In Touch with iOS

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Your host Dave Ginsburg is joined as always by co-host Warren Sklar. Warren has an adventure at the Apple Store. We talk about Black Friday and cyber Monday deals. Plus some great tips on Apple Watch, extending battery life on your iPhone plus more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News House passes bill that would require carriers to offer free robocall blocking features, more T-Mobile launches 600MHz 5G across the US, but no one can use it until December 6th Qualcomm working to deliver 5G iPhone 'as fast as we can Apple News launches daily email newsletter BMW reverses decision to charge for CarPlay Topics Black Friday and Cyber Monday what bargains did we get or can we share? New beta of release of iOS, iPadOS or watchOS this week we talk about whats new in the betas. Home Kit Discussion Tips Muting email threads in the Mail App How to find your AirPods Pro serial number This Unexpected Tip to Extend Battery Life on iPhone Actually Works… Really! 20 Tips Every Apple Watch Owner Should Know Switching iPhone or iPad to 4 digit passcode Apps Apple Shares the 'Best of 2019' Highlighting Top Apps and Games, Plus First Apple Music Awards Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app Update to Apple Clips app About our Co-Host Co-Host: Warren Sklar, @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Your host Dave Ginsburg is joined as always by co-host Warren Sklar. Are all these iOS bug updates bugging you? They are for us we discuss what Apple is going to do about it. Apple Music vs iTunes Match do you need them both? Plus more on this Thanksgiving episode. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Apple Launches New Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max Apple announces press event on December 2 Apple launches Research app, US users can enroll in three health studies Topics Apple Music vs iTunes Match do you need them both? Is the family membership worth it? Cancelling iTunes Match? Here's how to download your iCloud Music Library before you do so All these Apple updates! Is Apple finally reevaluating their process? Apple may finally be getting serious about stopping iOS bugs before they reach our iPhones Apple releases iOS 13.2.3 with more background app improvements, Mail fixes, more Apple Seeds Third Betas of iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3 to Developers Apple Dvelopers conf vs WWDC iOS 13 and the release dates and we see why it's so bad. 13.0 9/19/19 13.1 9/24/19 13.1.1 9/27/19 13.1.2 9/30/19 13.1.3 10/15/19 13.2 10/28/19 13.2.1 10/30/19 13.2.2 11/7/19 13.2.3 11/18/19 13.3 (Coming soon!) 3rd beta released Tips How to Print From An iPad Scanning documents to the Files app on iPhone or iPad without an app. How to Hide Apps on Your iPhone (& Find Them Later) How to Delete & Uninstall Apps on an iPhone How to Use a Bluetooth Mouse with Your iPad (or iPhone) Picks of the Week Scanner Pro Warren Reading Glasses for your eyes they make things big. Scansnap Macstock Conference and Expo 2020 July 25-26, 2020 Sign up for the Macstock newsletter here: Macstock you willl be notified that there will be a Cyber Monday Early Bird sale 1 day December 2nd saving $100 off the 2 day price the best discount you will see. About our Co-Host Co-Host: Warren Sklar, @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS In this special episode your host Dave Ginsburg travels to Woodstock, IL and is joined by Mike Potter Macstock organizer and from the For Mac Eyes Only Podcast. Mike and I caught up and decided to record a show in person using my new Rodecaster Pro podcast production Studio for the first time. We talk about why Mike has not updated to iOS 13 and his thoughts on Disney+ since hes a big Disney fan plus more! Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio Topics Dave and Mike talk about Dave's new Rode Rodecaster Pro Podcast Studio. The sound is really good and I think our shows will be sounding even better! Mike has yet to update to iOS 13 we talk about what his reasoning and thoughts about iOS13. Hes stuck on MacOS Mojave and iOS 13 will have challenges with that. The reminders app needs a database upgrade so thats holding him up too. This Apple Support Article talks about the upgrade process. We talk about browsers and Firefox is Mike's primary iOS browser. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Opera. Firefox Focus are other options. We talk about the Apple Watch Noise app and this article. https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/16/apple-watch-noise-app-texas-family/ Mike is a big Disney fan we talk about the Disney+ services and thoughts about it and where he thinks it will go. Apple TV and how he consumes streaming services. We talk about The big Black Friday $129 Apple Watch. https://9to5mac.com/2019/11/14/apple-watch-series-3-black-friday/ Airpods pro update Macstock Conference and Expo 2020 July 25-26, 2020 Sign up for the Macstock newsletter here: Macstock you will be notified that there will be a Cyber Monday sale 1 day December 2nd saving $100 off the 2 day price the best discount you will see. About our Guest Our Guest Mike Potter is the organizer of Macstock Expo: and host of For Mac Eyes Only Podcast. You can reach him on Twitter @macstockexpo and @formaceyesonly

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg is joined by our brand new co-host Warren Sklar! We discuss Dave's experiences with Airpods Pro, new Streaming services Disney+, and CarPlay. Plus tips on how to fix your iOS device when it freezes up plus more! Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 13.2.2 With Fix for Background Refresh Bug Apple Seeds Second Betas of iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3 to Developers Topics Dave's review of the AirPods Pro. He has used them for a few weeks now and we will do a complete review Streaming Services. Apple TV+ released this month and Disney+ released this week. We discuss what streaming services are for you and how you use them on your iOS and Apple TV. CarPlay experiences. Dave rented a car with it and yes he wants it bad in his car. Warren was car shopping for his son and has thoughts about how important CarPlay is. Tips How to Use the Apple Watch App Store Why does your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch freeze up or stops working right? Here are some tips how to help you fix your device. Reset your iPhone on all modssels. Reset your Apple Watch Reset your iPad Update your system software and apps Check for app updates in the App Store on an iPhone, Tap long Free up storage space by storing videos and photos somewhere other than on your device. Delete messages. reset your phone. Make sure you have backed up your phone before you do a reset Apple Support Service Picks of the Week Photoshop for iPad Warren Find My by Apple Office Mobile About our Co-Host Co-Host: Warren Sklar, @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg is joined by guest Warren Sklar we discuss why all these iOS 13 updates are happening, the power of iPhone 11, eSIM whats it all about, plus more tips. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News AnandTech's in-depth iPhone 11 review says the A13 processor is twice as fast as the competition FCC approves $26.5 billion T-Mobile and Sprint merger Apple releases third developer betas of iOS 13.2, iPadOS 13.2, tvOS 13.2 & fourth watchOS 6.1 build - Warren is always on the cutting edge using betas on his primary devices. He reviews his beta experiences. iPad Air 2 slow with iOS 13 Topics Whats with all these iOS and iPadOS updates? Lets review iOS 13 starting with 13.0 and find out what really was the deal with all these updates. Wikipedia list of all iOS versions Deep Fusion - 11 Pro / 11 Pro Max eSIM - Dave reviews using eSIM in his iPhone and how great it is to use it as a dual sim with 2 lines in one iPhone. Apple Support Link Files App using an external drive in your iPad in iOS 13. How cool it is to use this and connecting all your cloud services in the app. Tips Doing a Screenshot in Safari and using the option to capture the full screen. Saves full screen as a PDF in files. Using SideCar in iPadOS13 extending your iPad as a screen with your Mac in 10.15 Catalina. Requirements for SideCar Luna Display and Duet Display are other options that were out there before SideCar was released but they were sherlocked. Luna Display came up with a new feature extending your Mac to another Mac as well as to your iPad. Dave's Picks of the Week Zugu The Muse Case - 2018 iPad Pro 11 inch SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable External SSD About our Guest About our Guest: Warren Sklar, is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg is joined by guest Mike LaPlante Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News The iPhone 11's Deep Fusion camera arrives with iOS 13.2 developer beta IOS 13.2 developer beta hints at in-ear AirPods with Topics The Music app added some great new features in iOS 13.1.2 including radio stations and lyrics. Radio Stations - Apple partnered with the 3 big audio content audio content providers and they have added a number of radio stations around the world with many more added. It works very well with Siri on all devices including HomePod. How does it compare to the Amazon Echo? Able to stream radio stations from all over the world. This may be more of a general Siri enhancement that is implemented on your Mac and HomePod, but also works in Apple Music on your iOS device. Lyrics in Apple Music have been vastly improved its Karaoke on Mac and AppleTV too. We talk about this. Karaoke 3rd party app in Apple TV? Duplicates in Playlists are a thing of the past. Apple Music will tell you if there are dupes in your Playlists and will warn you if you are adding one to a Playlist. Shuffle and Repeat controls have moved yet again. To find them you have to be on the Now Playing page and in the Up Next section you'll see the controls for those functions. Tips and new features in iOS13 One of my favourite features: Files.app Tap and hold feature in the Mail app. Formatting emails have become so much easier. Airpods you can now have 2 airpods connected at the same time! Those days of getting a Y adapter connecting them to a headphone jack are over. Apple TV has some great updates. Watch OS Updates? Enhanced Siri | New Watchfaces | Hearing Protection | Voice Memos/Calculator/Reminders | Shazam | App Store App Picks Dave DuetCam Filmic Pro Mike CARROT Vivino About our Guest Mike LaPlante is a musician and a YouTube vlogger with a video channel called The Average Wine Enthusiast. You can find him on Twitter @lippo.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg is joined by guest Kelly Guimont from the Daily Observations podcast we talk about all the new features of iOS13, iPadOs, WatchOS6, iPhone 11 Pro review, apple Watch Series 5 discussion and more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Apple releases iOS 12.4.2 for iPhones and iPads dropped by iOS 13 Topics Dave has the iPhone 11 Pro Max he gives his review of the device and thoughts so far. Key items include the amazing 3 lenses in the camera and great battery life. Also his experience switching over to esim on T-Mobile. Migration process was awesome! Using Bluetooth instead of iCloud The Apple Watch Series 5 hit stores last week and basically this the same as the series 4. The only differences is the always on and the compass plus better battery life. Apple Watch Series 5 review: A better, more independent timepiece WatchOS 6 was released and there are some great features add here are a few we discussed. Standalone App Store Noise App WatchOS 6 is compatible with all models except the Series 0. Series 1 and Series 2 it will be released later in the fall. Not all features are available on the older models. iOS13.1 and iPadOS 13 was released this week How many of you installing the latest version? We discuss how important you make sure you run your iCloud backup and you should run an iTunes backup or use and app like iMazing as means of another backup. iOS13 Device Compatibility iPhone 11 / Pro / Pro Max iPhone XS • iPhone XS Max • iPhone XR • iPhone X • iPhone 8 • iPhone 8 Plus • iPhone 7 • iPhone 7 Plus • iPhone 6s • iPhone 6s Plus • iPhone SE • iPod touch (7th generation) iPadOS 13 Device Compatibility 11-inch iPad Pro 10.5-inch iPad Pro 9.7-inch iPad Pro iPad (6th generation) iPad (5th generation) iPad mini (5th generation) iPad mini 4 iPad Air (3rd generation) iPad Air 2 Some of the features that stand out that we discuss Why iPhone and iPad Apps Are Asking to Use Bluetooth Dark Mode. The most discussed feature added. You can even control dark mode in the control center. New Volume HUD (heads uo display) on the screen AirDrop Menu update and much more reformed and prioritizes the closest device. 3D Touch has been replaced with Haptic Touch. Even older devices like the iPhone SE will have haptic touch. New more refined menus and it's now much easier to get the wiggle to rearrange apps and delete them as there is a menu item. Updating your apps have changed too. In the App store you tap your picture on the top right and it brings you to the Account. The Share Sheet has numerous new upgrades including redesign. Swipe Keyboard Kelly and I discussed that. Some notable iPadOS features we talked about. Floating keyboard Desktop Class Safari Browser Kelly's thoughts on Apple Arcade About our Guest Kelly Guimont writes for The Mac Observer and is the host of The Daily Observations Podcast. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @verso Micro.blog

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg is joined by guest Chuck Joiner from MacVoices to discuss quite a bit of news. Its the eve of iOS13 release, Why does iPhone 11 Pro Max have 3 cameras, which iPhones did we buy, and more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Xcode Confirms All 2019 iPhones Feature 4GB RAM, S5 Apple Watch Chip Identical to S4 Class Action Lawsuit Against Apple for Offering Refurbished Replacement Devices Under AppleCare Moves Forward Is Your AppleCare+ Expiring? You Can Now Renew It Apple Moves to Trademark 'Slofie' Why The iPhone 11 Pro Has 3 Cameras Apple Seeds Fourth Betas of iOS 13.1 and iPadOS 13.1 to Developers and Public Beta Testers The U1 chip in the iPhone 11 is the beginning of an Ultra Wideband revolution Wi-Fi 6 Launches Just in Time for New iPhones Topics Our iPhones were ordered and maybe the Apple Watch? We discuss what we ordered and what we are looking forward to. iOS 13.0 has been released today any thoughts and did you install it? Dave did he will give initial thoughts. WatchOS 6 was also released today out thoughts. Should you just skip it and wait for iOS 13.1? Make sure you are backing up your device before you you do upgrade. How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch iMazing iPhone SE love About Apple TV+ Release Date: September 19, 2019 iOS 13.1 Release Date: September 24, 2019 iPadOS Release Date: September 24, 2019 watchOS 6 Release Date: September 19, 2019 for Series 3 and later Apple Watches and later this fall for Series 1 and 2 tvOS 13 Release Date: September 30, 2019 Services Apple Arcade Released on September 19, 2019 on the iPhone 9/30/19 on the iPad. Release Dates: September 19, 2019 (iOS 13); September 30, 2019 (iPadOS and tvOS); October 2019 (macOS Catalina) TV+ Release Date: November 1, 2019 About our Guest Chuck Joiner is the host of MacVoices and provides amazing video podcasts with influential folks in the Apple community. Make sure to visit macvoices.com and subscribe to his podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @chuckjoiner

In this episode of In Touch With iOS This week your host Dave Ginsburg discusses the Apple Event on 9/10 including the new iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and more. He also reviews iOS13 and iPadOS releases plus more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Apple launches beta version of Apple Music browser Streaming music grew 26% for the first half of 2019 Apple Issues Statement on iOS Exploits Found in the Wild A message about iOS security Link to Apple Statement Topics All the Apple Announcements were reviewed what was great and what was not so great. Reviews on Apple Arcade, TV+, iPad 10.2 7th Gen, Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max. Yes Dave will upgrade to the 11 Pro Max Midnight Green :) Do you have to upgrade every year? Dave talks about iPhone upgrades and if you really need to get a new iPhone. He reviews these 2 programs. iPhone Upgrade Program Apple Trade In Program All the Release dates iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max Pre-orders: 5 a.m. Pacific on September 13, 2019, which is a time change from prior pre-orders In Stores and Deliveries: September 20, 2019 7th Generation iPad (10.2-inch) Pre-orders: Today, September 10, 2019 In Stores and Deliveries: September 30, 2019 Apple Watch Series 5 Pre-order: Today, September 10, 2019 In Stores and Deliveries: September 20, 2019 iOS 13.0 Release Date: September 19, 2019 iOS 13.1 Release Date: September 30, 2019 iPadOS Release Date: September 30, 2019 Note: Apple has not said whether the version that ships on September 30th is iPadOS 13.0 or 13.1. iOS and iPadOS Features Coming Later This Fall After iOS and iPadOS 13.1: AirPods audio sharing HomeKit Secure Video & routers iCloud Drive folder sharing HomePod/AirPlay 2 in scenes & automations Image Capture API Screen Time communication limits Announce Messages w/ Siri HomePod Features Radio Station Support: September 30, 2019 Features Coming Later This Fall: Multi-user support Music handoff Ambient Sounds tvOS 13 Release Date: September 30, 2019 watchOS 6 Release Date: September 19, 2019 for Series 3 and later Apple Watches and later this fall for Series 1 and 2 Services Apple Arcade Release Dates: September 19, 2019 (iOS 13); September 30, 2019 (iPadOS and tvOS); October 2019 (macOS Catalina) TV+ Release Date: November 1, 2019

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Bob Fairbairn returns to the show to discuss his experience with the iOS 13/ iPad OS betas and we review key new features. features. iOS 13 will be out soon this episode will give you a sneak peek. customize your timer on the Apple Watch plus more tips. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com Direct Link to Audio News Apple Releases iOS 12.4.1, a Security Update Apple Releases First Beta of iOS 13.1 to Developers Apple Card Skins this product is crazy! Topics iOS 13 Experiences. Bob has had Beta on many of his devices since it was announced at WWDC. He had to go back to iOS 12 at beta 3 at some point because the biggest problem was with syncing with iCloud. He since went back to beta 7 on his devices and found it to be a much better experience. Beta 8 is now running better as well. Reminders app works so much better. Did not update the Apple Watch or Apple TV. iPadOS 13 have been solid in beta 7 and beta 8. Safari on iPad is so much better. Download manager that was added is so much better. Bob has not used his Mac all summer to try and use just the iPad. Safari and organization has been amazing. Listen as we discuss. Apple has links to whats coming here: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/features/ https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview/features/ App Picks Bob's Pick Universe iOS build your website on your ios device! https://onuniverse.com Dave's Pick Medium iOS App About our Guest Bob Fairbairn is a Tech consultant and Audio consultant Most of his work is around what I call "end user computing and mobility". I also have a new startup designing high end systems with some very specific #FutureFi equipment. Https://bobfa.me Https://Bobfairbairn.com Audio Systems Design and Sales Https://SmarterCaTS.com Technology Services including Product Photography. https://ke9a.com Ham Radio ( Built on Universe) Twitter @bobfairbairn @bobfairbairnltd Instagram @m43bob @bobfairbairnltd