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I’ve just picked up an Automatic Link at an Apple Store earlier today. I have yet to install it on my car.
I’ve heard of Automatic for quite some times but I did not bother to buy it directly from their site. Now that Apple Store carries the Automatic Link, I bought one using EasyPay.
Automatic App is compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. Public Beta of Automatic App for Android is coming in December. Only a few Android devices are currently supported.
Apple Knowledge Base on creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks:
Follow these steps to create a bootable OS X installer:
- Use the Mac App Store to download the OS X installer app.
- Mount the volume you wish to convert into a bootable installer. This could be removable media, such as a USB flash drive, or a secondary internal partition.
- Use the createinstallmedia tool to convert the volume from step two into a bootable installer based off the installer app from step one. To learn how to use createinstallmedia, execute this command in Terminal:
/Applications/Install OS X Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
You may need to adjust the path to the OS X installer app in the above command.
Note: createinstallmedia is only intended to be used with the version of OS X installer app it came with.
p.s. The original version of the image above is from 37prime’s own work. It is available on Flickr under Creative Commons.
Coinciding with today’s special event, Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 build 11B511.
This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:
- Adds iCloud Keychain to keep track of your account names, passwords, and credit card numbers across all your approved devices
- Adds Password Generator so Safari can suggest unique, hard-to-guess passwords for your online accounts
- Updates lock screen to delay display of “slide to unlock” when Touch ID is in use
- Adds back the ability to search the web and Wikipedia from Spotlight search
- Fixes an issue where iMessage failed to send for some users
- Fixes a bug that could prevent iMessage from activating
- Improves system stability when using iWork apps
- Fixes an accelerometer calibration issue
- Addresses an issue that could cause Siri and VoiceOver to use a lower quality voice
- Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the Lock screen passcode
- Enhances the Reduce Motion setting to minimize both motion and animation
- Fixes an issue that could cause VoiceOver input to be too sensitive
- Updates the Bold Text setting to also change dial pad text
- Fixes an issue that could cause supervised devices to become un-supervised when updating software
Glad to see iCloud Keychain is back in iOS 7. Having used incarnations of iOS 7 beta, I really missed iCloud Keychain in the GM/Public Release versions.
In addition to that, iOS 7.0.3 includes fixes for accelerometer issue in iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.
The updated GarageBand is somewhat available at both iTunes and Mac App Stores. I am able to download the iOS version while the OS X version is still not available.
Apple introduces new MacBook Pro with Retina Display at its October 2013 Special Event. Both models are available starting today October 22, 2013.
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display:
15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display:
Phil Schiller also introduces iPad mini with Retina Display during Apple October 2013 Special Event.
iPad mini with Retina Display starts at $399 and ships late November.
Phil Schiller introduces iPad Air during Apple October 2013 Special Event. iPAd Air ships November 1, 2013.
