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On 40th birthday, Apple flies its pirate flag
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/04/2016
» Last weekend marked 40 years since Apple was founded. To commemorate the event, the original pirate flag that Steve Jobs and his team used when developing the Mac was flown.
Changing strategies with the iPad Pro
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/03/2016
» Last July, I was delighted with the arrival of the MacBook. Despite its 1.1GHz processor, it provided respectable performance, helped by the 8GB 1,600GHz RAM and the 256GB SSD. This was the same SSD as in my Mac mini. That has provided quite good performance, along with the 512GB SSD in my MacBook Pro. Both of those Macs also have 16GB RAM, so with all three devices, processor speed is not the main criterion for performance.
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.
Error 53, Polarr and more
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 17/02/2016
» Following the Error 53 problem for iPhone users with unauthorised home button replacements, several sites reported a problem for the iPhone if the date is reset to Jan 1, 1970 (depending on timezone), although why anyone would want to do that is beyond me. Do not try this at home.
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.
The shape of things to come
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/12/2015
» In the late 70s county forces in the UK were given access to the Police National Computer (PNC) when it came online. This allowed quicker checking for stolen cars or for criminals who were wanted.
Apple Awards, updates and releases
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 16/12/2015
» Apple announced its 2015 App Awards last week, and Periscope is the top iPhone app. There was also a local list and the top local iPhone app was Enlight. Simple Machines was the top app for the iPad. I have both and am not surprised they were award winners.
Not just a pimped up iPad
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/12/2015
» Every time Apple releases a new product, some of the more excitable publications expect a magic bullet. Not even the iPhone was an instant success, with several commentators suggesting it would not sell and Apple would be doomed.
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.