Apple already tracks this data. You can view a list of locations your device considers significant in the Settings app, under Privacy & Security, Location Services, System Services, and Significant Locations.
AFAIK, the government, etc. normally subpoenas location data from cellular providers.
Do you mean without iPhone?
Would that Phone app on Mac work with a cellular Apple Watch? (Instead of requiring an iPhone)
(PS: Does the introduction of this Phone app for Mac hint that the new MacBooks will will have cellular?!)
Iām kind of excited about the ability out of the box for Tahoe to run Linux in a VM. Maybe Iāll finally have that hybrid iāve wanted with Mac OS and Elementary OS that iāve dreamed about.
Iām intrigued by the new features in iPadOS 2026. Although I have a new 11-inch iPad Pro, I kept the M4 13-inch iPad Pro just in case I change my mind. Once the OS is released for the public, I might try the 13-inch again as my primary computer. At this point, I doubt Iāll switch back to the 13-inch unless I find it truly can serve as a laptop replacement given my workflow needs and preferences. My 30-day experiment using the 13-inch exclusively failed, but it might be worth trying the 13-inch with OS26 to see if enough changes have been made to make it a viable MBP replacement for my purposes. Iām intrigued by the possibility, but not optimistic.
Weāll see. But Iām still using 1Password instead of Passwords.
Also Launchpad is gone, effectively merged into the new Spotlight.
I also wonder if the new transparent menu will kill Bartender.
Interesting times for a new OS with very limited new features. Iām downloading it now to see how it performs. Frankly most interested in the call screening feature in iOS, but Iām leery of installing that beta.
OK ā Installation is completed of the first Beta on my secondary system, an M3 MBA.
Doesnāt seem to have that fancy āliquid glassā look they showed, so might it be a setting somewhere or perhaps just not ready yet?
Bartender works. I still prefer Alfred over the new Spotlight, which has some bugs.
The new appearance of windows is disturbing to me, but I expect to get used to it.
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Yelpās business practices, especially how theyāve treated small business owners in the past, are well below Appleās standards of ethics. Iāve seen, first hand, small businesses get shaken down by Yelp, eventually going out of business. Yelp is not a good actor.
Parcel just got Sherlocked in Apple Wallet.
Holy cow, Batman!
iPadOS 25 looks amazing.
The current lack of menus limited the power of a lot of apps, compared to the Mac, I think.
The whole thing was a lot of meh to me. The liquid glass is 2025 aqua I guess. And Im not sure thats a good thing. Honestly most of the interface effects I hope I can turn off.
The Journal looks more interesting than I thought. It will be across the ecosystem and it will be possible to have multiple journals. Lack of both were complete dealbreakers for me. Weāll see.
Liquid Glass looks nice if the background is not white, otherwise itās difficult to read the text of the button. I really like those subtle animations though. Thatās probably a lot of work to copy (by Samsung or Huawei) so thereās a great differentiation to this design.
This isnāt something new, these menus were already there on iPad but you had to hold down the cmd key to surface them. By the look of it, this moves this into the Menu Bar.
Oh, yes, true. I wonder if making them more obvious will make it more likely develops will build in more powerful features.
Or perhaps, 
to bring the iPad experiences closer to that of the Mac, they have added features to the iPad apps that are missing in the current version.
Are you kidding? Freaking hilarious when Craig took off the helmet. Flipping the track over back to soar panels was a fun animation.
I donāt mind the Liquid Glass, but weāll see how it lasts when I use it day after day. I already turn macOSā vibrancy stuff way down. Back when Windows Vista tried that translucency stuff, it got old quick. I like the layering and morphing that Apple demonstrated, as long as it remains intuitive and you know where to find the tool that you need.
As for the look of Glass itself, well, whatās old is new again. Wasnāt the age of Aqua and web2.0 ālickableā interfaces similar? The main difference is modern hardware allowing more interactivity.
Still, I think the new interface was nicely demonstrated, and look forward to testing it out.
The tiny step forward for Shortcuts is a welcome addition.
I wish Apple would allow Shortcuts to be coded as a script, too, via Python or some version of āSwiftScriptā that could serve as a new AppleScript. Constructing shortcuts graphically is a bit of trial and error and a lot of frustration.
iPadOS26 multitasking looks like a massive step forward, in fact it looks 8 generations better than iPadOS18 
I agree, I thought it was hilarious. I especially liked the little electric cart where he thought he was racing. The whole thing was funny. The intro, music, on the other hand, was downright awful. I had to mute it until the keynote began. 