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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.
New ipods, new colours, with same reliable outputs
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 12/08/2015
» A number of sites this week suggest that the next iPhone will be announced during the week commencing on Sept 7.
Laptop fixed, care of Apple
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 24/06/2015
» One of the 2015 Helen Keller Awards was given to Apple for breakthroughs in accessible technology. The award was specifically for Apple's VoiceOver technology that provides "spoken and Braille descriptions of items on the computer screen".
Managing storage with newer Macs
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 10/06/2015
» Last week, a proof of concept attack that could affect some older Macs when they wake from sleep was made public. The information was not shared with Apple beforehand, so there was no time for a patch, while online reports became more hysterical with each retelling. For the paranoid among us, shutting down (instead of sleep) will avoid this particular problem until it is fixed.
Updates in the approach to WWDC
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 03/06/2015
» In the eXtensions column last Wednesday, one of the applications I mentioned was Pixelmator. I wrote then that this was available for the Mac and the iPad. The next day (Thursday) the developers updated the iOS app making it Universal, so it now runs on the iPhone as well.
Synchronisation from Mac to iOS
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 27/05/2015
» Last week Apple updated its MacBook Pro range, adding a new 27-inch iMac with retina 5K display for 68,900 baht and reducing the price of the top end 5k iMac to 79,900 baht. There was also a lightning dock for iPhones. The 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro computers have the new Force Touch trackpad and there are improvements: faster flash storage, longer battery life and faster discrete graphics. The SSD in the 15-inch MacBook Pro has throughput speeds of 2GB per second.
Integrating the Mac mini
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 13/05/2015
» A few years ago some of my students asked me why I liked BMW motorcycles and Macs. The answer was easy: design and engineering. Sometimes what you cannot see is important. I stopped riding a while ago, but I might now add integration as a reason. This is a major (and evolving) factor with the Apple products I use on a day-to-day basis.
Unleashing the Mac mini
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/05/2015
» Last week, Apple had another record quarter with sales that included 61 million iPhones. Some pointed out that even with this figure, Apple lost the top spot; however, sales mean nothing without profits and Apple is doing rather well.
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.
Photos, iClouds and Apple's financial report
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 22/04/2015
» Next week, Apple will announce its Q2 2015 figures on April 27 at 2pm Cupertino Time (4am Thai time). Usually, this quarter is lower than the one at the end of the year, but sales of iPhones in China and elsewhere are reported to have boosted the numbers. Estimates of iPhone sales run between 57 and 70 million units. Figures are now being maintained throughout the year rather than being seasonal.