Category: Peripherals

My daily Apple blog for Computerworld

• 13 easy-to-miss iOS 13 improvements you’ll want to use June 25, 2019
  Millions are exploring the iOS 13 public beta now that it is available. As they do, they should take a look at these easy-to-miss features in Apple's new iPhone OS.The hidden mouse You can use a Bluetooth mouse with an iPad – to some extent – but Apple doesn’t make the feature particularly easy to find. […]
• A first look at macOS Catalina (public beta now available) June 24, 2019
  Apple officially opened up its Public Beta Program today for its newest deskop OS.So I thought it might be useful to share some first impressions of macOS Catalina. I’ve spent a little time with it since its introduction at WWDC. You can try macOS Catalina for yourself Mac users who want to test the beta themselves can sign-up to […]
• How ‘Find My’ Mac works in macOS Catalina and iOS 13 June 21, 2019
  Apple is changing how its Find My Mac tool works in macOS Catalina and iOS – it will now use Bluetooth and should find your Mac even when it is asleep.How does ‘Find My’ Mac work? Apple is combining two apps – Find My Friends and Find My iPhone into a new ‘Find My’ app.The […]
• Macs in the enterprise: 6 stats every IT purchaser needs June 20, 2019
  CIOs across the planet spend a lot of time wishing for unicorns.“If only there were a technology solution that could reduce costs and boost productivity,” they cry to the great executive bonus gods sitting high in their capitalist sky.Get a Mac Times have changed since Apple’s hugely popular Get a Mac ads encouraged so many […]
• Don't consider Apple Watch an enterprise product? Think again June 19, 2019
  Do you think Apple Watch is a great fitness tracker, but not really an enterprise product?I’d like to prove you wrong I’ve been saying for years that Apple would need to ensure Apple Watch could exist independently of the iPhone.There were several challenges to achieving this.One was the need to find a modem sufficiently low-powered […]
• WWDC: Has Apple closed the door on non-Mac App Store apps? June 17, 2019
  Ever since Apple introduced the Mac App Store developers have warned it plans to close off its platform, so news the company will insist on App Notarization in macOS Catalina set those critics off again. The thing is, it’s a little more complicated.What is Apple doing? Yes, Apple is making it a little more difficult […]
• 12+ amazing ways iOS 13 transforms travel and tourism June 14, 2019
  From travel tickets to Airbnb, the $8 trillion travel industry is already a digital industry, and Apple’s iOS 13 will accelerate its transformation.How iOS 13 changes the travel industry If all you do is watch the WWDC 2019 keynote and State of the Union address you’ll get an inkling of how Apple’s new technologies may […]
• WWDC: Apple’s iOS 13 NFC improvements are good for business June 13, 2019
  Apple will make near field communication (NFC) much more useful in iPhones running iOS 13, and these enhancements will impact the retail, medical, government, and security industries.What is Apple changing? Apple already uses NFC to support Apple Pay and the Apple Pay Express Transit system, which is rolling out at this time.While it has incrementally […]
• Microsoft’s App Store now offers Apple’s iCloud for Windows June 12, 2019
  Apple has published an all-new version of its iCloud app for Windows users and the software is available for download from Microsoft’s App Store.What is Apple’s iCloud? iCloud is an essential component across Apple’s universe.You use it to share iCloud Drive files, sync contacts, devices and other personal data, to access a range of Apple’s […]
• WWDC: 16+ ways Apple improved iPad productivity June 11, 2019
  Apple also introduced numerous productivity enhancements that will make iPads even better laptop replacements, which ones make the the biggest difference to enterprise productivity>What happened at WWDC? Developers and Apple users will be most interested in two major iPad-related announcements at WWDC: Catalyst and iPad OS.Catalyst is Apple’s name for the huge-big-massive set of iOS APIs […]