Category: Apple

Dan Provost:

On Apple’s website, they claim that in time-lapse mode, “iOS 8 does all the work, snapping photos at dynamically selected intervals.” When I first read this, I thought they were doing something super fancy, like monitoring the frame for movement and only snapping a picture when something changes. On deeper reflection, this would be a bad idea. Time-lapse videos look best when they are buttery smooth, and dynamically selecting intervals in this fashion would create a jittery and jerky video. So what does Apple mean by “dynamically selected intervals”?

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Apple PR:

“Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn’t be happier,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We would like to thank all of our customers for making this our best launch ever, shattering all previous sell-through records by a large margin. While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible.”

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Rene Ritchie has dropped some serious Apple hardware eye candy with these photos.

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James Dempsey:

The content of the tabs shows an interesting progression as well. The Apple logo, Store, and Support tabs are a common thread throughout with Search appearing surprisingly late in the game in 2007. These unchanging outer items are like bookends around the changing world of Apple over time.

For the first seven years, the inner tabs mainly focused on software (QuickTime, Mac OS X, iTunes) and different incarnations of online services (iReview, iCard, iTools which became .Mac). The first hardware to appear on a tab was iPod, but it had to share a tab with iTunes for almost seven years before getting a tab of its own.

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The letter from Tim Cook is great, but maybe the best line of this whole mini-site is this:

On devices running iOS 8, your personal data such as photos, messages (including attachments), email, contacts, call history, iTunes content, notes, and reminders is placed under the protection of your passcode. Unlike our competitors, Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data. So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the extraction of this data from devices in their possession running iOS 8.

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The Power Slider, over on The Verge:

Before there were tech web sites there were magazines. Once a month you’d get a new one and read it cover to cover, including all the ads, trying to glean as much information as you could. I remember scouring issues of MacUser before buying my first PowerBook, trying to decide which model was exactly right for me. I must’ve read that article fifty times.

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Today, iOS 8 arrived, riding on a cloud of free bits and white UI elements. I’ll be rounding up links here all day.

• The Sweet Setup — iOS 8 is Awesome: Yours truly, on the future of iOS and the new generation of apps that are launching today. Speaking of The Sweet Setup, we have a running list of awesome app updates coming out today.
• Realmac Software — Should I upgrade to iCloud Drive? The answer is probably no.
• iMore — iOS 8 review: Rene’s review is incredibly in-depth and is — quite frankly — beautiful.
• Developing Perspective — Pincer Maneuvers and Stubbed Toes: Underscore’s take on iOS 8 and what it means for developers, and Apple’s tools for building apps.
• MacStories — iOS 8 Changed How I Work on My iPhone and iPad: Federico’s review is a beast, but as he runs his business more or less from his iPad, it’s the review I’ve been looking forward to reading.
• MacSparky — OmniFocus 2 for iPad review: My GTD app of choice is way better on the iPad now that iOS 8 is here.
• Ars Technica — iOS 8 HealthKit app support delayed until end of the month: Lots of apps were pulled from the Store today. I can’t help but wonder what went wrong here.

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Busy evening in my RSS reader. Here’s what I’m checking out tonight:

• Part 2 of Charlie Rose’s interview with Tim Cook
• John Gruber, on the Apple Watch
• The Verge’s review of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
• Jim Dalrymple’s review of the new iPhones
• Episode 1 of Jason Snell’s new podcast, Upgrade
• … and Jason’s new blog
• … and Jason’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus review on Macworld

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This is affecting a lot of developers, not just Day One. This could have been avoided if Yosemite was shipping with iOS 8 tomorrow. I imagine a lot of users are going to think things are broken because they didn’t understand iOS 8’s on-boarding screens.

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Our long national Bono-sized nightmare is over.

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Apple PR:

Apple today announced a record number of first day pre-orders of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the biggest advancements in iPhone history, with over four million in the first 24 hours. Demand for the new iPhones exceeds the initial pre-order supply and while a significant amount will be delivered to customers beginning on Friday and throughout September, many iPhone pre-orders are scheduled to be delivered in October.

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Once you look past the marketing lines, Tim Cook’s interview with Charlie Rose is pretty interesting.

Apple’s CEO talks about the tech behind the Apple Watch, and how he sees the health and fitness stuff is up to fits in with the company’s desire to enrich people’s lives.

Cook also discusses why Apple’s product line is small compared to other companies. He believes Apple remains focused because it is very careful when adding new products to its portfolio. “It’s so easy to add. It’s hard to edit,” Cook said.

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