This year there have been so many reports about IoT devices being hacked, being misused, and being subverted. I think we are at a watershed when it comes to Internet of Things Connected devices. There are two major issues, which if not resolved, will crater the industry and drive a large spike of distrust into […]
Author: Michael Rowe
Why the HELL can’t Apple Fix iTunes?
The number of times that the iTunes library file has corrupted on my iMac is insane! I have a very large iTunes library. It consists of all the CDs, LPs, Cassette Tapes, and even some Reel-to-reels that I own, and have converted to digital. The library is about 23,000 songs and well over a thousand […]
Traveling with the iPad Pro 11 Inch
I have had the iPad Pro 12.9 inch and it was always great for travel, but I would almost always bring my MacBook Pro with me too. On my current trip I am carrying both my iPad Pro 11 Inch along with my MacBook Pro, but so far, I’ve only used the iPad. <—- Time […]
Two days with iPad Pro 11inch
If you follow my blog at all, you know that three years ago I got the original iPad Pro 12.9inch. It really changed how I used my iPad, as I could now really do significant work while on the go. I recently upgraded it to the new iPad Pro 11inch, which seems so small now, […]
Today’s Announcements
What a great line up today from Apple’s latest announcements… A few highlights that caught my eye, and a desire for what I will be buying. They key thing is a ton of rumors have been provided to be true: 1) New MacBook Air – with Retina display, fingerprint reader and T2 chip. This is […]
12 hours with the iPhone Xs Max and Series 4 Watch
I did not upgrade last year. I had jumped from the iPhone 6s Plus to the iPhone 7Plus because of the major upgrades to the camera. I had jumped from the original Apple Watch to the Series 2 because I wanted to swim with my watch, but I did not upgrade last year. The iPhone […]
Getting ready for Wasted Time V8.0
This summer has been a ton of fun learning how to address SiriKit in WastedTime. The last piece I have been working on is changing the UI to leverage Reactive Swift – AKA RxSwift. This will (hopefully) allow you to start a meeting on your HomePod and then open the app on your iPhone or […]
My Apple Watch Series 4 Prediction
So, I’ve been thinking about WWDC’s demos, and the rumors that the Watch Series 4 is going to be bigger.. so let me be the first one to blog this out loud… The Apple Watch Series 4 will become your Dick Tracy watch. Here’s why I say this.. If you watched the keynote, they showed […]
Holiday Card App and other progress
So, I finally have had a few things slow down enough so I could do some more coding. I am working on two projects at once. The first is adding Siri support to Wasted Time v8.0 – this has been really fun, as I am learning about Siri Intents, changing the app to run without […]
Don’t Change your Account on your iMac
When I replaced my old iMac (after it’s graphics card died), I had setup my new one and then migrated the old one via Apple’s account migration tools. Of course I had messed up and could not use my old account name, so in an effort to just get a working iMac I appended -blank […]