The leaker, who went by the username Analyst941, first emerged last fall when they shared accurate details about the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. At the time, it was a major revelation as up until that point, the iPhone 14 Pro had only been rumored to feature two separate cutouts, one shaped hole-punch and another shaped like a pill. Until Analyst941’s claim, there was no indication Apple planned to visually merge those two cutouts using software.
After a few months of silence, the source reemerged via the MacRumors forums and eventually via a dedicated Twitter account. On that Twitter account, Analyst941 shared what they claimed were details on iOS 17 features, watchOS 10 features, and more.
Last week, Analyst941 posted on Twitter that Apple was actively working on bringing Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to the iPad for the first time. The rumor claimed that Final Cut Pro was scheduled for a release on iPad in 2024, followed by Logic Pro in 2025.
Just days later, however, Apple officially announced Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad via a press release. The apps will launch a full year before Analyst941’s rumored timeline – May 23. This shed interesting light on Analyst941’s credibility, and now, the source says that this was part of a “multi-step” sting operation through which Apple identified their source.
In public posts on Twitter, Analyst941 had said their source was a sibling that worked on Apple’s software teams, directly working with Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi. Even revealing that amount of detail about a source’s identity was foolish.
If their story is to be believed, Apple planted the 2024 and 2025 timelines with a single employee inside the company. When that date emerged via Analyst941’s account on Twitter, they were able to identify the account’s source.
Analyst941’s source, revealed to be their sister, was reportedly fired from Apple once the leaks were pegged to her. The two now fear that Apple will take legal action against both of them:
I don’t want to share too many details right now because of the legality of things — but a multi-step sting has gotten my sister fired from Apple, and unfortunately I am afraid next is legal action being taken against both of us, separately.
The breaking point was multiple, if not almost all who knew about FCP/Logic iPad development was given a unique combination of release dates — unfortunately the combination I shared on Twitter matched the combination given to my sister as the FCP+Logic timeframe, along with other small factors.
