The market yesterday was focused on iPhone numbers, so Apple’s announcement of Mac sales went somewhat under the radar. On the face of it, the news wasn’t good: year-on-year, Mac sales were 3.7M last quarter against 4.29M the same quarter last year … That’s 13% down year-on-year. Some were suggesting there are a couple of reasons for this. First, Neil Cybart notes that at last year’s WWDC, in the same quarter, Apple refreshed almost every model in its Mac line-up, making it a tough compare....

Under the arrangement, Macquarie can provide cloud and associated services – such as storage, network and security, cloud training, and cloud migration – to NSW government agencies and other eligible non-government bodies. For Macquarie specifically, the company said it plans to provide access to its sovereign cyber expertise and secure cloud, network, and data centre services. “NSW is fast becoming a world leader in cloud and cybersecurity, and we are proud to be providing government agencies with these services for more than 20 years....

From 9to5toys: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdcQtnKF54] MacUpdate just launched their Winter Mac app bundle this morning. This bundle contains 10 apps + 2 bonus apps for early buyers. Together, the 12 apps are worth nearly $400 (or about $360 without the 2 bonus titles), but the bundle is priced at just $39.99. The bundle includes: Anonymizer (6-months) ($49.99) – http://www.anonymizer.com – A premium VPN service for ensuring anonymity online. Unlimited bandwidth, zero throttling, zero logging; for Mac and iOS....

An Android lice source says an update may hit current devices around that time, we have overhead similar rumblings while at IFA in Berlin. In addition to adding features to current watches, it may be a necessary update to support future hardware, especially given recent revelations by engineers about what is forthcoming with Android ar. In the interview, they said that support for Bluetooth G were on the roadmap, enabling one’s watch to connect to headphones or to track your location without a phone nearby....

The cheapest way to make a dumb device smart is to leave it switched on and plug it into a smart plug or powerstrip like Eve Energy. But if you have a device that can only be triggered by pressing or holding down a button, there’s now a HomeKit-compatible button-pusher on the way! It’s not the first such device, but it will be the first fully HomeKit-compatible one… HomeKit Authority spotted the Keymitt Push....

If you’re a Windows user, you can quickly solve this problem with Audials Play. What is Audials Play? Audials Play is the ultimate music and media management tool. It allows you to create and enjoy your own collection of online radio and TV stations, podcasts, and music streaming services in a single location. The power to curate your own media experience makes Audials Play a must-have. Listen to your favorite artists on the radio and record their songs—or, if you prefer, look through your preferred music streaming service to mix and match your playlists....

One of the handy features of older iMacs was Target Display Mode, an option that allowed you to use an iMac as an external display. While the feature hasn’t been offered in iMacs since 2014, there was hope floating around in the Apple community that it might make a return with the new M1 iMacs. Unfortunately, the new all-in-one Macs don’t list support for Target Display Mode but there is a third-party workaround....

From 9to5Toys.com: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgeG_fbxus&feature=youtu.be&hd=1] MacUpdate has one of the best bundles we have ever seen on a wide-ranging set of Mac software. You are breaking even with the VMware Fusion 4 headliner, but there are great apps up and down the lineup including Drive Genius disk utility, PDFPen 5 PDF editor, Snapheal photo editing, Forklift FTP/Finder Utility, Typinator 5. These are all great apps. VMware Fusion 4 ($49.99) Drive Genius 3 ($99....

LastPass 2FA Authenticator If you’re a regular reader, you know how much we preach the importance of enabling 2FA on every online service that offers it. You can learn more about this essential extra layer of security in our Two-Factor Authentication Guide: Secure Your Online Life. Not everyone has set up 2FA on their online accounts yet, though, with the main reason being it makes logging into your accounts too difficult....

Last Updated: January 29, 2020 Disney put together an impressive Maleficent: Mistress of Evil cast to help continue their retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent released in 2014, starring Angelina Jolie as the titular bad fairy. The original movie took audiences through Maleficent’s early years, and her love for the young King Stefan, who went on to father Aurora. After Stefan cut off her wings, Maleficent turned to dark magic and became bent on revenge....

John Wick squares off against Baby Yoda of The Mandalorian fame in a new fan-made poster. When Disney announced a new Star Wars series for their streaming service Disney+, featuring a bounty hunter character in Mandalorian armor in a story set after the fall of the Empire, fans anticipated an action-packed show filled with classic Star Wars-style elements. What they didn’t expect was the arrival of a new character who would immediately capture the hearts of not only hardcore fans but pretty much everyone around the world (including Mandalorian actor and legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog)....

From 9to5Toys.com: .. StackSocial has another solid bundle of 9 apps but this time ‘you name your own price’ with 10% going to the charity of your choice (EFF, CharityWater or Stand up to Cancer). StackSocial is also giving away a PANDORA ONE (Ad-Free Pro Version) FOR LIFE for FREE to 1 lucky winner. The apps together are valued at $340 and are listed below: Toys Weekend: AppleTV: $90, MacFlux 4, iPad Camera kits $5 (for 2!...

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When it comes to enterprise device management, every platform company (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc....

If you are using an Android smartphone, you might be using the GPS based location services. Location services can be sometimes very useful and sometimes very useless. It all depends upon the consequences like you are using Maps then location services are useful. Or while travelling, you can track yourself that where did you visit at that time. For a general user, it might be useless other times except the few mentioned above....

While your Mac should automatically alert you to updates downloaded from the Mac App Store, you may not be aware of updates available for software purchased elsewhere. MacUpdate Desktop 6 alerts you to updates on thousands of software titles, as well as enabling one-click installation of new apps. The software and corresponding MacUpdate account are free – for up to five updates a month. Unlimited updates will cost you $20 a year....

Mouse without Borders As well as being a virtual KVM switch, there’s also a setting that sets the Logon Screen background as the Bing image of the day. For more on its main function, check out our article on the full details of Mouse without Borders. To make the Bing image your Lock Screen background, right click the Mouse without Borders icon on the system tray and go to Personalize Logon Screen > Bing....

Making The Grade is a weekly series from Bradley Chambers covering Apple in education. Bradley has been managing Apple devices in an education environment since 2009. Through his experience deploying and managing 100s of Macs and 100s of iPads, Bradley will highlight ways in which Apple’s products work at scale, stories from the trenches of IT management, and ways Apple could improve its products for students. When rolling out school-wide software applications, it’s very rare to get universal praise for something....

The hard part is choosing the best app for you. While there are a wide variety of options available, they’re not all suited for everyone. That’s why we have gathered four solid options for you to consider. Each comes with their own special set of features and each is designed to make your life easier. Asana The Asana app does it all. Collaboration, scheduling, task management, etc. If you were to ask a group of productivity enthusiasts what their favorite to-do list is, a majority would say Asana....

The app now shows real-time transit updates in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, with a promise of more cities to come. The new feature is also live across the pond, debuting in the UK, Netherls, Budapest. says that Maps uses over 100 different transportation partners for collecting the data, so you’ll have the very latest arrivals departures for systems like BART or ndon’s Underground. The route arrangement has also been rearranged to provide different options....

Reader Jacob writes in (also posted on the Loop) that Apple is telling .Mac Homepage users that their content will no longer be viewable by the outside world on November 8th (but still available through the user interface). Apple first notified customers a year ago of the impending change. Content published with iWeb, the company’s Web publishing tool and part of its iLife suite, will not be affected by the change....