Month: November 2016

 Apple, Inc.

Three Finger Gesture on New MacBook Pro doesn’t work consistently

Dan Uff November 21, 2016 0

Most users of the new MacBook Pro are complaining that the normal three-finger gesture used in some Mac apps are not working consistently on their trackpads, and sometimes, not at all.

Where the problem is intermittent, it may manifest only on some parts of the trackpad. Some owners, including people on MacRumors forums, have speculated that the issue is related to palm rejection technology.

Either way it's unclear if the issue is a hardware or software defect, and Apple hasn't officially acknowledged the situation. Both 13- and 15-inch systems are being impacted.

Three-finger drag is available with OS X Yosemite or later, and can be used to reposition windows without moving the mouse cursor and clicking. It can be toggled through OS X/macOS's trackpad settings, located under the Accessibility section of System Preferences.

Q: How do I run two versions of XCode on the same Mac?

Dan Uff November 20, 2016 2

[su_dropcap style="simple"]W[/su_dropcap]e iOS and Mac developers are always tweaking our apps with the latest features for our end users. That's why we want to develop in the latest development environments - in the case of iOS and Mac, we have to use a program called Xcode.

A lot of developers not only want the ability to update their current app and make it available on the respective app store, but to also enhance it to the latest features that are due out when a newer version of an operating system comes out. This means having two versions of Xcode installed and having two separate versions of their app on the same Mac.

Up until a few years ago, the installation package used to ask the user where to install the main program. Now with newer versions, a user doesn't have that choice anymore.

Have no fear! Now the installation package knows when a version of Xcode is a Beta, and which is a production version.

However, when doing this, you should make separate folders for your apps that you're developing and/or modifying, so that you can keep everything separate incase you have to squash an unknown bug for customers using a non Beta version of the operating system you support.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer thinks a Trump Administration could save Apple Billions

Dan Uff November 19, 2016 0

“Ever since President-Elect Donald Trump won the election, Jim Cramer has spoken with many investors who are confused on what to do with Apple’s stock,” Abigail Stevenson reports for CNBC. “Going into the election, Apple had a remarkable run. The stock immediately fell to $105 from $111 in the wake of Trump’s victory. It has since slowly climbed back up to $110.”

“‘People may be confused about what a Trump administration means for Apple, so let me dispel the confusion — the positives far outweigh the negatives,’ the ‘Mad Money’ host said,” Stevenson reports.

Read more in the full article here.

Apple’s Jonny Ive’s $300.00 Product Book – Much more than an ego trip

Dan Uff November 19, 2016 0

(Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Jonny Ive DID make a $300.00 Apple product book).

“Increasingly, some Apple fans think Jony Ive has lost it. He’s killing ports and headphone jacks left and right. The latest MacBooks value form over function. He’s designing gold watches for the 1 percent,” Leander Kahney writes for Cult of Mac. “And now his glossy new photo book, Designed by Apple in California, looks like a $300, linen-bound ego trip.”

“The giant, 300-page book is a retrospective of the products developed by Ive’s celebrated industrial design team. Filled with 450 photos of Apple products, the book was eight years in the making and required nothing short of the rethinking of paper itself,” Kahney writes. “It’s printed on custom-milled sheets with gilded silver edges, using special low-ghost ink. It comes in two sizes and costs an arm and a leg ($199 for the smaller version costs; $299 for the bigger one).”

“But here is why the book is a worthy effort,” Kahney writes. “Woking with Jobs, Ive’s team developed an amazing string of hit products: iMac, iPod, PowerMac Cube, titanium PowerBooks, iPhone, iPad and so on. During this time, the design team got little or no recognition… Meanwhile, Jobs hogged the spotlight, getting all the praise and credit. The public perception is that Jobs dreamed up Apple’s products from whole cloth. In reality, many of them sprang directly from the creative minds in Apple’s design studio… Designed by Apple in California sets the record straight, at least a little bit.”

Read more in the full article here.