Macworld One of Apple’s great competitive advantages is the way its products work so smoothly together as an integrated ecosystem. Your iPhone pings your AirPods. Your Apple Watch pings your iPhone, and unlocks your Mac. Apple Music is optimized for the HomePod, and Apple Arcade for nearly everything else. Fall in love with just one of the company’s devices or services and, like a dinosaur dipping its toe in a peat bog, you’ll be sucked in and never escape. In a good way. Watch the average WWDC keynote, however, and you’d think Apple had, not a deep and mutually beneficial network of interoperable products, but a single flagship plus some accessories. Sure, you’ll hear about new software features coming to the Mac and the Apple Watch (which got 12 and seven minutes of stage time respectively at WWDC 24). You might even catch some interesting news related to the iPad (nine minutes) and Apple TV (two minutes). But it will be clear that the star of the show (clocking in at a full 16 minutes last year) is that most golden of geese: the iPhone. I’m hopeful that WWDC 25, which starts on June 9, might be different. In fact, I think that, within reason, Apple should ignore the iPhone and focus on other more interesting product lines. Perhaps this year the iPhone should have to manage with two minutes. WWDC 25 comes at a difficult time for Apple, which has been hit by delays and controversies over the past 12 months: Apple Intelligence has been a conspicuous failure and the iPhone 16, which was sold off the back of that feature, proved so disappointing that some customers filed lawsuits. Next month’s event represents an important opportunity for Apple to draw a line under such issues and reset. And you don’t do that by repeating the process with boasts about the upcoming iPhone 17. Instead, Apple could start by giving some proper attention to the Apple Watch, which analysts tell us has been in significant global decline for two years. The time is ripe for Apple Intelligence to arrive on the wrist (albeit likely piggybacking off the processing power of a nearby iPhone) ahead of new hardware in the fall. A younger and less commercial product than the iPhone, the Apple Watch has far more room to grow. It needs the attention far more than the iPhone does. Pundits also predict that macOS 16 is going to see a thorough redesign this summer, with a new redesign inspired by Vision Pro, and the Mac itself could get new hardware in the form of the M4 Ultra Mac Pro. All of which feels a lot more interesting and relevant than generative AI and Siri learning to understand natural language at… some… point. Let’s give the pro Mac users some love. We iPhone owners will survive a bit of neglect. The iPhone has had most of the attention for the best part of two decades, and it feels like Apple is running out of interesting things to say. So let’s hear instead about the smaller and less commercial projects going on in the background at Apple Park. I want to know more about Apple’s vision for the post-smartphone future, which of course means visionOS 3 (and hopefully progress on third-party apps and content) but also encompasses the role of other wearables such as the Apple Watch and AirPods. Tell me about the smart home. Tell me about fitness and entertainment. Just don’t tell me anything more about the iPhone. Foundry Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a Monday morning cup of coffee or tea, but it’s cool if you want to give it a read during lunch or dinner hours too. Trending: Top stories Your iPhone notifications are ruining your life. Here are 3 easy steps to fix them. Maybe Apple was right about Siri all along, ponders the Macalope. Let’s take a depressing look at the best Apple tech that’s gone forever. Sic transit gloria mundi and all that. WWDC 2025 is only weeks away. Here are 7 announcements I can’t wait to see. After Google IO’s big AI reveals, my iPhone has never felt dumber, says Mahmoud Itani. Here are 26 free macOS apps every Mac user should have. How many have you got? Podcast of the week WWDC is coming soon, and on episode 935 of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the current state of Mac hardware and macOS, and what that tells us about what Apple could be doing at WWDC. You can catch every episode of the Macworld Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, the Podcasts app, or our own site. Reviews corner McAfee Total Protection for Mac review: Not as good as it should be. OnlyOffice for Mac review: The free Microsoft 365 alternative you’re looking for. Soundcore AeroClip review: Clip-on open-ear earphones. Satechi SM3 review: A smooth, responsive mechanical keyboard. The rumor mill The iPhone 17 Air’s battery looks to be exactly as bad as we feared. Apple AI glasses ‘better made’ than Meta’s now on tap for 2026. Apple job posting confirms that a Calendar revamp is in the works. Apple plans to offer AI alternatives as it works to overhaul Siri. Software updates, bugs, and problems Massive data breach exposes swath of unencrypted Apple ID logins. And with that, we’re done for this week’s Apple Breakfast. If you’d like to get regular roundups, sign up for our newsletters, including our new email from The Macalope–an irreverent, humorous take on the latest news and rumors from a half-man, half-mythical Mac beast. You can also follow us on Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, or X for discussion of breaking Apple news stories. See you next Monday, and stay Appley.

Macworld At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Supports importing a wide range of file formats, including Apple iWork and Microsoft 365 Offers native apps on the most popular platforms, including desktop and mobile Packs numerous, handy templates, some of which are accessible offline Includes a plugin library to extend the app’s functionality Cons Can’t export new files in Apple’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote formats Our Verdict It’s a Microsoft 365 clone that supports the most popular document formats, packs in the commonly used editing features and it’s completely free, what’s not to like? Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: OnlyOffice for Mac Retailer Price OnlyOffice Free View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Microsoft 365 (formerly Office), Google Docs, and Apple’s free iWork (which includes Pages, Keynote and Numbers) are arguably the three most popular productivity suites for Mac users. Microsoft’s option is perceived as the industry standard by many, and educational institutions tend to rely on its services. Google Docs, albeit web-based, has similarly been adopted by the masses due to its free offering and ease of real-time collaboration. iWork, although not as practical, also provides free and reliable tools for those in the Apple bubble. But what if none of these suites suit you? Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives, including free and open-source software (FOSS) with solid reputations. OnlyOffice is one of them, replicating the Microsoft 365 experience—sans the subscription fees. Is it any good, though? OnlyOffice first impressions OnlyOffice is available for free on macOS, iPadOS, iOS, Windows, Android, and Linux. For this review, I installed version 8.3.2 of the app—the latest at the time of writing—on a MacBook Air M2 running macOS 15 Sequoia 15.4. While some App Store reviews suggest the iPhone and iPad clients suffer from irritating bugs, like random crashes, the Mac experience has generally been very stable on my end. In fact, I struggled to find a single issue with this app. Upon launching OnlyOffice, you’ll be greeted by a clean, ad-free screen showcasing its main sections. You can create a document (.docx), spreadsheet (.xlsx), presentation (.pptx), or PDF file from scratch or pick from the existing templates. Some templates are available for offline use while the rest require an active internet connection to download when creating a new file. These let you quickly compose an invoice, calendar, checklist, proposal, etc. Alternatively, you could launch an existing file stored locally on your computer or one of the supported cloud storage services, such as Nextcloud. Regardless of what you opt for, the app runs fluidly, and I’ve yet to encounter my first serious bug. Foundry Documents In terms of layout and functionality, OnlyOffice’s document editor resembles Microsoft Word. You can adjust the font, colors, formatting, alignment, and more in supported files. You similarly get to insert shapes, tables, equations, symbols, etc. Some of the compatible formats include DOCX, DOC, TXT, HTML, and EPUB. It’s worth noting that you seemingly can’t export a file in Apple’s .pages format unless the original file was created in the Pages app. Nevertheless, you can import, edit, and save these proprietary files in OnlyOffice just fine. Foundry Beyond the fundamentals, you can protect document files, encrypt them, add your signature, view their word count, set the author, and so on. And if you’ve connected a compatible cloud service, you can collaborate remotely with other users to make edits in real time. One of my favorite features is the built-in plugin library that lets you rely on even more functionalities in a document. So, for example, you could add a third-party AI assistant to analyze your file and help you shape its content. Spreadsheets Likewise, OnlyOffice’s spreadsheet editor offers a Microsoft Excel-like experience. You can perform all of the actions you’d expect from such software, including solving formulas, building dynamic charts, analyzing data, and illustrating. You can import XLXS, XLTX, CSV, OTS, and Numbers files, while exporting, as mentioned above, excludes the .numbers format for non-Apple files. Foundry Presentations You guessed it, the presentation editor in OnlyOffice indeed mimics Microsoft PowerPoint. By default, you’ve got multiple slide layouts that let you easily arrange the desired content, be it text or media, on the screen. The app also offers a plethora of animation and transition styles, letting you bring your work to life. Like the known alternatives, you can also set custom backgrounds, insert links, graphs, and photos, and preview the final result. Some of the formats you can import include PPTX, PPT, PPSX, ODP, and Keynote. Foundry PDFs Last but not least, OnlyOffice includes a basic PDF viewer and editor. Unlike Apple’s native Preview app, OnlyOffice lets you actually tweak the content in a PDF document, so you can tweak the text and add shapes, drop-down menus, and fields for viewers to fill in. That’s in addition to the regular annotation tools, such as highlighting and doodling. It’s certainly not as advanced as a dedicated, premium PDF editor. However, since OnlyOffice primarily acts as a free alternative to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, it’s certainly a welcome bonus perk that is reliable for basic PDF manipulation. Take a look to see hoe OnlyOffice compares to other PDF Editors in our round up of the Best PDF editors for Mac. We also evaluate some free PDF editors. Should you switch to OnlyOffice? As we’ve established, OnlyOffice is essentially a free Microsoft 365 clone. If you rely on Microsoft’s office suite and are tired of its recurring fees, then OnlyOffice could act as an excellent alternative. The app typically maintains the document formatting, so the layout should persist even if others view your files using different software. Given that OnlyOffice is free to use, features no ads, supports the most popular document formats, and packs the commonly used editing features, there’s no harm in giving it a shot to check if it can successfully replace your existing productivity suite. Had my personal workflow extended beyond Apple devices, I would have certainly ditched iWork in favor of it.