In Touch with iOS

The latest episode of In Touch With iOS Dave and Warren are joined by tech consultant of the stars Dylan Stewart. We talk Apple Notes, news, and tips plus apps and much more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

Apple's iPhone 11 Was the Top-Selling Model Every Week During the December Quarter

FCC Opens Up 3.5GHz Spectrum for Full Commercial Use, Apple's Newest iPhones Already Offer Support

iOS 13.3.1 & iPadOS 13.3.1 Update for iPhone & iPad Released

iOS 12.4.5 Update Released for Older iPhone & iPad Models

Second report suggests Apple and MGM held 'preliminary' talks about an acquisition

Examining Apple's record-setting $91.8B holiday quarter by the numbers

Topics

With all our first time guests we want to find out more about them and all the Apple tech they own specifically iOS. Dylan talks to us about all the tech he owns in iOS and how he uses it.

Apple Notes. We have talked about Notes before but our guest Dylan is very knowledgeable and will guide us through some great tips and tricks.

Apple Notes Items discussed

User Folders

Putting Passwords in Notes - You can lock them

Sharing notes are so easy.

How it deals with Photos right there

Searching notes

Links in notes are the best.

Tips

How to Delete All Email on iPhone & iPad with iOS 13

Use Control Center on your Apple Watch and how to rearrange the icons

Moving multiple apps at one time in iOS

Dylan has a new MacWhisperer Monthly Membership to help technology enthusiasts of all ages and technical abilities to improve their skills, and to their tool chests, and take their technology to the next level. CLICK HERE to sign up.

Apps

Dave

Hands-On With Filmic's DoubleTake iPhone App That Lets You Record Video From Two Cameras at the Same Time

Warren

Dr Mario

Dylan

Copied App (not updated in 3 years)

Dashlane

MasterClass

Kajabi

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.

About our Guest

Guest Dylan Stewart

Dylan Stewart first discovered Apple computers and technology in 1981, and ever since then has loved pushing its boundaries to create the simple out of the complex.

In 2001 Dylan founded 2 Smart Techies, a Mac and PC computer consultation company that would set the stage for his future. As it grew, he grew. Along the way, Dylan was dubbed the MacWhisperer, and became the go-to guru for Los Angeles and beyond.

Over the past 20 years, Dylan has hosted podcasts, live trainings and seminars, and online courses. He has recently created the MacWhisperer Monthly Membership to help technology enthusiasts of all ages and technical abilities to improve their skills, and to their tool chests, and take their technology to the next level. CLICK HERE to sign up.

Find Dylan on Facebook and Twitter: @macwhisperer

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Dave and Warren review battery chargers designed for iPhone. The iPad is 10 years old we talk about how it has evolved. Plus some great tips and apps. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

iPhone 12 Lineup Rumored to Feature All-New Navy Blue Color Option

How Jeff Bezos' iPhone X Was Hacked

A brand-new Tetris game is already out on iOS

Apple's new connected gyms program gives you benefits for working out with Apple Watch

iPad is 10 years old this year.

Topics

Beta software. Where are the iPhone, iPad, AppleTV and Apple Watch with Beta OS 13.3.1 Warren is always on the cutting edge.

Beta links iPhone / iPad , Apple Watch , AppleTV

Security fix in iOS 13.3.1

We have some new charger that we have been using. Our thoughts on these chargers.

Dave - MyCharge charger https://mycharge.com/collections/hub-series/products/hub-turbo-10050

Warren - ZeroLemon 135W Charging https://zerolemon.com/products/zerolemon-135w-extreme-charge-station?fbclid=IwAR0BVvIJWIMIkjvJAk7r_XOqjCcAEWFT2z8Arqk9Ew1x7uE_gclzIAU18BI

Tips

This Hidden iPhone Menu Unlocks Even More AirPods Pro Settings

Change default email on iPhone

How to offload apps in iOS to save space without deleting their data

Apps

My Must-Have Apps, 2019 Edition We review some of these apps that MacStories picked.

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 Warren is back and we discuss Dave's very first visit to CES 2020. We talk about all the new tech including a showerhead with bluetooth speaker, iPhone case with an airbag, and more. Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

Bluetooth SIG Unveils LE Audio, the Next Generation of Bluetooth Audio

Apple Launches Replacement Program for Smart Battery Cases Designed for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR

Topics

CES 2020 Dave attended the conference for the very first time. We discuss all the great tech he found that works with your iOS devices. We talk about the show and how huge it is. Dave also interviewed a few folks at the show about their products. Flying cars, AI, all kinds of stuff.

Sketchboard Pro - Interview

MyCharge Interview

Anker iphone Camera for iPhone Interview

Mophie Powerstation Interview

Air Selfie Interview

Moxie Showerhead by Kohler

Apple Stores Now Selling Scosche's BaseLynx Modular Charging System

Scosche Magic Grip

Twinkly Christmas lights with iPhone controls

Speck Presidio2 Armor Cloud iPhone Case

Grip2U Cases

AUKEYOmnia Series Power adapter 100W https://9to5toys.com/2020/01/07/aukey-omnia/

Popsocket Wireless Charger - https://www.popsockets.com/pages/poppower.ht

Brydge iPad keyboard

https://www.brydge.com/products/brydge-pro-plus-for-ipad-pro

Brydge trackpad for iPad

https://www.brydge.com/products/ipad-os-trackpad

Shure Earpods

Nextbase Dashcams

Powerstation drone

https://clckr.echoscomm.com/meet-clckr-the-new-stand-and-grip-that-enhances-your-device#

Tips

How to check AirPods battery life from your Apple Watch

Use notifications on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Apps

Airtable

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 Warren is off this week but Dave is joined by guest Rosemary Orchard. Rosemary is an Apple Shortcuts wizard and she just wrote a Take control book on Shortcuts. We will dig in to what shortcuts can do for you and how amazing they are. Plus we have some great tips and apps.

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Like we do on this show with all new guests, we talk about what is in Rosemary's tech back that keeps her productive highlighting iOS.

Apple Shortcuts are great ways to be productive and make things work automatically on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. We discuss the history and origins of Shortcuts and review the basics building shortcuts and run through creating one.

The gallery of shortcuts are they worthy of adding to your library?

Productivity shortcuts are also common creating a PDF is a big one we review this and others.

Luna Display and Sidecar discussion.

2020 and Apple we discuss what exciting things could happen

Tips

How to Enable and Use Zooming on Your Apple Watch

How to Use the Calculator App's Split Bill and Tip Functions on Apple Watch

How to Change What AirPods Pro Stems Do When Squeezed

How to Automatically Close Safari Tabs on iPhone & iPad

How to Change Your Email Password onYour iPhone or iPad

Macstories Foam modify Add modification to AirPods Pro so it fits better in your ear.

Apps

Dave's Picks

Picstructions

Radio Paradise

Rosemary's Picks

Yoink

Toolbox pro for shortcuts

Dark Noise

About our Guest

Rosemary Orchard Rosemaryorchard.com is an author and podcaster. Her latest book Take Control of Shortcuts is out now! She is also the cohost of Automators with David Sparks You can follow her on Twitter @rosemaryorchard she also just joined Screencasts Online as a contributor you can find her there with a new tutorial on Shortcuts.

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Dave and Warren are Joined by Guest Chuck Joiner from MacVoices. Dave is going to CES for the first time Chuck gives his pre show predictions. Dave bought a Ecobee smart thermostat and we talk about HomeKit and tips!

Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

Apple Works With Group to Develop Open Standards for Smart Home Devices

This Apple Watch charger plugs directly into a USB-C port so you can carry fewer cords

Apple Arcade adds new annual $49.99 subscription option

Introducing MusicBot: The All-in-One Apple Music Assistant, Powered by Shortcuts

Topics

Consumer Electronics show is coming up in a few weeks January 2020 and Chuck is the master of CES with all the interviews with many of the vendors at the show. We discuss what to expect at the show and this will be Dave's very first time attending the show Chuck might give some pointers to him.

Dave decided to finally take the plunge and get a smart thermostat from Ecobee. He discusses the experience and finds out what others on the panel have or do they have one? We also discuss HomeKit and where it is going and what other devices are in our homes.

Ecobee Thermostat

Tips

New tip found that Apple promoted on Twitter. Did you know you can take a screen shot on your iPad with the Apple Pencil? Here is the tip

How to Hide Photos On iPhone

2019 looking back with Apple.

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.

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 Warren is off this week but host Dave Ginsburg is joined by returning Guest Frederick Van Johnson to discuss iPhone Photography and the iPhone 11 Pro camera. Plus the latest news and tips we hope you join us.

Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

Apple's latest startup purchase hints at the next big leap in iPhone photography

Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1 to Developers

Topics

iPhone 11 Pro camera features and tools to take even better pictures.

Deep fusion on the iPhone 11 called computational photography we discuss how the iPhone 11 applies these technologies to get you better pictures.

Do you need 3rd party camera and photo apps on the iPhone? iOS 13 has really improved the editing and taking pictures we discuss.

Apps

Camera+ 2 Adds 12 Features for the Holidays

About our Guest

Frederick Van Johnson @frederickvan is the host of TWIP (This week in Photo). He is a professional podcaster and photographer.

He has courses at the TWIP School on different topics by photographers.

TWiP PRO Course on iOS Photography… POCKETSHOOTERS

In this episode of In Touch With iOS Your host Dave Ginsburg is joined as always by co-host Warren Sklar. We talk about iOS 13.3 release the news of the day and some great tips on iOS

Show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com

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News

Apple Avoids iPhone Tariffs as U.S. and China Reach Trade Deal

Apple Card Offering 6% Daily Cash Back on Apple Product Purchases Until December 31 (Note - If you bought something from Apple within the week, contact Apple (Goldman) and they can adjust

Apple Card Monthly Installments: How the Interest-Free iPhone Financing Plan Works

Apple Watch so huge, it has eclipsed 'peak iPod'

AirPods to hit quarterly sales of $4B, surpassing peak iPod sales

iOS 12.4.4 Update for iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, Older iPads, Released

Topics

iOS and iPadOS 13.3 was released we review all the changes and discuss the fixes and improvements.

Apple has fixed a critical bug in iOS 13 that could let anyone temporarily overwhelm and freeze up an iPhone using AirDrop.

Remove Memoji stickers General > Settings > Emoji turn off Memoji Stickers

Screen Time Communication Limits - Bypass bug out will be fixed - https://ww.9to5mac.com/2019/12/12/screen-time-communication-limits-bug/

You can now save an edited video as a new clip.

News App redesign you can now like/disklike articles at bottom of the screen. Stocks you can now see related stories this is new.

iOS13.3 update list

Speaking of iOS. Apple still showed love to the older devices running iOS12 with version 12.4.4. We also talked about HomePod 13.3, WatchOS 6.1.1, tvOS 13.3

Dave put together a grid that shows all the updates iOS13 has had so far its crazy.

Tips

Monitor audio levels on iPhone

Did you know you can add the iPhone User Guide to your home screen? This guide tells you how to download it and covers the iPad too.

Send Spam Callers to Voicemail

Synced Lyrics in Apple Music

Remove Location Data Before Sharing Photos

Delete Apps from the App Update Screen

Three-Finger Tap Does Two Things

Apps

Lightroom 5.1 Adds Direct SD Card Importing on iPad and iPhone, Plus New Export Options

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. 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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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