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Screen Time-Getting the Balance Right
In a universe where phones, tablets, and computers are always within reach, it’s easy to lose track of how much time we spend in front of a screen. Apple’s Screen Time feature, built into iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, helps users take control by tracking usage and offering tools to set healthy limits. Screen Time monitors how you…
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Get the Focus Right
As you know I am an amateur photographer and lately have been playing around with super macro images. I got a 5X Macro lens from Zhong Yi Optics https://zyoptics.net/product/mitakon-creator-25-85mm-f-2-8-1-5x-super-macro/ and have been struggling getting extreme close-up images in focus. So that got me thinking about focus and the Apple Focus system setting. Focus is a feature…
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Apple Smashes The Street
Apple announced their 3rd Quarter financial results on Thursday after the market closed. Apple set records for total revenue, iPhone revenue, services revenue and earnings per share for the quarter, posting income of $94 billion and a whopping $21.4 billion in profit for the 3-month period ending on June 30. Apple excelled in iPhone sales,…
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iCloud Photos Preserves Memories
I have been an amateur photographer since I was a child. I spent many hours in a darkroom, processing and printing photos (and breathing in the chemicals needed). Digital photography, iCloud Photos and my favorite editing software, Luminar Neo have modernized my image creation. I want to talk a bit about iCloud Photos, Apple’s cloud-based…
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Apple Posts Profits Before Tariffs
Apple reported their 2nd quarter earnings after the market closed on Thursday and once again Apple beat the street posting excellent results with $95.4 billion in revenue for the 3-month period ending on March 31st. This represents a 5% increase in revenue year-over- year and about a $1 billion more than the analysts expected. iPhone,…
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Apple Updates Macs and iPads
This week, Apple quietly introduced several new updates to the iPad and Mac lineups. While mostly a change in chips, perfomance is enhanced and the MacBook Air actually had a price decrease in the face of new tariffs. MacBook Air with M4 Chip Apple unveiled the new MacBook Air, now powered by the M4 chip.…
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Apple’s Best Quarter Ever!
Apple reported their first quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025 which extends from October to December of 2024. This is usually Apple’s strongest quarter and the results did not disappoint. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $124.3 billion and net quarterly profit of $36.3 billion, or $2.40 per diluted share, compared to revenue of…
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What’s the Matter?
As you know I am always playing with home automation, whether it is my Philips Hue lighting, my Robo vacuums, garage door openers, smart locks or just about anything. One issue has always been making everything work well with each other. There were many standards, HomeKit, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread as well as Wi-Fi and Ethernet.…
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Static IP=Stability
I was having some issues with my Canon printers disappearing from the network and my TP-Link smart plugs also losing their connection. I spent a lot of time trying to solve this problem because I rely upon both the printer and my smart plugs. In the end, after restarting, resetting to factory specs and a…
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2025 Prognostications
It is that time of year again where I polish up the ole crystal ball and spew some predictions for the coming year. First let’s review how I did last year, 14 out of 30 or 46% – better than last year. My 2024 predictions Apple Sports Weather Space Politics Miscellaneous 2025 Predictions Apple Sports…