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The cloud connection We’re in a period of change for the world of technology. Smartphones have already begun to revolutionize computing, moving a lot of the smaller tasks away from the desktop and into our pockets, but we all know they’re not suitable for every task. So if you’re a company that makes smartphone, tablet, and desktop computers, what’s the best experience for people who flit between those devices? Should they all look and work roughly the same? Or should they all work however is best for the form factor, and make the experience seamless when it comes to your information, not its appearance? Apple’s approach is the latter, and it’s worked well. Each device gets to play to its strengths: the iPhone stays simple, given its size; the iPad is picking up new features such as light split-screen support; and the Mac keeps working with overlapping windows and as many weird and wonderful utilities as you care to install. The glue that holds it all together is iCloud. Considering how badly Apple stumbled with online services only as recently as MobileMe, you might consider this a small miracle (and it still doesn’t always get it right now – iMessage is behind other online messaging services both in features and technical reliability), but iCloud is working really well. There are improvements to be made, but Apple has struck a nice balance between the many tasks iCloud needs to manage. One of iCloud’s strengths is that it stays out of your way, but it’s useful to know exactly how it works, so you can take more control if you choose to. That’s the aim of our cover feature this issue: to make sure you’re getting the most from Apple’s syncing service, from its core features to powerful hidden extras. I’m not sure where Apple will go with its approach to multiple devices from here. Will the Mac become more like iOS, or vice versa? Will they both turn into something completely different? Probably Apple itself isn’t even sure yet. But I think that’s maybe the ultimate virtue of iCloud in Apple’s eyes – Apple can change how you interact with your computer, but iCloud will still make it your computer.
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Faces on iOS In reading your article “40 ways Apple changed the world” (issue #114) I was surprised to find that most of Apple’s accomplishments listed were not actually Apple inventions or creations. Most were design enhancements, or improvements to products created by other people or companies. In fact 27 of the 37 accomplishments that you listed state “Apple did not invent the product” or “Apple wasn’t the first” or Apple “simplified,” “enhanced,” or “eliminated” something from the original creation or product. My point is that we can all see that Apple has a great track record of improving other people’s creations and inventions but not necessarily a great record of actually inventing or creating new products from scratch. So I’m wondering how long Apple will remain on top without a true creative spark, and with aging products that work less efficiently than they once did. Len Fedulio Invention is one thing; execution is another. Apple makes raw technology work in a way that people can understand better than other companies – as long as it keeps doing that, it can remain on top.
A big cloud I keep a large and ever-expanding collection of pictures in Photos which has been nicely backing up into iCloud until recently. Now it appears as though I have hit the 1TB limit of storage, which is Apple‘s largest plan. At this point, Photos has stopped backing up my pictures and it even shut down my email, as it claimed there was no storage left for that program either. I now have
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pop-up messages daily telling me to upgrade my storage, but of course there is no plan larger than 1TB. Have you guys heard if/when Apple will increase their storage limits again? It seems like I can’t be the only one with this problem… Billy I asked Apple if it would offer more than 1TB in the future, but it didn’t respond in time for publication. I think that your kind of usage is beyond what it considers standard for nonprofessional users! Google Photos offers more storage, but at a high cost: $99 per month for 10TB. You might also split your Photos collection into different libraries, so that only some images sync to iCloud – see our big cover feature in issue #115 for the details.
Your Letter of the Month (issue #115) answer to Tim Mathews suggests that Photo App “Faces” feature can be used in iOS (at least iPhone 6). We don’t own an iPhone 6, but rather we have an iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 and iPhone SE and iPhone 5s, and in none of these devices have we observed Faces capability in the Photos App. Mike
You can search for Faces in iOS and iCloud, but that’s all – for the moment.
iOS doesn’t have full support for Faces – you need to tag Faces from Photos on Mac – but if you do have some Faces set up and are syncing over iCloud, you can use the search tool in the iOS Photos apps to type in people’s names, and it will show Faces results. We hope iOS 10 will improve on this.
Backup basics My MacBook Pro has been running quirky lately and takes forever to boot-up. I would like to reinstall OS X but I’m not sure what I need to backup before I pull the plug. Jim Girone The basic rule is to have a Time Machine backup on an external drive. This will save all your files and settings, so you can restore them after the install. We strongly recommend also making a clone of your Mac’s drive to a second external drive using the free app SuperDuper! (shirt-pocket.com).
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Apple unveils new vision for Apple Stores San Francisco’s Union Square shows the future of Apple Stores worldwide BY Matt Bolton
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Apple has revealed its new ideal for what Apple Stores should be, starting with the opening of a new store in Union Square, San Francisco, not far from Apple’s Cupertino HQ. It still looks a lot like the stores of the past, full of long wooden tables showing off Apple’s products, with accessories lining the walls, and a large glass front keeping everything light and airy – but it’s focusing even more on openness. The store’s front is constructed of 42-feet-tall glass walls, and the central two panels can split apart, opening a huge walkway into the ground floor. At the back of the store is a rejuvenated outdoor area known as “The Plaza,” a public area open 24 hours a day, that provides free Wi-Fi and seating for anyone who wants to use it, and where Apple will arrange for musicians to play. The idea is that Apple wants Apple Stores to become more a part of the community than ever. “We are not just evolving
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Wi-Fi is about to get both fast and slow Why future Wi-Fi will include separate new high-speed and long-range tech BY Matt Bolton our store design, but its purpose and greater role in the community,” said Angela Ahrendts, senior VP of Retail and Online Stores. Apple’s intention is make the store a gathering place, and make it welcoming by removing doors, linking the inside directly to the square that houses it. “It all starts with the storefront – taking transparency to a whole new level – where the building blends the inside and the outside, breaking down barriers and making it more egalitarian and accessible,” said Jony Ive. There are changes in what you’ll find in the store. The Genius Bar is replaced by a Genius Grove, where Apple staff sit alongside customers at tables to help them, flanked by real trees inside the store. “The Avenue” will be an area of large displays, showing Apple products, with special staff to offer expertise in creative areas. “The Forum” will be an area indoors for people to gather, where Apple will invite guests to share knowledge, from developers, to entrepreneurs, to photographers. “The Boardroom” is a room where small businesses can get personalized advice and training from Apple’s experts. Not all of these features will make it to every store (Apple plans to have more Plazas, for example, but only in certain flagship stores), and some will be scaled back as they go to smaller stores, but we’re fans of the accessible, community-focused direction Apple is taking for these spaces.
Two new Wi-Fi standards are coming soon, but they do different jobs. 802.11ad is also known as Wireless Gigabit (or WiGig), and is extremely fast – perhaps up to 7Gbps. 802.11ah is also known as Wi-Fi HaLow, and is very slow, but is capable of covering a huge area from a single router. The normal 802.11ac technology being used now will also continue to evolve and improve, so why are future technologies going in different directions? The answer, as with all complex things, is physics. A simple tenet of Wi-Fi technology is that you can increase data transfer speeds considerably by increasing the frequency of the signal, but as you do so, you decrease its range. If you have a dual-band router, using both the 2.4GHz band and 5GHz band, you might be aware that the latter is shorter range, though faster. WiGig operates at 60GHz, giving it massive speed, but limiting its use to pretty much a single room. The idea is that it can replace data ports, or even video connections: you can perform data transfers at speeds equivalent to USB 3 without any wires. It’s an exciting prospect for something like the MacBook or iPad.
a maximum data transfer rate of 18Mbps, though it will be less in practice. But this allows it a range of hundreds of yards – easily enough to cover even a large property – and to have hundreds of devices connected to a single router without confusion. The idea is that this will be the perfect connection technology for the Internet of Things, where only a small amount of data is needed usually (sending a command to turn on or off, sending back a temperature reading or similar). It’s basically Bluetooth, but with a colossal range – and like Bluetooth, consumes very little power. Apple has always been at the forefront of Wi-Fi technology in its machines, and we suspect that it will support these technologies as soon as chips to enable that become available – as we said, the MacBook (and other notebooks) could benefit from WiGig, while HaLow could be a huge boost towards making the smart home and HomeKit less complex.
WiGig could replace ports in the MacBook.
HaLow, as you might have already guessed, goes to the other end of the spectrum. It operates at a frequency of 900MHz, with
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Why Apple has invested in the “Chinese Uber” Apple announced a surprising $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-sharing service. We look at what it gets out of the deal BY Max Slater-robbins
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Apple recently announced that it has invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-sharing service that is comparable to Uber in the United States. It’s an interesting move for Apple, which usually shies away from making large public announcements unless it’s a big acquisition – such as Beats – or a new product. The company does of course make investments, but generally on a much smaller scale. The motivations behind the deal, which came together in a period of just a few weeks, are mostly unclear. Apple CEO Tim Cook told Reuters that the company is “making the investment for a number of strategic reasons” including a fresh look at China, which
is one of Apple’s key markets, but saw a decline in iPhone sales last quarter of 20% – the largest drop in the world. Whether the investment will provide insight to increase iPhone sales in China is up for debate, but Cook also said that the company expects to see a “strong return for our invested capital over time as well,” so the investment isn’t totally about the iPhone in China. While the deal is different in size and circumstance, parallels could be drawn to Yahoo’s investment in Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce conglomerate, which turned out to be fantastically lucrative. Apple likely didn’t base its decision on what Yahoo did or does, but it shows a deal can be profitable if done right. The $1 billion investment is not for a known percentage of Didi, which is valued at about $20 billion, but it does open Apple up to millions of taxi customers. Didi is, for all intents and