Dave Hamilton and Jeff Butts join Jeff Gamet to share some tips on getting ready to upgrade your iPhone and iPad to iOS 11, plus they explain the new HEIF image format.
Kinkoo 3-Outlet Surge Protecting Smart Power Strip: $24.99
There never seem to be enough outlets for charging up our tech gear at the office or on the go, so Kinkoo is aiming to fix that with their 3-Outlet Surge Protecting Smart Power Strip. It also sports three USB A ports and a USB-C port for charging up our phones and portable batteries, too. The strip is only 8-inches long so it’s small enough to travel with, yet versatile enough to juice up a wide range of devices. It’s regularly priced at US$35, but you can get yours for $24.99 with TMO’s special deal—that’s a 28% discount.
I One The Sandbox – Mac Geek Gab 675
Downloading YouTube Videos, App Stores Woes, Apple Pay Cash, Person-to-Person Payments, iPhone X, iOS 11 Screen Recording, Restoring from a different iPhone and a discussion of whether or not it’s safe to use Facebook to login to other sites are ALL discussed in this week’s show… and more! Press play and enjoy.
Craig Federighi's Face ID Q&A on Conan O'Brien
Conan O’Brien has the unaired footage of Craig Federighi’s Face ID Q&A session with audience members at this week’s iPhone X launch event, and by «footage» we mean «opening sketch for the Conan Show.» The questions are absolutely fantastic and exactly what you’d expect from random audience members. It’s also a great example of just how mainstream Apple, the iPhone, and Apple’s media events have become. The video is just over a minute and a half long and worth checking out.
iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Pre-orders, macOS High Sierra GM - TMO Daily Observations 2017-09-15
Jeff Butts and Dave Hamilton join Jeff Gamet to talk about iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 pre-orders and whether or not they ordered any new kit, plus they look at the extra steps they needed to install macOS High Sierra GM.
iPhone X: Touch ID was the Fallback, not Face ID
The assumption that Apple decided to go with facial recognition, or Face ID, on the iPhone X because Touch ID embedded in the display didn’t work is wrong, according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber. «Apple became convinced that Face ID was the way to go over a year ago…They stopped pursuing Touch ID under the display not because they couldn’t do it, but because they decided they didn’t need it,» he said. Apple wasn’t scrambling at the last minute to get Touch ID working, either. It seems Face ID was the plan all along, which means Touch ID on Apple’s other products probably won’t stick around much longer.
Typinator Typing Assistant for Mac: $15.99
We have a deal on Typinator, a typing assistant utility for the Mac. You can insert commonly used phrases, images, the time, and more. It’s $15.99 through us.
Check out this Tilt-Control Racing Game for iOS
GRID Autosport is coming to iOS (and Android, if that’s your jam). This is racing game, and the iOS trailer looks amazing. It’s being developed for mobile by Feral Interactive. We don’t have a lot of details yet, but the company noted in the comments on YouTube that it will have a career mode, just like the original console version. GRID Autosport will be a tilt-and-touch game. What do you think?
Finding the iPhone 8's Place, Face ID Demo Fail - TMO Daily Observations 2017-09-14
Bryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to discuss how the iPhone 8 fits in to Apple’s product lineup and whether or not it’ll sell well next to the iPhone X, plus they look at the explanation for Tuesday’s Face ID demo fail.
Introducing the $1,000 Emoji Machine (NSFW iPhone X Parody Video)
Allow me to state up front that I don’t agree with the sentiment of this parody video, but it’s very well done and very funny. It’s a snarky look at the «$1,000 Emoji Machine,» aimed at the Animoji feature unique to iPhone X. Also, it’s not safe for work.
