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There are hundreds if not thousands of reasons iPhone sales has dropped. But wait, it’s NOT only the iPhone. Sales in general for every phone maker has gone down, and this can be because of those hundreds of reasons how the market is at that quarter.

There are SO many factors for this, and if you want to have a valid opinion about the Apple Stock (which is SO DAMN undervalued, I wish I had money over to buy some!) and how the iPhone sales has dropped you need to know how these things work, rather than just share your opinion.

Let’s not forget how much money Apple made this quarter; More than everyone else!

But again, there are hundreds of reasons sales can decrease during a quarter, however here’s a reality that Apple is facing because they pretty much make such amazingly good products, all the way from it’s software to its hardware:

1>You can, today, without any issues, proudly and comfortably use your iPhone 5S. It still looks good as hell and looks better than any other Android phone on the market today (imo) and the performance still holds up to today’s standard and then some!

With that being said, the rate people upgrade their phones has also changed because of this. You can now use an iPhone for a few years these days rather than just a year. The technology is so ahead of itself. Apple make such good products that the older devices can still be used today with no problem, and even have the latest OS’s support them!

You think your iPhone 6s will be outdated because of the iPhone 7? No. Even when the iPhone 10 comes out, your 6s is still gonna knock the socks off most android phones. Now this might be an issue for  but it’s definitely not one for the consumers.

Unless Apple doesn’t add a time machine in the next generation iPhone, or something that makes you fly, you won’t see those imaginary sales numbers most analyst talk about because they have no idea.

The world economy plays a big part in how people consume things in a quarter, it doesn’t mean people don’t want the iPhone any less, it could just mean people couldn’t afford to buy as much this time a year, ever thought of that?:)

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Installing Warcraft 3 after so many many, many, years! I've asked Blizzard a hundred times to update the installer to support the latest intel Macs and finally they did! (not because I told them to)

Here's how it looks on a 5k iMac, today, in 2016!

TUMBLR doesn't allow me to upload 5k images. It's too big for them to handle so i uploaded them in 2560x1440:( But believe me when I say 5k resolution is glorious :)

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Seems there are some idiots out there, who didn’t quite understand what Steve Jobs meant back in 2007 when he said “Who wants a stylus”

First of all he didn’t say “Who wants a stylus EVER?!” — he was talking about phones. The iPhone. At that time there didn’t exist such a thing as an iPad, let alone one that is 12.9” big! It’s a whole different product category.

With that said, I still agree with that statement. I wouldn’t want a stylus for my everyday phone(iPhone) that I’m walking around with on a day to day basis. It would get lost and I wouldn’t find any real use for it and it would result the iPhone being something bulky.

However a 12.9” tablet that can do a bunch of stuff and that has a screen real-estate of a laptop. Sure. That is why Apple made the Pencil. Because it makes itself useful in THAT product category. Also, don’t forget it’s not the first time Apple have had stylus in their products.

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Bye Bye Dashboard

With the latest release of OS X El capitan betas, Apple has disabled the Dashboard by default. That means that the dashboard key on the current Apple keyboards are pretty much useless. This is also a sign that Apple is releasing new keyboards I believe. I think since Notification Center has fully replaced the dashboard, we will get a Notification Center key replacing the old dashboard key on the new keyboards.

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How to completely avoid getting exploited by the "DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE" exploit which is effecting users that are on OS X 10.10.4 and below.

First and foremost let me just say that, this trivial exploit has been patched in OS X 10.10.5 (beta) which will be released to users shortly and it is also patched in OS X El Capitan. Anyway, let's get back to how to avoid getting exploited. Avoid the following steps.

Don't download weird files from unknown developers. OS X will warn you that you have downloaded a file from an unknown developer and that it's not safe -- do you still want to enter your password and install it?

Don't enter password to authorize. For the love of g-d. But even if you DID for some crazy reason.. you're still fine.

You still need to go into the security settings in System Preferences and manually enter the password and press 'Open Anyway'

Don't do step 3 -- even after that, it will not execute the application.

You're going to need to 'click the lock to make changes' button and enter your password AGAIN

Don't do step 5, and you will still be fine! But in case you were high on gas and mushrooms and still wanted to go ahead..

You need to once AGAIN click 'Open Anyway'. If you went through all this trouble to run some unknown file, you deserve getting exploited.

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If I was Apple this is what I would do to the iPod in order to REALLY breathe life into it again. So much it would start a forest fire!!

First of all, I can see the iPod line fade out completely in a few years. One reason is that you purchase an "iPod" basically when you buy an iPad, an iPhone and any Mac.

So, here's how I would revolutionise it: I would make it a dedicated 'Apple Music' device!

What I mean by that is, when you buy an iPod, you would automatically be set up to Apple Music. That would be the main reason you would buy one in the first place. It would be the ultimate dedicated Apple Music device, where Apple Music is at the centre giving you the best possible experience.

This is also a way to get a lot more people introduced to Apple Music. Imagine buying a device that would give you UNLIMITED music, right out of the box, without you having to do anything! I believe this would significantly boost A.M/iPod to the skies.

I would buy an 'Apple Music iPod' in a heartbeat!

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When you hear a song playing on the radio and you quickly want to add it to a playlist (other than My Music) you can right-click ON the song name and you will get a tiny menu with the option 'Go to Current Song'-- from there you can easily add the song to your the playlist you want.

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Here's another Apple Music tip:

A feature that you will find useful listening to your music with Apple Music is the ability to scroll through the songs timeline from the Lockscreen! You want to fast forward, or maybe you want to go back a few seconds? Just drag that vertical bar to wherever suits you the best! Enjoy.

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Is your amazing playlist on Apple Music becoming too big? Mine is growing at a fast pace! I’m not even worried about importing my playlist from Spotify because I’ve found so much new and awesome music through music that I’m very positively surprised! Here’s how to easily find your songs within seconds:

Let’s say I want to find “Heads will roll” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I just type on my keyboard “heads will roll” and it will highlight the song. Just the way it works in Finder, it works here.

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If you, just like me, wondered if it was possible to change the look & feel of your Apple Music playlist – it is!

Here’s how it works and how you change it:

1. Your playlist will adapt it’s background colour to your first songs cover album - so for instance my first song was in this case ‘Freedom’ by Pharell Williams. As you can see the album cover is red, so the playlist adapts its background color.

2. Press 'EDIT’ in the upper mid/right.

3. Put a new song on top that will have the look and feel you’re going for, for your playlist.

4. Boom! Enjoy Apple Music.

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Here’s a little neat trick that most of you already know. Those of you who didn’t know about this, is really gonna find this useful and enjoy it!

I heard a song on the radio (no, this time it wasn’t Beats 1 as I was just driving home from the grocery store) – I pull up my iPhone and say “Shazam” -- Siri will now tag the song.

I can choose to play the song right from Siri/Shazaam by tapping on the play button, or I can tap on the name or icon and it will take me directly to Apple Music, right into the songs album and it starts playing the song. Neat!

We’re gonna see a lot more Siri integration with Apple Music when iOS 9 is released.

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Here's absolute proof that this patent is completely based on what happened between Bono and Tim Cook!

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Apple To Revolutionise Music Once Again

Tomorrow is a huge day for music lovers across the globe. Apple Music is being released to the public along side iOS 8.4. Other streaming services are (in my thoughts) panicking, right about now. I personally cancelled my Spotify subscription after being a user since early betas arrived many years ago.

This is a HUGE effort from Apple. They spent over 3 billion dollars to make this thing happen. Just like iTunes revolutionised the music industry, Apple Music will too, again.

Apple Music will take things to the next level I’m sure. That being said, I’m nervous about how the UX and UI will actually be like. Will it be better and smoother than Spotify’s? It better be! Will it have cooler sharing features over social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? I hope so!

Tomorrow is most likely beginning of a new era when it comes to Music. Buckle your seat belts ladies and gentlemen.

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Hello Taylor Swift: Re Apple Music

Hello Taylor! I hope you're well. I just read your letter to Apple, regarding Apple Music. All I can say is I respect your point of view regarding the policy of Apple Music and how artists are/aren't getting paid, I really do. I think the idea behind your words are very kind and considerate..

However, there's another side to all of this which is very important and that is; not all of the new indie artists are in debt. I'm certain some artists might create music just for the fun of it. Because they are passionate about music and love what they do. The people playing music in the corners of the street aren't playing to make money. They do it because they love to perform infront of people and let people hear & see their talents, and some have actually been discovered and offered deals.

I believe Apple Music offers new and unknown artists a place where they can freely share their art with potentially millions of listeners around the world. Millions that can hear, see and share their work. In the future that could lead to HUGE success for a lot of artists. See it as the biggest company in the world offers you an ad-spot on their building. Your sign can be viewed by millions of people and you can get that break-through chance that you've been looking for! I believe a lot of artists and bands know this, and that is why they want to have their music shared world-wide through Apple Music. This is an amazing opportunity!

Not all of those new indie artists are prioritising money, especially not at first. I believe a lot of artists see it as a great opportunity to be seen and heard, and that can be worth a lot, to a lot of people.

Again, I think it is nice of you to not have your album available for the sake of others, but what to the "others" actually think? Certainly, we cannot always speak for others.

Thank you and best of luck.

PS. I also love Apple.

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In case you missed it, you can download these images (and use as wallpaper) that Apple have used to market the iPad and the iPhone...

Enjoy!

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People are guessing the next title of OS X 10.11 already, ahead of WWDC15. I’ll join the game and give my thoughts on what the next title might be.

So, Apple moved away from big Cat names to locations in California, right? The OS that received a new title was OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Mavericks is a surfing location in Northern California.

Now let’s move on to OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Yosemite National Park is a beautiful location in the central eastern portion of California. A place that is internationally recognised for its spectacular granite cliffs, and awesome waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia and overall biological diversity. Yes I quoted Wikipedia!

So..mountains…

Before that was the ocean and big waves and water with Mavericks…now mountains. Get the picture? The locations and settings they are choosing are not similar in its geographical form. Therefore I believe we can rule out a few titles. We can RULE OUT: Sierra (Mountain) Shasta(Mountain) Diablo(Mountain) Mammoth(Mountain) Sequoia (National Park) Big sur (Mavericks) Pacific(Mavericks)

However, some rumours suggest, that OS X 10.11 will be more of a stability update to already existing Yosemite, the way Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. In that case we could very well see a title such as Sierra or Diablo to continue the ‘mountain’ theme or Sequoia (national park).

In other cases if this will be a major update we will get a new setting and more diverse location, such as Redwood, or maybe Mojave? A desert themed OS X with a standard wallpaper of the Mojave desert?

Those are the new names I believe are the big candidates for the next update. What do you think?

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So Apple just announced a date for WWDC 2015 - I will keep myself short and I will present my thoughts, shortly;

So here’s a few things I believe we’re going to see on World Wide Developers Conference 2015;

1. New Apple TV. Apple always love to be secretive and hide messages in their event logos. In this case you can see an Apple TV inside the logo. It could also be a Mac Mini, but, since they are mentioning “epicentre” I strongly believe there will be a new Apple TV and that there will be a pretty remarkable focus on it, the day of the event..

2. As I mentioned above, I also believe a new Mac Mini. We’re going to probably see a slimmer shaped Mac Mini (with the tech available in the new MacBook it’s not impossible) and we will see them in the three magical colours offered by Apple, you know which ones I’m talking about!

3. There was a rumour about an 8K iMac which derived from LG. Tech-sites were quick to spread the rumours. Apple recently just released their 5K iMac, they are not gonna runt it over with an 8K iMac. NO!

4. I DO however believe IF there will be an 8K display, that it will belong to a new high-end monitor from Apple - Let’s call it the “Thunderbolt Pro Display”. It will be a display FOR the new Mac Pro. Of course OS X 10.11 will have support for 8K which we will see in future Betas.

5. Last but not least and obviously not the least shocking, since it’s a developers conference we’re gonna get a glimpse of the new OS X and iOS 9. Also a new music service… Beats that!