Just arrived, I present the unboxing video of my new 12 inch MacBook (early 2016) in gold and with a 1.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core M7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3,1 GHz). The updated 12 inch MacBook was released on April 19, 2016, almost one year after the introduction of the new MacBook. The updated 12 inch MacBook product line got better processors with less battery consumption meaning up to 10 hours battery life and a faster PCIe-based flash storage.

Unboxing the new MacBook (early 2016) was insane. The only annoying thing was the removing the film of the power adapter. Obviously Apple changed the plastic (the new one is more translucent than transparent). The new plastic easily cracks (see the undoing MacBook video). And now enjoy the video podcast of ‘Unboxing MacBook 2016 In Gold And With 1.3 GHz Intel Core M7’:

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Find more details about the Macbook (early 2016) specs in the following.

MacBook features sixth-generation Intel Core m3, m5, and m7 processors, that run on just 5 watts of power, with speeds of up to 1.3 GHz and up to 25 percent faster graphics.

The feeling while unboxing the new MacBook (early 2016) was the best one ever. Also the first working impressions of the new MacBook are gorgeous: Light-weighted (2 lb / 920 g), a new and great keyboard feeling and the processor power (1.3 GHz dual-core Intel Core m7 processor) is sufficient for most tasks (video rendering not tested yet). I really do love this MacBook!

Stay tuned! 😉

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Apple Watch activation on wrist raise is not working in the vertical turn, demonstrated with an Apple Watch Sport with 42 mm Space Gray Aluminium Case and Black Sport Band (product number MJ3T2LL). Apple is describing the activation on wrist raise with “From the moment you wake the display with a simple raise of the wrist, you’ll be comfortable using Apple Watch”. That’s not entirely true: The activation on wrist raise is solely working the horizontal turn. However, it completely fails in any other direction.

Bonus tip: If you want to see my very first unboxing video podcast, have a look at the posts ‘Unboxing Apple Watch Sport In Space Gray‘, ‘How To Set Up An Apple Watch Sport In Space Gray‘ and ‘How To Take Screenshots On An Apple Watch‘.

And now enjoy the video podcast of ‘How to take screenshots on an Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray’:

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It is really annoying that the Apple Watch activation on wrist raise is not working in the vertical turn. Hopefully, an Apple Watch OS update will soon improve the activation on wrist raise. By the way, I’m still testing my Apple Watch. More details are following! Do you have any special question for testing? Comment and I’ll have a look into it!

Stay tuned! 😉

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Learn how to take screenshots on an Apple Watch. There are two possible options: The first one is the official ‘how-to’ of Apple, for details see the corresponding support document. The second one is demonstrated in the following video podcast. In both cases, you have to be fast because you must press the two buttons immediately after each other. If not, another command on the Apple Watch will be activated…

Bonus tip: If you want to see my very first unboxing video podcast, have a look at the post “Unboxing Apple Watch Sport In Space Gray” and the video podcast of ‘How To Set Up An Apple Watch Sport In Space Gray‘.

And now enjoy the video podcast of ‘How to take screenshots on an Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray:

(miApple.me’s Original Source)

Here are the two options to take screenshots on an Apple Watch:

miApple.me’s method: 🙂

The disadvantage of this method is that holding the Digital Crown to long will activate Siri.

Official Apple method (see Apple’s support document):

The disadvantage of that method is that holding the Side Button to long will activate the ‘Power off’ / ‘Power Reserve’ screen.

Taking screenshots on an Apple Watch is easy if you take care to press the second button immediately after you pressed & held the first one. By the way, I’m still testing my Apple Watch. More details are following! Do you have any special question for testing? Comment and I’ll have a look into it!

Stay tuned! 😉

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Learn how to set up an Apple Watch with your iPhone. To get started with your Apple Watch, pair and sync it with your iPhone. After waiting for some weeks,  I’ve been the happy owner of an Apple Watch Sport with 42 mm Space Gray Aluminium Case and Black Sport Band (product number MJ3T2LL) since May 13, 2015. See the video of my very first set up of my Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray. Bonus: At the end of the video you will see how to change the band of an Apple Watch.

If you want to see my very first unboxing video, have a look at the post “Unboxing Apple Watch Sport In Space Gray“.

I’m using the Apple Watch Sport either in combination with an iPhone 6 in silver, 128 GB or with an iPhone 5S in space gray, 32 GB, without any issues.

Note: You cannot pair an Apple Watch to multiple iPhones. If you want switch an Apple Watch to another iPhone, you have to unpair it from the first iPhone and pair and set it up with the new iPhone. For details see Apple’s support document “Unpair your Apple Watch and iPhone“, especially for making an Apple Watch backup.

And now enjoy the setting up video of my Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray:

(miApple.me’s Original Source)

Here’s how to set up an Apple Watch (see Apple’s support document):

Before you begin:

Pair your devices:

Set up and pick a wrist:

Review your settings:

Make a Passcode:

Sync your apps:

It is very simple to pair and set up an Apple Watch. I enjoyed the set up of my Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray. Now I’m testing my Apple Watch. More details are following! Do you have special questions for testing? Comment and I’ll have a look into it!

Stay tuned! 😉

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Waiting for my Apple Watch was a very hard job. Despite I ordered it on April 10, 2015, and my order was confirmed per email at 09:04, UTC + 02:00, 3 minutes after the Apple Store got online again, I had to wait until May 13, 2015. But now I’m the happy owner of an Apple Watch Sport with 42 mm Space Gray Aluminium Case and Black Sport Band (product number MJ3T2LL). See the video of my very first unboxing Apple Watch Sport in space gray.

For further information enjoy my post “Apple Watch: My 3 Reasons For Buying“. I’m using the Apple Watch Sport in combination with an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 5S without any issues. And now enjoy the unboxing video of my Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray:

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What’s in the box:

Apple Watch Sport features:

*Information given by Apple Inc.. For details see this.

Dimensions:

Unboxing Apple Watch Sport in Space Gray was an insane Apple highlight for me. I have never ever experienced such a joy while unboxing any kind of product. And what are your feelings while watching? Let us know and comment!

Stay tuned! 😉

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Lightning video capturing and recording for iPhone’s and iPad’s screen is newly introduced with iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Apple’s primary intention of lightning video capturing and recording seems to be the use for video app previews, as stated on a Apple developer support page. The iPhone or iPad is set up as a camera on Quicktime player.

Nonetheless, lightning video capturing and recording is also working for iPhone and iPad screen mirroring without any developer login. The sole requirements are a connection via lightning cable, an iPhone or iPad running on iOS 8 and a Mac with Mac OS X 10.10 installed.

Maybe lightning video capturing and recording with iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite could make apps like AirServer, Reflector or X-Mirage redundant, at least on iOS devices with lightning connector and Macs with Mac OS X Yosemite.

I tested the new feature with my iPad air running on iOS 8 and my MacBook pro 13” (retina, late 2013) using an original Apple lightning to USB cable:

This set up works, but the video stability on my Mac was not good, there were several interruptions with a black screen. The reason for this is surely because of the Yosemite beta version. However, the lightning video recording worked without any problems. Here’s my very first lightning video capture taken with my iPad air:

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Then I tried to make a video capturing with my iPhone 4S, also running on iOS 8. I connected it via “Apple 30-pin to USB Cable” connector, but no connection between my iPhone 4S and my MacBook pro was established. This means you need at leat an iOS device with lightning connector meaning iOS devices iPhone 5, 5S, iPad 4 and iPad air.

Lightning video capturing and recording will give an added value to iOS devices with lightning connectors running on iOS 8 and Macs running on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. For all other iOS devices or Windows PCs you have the fall back option to use apps like AirServer, Reflector or X-Mirage.

Stay tuned! 😉

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AirParrot and Reflector App are versatile tools to use Apple’s AirPlay function to mirror screens. The well-known function of AirParrot for Mac or AirParrot for Windows mirrors the computer screen to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation). Using Reflector for Mac or Reflector for Windows PC turns your computer into an AirPlay receiver and enables AirPlay screen mirroring from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to computers.

In addition, the team play of AirParrot and Reflector results in more, little-known prospects: Installing both AirParrot and Reflector on a Mac and Windows PC enables AirPlay screen mirroring and desktop extension between Mac and Windows PC. 

Today I show you how to use AirParrot and Reflector for AirPlay Screen Mirroring and Desktop Extension. I tested it on my MacBook Pro 13” (mid 2012) running on Mac OS 10.9.2 Mavericks and my Acer Aspire 1810T running on Windows 8.1 Pro:

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Starting point:

Options and results:

From Mac (AirParrot) to Windows PC (Reflector):

From Windows PC (AirParrot) to Mac (Reflector):

From Mac (NO AirParrot, using native Mac OS X 10.9.2 AirPlay) to Windows PC (Reflector):

Conclusion:

The team play of AirParrot and Reflector App is a seamless solution to mirror your screens between Mac and Windows PC. Mirroring from Mac to Windows PC exhibits multiple options. The installation of Reflector (or any other app turns your computer into an AirPlay receiver) is needed. AirParrot on your Windows PC is also necessary for AirPlay screen mirroring from Windows PC to Mac. AirParrot on your Mac can be replaced by the native Mac OS X AirPlay function (Mac OS X 10.8 and higher). However, the AirPlay screen mirroring options are reduced. 

Stay tuned! 😉

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Reflector 1.3.3 is running seamlessly on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Reflector is an AirPlay receiver which connects iPods, iPads and iPhones to computers and projector. Reflector mirrors your device on a big screen without wires or complicated setups. There is both an Windows PC version and Mac OS X version available. After opening Reflector on your PC or Mac, you just need to start the AirPlaying mirroring on your iPhone or iPad. Squirrels, the makers of Reflector, released Reflector 1.3.3 update for PC in November 2013. Beside Reflector, Squirrels developed also AirParrot, an app to AirPlay a computer’s screen to Apple TV.

The last version I tested was Reflector 1.2.3 on Windows 8. The result was disappointing, both the AirPlay mirroring and the video screen capture did not work. Now I checked Reflector 1.3.3 on my Acer Aspire 1810T running on Windows 8.1 Pro.

First you need to start the AirPlaying mirroring on your iPhone or iPad as you can see in the following video. Sometimes is takes some seconds until the Airplay connection is set up. In contrast to the predecessor versions, Reflector 1.3.3 is working seamlessly without any stopping, freezing or loosing connection on Windows 8.1. The response time is near by zero. Finally, the makers of Reflector, Squirrels, made a a good job.

However, the PC version of Reflector has one big disadvantage:

The screen video capturing is not available, like it is on the Mac version. Hence, if you want to capture an iPhone’s or iPad’s screen, you need to use another Windows app like Camtasia or Snagit. I took Camtasia for this video:

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On my YouTube Channel miApple.TV you can also watch this video “Airplay: Reflector 1.3.3 Running On Windows 8.1“, conducted with an iPad Air cellular (128 GB).

Summary:

Reflector 1.3.3 is running on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. The AirPlay mirroring works perfectly, but the video screen capture option is now missing. Now I can recommend Reflector for Windows for user who want to mirror their iPhone’s, iPod’s or iPad’s screen to a Windows PC. Tip: Check the trial version of Reflector on your Windows PC before purchasing it! What are you findings about Reflector? Do you have the need for such an app? Let us know and comment!

Stay tuned! 😉

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