Category: Handhelds/iPhone/iPad/Palm
How to Use the News App in iOS 9
iMore has published another article of mine, this one detailing how to set up and use the new News app under iOS 9: How to use the News app on your iPhone or iPad. News is an interesting beast. It’s one way for Apple to get customers’ attentions in an area where they’re already looking: ...
Talking about Taking Control of Photos at MacVoices
To coincide with the release of Take Control of Your Digital Photos on a Mac, Second Edition, I had a great discussion with Chuck Joiner at MacVoices about what’s new in this edition, how the Mac photo landscape has changed in the last two years, and what to consider when looking at online photo services. ...
Austin Mann iPhone 6s/6s Plus Camera Review
Chasing Light: Switzerland from Austin Mann on Vimeo. Two thoughts: These photos and videos, and the results Mann found, are pretty stunning. Why the hell am I not in Switzerland? Amazingly beautiful. Read and see the review here: iPhone 6s Camera Review If you like the work I do, please consider signing up for my ...
How to Use Home and Lock Screens on iPhone 6s
Are you enjoying your new iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus? Or perhaps you or a friend are new to iOS? I’ve just published my first article for iMore, a how-to primer on everything related to the Home screen and Lock screen under iOS 9. Did you know that when you’re viewing the new Search ...
Demystifying iCloud Photo Library
Apple’s iCloud Photo Library is a great service, but there are a lot of questions surrounding it. Do I need to buy more iCloud storage? What happens when I edit a photo on my iOS device and on my Mac? Does everything need to live in the cloud? Over at Peachpit.com, I’ve just published an ...
Help me evaluate the state of the iPad for photography
In 2012 I saw the potential of the iPad (then on its second generation) as a tool that photographers could take advantage of, and pitched my editors at Peachpit Press to write a book about it. The result was The iPad for Photographers, which is currently in its third edition. The iPad is now five ...
Talking iPad Pro at Photofocus
The day after Apple introduced the iPad Pro, Mason Marsh and I chatted about what it means for photographers. What does it add to the game? Is Apple trying to make a Surface? Mason wrote up our conversation in an article at Photofocus: Apple’s New iPad Pro – Laptop Killer or Just a Bigger iPad?
How Pro is the iPad Pro?
In my latest column for The Seattle Times, I speculate just how “pro” the upcoming iPad Pro will be. The hardware looks impressive, but will superior hardware be constrained by an operating system designed for consumers? Part of the issue is that loaded term “pro,” which means different things for different people. I’m looking forward ...
iPad Pro Lightning Port Is USB 3 Speed
[Update, Nov. 12, 2015: Now that the iPad Pro is out, people are noticing the hardware and Apple told me that forthcoming adapters would enable USB 3 speeds. I’ve updated the original post at The iPad for Photographers site.] I learned a little tidbit from a source today: the Lightning port on the upcoming iPad ...
iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, and watchOS 2 Coverage at TidBITS
Today was a busy day: Apple introduced the iPad Pro, a new Apple TV, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and announced release dates for iOS 9 and watchOS 2 for the Apple Watch (both September 16), and for OS X El Capitan (September 30). You can watch the keynote video here. I followed ...
Jeff Carlson | Never Enough Coffee Creations 