Right from the mouth of Mark Gurman (during the Jay and Fared Show Podcast), first reported by O’Grady’s Powerpage; No hardware announcements (that we already know) Siri in MacOS, to be featured in top right corner alongside Spotlight iOS Design Refresh with more colors – this is big. There are still many who insists that […]
Major changes coming to MacOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS during WWDC 2016
Posted June 7th, 2016 by Ryu at 4:28 am in iOS, MacOS, Rumors and WWDC. 0 CommentsThis was recorded late March, and was released this late due to some personal issues I(Ryu) had. It was an uneventful March Apple event, and neither of us were really pumped up about it, making for a really lethargic sounding episode. We are sorry about it. The next episode will be better, we promise. Subscribe […]
iPhone 7? Maybe not
Posted April 5th, 2016 by Ryu at 12:19 pm in iPhone, iPhone 7 and Rumors. 0 CommentsFor all it is worth, early rumors of the next iPhone are showing something different about Apple’s strategy this time round – iPhone 7 might be the iPhone 6ss. Nothing says more about a new iPhone being “new” than a need to buy a new case for it. Right now the rumors are; Same industrial […]
Happy 40th Anniversary, Apple!
Posted April 3rd, 2016 by Ryu at 4:39 pm in Uncategorized. 0 CommentsLike others, I thought it will be fitting for me to recount some simple milestones in how I got started in Macs and Apple. This is my very first Mac – the iBook G4 12-inch. I could not remember exactly which generation it was, except for the fact that I took ownership of it in […]
The Progress that watchOS 2.2 brought us…
Posted March 22nd, 2016 by Ryu at 3:39 pm in Apple Watch. 0 CommentsThis is what was on the screens after randomly launching two of my apps and waiting for at least one full minute each time: This is why you cannot hire an ex-Adobe guy to run your software team, especially when the fellow was behind the worst piece of junk in the software world – Flash.
ExFAT 4: 4 inch iPhone again?
Posted March 12th, 2016 by Ryu at 3:26 pm in ExFAT Podcast. 0 CommentsAfter a long long Chinese New Year break, Daniel and I are finally back for the first ExFAT episode of 2016. We talk about MWC, and (non)innovative every release at MWC is, the FBI vs Apple case, suddenly-dead Ethernet ports and speculate about the upcoming Apple event. Subscribe to ExFAT in iTunes
What to do if your Mac is hit by the Apple Silent Ethernet Killer Update aka “031-51913 Incompatible Kernel Extension Configuration Data 3.28.1” [Updated]
Posted February 28th, 2016 by Ryu at 7:07 am in Uncategorized. 0 Comments“If you have access to a system that wasn’t updated with Ethernet Killer: Go to System/Library/Extensions/AppleKextExcludeList.kext and copy the working file extension and transfer the file over to your corrupted computer or partition Turn off System Integrity Protection (SIP) by restarting in recovery mode (command-R) and go under Utility in the top menu and open […]
ExFAT 3: Packing for Travel
Posted December 31st, 2015 by Ryu at 3:05 pm in ExFAT Podcast. 0 CommentsWe barely made it for December. Daniel and I exchanged some tips and information on packing and preparations for travel. Links to products mentioned in the podcast are as below; Anker Powerport 5 Anker Powerport 4 Anker Powerport 6 Anker Powerport 10 Anker PowerLine Micro USB (1ft) [Apple MFi Certified] Anker 1ft / 0.3m Extra […]
iFixit tears down the Apple Pencil →
Posted November 20th, 2015 by Ryu at 12:31 am in Links. 0 CommentsWhat is this—a logic board for ants? Not quite, but weighing in at a whopping 1.0 gram it’s definitely the smallest we’ve ever seen. This thing has a freaking logic board (with 4 chips on it) inside! Mind blown. The pencil is clearly not meant to be opened or repaired; you can’t get inside without […]
ExFAT 2: Who pays $1500 for an iPad???
Posted November 19th, 2015 by Ryu at 5:14 am in ExFAT Podcast. 0 CommentsJust when you thought we are gone for good, Daniel and I return for the second episode of ExFAT. We ranted and ranted about the Surface Pro, as well as covered the Nexus phones, the Apple TV (a little bit), and of course the iPad Pro. And Daniel talks about his iPhone repair. This time […]
