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  QardioArm wireless blood pressure monitor and Apple's HealthKit

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 22/03/2017

  » There has been much written about the Internet of Things (IoT): devices that are connected, interconnected and linked via our smartphones, computers and web technology. The IoT brief covers a wide range of devices for industry, home and health, with some crossovers. One example is the sports-related device that records personal inputs -- these also have a relevance to health.

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  Improving connections to the new MacBook Pro

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 11/01/2017

  » When writing a summary of 2016 on my own site recently, I made a prediction: Apple's Q1 2017 financial results would be announced on Jan 24. I was wrong, it will be on the 31st, and as always will feature live audio transmission, although it will be at about 5am here.

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  Updates to Apple operating systems

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 25/05/2016

  » There were several upgrades from Apple last week, starting with OS X. This had a new version of iTunes that organises sections differently, giving a less cluttered interface. With the update to OS X there were also several security updates.

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  Raising the drawbridges

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 24/02/2016

  » In a court decision in California, Apple was ordered to design a new operating system that would disable the erasing of all contents of an iPhone 5c after 10 failed passcode attempts. Within hours Tim Cook had put out a testy comment on the decision and Apple's commitment to its customers -- not the one specific iPhone that the FBI want pried open, but those of all customers, now and future.

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  Seagate Wireless Plus disk (Part II): Not exactly plug and play

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 13/01/2016

  » Apple's iOS devices do not allow users to access data on disks using the Lightning connector. Using Wi-Fi to access content stored on a disk is a solution. I have been trying to work with a Seagate Wireless Plus disk. I was encouraged by a number of positive reviews I had read.

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  Apple makes buying online -- in English -- harder

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 07/10/2015

  » Last Wednesday, not only was there the expected update to OS X, with El Capitan, but version 9.0.2 of iOS 9 was also released and my iOS devices were updated quickly. The first download of El Capitan for my MacBook Pro failed and I had to start again. I also downloaded an update for the MacBook. I left the downloads running and when I came back from lunch, they were ready to roll. I installed the new OS X on two machines at the same time and both were good.

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  A few days with the Apple Watch in Bangkok

  Graham K. Rogers, Published on 26/08/2015

  » I haven’t worn a wristwatch for over 20 years, so the idea of the Apple Watch did not initially gel with me. I use an iPhone and a pocket watch. I did weaken however when I saw some technical specifications.

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  Ordering a new Mac mini for my office

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 29/04/2015

  » Last weekend, a local user pointed me to a report on the Ars Technica site about the latest Flash Zero Day exploit, one of several already this year. Dan Goodin writes that although Windows users running Flash in Firefox or Internet Explorer are mainly at risk, the CVE-2015-0313 security bug is present in Flash for Macs and Linux.

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  More money, Mac problems

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 17/12/2014

  » Macs sometimes go wrong. Many problems may be software-related, but I have had hardware let me down too. My 12-inch PowerBook needed battery replacement under an Apple programme, and a later MacBook Pro ate a battery every year. Two computers had hard disk failures: a 15-inch MacBook Pro under warranty, and my iMac after five years of use. With backups, I lost no data.

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  Read before you agree, buy or update

  Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 12/11/2014

  » My new iPhone 6 arrived last Thursday instead of the Friday Apple had indicated. I  waited until I arrived home to set it up from the iCloud backup. The transfer took about 15 minutes, but then some apps also had to be downloaded. After that was done, I synchronised music and photographs using USB. The job was finished just after midnight.

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