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Changes to Apple products and updates to apps
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 29/03/2017
» Despite several sure-fire rumours, there was no special event in March. Instead, there was a hint of change when the online stores went down for maintenance on Tuesday evening. A number of additions and changes were made to iPhones and iPads, while new Apple Watch bands were also announced. Apple updated its Swift Playgrounds app with new languages and announced Clips, a new iOS app for making videos: perfect for sharing on social-networking sites. It will be released in April.
Drive speed and connections with iDevices
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 25/03/2015
» I have been quite happy with the 13-inch MacBook Pro I bought about 18 months ago. With its i5 processor, I had expected lower performance compared to my 15-inch MacBook Pro that had the i7 processor, but the 16GB RAM and Solid State Drive (SSD) made up for that — it was faster in use.
Flash is the black hole of the Macverse
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 11/02/2015
» In 2010, Steve Jobs wrote his "Thoughts On Flash" article, to explain why it was not available on the iPhone or the new iPad. The comments were followed by much derision, but anyone who has used Macs for even a short while will know that the temperatures rise, the fans speed up and the system begins to sag like my mother's chocolate cake.