Refurbished 2015 15″ MacBook Pros back in the store (limited supply)

As of today a wide range of 2015 15 inch MacBook Pros became available on the Apple refurbished store.  If you're interested in one move fast as they will get snapped up.  Thanks to Change Detection I was able to get notified ASAP once more laptops were added.  Thank you Apple for making more stock available. 

Is it time to abandon the Mac and turn to the dark side, a.k.a. Windows?

I am currently looking to buy a new laptop.  Being an Apple user with a MacBook Pro I am primarily looking at a new MacBook Pro.  But there is no way I am forking out an extra ~£300 for a model with a Douchebar.  So I have been looking into the 2015 model that was reintroduced …

The SD Card Slot

Most discussions I've read of Apple's move to only USB-C on MacBook Pros fail to include a key benefit of the SD Card slot.  Sure a lot of non-photographers probably don't use the slot much, if at all.  But there is a usage scenario that would probably benefit everybody: storage expansion. SSD storage is expensive, …

#TouchBar a Touch of Genius? Er no.

The long term story of the Touch Bar will be, I believe, that it is a productivity killer.  This is certainly true whilst it is a novel technology with limited support from apps.  But I think it will likely be true in the future too regardless of app support.  This is for two reasons… In the short term …

iOS Text Replacement Tip 1 : Email Address

How to type your email address fast on any iOS device.  This also works seamlessly across all iOS and macOS devices as text replacements are shared across iCloud. https://youtu.be/ldr2rOsMXJ4

Make PDFs of Anything on iOS

Turn any document, note, photo, email or webpage into a PDF on an iPhone or iPad. No need for a fancy app, use the built in Print Centre. iOS 10 only https://youtu.be/FWYHsqN8TSc

The Ridiculous and Greedy Limitations of Watching Movies in iTunes

If you want an excellent example of a ridiculous limitation imposed on customers by Apple to force them to spend more money look no further than the Lightning to HDMI adapter. You'd think that you could hook your iPhone / iPad up to a TV and stream your movie rentals from iTunes to your TV …

Use the macron natively on iOS and macOS with text replacement

By far and away the most popular post I've ever written on this blog is how to type math and science symbols (pretty much) natively on iOS.  The method is to use the text replacement feature built into iOS and macOS which will receive unicode symbols you can paste into it.  Whilst it isn't a …

Cheap and Easy Tether for the Apple Pencil Cap

Hack together your own tether (or holder) for the cap of an Apple Pencil. Its like an Apple Pencil Cozy but cheaper. Here's how… https://youtu.be/Af4K0nOycY4

The “Courage” of removing the headphone jack

This is the most sensible and accurate analysis of the iPhone 7 event I've read.  https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/courage/