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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1772625" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time tonight (Midnight GMT) for the <a href="https://youtu.be/nhBNPWvcZrE" target="_blank">Mac-Forums video chat</a>. We'll have the usual forum roundup. In other areas we'll look at how well Apple's facial recognition on new iPhones handles recognizing younger users. I'll have a few High Sierra tips and demos for those that have already upgraded. Want to see how quickly the new file system copies/moves files? Tune in for a demo.Want to type requests into Siri rather than speaking them? I'll show you how it's done We'll also more High Sierra and IOS 11 demos.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><strong>Show Notes</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'">One of our newer members was </span></span><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">wondering how to access IOS apps in iTunes to rearrange their order on the IOS device screen. Since Apple has removed apps and their management from iTunes 12.7 you have to take a different approach and manage app placement on the device.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">The secret is to manage app placement on the device. Touch the app that you want to move until it starts to "wiggle" and an "X" appears on corner of the app. Without lifting your finger slide the app's icon to its new location then let go. With a bit of practice you can move the app to a different screen. When you're done moving apps tap the Home button to return things to normal. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">There is a fairly extensive forum thread devoted to changes, and possible issues, with IOS 11. Currently at five pages, the thread covers numerous questions. You can find that thread <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343126-ios-11-a.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Member, and forum administrator, chscag points out that the recovery partition is not treated the same way in High Sierra as it has been in other versions of the OS. Under High Sierra booting into recovery mode using Command + r boots into recovery utilities hosted on a disk image. It includes Disk Utility and a few other utilities normally used in troubleshooting. See <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343308-recovery-partition.html" target="_blank">this thread</a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Kirk McElhearn has his own ideas about whether iTunes has become bloated. He thinks the answer is no. He thinks the <a href="https://www.kirkville.com/this-is-where-itunes-is-bloated/" target="_blank">performance issues are due to how tightly iTunes is integrated into the iTunes Store</a>. If he's right Apple may have made a mistake moving IOS app management out of iTunes. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Kirk also shares some additional thoughts on why removing app management from iTunes was a bad idea.<a href="https://www.kirkville.com/heres-why-removing-apps-from-itunes-is-stupid/" target="_blank"> His concerns</a> are shared by many of our forum members. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Toward the end of the show I include video tips which demonstrate how quickly High Sierra performs some file operation. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">I also show you how to change Siri on the Mac so that you can type queries rather than talking to it. This tip is good if you are in situations where talking to your Mac may not be practical. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Siri on the iPhone will translate phrases into other languages but you can't do this yet with Siri from your Mac. I demo the translation feature on both the iPhone and the Mac. Siri on the Mac leads you to web pages with the translation while Siri on the phone pronounces the phrase for you.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">I also show you how the new </span></span><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'"><span style="color: #000000">Safari (included with High Sierra) stops most video from autoplaying when you load a page/tab. It works very well though you still need s third-party ad blocker to stop video ads.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1772625, member: 131855"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=HelveticaNeue]Join me at 7:00 p.m. Central Time tonight (Midnight GMT) for the [URL="https://youtu.be/nhBNPWvcZrE"]Mac-Forums video chat[/URL]. We'll have the usual forum roundup. In other areas we'll look at how well Apple's facial recognition on new iPhones handles recognizing younger users. I'll have a few High Sierra tips and demos for those that have already upgraded. Want to see how quickly the new file system copies/moves files? Tune in for a demo.Want to type requests into Siri rather than speaking them? I'll show you how it's done We'll also more High Sierra and IOS 11 demos. [B]Show Notes[/B] One of our newer members was [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=HelveticaNeue][COLOR=#000000]wondering how to access IOS apps in iTunes to rearrange their order on the IOS device screen. Since Apple has removed apps and their management from iTunes 12.7 you have to take a different approach and manage app placement on the device. The secret is to manage app placement on the device. Touch the app that you want to move until it starts to "wiggle" and an "X" appears on corner of the app. Without lifting your finger slide the app's icon to its new location then let go. With a bit of practice you can move the app to a different screen. When you're done moving apps tap the Home button to return things to normal. There is a fairly extensive forum thread devoted to changes, and possible issues, with IOS 11. Currently at five pages, the thread covers numerous questions. You can find that thread [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/ios-and-apps/343126-ios-11-a.html"]here[/URL]. Member, and forum administrator, chscag points out that the recovery partition is not treated the same way in High Sierra as it has been in other versions of the OS. Under High Sierra booting into recovery mode using Command + r boots into recovery utilities hosted on a disk image. It includes Disk Utility and a few other utilities normally used in troubleshooting. See [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/macos-operating-system/343308-recovery-partition.html"]this thread[/URL]. Kirk McElhearn has his own ideas about whether iTunes has become bloated. He thinks the answer is no. He thinks the [URL="https://www.kirkville.com/this-is-where-itunes-is-bloated/"]performance issues are due to how tightly iTunes is integrated into the iTunes Store[/URL]. If he's right Apple may have made a mistake moving IOS app management out of iTunes. Kirk also shares some additional thoughts on why removing app management from iTunes was a bad idea.[URL="https://www.kirkville.com/heres-why-removing-apps-from-itunes-is-stupid/"] His concerns[/URL] are shared by many of our forum members. Toward the end of the show I include video tips which demonstrate how quickly High Sierra performs some file operation. I also show you how to change Siri on the Mac so that you can type queries rather than talking to it. This tip is good if you are in situations where talking to your Mac may not be practical. Siri on the iPhone will translate phrases into other languages but you can't do this yet with Siri from your Mac. I demo the translation feature on both the iPhone and the Mac. Siri on the Mac leads you to web pages with the translation while Siri on the phone pronounces the phrase for you. I also show you how the new [/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=HelveticaNeue][COLOR=#000000]Safari (included with High Sierra) stops most video from autoplaying when you load a page/tab. It works very well though you still need s third-party ad blocker to stop video ads.[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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