Vacation Review: Couples Tower Isle

A month ago, my wife and I went on a little vacation. Check out my review of Couples Tower Isle in Jamaica over at our vacation blog site Jarrva World Wide.

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MacBook Keyboards

A Thousand Keys Died To Bring You This Information

Much ink has been typed about the current keyboard on Apple’s MacBook line. While I haven’t owned a current generation laptop with the butterfly keyboard of any type for longer than a week part of the reason why I haven’t jumped into the new laptops is the keyboard. The Feel When I tested out the

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The new Mac icons for Podcast and Tv

Hey iTunes it’s not you, it’s me

Rumors today have indicated something the community has been wanting for a while. It seems that the end is nigh for iTunes. At the last Apple media event, Apple mentioned that a new TV app was coming to Mac, which was the first sign that iTunes might be no more. We didn’t have any other

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At Apple, Steve Jobs divided people into 2 groups—’insanely great’ and ‘crappy’

Innovators — Read on www.cnbc.com/2019/04/05/apple-steve-jobs-divided-people-into-2-groups-insanely-great-and-crappy-people-says-ex-employee-guy-kawasaki.html Check out this article about working for Steve Jobs. These are some great lessons and ideas to think about. Which one is your favorite?

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Working with Text on the iPad – Tech Tip Tuesday

As a writer, I loved my iPad for its ability to go anywhere and allow me to focus on just the writing. However, working with text on the iPad frustrated me to no end. Luckily, Apple developers probably ran into the same problems. They have made it so much easier to deal with text on

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AirPods 2

AirPods 2 Review: Another verse, same as the first

The first AirPods found a mass market success. When they were first announced at a whooping $159.00 I wasn’t sure that they would stand as the hit that Apple wanted after Apple cut the headphone jack from the iPhone because of “courage.” Luckily for Apple, the AirPods were built with the magic that Apple had

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New PowerBeats Pro Announced today

Following the launch of the new AirPods, Apple and Beats by Dre have announced the new Power Beats Pro to be launching soon. The PowerBeats Pro blend the previous PowerBeats with a more AirPods like design. The PowerBeats Pro are wire-free and come with a charging case. Unlike the AirPods though, there are hardware controls

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One Week with the iMac 2019

If you’ve been keeping up with me on Instagram and Facebook, you should have noticed that my new iMac 2019 came in last week. I was pretty excited to once again have a desktop Mac, especially one with such a great screen. I would like to say that I’ve put the machine through its paces,

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Tech Tip Tuesday – Customize Control Center

Welcome back to JSwordSmith’s Tech Tip Tuesday! Last week Tech Tip Tuesday taught you how to change the double tap feature of your AirPods. Today, I’m going to show you how to customize Control Center. What is Control Center On any iOS device you have access to many controls that you might not have known

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The new iPad Pro 2018

iPad buyer’s guide – Which iPad is right for me?

Welcome to the JSwordSmith iPad buyer’s guide! I put this little resource together to help shoppers make the best decisions when shopping for an iPad.   Updated (3/31/2019): Apple updated for the new iPad Air and iPad Mini that were released this week. What are my options? Apple is now making more iPads than ever

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