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iOS 11 is Released

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It’s Tuesday, September 19, 2017 and Apple has officially released iOS 11 (build 15A372). Registered Apple Developer can download the Restore Images at Apple Developer Download page.

Peculiarly, our iPhone 6s Plus has yet to receive the Over The Air (OTA) update.

iOs 11 is available for the following devices including the yet to be released iPhone 8 and iPhone X:

  • iPhone 7
  • iPhone 7 Plus
  • iPhone 6s
  • iPhone 6s Plus
  • iPhone 6
  • iPhone 6 Plus
  • iPhone SE
  • iPhone 5s
  • iPad Pro (10.5-inch)
  • iPad Pro (9.7‑inch)
  • iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation)
  • iPad Pro (12.9‑inch)
  • iPad (9.7-inch)
  • iPad Air 2
  • iPad Air
  • iPad mini 4
  • iPad mini 3
  • iPad mini 2
  • iPod touch (6th generation)
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Here we go again, macOS High Sierra Golden Master Candidate

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Apple seeds macOS High Sierra Golden Master Candidate (build 15A372) on Thursday, September 14, 2017.

One of many known issues in macOS High Sierra is related to the new Apple File System (APFS):

  • Some third-party applications may not correctly recognize volumes that are formatted using APFS.

We’re jumping in head-first, again, into the latest macOS High Sierra build. Let’s see waht else is still broken.

As usual, we always warn against installing major macOS (formerly Mac OS X and OS X) on essential productions computer. Yes, we’re talking about you, a recording studio that shall not be named here. ?

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iTunes 12.7.0, now Sans App Store

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From Apple Knowledge Base:

The new iTunes focuses on music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and audiobooks. Apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch are now exclusively available in the new App Store for iOS. And the new App Store makes it easy to get, update, and redownload apps—all without a Mac or PC.

In a way, iTunes the Application is becoming less complicated. There are some who uses iTunes to keep a copy of their iOS Apps, but I bet that majority of iPhone and iPad users don’t use iTunes to download iOS Apps.

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AppleCare+ for iPhone X carries a $199 price tag.

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iPhone X is availble for Pre-Order on Friday, October 27, 2017 and delivers on Tuesday, November 3, 2017.

iPhone X itself starts at $999.00 for the 64GB model and $1,149.00 for the 256GB model. The AppleCare+ for iPhone X is priced at $199.00, $50 higher than iPhone 8, iPhone 7 and iPhone 6s AppleCare+.

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Live from Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park, It’s Tuesday Morning!

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Apple is set to hold its first event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park today, September 12, 2017.

With the recent leaks, one can only wonder if Apple would have any surprises at all. According to an Apple employee who is definitely not Phil Schiller (@pschiller), *wink-wink*, there is one definite surprise for the event. There are some who call it a “preview”.

Apple will be streaming the event live at Apple.com and Apple TV.

 

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Dreamhost is under DDoS Attack

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NOTE:
Earlier, we were unable to published the post here because at its current incarnation, 37prime is hosted by Dreamhost. We posted one at our WordPress.com-hosted blog.

From @Dreamhost:

“Our engineers have identified the cause of the DNS degradation as a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. dreamhoststatus.com“

Dreamhost is currently in the news as the Department of Justice “demands that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million visitor IP addresses” for a site hosted by the company.

Wordfence chimed in:

The DDoS appears to be unrelated to the DoJ request above. It looks like it may be an Anonymous attack targeting the Dreamhost DNS to try to take a white supremacist website called ‘punishedstormer dot com’ offline. The website came online today and is hosted at Dreamhost.

We will closely follow this news.