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Good morning! ☀️ *Tim Cook voice*

Today, we’re discussing the end of #HeatGate, New Macs and iPads potentially incoming, iPhone 16 leaks, and more!

Estimated reading time: 2.5 minutes

📊 Poll

In the last poll, I asked: Did you update to iOS 17?

Here were some of my favorite replies:

This week: Do you currently use a MacBook or desktop Mac (iMac, Mac mini/Studio/Pro)? More on this later..

🔥 #HeatGate Comes to an End

Last week, if you were browsing social media, all you heard about was: “iPhone 15 overheats so much it’s going to explode, OMG Apple is the worst! 😡”

Ming Chi Kuo even stated that the issue could lie within the hardware of the A17 Pro chip in the iPhone 15 Pro. He said Apple would need to throttle the performance to fix this issue.

Well, turns out neither of those assumptions were correct…

Apple released iOS 17.0.3 this week (here’s my video) and it claims to resolve an “issue that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected.” Key word: iPhone, not iPhone 15 specifically.

Furthermore, Instagram also updated their app on the same day to fix the overheating/battery drain issues that have plagued users since iOS 17 released. Here’s a video about that.

Pair these 2 fixes together and you should have improved battery life and a less “warm” iPhone.

While many speculated that Apple could throttle performance in order to achieve this bug fix, I’ve noticed quite the opposite. My devices (15 Pro Max, 14 Pro Max, 13 Pro) are all running even faster than they were on iOS 17, plus they stay noticeably cooler than before.

This shocked me because I never had issues with overheating, but it made me stop and think… “overheating” is subjective. What’s warm to one person might not be warm to another. Nonetheless, this update made a noticeable change to the heat output on my devices and it is recommended to install for all users.