#Apple

Apple won’t chat with Puerto Rico.

Posted on August 30, 2013August 30, 2013 by macnatico

Yesterday I was really happy to see that we could finally purchase from the Apple Store online and they would ship to us. This had been a pet peeve of mine since I purchased a photo book from the iPhoto app and it shipped to my PO Box in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Today I went to the store to browse the refurbished section and had a question about the financing available with no interests from a credit card you can apply to from the store. I go to the Chat Now button and this is what I get:

Come on Apple. Puerto Rico has been a territory of the United States of America since 1898 as part of the Paris Treaty.
First you wouldn’t ship to Puerto Rico, you fixed that. Now you say this is international and you can’t chat with me? Last time I checked, sending physical items is much harder than sending bits through a cable between two computers going through servers and routers. Last Sunday I recorded a podcast through Skype with someone on Virginia. I think chatting is a little bit simpler. Get on it.

Apple finally shipping to Puerto Rico

Posted on August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 by macnatico

9to5 Mac:

After multiple years without the ability to ship to Puerto Rico, Apple’s Online Store has been updated with the ability to ship to the United States territory. The option became active this week, and is noted on Apple’s shipping and delivery webpage.

Finally! I’ve had this fight with them for so long. I’ve called, emailed Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, their PR staff, etc. We use the same mail system and other companies deliver here and it was just weird that they wouldn’t.

Now all we want is a proper Apple Store and we will leave you alone Apple.

T-Mobile cancels September 20 holidays

Posted on August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 by macnatico

iMore:

If Apple holds to pattern, September 20 is exactly when we’d be expecting the iPhone 5S and 5C to go on sale following a September 10 launch event.

Traditionally, they launch on a Friday, and the 20th is the Friday after the almost certain September 10th date of the announcement.

MyMac Podcast #470 – Don’t PANIC

Posted on August 21, 2013 by macnatico

Gaz takes off a week so Guy ropes in Erick Diaz, a long time listener and contributor to all things great and wonderful about the MyMac Podcast. They have a great conversation about Apple buying Matcha, what the AppleTV could be like if content providers had brains, and much more!

My first podcast, thanks to Guy Serle for putting up with me.

iCloud.com gets iOS 7 design.

Posted on August 14, 2013 by macnatico

Next stop, Apple.com.

Apple announcement on September 10?

Posted on August 10, 2013 by macnatico

iMore:

Apple will be announcing their next generation iPhone – what most people are calling iPhone 5S for convenience sake – at a special event on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, and possibly the less expensive iPhone – rumored to be called iPhone 5C – along with it.

This according to Ina Fried of AllThingsD:

Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD.

And that sounds exactly right.

Last year’s iPhone 5 was announced on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 and shipped on Friday, September 21, 2012. The previous year’s iPhone 4S was announced on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 and shipped on Friday, October 14. So, if Apple holds to the same pattern as the last two years, and launches the second Friday following the announcement, that’d put the release on Friday, September 20.

This sounds right, unless Dalrymple nopes it.

How to quickly lock your Mac

Posted on August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 by macnatico

iMore:

Since there’s renewed attention on Google Chrome not securely storing passwords, lots of people may be wondering what they can do to prevent people that have physical access to their computer from stumbling across their login information. You know, nosy siblings, snoopy co-workers, those types. If you have a Mac running OS X, you can quickly and easily lock the screen on it to prevent anyone that doesn’t know you’re desktop password from gaining access.

You should always keep your stuff safe, not only because if this, it’s just common sense. If anyone has physical access to your stuff, without a passcode or password, it’s game over.