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Apple facts, hints and tips
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 28/10/2015
» Apple has just announced its 4th quarter results. These should be available in several online sources by now. Income will come from hardware such as iPhones and Macs, and services. Some sales figures, such as the Apple Watch, will all be included in an "Other" section.
Quarterly financial results next week
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 21/10/2015
» Next Tuesday, Oct 27, Apple will announce its fiscal 4th quarter earnings at 2pm Cupertino Time (5pm New York). That is 4am here on Wednesday (9pm GMT +7). After the announcements, there is always a question and answer session in which Tim Cook and Luca Maestri do their best to fend off questions about future products. I expect there will be questions about the Apple Car, which may or may not exist. There will be a live audio webcast of the event at investor.apple.com.
New editing possibilities in photos on Macs
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 14/10/2015
» Now that OS X has been updated to El Capitan (version 10.11) I have been indulging myself with the new extensions for Photos that I mentioned last week. This means expanding the functions of the operating system or applications that were used on Mac OS -- before OS X. I already have a number of extensions, most are from Apple, but a few have arrived from third party sources. These are all shown in System Preferences -- Extensions, in the following panels available: All, Actions, Finder, Photos, Share Menu and Today.
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.
More new Arrivals
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/09/2015
» Last Tuesday morning, the delayed Watch OS 2 update was available after Apple fixed whatever bug it had. The download is shown on the iPhone in the Watch app and installation starts there. It was just over 500MB, but took a long time to arrive and then the installation process itself was slow. The progress ring seemed to stop every time I looked. Some app updates were also slow this week. I expect things will change when the proposed single internet gateway is implemented.
Updates to iOS 9, ad-blockers; more to come
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 23/09/2015
» Last week, as expected, Apple released the update to iOS 9. It arrived later than I had expected at midnight on Wednesday here. I downloaded it for the iPhone 6 overnight and installed this on the other devices I have on Thursday morning. iTunes was also updated.
Apple keeps getting better
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 16/09/2015
» Today sees the release of iOS 9 and the update to Watch OS, both announced at Apple's event last week in San Francisco when several products were announced. The next OS X update, El Capitan, will be available on Sept 30. There were also indications of a more pragmatic approach, especially with adjusted relationships with competitors.
Connectivity, finding lost devices
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/09/2015
» In a few hours time, Apple will announce several new products at its event at the Bill Graham Center in San Francisco. Although many commentators have already given us their authoritative ideas on what will be announced, only Apple knows.
Watch out for future events
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/09/2015
» Apple will hold a major event on Sept 9 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. It is expected that, whatever name or number they give it, Apple will announce the next iPhone and other products.
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.