After wading through HomePod and iOS 11.3 news, the boys give a status report on how they’re feeling about iOS 11 and High Sierra several months into running the releases.
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macOS Server is changing to focus more on management of computers, devices, and storage on your network. As a result, some changes are coming in how Server works. A number of services will be deprecated, and will be hidden on new installations of an update to macOS Server coming in spring 2018. If you’ve already configured one of these services, you’ll still be able to use it in the spring 2018 macOS Server update.
These deprecated services will be removed in a future release of macOS Server, so those depending on them should consider alternatives, including hosted services.
Here are the services that are going to be deprecated:
Calendar and Contacts Sharing
DHCP and DNS Services
Mail Hosting
Messages Server
NetInstall
VPN
Website Hosting
Wiki Hosting
By my count, Profile Manager, Open Directory and File Sharing will survive this change.
The writing has been on the wall for macOS Server for a long time. Apple killed off its server hardware business years ago, and the Server app hasn’t received meaningful updates for a long time. Many of its features have found their way into the client version of macOS, including content caching.
I can’t imagine the user base for macOS Server being all that large, but those who are depending on it at work or at home need to start looking into alternatives.
The Falcon Heavy is SpaceX’s next-generation, heavy-lift vehicle, powered by 27 motors. Those engines were fired, with the rocket clamped down, this morning in Florida:
Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good. Generated quite a thunderhead of steam. Launching in a week or so. pic.twitter.com/npaqatbNir
With 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the Falcon Heavy will be able to take equipment — and eventually people — beyond the low-Earth orbit to the moon and beyond.
Like the smaller Falcon 9, the Heavy is designed to be partially reusable, with all three cores are meant to return to Earth. The company will be landing these cores whenever the Falcon Heavy finally gets off the ground.
In a press release, Apple today announced iOS 11.3, the third major update to iOS 11 set to be released in beta for developers later today, and launching to the general public this Spring. iOS 11.3 will improve upon iOS 11 and features that debuted alongside the iPhone X with new Animoji, a major upgrade to ARKit, the ability to store health records in the Health app, plus other improvements for built-in system apps.
It’s not a huge update, but it does round out some things started early in the iOS 11 cycle.
Addresses an issue that could cause Messages conversations to temporarily be listed out of order
Resolves an issue that could cause your Mac to stop responding when connected to an SMB server
It also patches the bug that allowed the App Store menu in System Preferences to be unlocked with any password.
It’s in the Mac App Store now.
If you’re running macOS Sierra or El Capitan, Apple has pushed “Security Update 2018-001” that addresses the Meltdown vulnerability. If you’re on 10.11 or 10.12, run updates today.
A string of scams are taking place asking people to make payments over the phone for things such as taxes, hospital bills, bail money, debt collection, and utility bills. The scams are committed using many methods, including gift cards. As the fraudsters are sometimes using iTunes Gift Cards, we want to make sure our customers are aware of these scams.
HomePod, the innovative wireless speaker from Apple, arrives in stores beginning Friday, February 9 and is available to order online this Friday, January 26 in the US, UK and Australia. HomePod will arrive in France and Germany this spring.
The $349 speaker is powered by Apple Music and comes with Siri and HomeKit support. The HomePod supports SiriKit, so select third-party apps will be supported by the speaker.
Multi-room audio via AirPlay 2 will come in a software update “this year.” There’s something clearly going on with AirPlay 2, and Apple decided to ditch at least some of its features for now to get this product out. This means stereo mode, where two HomePods can be played in the same room for a fuller sound, will not be supported at launch.
As a diehard Amazon Echo user, I wasn’t particularly jazzed about the HomePod when it was introduced at WWDC last year, but I’ve since switched to Apple Music. I think I’m going to order one to at least take it for a spin.
While we nerds get excited about new hardware and software, I think we’re all aware that there’s a big world out there beyond tech. A world that is hurting, with people in need. One corner of that world is the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan, full of people who have fled the genocidal rage of Sudan’s leader, Omar al-Bashir.
The first step is getting them into school, and that’s where you and I can make a difference. Operation Broken Silence runs a primary school in the camp and is planning to open a high school, but needs help funding the 8th grade classroom.
Operation Broken Silence is a non-profit close to my heart.
My brother founded it when we built his very first website together on my trusty iMac G4, but beyond that, as a dad, I know how important having a good education is for kids. It breaks my heart that so many don’t have the opportunities that my three have.
I can’t change much in this world, but I can help the children of Sudan be better prepared for their future.
Together, we can close the financial gap and keep these kids in the classroom, equipping them for a better tomorrow. My birthday is this weekend, and this is all I want: to give a place for these 8th graders to go to school.
The new “Show Activity Status” option is enabled by default inside of Instagram’s settings. You can choose to toggle it off if you don’t think anyone really needs to be that up-to-date on what you’re doing. But if you disable activity status for yourself, you won’t be able to see that info for anyone else.
