March 2019 - Monthly Mini-Bytes

New Apples Apple has been busy this week announcing a bunch of new refreshed products. These are more incremental updates and tweaks to existing products rather than totally new offerings. AirPods 2 The AirPods have been updated with a new chip and wireless charging. https://www.apple.com/airpods/ iPad Air 10.5 Inch The iPad Air is back, and you can think of it a lot like the old 10.5 Inch iPad Pro. It can take advantage of the Apple Keyboard Case and the 1st Gen Apple Pencil. https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/ iPad Mini It looks the same, but they updated things under the hood. If you are a fan of the Mini it is back with a better processor. https://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/ iMacs All the iMacs have updated processors and internals. https://www.apple.com/imac/

Spring Cleaning Time It's spring and what a better time to clean up your computer! Storage space is precious, so why have it taken up with things that you just don't need? Here are three tips to get you started: Empty the Trash - It's simple, but how often do you do it? You'd be surprised on how big it can get. Clean out your Downloads folder - Downloads can be a dumping ground for all types of old installers, documents, and photos. Go through it and move items that you want to keep and delete stuff that you don't. Purge Old, Unwanted Photos - How many close ups of your left thumb do you really want to keep? Open Photos and find stuff that you just don't want. Photos take a up a lot of space, and there is no use keeping ones that are garbage. Trash 'em!

Make Your Smart TV Smarter with Apple TV Let's speak truth to power: Smart TV software leaves a lot to be desired. Mostly it's there to sell TVs, but if you have spent hours trying to log into Netflix, join your network, or otherwise do anything but watch TV, then how smart are they? Hmmm.... If you are reading this, you are already invested in the Apple Ecosystem, and these days tech is all about the ecosystem. The Apple TV is an appliance that you attach to your TV that allows you to stream from sites like Netflix, HBO Go, Amazon Prime, among others. Because it's from Apple it syncs all your purchases across your devices, and even allows you to share your photos right up on your TV! Wendy and I use our Apple TV almost exclusively to access content, and as a TV and movie junkie since I was teething, it has never disappointed. To learn more about the Apple TV visit: https://www.apple.com/tv/