Articles about Apple’s mobile hardware (phones, tablets, pads, etc)
The Apple community has long bragged about how it is seemingly immune to hackers. Not so anymore. Hundreds of apps are plagued with a serious security flaw. The hackers duped Chinese developers into using a counterfeit version of Xcode, Apple’s official development tool. WeChat, a […]
The App Store Has Been Hacked! Read More »
Apple held their Special Event on Wednesday, September 9th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook, promising “monster announcements across several product lines”, called on Apple’s senior vice president of Operations, Jeff Williams, to announce changes in the Apple Watch world.
Apple Watch – watchOS 2 Release Date and New Watch Options Read More »
Apple updated its iPod touch line on July 15th. It has been about three years since the last update. The only iPod that runs iOS, it sports the same 4-inch Retina display as the iPhone 5 and 5s. Features of the newest iPod touch include:
Apple Spruces Up the iPod touch Read More »
Getting notifications on your Apple Watch is a great feature. I am no longer tethered to my iPhone to check email and text messages, among other things. Although, I’m still somewhat reliant on it since my iPhone 6 has to be in somewhat close proximity of
How to Manage Apple Watch Notifications Read More »
If you are a Verizon customer and currently qualify to upgrade your cell phone, you may want to do so NOW if you are considering the Verizon Edge program. This is Verizon’s program that let’s you forgo the cash outlay upfront and, instead, let’s you
Verizon Customers, You May Want to Upgrade NOW! Read More »
I find texting with my Apple Watch to be pretty handy. You can either reply with one of the default or contextual replies or dictate your reply. Dictating is not always practical and I find some of the default replies not particularly useful. The default text
How to Create Custom Text Replies for Your Apple Watch Read More »
Apple rolled out the first OS update for Apple Watch. Watch OS 1.0.1 has performance improvements and bug fixes for accessibility, calculating calories for indoor cycling and rowing workouts, measuring distance and pace during outdoor run and walk workouts, measuring stand activity, Siri and third
How to Update Your Apple Watch OS Read More »
Oh, No! I Just Got My Apple Watch and it Won’t Charge!! If you just got an Apple Watch and are having problems with it charging, you aren’t alone. My Apple Watch was delivered late in the afternoon of May 8th. I chose the 38mm
How To Fix an Apple Watch that Won’t Charge! Read More »
When I visited our local Apple Store for my Apple Watch ‘try on’ appointment a few weeks ago, I tried on the watch I ordered as well as a few other bands. I ordered the Apple Watch Sport 38mm space grey aluminum case with
Apple Announces ‘Made for Apple Watch’ Program Read More »
Apple started to take orders for Apple Watch at 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Friday, April 10th. Since I live on the east coast, that’s 3:01 AM for me. I usually wake up around 2:30 or 3:00 AM so I didn’t set an
My Apple Watch Buying Experience Read More »
So what’s going on with iOS? I long for the good old days when it was a no-brainer to download the latest version because it may fix a problem or two and would also provide some new features. The last few iOS releases have seen
iOS 8.3 – Another Attempt to Fix iOS Issues Read More »
Are there just some callers that you don’t want to bother with? Unsolicited sales calls, drama queens, ex-significant others? Blocking these calls on your iPhone is very easy. Once blocked, you will not receive phone calls, messages or FaceTime from the blocked number. There are
How To Block and Unblock Callers on Your iPhone Read More »
Apple held their “Spring Forward” event on March 9th. While new MacBooks were announced, the star of the show was Apple Watch. While much was revealed at Apple’s September 2014 event, several burning questions remained — pricing, release date, and battery life. Well, these are burning
Apple Watch Event – Answers to 3 Burning Questions Read More »
Apple released an update to its mobile operating system, iOS, this week. The latest update, iOS 8.1.3, includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements. Foremost in the update is a reduction in the storage required to perform a software update. This has been an
Apple Releases iOS 8.1.3 Read More »
