Apple News and Views for Monday 02-04-2019

Apple News and Views for Monday, 2/3/2019

How do they stand all that rain in Seattle? Just asking…

How to Reinstall macOS if macOS Recovery is unavailable

In other words, you’ve wiped the boot drive and don’t have an installer handy.

I assume you read this on your computer at work or another computer at home.

The most useful Siri Shortcuts for iPhone

Guess I need a better phone than my 5C

How to set up a Mac and macOS to take advantage of an internal SSD and external storage setup

Macworld finally took notice of this hack to make your /User directory portable.

Read this article by M. Christopher Stevens on how to do this right, and getting all the file permissions in place. Don’t do a simple drag and drop!

How to Give your 2012 or 2014 Mac mini a performance boost by replacing the hard drive with an SSD

If you bought a 2012 or 2014 Mac mini and want to bump up its performance, you can do it! Read the article to find out how.

Apple needs blockbuster acquisitions in gaming & video streaming to thrive, claims J.P. Morgan

Wall Street (those wonderful people who brought you 2008) wants Apple to buy Netflix and Activision.

Apple Watch Series 4 fall detection summons emergency services, saves elderly man.

Another reason to get an Apple Watch.

Tim Cook admits that higher iPhone prices are a ‘factor’ in declining upgrade rates

You think so, Tim?

 

Marie Kondo tries to get my digital life in order

How to KonMari Your Way to a Happier Digital Life

Today the closets, tomorrow the hard drives!

I searched on the topic “Marie Kondo digital” in Google. A lot of articles popped up.

Review: HP Tango X, an AirPrint printer that tries to look like a book

Adventures in making a printer not look like a large ugly plastic object in your stylish home.

Tom Briant

Editor, MacValley Blog