

visionOS 2.2 is expected to introduce an ultra-wide version of the Mac Virtual Display feature on the Vision Pro headset. Apple said this will be equivalent to two physical 4K displays sitting side by side on a desk. After this rolls out, Mac Virtual Display will be available in three sizes: Normal, Wide, and Ultrawide. The overall feature debuted as part of visionOS 1, allowing the Vision Pro to be used as an external display for a Mac.

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visionOS 2.2 should add an ultrawide mode to Mac Virtual Display on Apple Vision Pro

Apple will likely expand availability of the iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 betas to older iPhones and iPads that lack Apple Intelligence support this month too, with a later beta version. Apple confirmed that iOS 18.2 will be released in December, and that means the other updates should be released then too.

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An upcoming Final Cut Pro update will add auto-captions and more

An update to Final Cut Pro that Apple teased earlier this year should be available this month. Apple said Final Cut Pro will gain support for spatial video editing on the Mac, built-in caption generation for videos, and more, and the update will likely arrive on Wednesday, November 13, the first day of the annual Final Cut Pro Creative Summit.

As for hardware, the new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models with M4 series chips will launch in stores and begin arriving to customers on Friday, November 8. And the Vision Pro launches in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates on Friday, November 15, nine months after the headset launched in the United States.

Last, the second season of hit Apple TV+ sci-fi series "Silo" begins on Friday, November 15.



Of course, these are only the things that we know to expect, and Apple could have some other announcements in store this November. It's typically the month that Apple announces its extended return policy for the holiday season, announces year-end awards for services like Apple Music and the App Store, and more. Plenty to come, still!

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Any idea when the extended holiday returns will start? Last couple years, they started on the first Friday of November (which would be today).
 
Regarding the ultra wide Vision Pro monitor can someone explain how on earth you're supposed to use the menu bar when you're working on a window on the bottom left?

I did think before they released anything like this we'd get some sort of floating menu bar option for Mac OS because as it is this just looks unusable.
 
Never mind what to expect from Apple in November. I know what to expect all year round thanks 😂
 
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Speaking of iOS 18.2, how has 18.1 been? Haven’t heard much on it since its release. Assuming no news is good news? My parents have been buggino me about updating and I’ve told them to hold off for now. 😄
 
When will Apple properly release iOS 18? As is, they're still pushing updates to iOS 17 and you have to go out of your way and pick the "Also Available Upgrade to iOS 18".

Right now it feels like iOS 18 is more of a very public beta the way Apple has it hidden.
 
Hoping for visionOS 2.2 beta next week as my decision to get a new Mac depends on it. Right now, Mac Virtual Display runs the same on all Apple Silicon Macs. With the switch to the on-Mac foveated rendering that powers this feature, I’m wondering if this will still be the case. Also wondering if the frame buffer is transformed / curved on Mac or on the Vision Pro.
 
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Speaking of iOS 18.2, how has 18.1 been? Haven’t heard much on it since its release. Assuming no news is good news? My parents have been buggino me about updating and I’ve told them to hold off for now. 😄

Average to good on the curve of iOS releases in the last decade. An annoying Lock Screen bug where notifications can’t be touched sometimes. Other than that, not bad actually. Some of the AI stuff is actually nice. Clean Up works well. But I’m using that on my Mac since Apple didn’t deign to allow it on my iPhone.

Most importantly, no apps broke and nothing that was working is any worse. Not everyone will like Photos but I think it’s fine and have heard no complaints.
 
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