Dear Friends,

Strawberries are getting ripe and the farm stands here have the sweet berry ready. While we have our own little garden, the Prickly Mountain micro-climate tends to be about a month behind everyone else so we stop at farm stands for spinach, lettuce and now strawberries, too. It is always a good excuse for a ride in the twisty mountain roads to hit up the veggie stands for great organic food.

I have been playing around with El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.11 beta and while the first developer version is buggy I have been very impressed with both the compatibility with current software and some of the new features. Notes is one app that has been greatly improved. I have used Notes in the past, mostly to record expenses or well, to make notes. It was pretty much just a place to jot down some text. With the new Mac operating system coming this fall, Notes has been upgraded to be a lot more useful. In addition to text, you can now store photos, map locations, documents, PDFs, links and even videos. You can create folders and with iCloud you can keep your Notes synced between your Mac, iPhone & iPad.

It has been a month since I first received my Apple Watch and even though I haven’t worn a watch since I was 12, I do not leave home without my Apple Watch. I am still learning all that it can do for me but ApplePay is one of the most “wow” features. I went over to the local Shaw’s supermarket to grab some lunch and I didn’t even think to bring my wallet. A couple of clicks on the watch button and my Apple Watch was ready to pay. After the clerk commented on my watch and gave me my receipt, I was done. I am definitely not looking at my iPhone as much and Siri is so good that I am almost never misunderstood. If you have been waiting for a watch, Apple finally has them in their retail stores and the on-line wait times are short.

With all the devices that you have you can never have too many chargers. This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive features our in-house brand Hammerhead (featuring a shark but named after my bull dog) USB chargers and MFI lightning cables. We are going to bundle one of our Hammerhead 2-port USB chargers that can charge both an iPad and iPhone simultaneously with a Hammerhead 2-Port USB Car charger which also can charge both an iPad and iPhone in your car. To complete the bundle we will be adding 2 Hammerhead Apple-licensed MFI Lightning braided cables. So you get a wall charger, car charger and 2 lightning cables in this bundle which normally sells for $72.96 for only $49! Click Here to claim your Hammerhead Charging Bundle.