Tips, tricks, and thoughts about Apple products.
Get Set for iOS 12 The new operating system for your iPhones and iPads, iOS 12, will be released Monday, September 17. ( A time hasn’t been given, but many releases have been around 10 or 11 a.m. PDT.) You’ll know when it’s available because you’ll see an alert in your in your setting…
Read MoreI’ve had some calls and emails regarding my recommendations on the new iPhones, so I thought I’d share my thoughts here. Since I wasn’t invited to the “hands-on” event in Cupertino, my views are only based on what I’ve read and seen online in the past few days, but I have done quite a…
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The Maps app has some new features that are very useful as well as fun. In addition to the basic directions, Maps now lets you know when you need to change lanes so you don’t miss your exit. Also, speed limits are now shown while navigating in Maps. The new Indoor Maps is my favorite…
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I am long overdue to post anything here, and I’ll try to make up for some lost time by giving some quick tips for those of you using Apple products with iOS 11. In case you haven’t found all the new features on your own, I plan to focus on one item a day, starting…
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Hands on with the iPhone 6s If you have an iPhone and are considering an upgrade, you’ve probably already read a lot about the iPhone 6s, but I’m adding my two cents anyway! I received my new phone in the mail last Friday, so I’ve had almost a week to try it out. Visually, there…
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Here’s the promised tutorial for creating blended images with the Enlight App for the iPad. First select your two images. The first should be a landscape image that has a lot of detail. The second should be a portrait of an animal or a person. It helps if the background of the portrait isn’t too…
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As mentioned in an earlier post, I have begun making digital copies of all of my important personal documents. I’m doing this for a number of reasons. The first is for emergency preparedness. In the event of an emergency, such as fire or hurricane, I will at least have a record of everything for the…
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Here are step-by-step instructions for two of the examples I showed in yesterday’s post. Rather than a complete overview of the app, this shows how the Artistic/Urbanize options can transform your photos in a few easy steps. The original butterfly photo had been edited in Photoshop including a texture layer to achieve this current look.…
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I have a whole collection of Photography apps on my iPads. Typically, I download one, experiment with it for awhile, then mostly forget about it. So when I saw a new Photo app called “Enlight” in the App Store, I almost ignored it, even though it was listed as one of the “Best New Apps”. …
Read MoreThe App Store currently has some great apps on sale for $0.99. They will be at this price for a limited time, probably through the end of July. I want to focus on a few of them that I think are extremely useful and a bargain at 99 cents. (I don’t have any connection…
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