Recent content by Loren Sims

The update when just fine on my iPhone 6 and iPad mini 2, but when it was complete I found it felt it had to re-download all of my podcast data. I don't know what that was all about. I haven't found anything else that thinks it lost all of its data in the upgrade.

These are such interesting accessories. Yes, they would come included with any iMac I would buy, but I really don't have a use for one of those right now. I'm really interested in seeing how these would make working with my iPad mini and MacBook Pro easier. I'm delighted with the rechargeable...

Oh, my first "Apple device" was my Birdy's Macintosh IIsi, that looked very much like this one. It had the Trinitron monitor that was the same size as the case and that great old 'aircraft carrier' keyboard. That one is also still my very favorite Macintosh mouse. Running System 7.0.1 She had...

I really like the stock keyboard with its word suggestions, buy I'm having a lot of fun with the new alternate keyboards included in the new version of Hanx Writer. When I have my iPhone un-muted, it looks and sounds like I'm typing on one of three real typewriters!

Re: Need a simple explanation of iOS 9 implementation of iCloud & iCloud Drive When Notes was upgraded this go-round, they changed the file sharing from being IMAP (email) based to now being iCloud-based. This is why they say you must upgrade to both iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Go ahead...

Yes, TextEdit gets my vote. It's included with every Mac, has powerful word processing and formatting features (that's why it's default format is RTF), *BUT* you can easily (under the Format menu) "Make Plain Text" and there you have Notepad (without the pesky BOM indicator Notepad puts at the...

I tried sending this here to iMore after Serenity suggested it on The Incomparable, but the email just kept bouncing back. It's my standard desktop wallpaper now.

Re: Public Beta I'm already enrolled of the Yosemite and iOS 8 public betas. Does this still carry over to the new releases or to I have to sign up again? The only problem I've ever had doing this is that I can't now upgrade to the new iOS 8.4 because my devices know they've had 8.4 for almost...

Re: iOS 8.4 Now available - discuss issues, etc here Found iTunes 12.2 at Apple.com and am installing it now. I'll try the restore option when that come up... Thanks a lot!!

Re: iOS 8.4 Now available - discuss issues, etc here Yeah, that's how I tried at first. Now exploring other options. Thanks!!

Re: iOS 8.4 Now available - discuss issues, etc here I tried updating at work this morning when it was released, but couldn't get past "estimating time remaining." I blamed a lousy Wi-Fi connection. Now I'm home and not getting any further. iTunes on my Mac says version 12.1.2 is the latest...

I wouldn't expect HandOff to work just yet, but I'm delighted to find that I can now easily AirDrop from my Mac to my iPad. O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

I signed up for the public beta program just after they announced it. Then, after hearing all the warnings about not installing it on you main machine and making sure you have really good backups, etc., etc., I decided I would probably pass. The public beta was released last week and I decided...