Jan 30, 2021
The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren they are joined by Jeff Gamet. We talk about using widgets on your iPhone. Warren creates a homemade magsafe case..sort of. Carrot weather has a major update. Apple has big Q1 2021 results.
The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com
News
Apple's Services Revenue Hits All-Time High of $15.8B Billion in Q1 2021
Apple Extends Free Apple TV+ Trials Until July
Apple Continues to Dominate Tablet Market With an Estimated 19.2 Million Shipments in Q4 2020
Apple Takes Top Spot in Global Smartphones Market With Record 82 Million iPhone Shipments in Q4 2020
Apple Now Has Over 1 Billion Active iPhones Worldwide, 1.65 Billion Total Devices
Apple's New 'Time to Walk' Feature Launches Today for Fitness+ Subscribers
Apple invites developers to attend special online event on improving apps widgets
Topics
Beta this week. iOS 14.4 was released to everyone no beta at the moment except MacOS BigSur. Very important iOS 14.4 is installed on every iPhone due to a very serious security flaw. iOS 14.4 Features: Everything New in iOS 14.4
Apple Releases iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 With New Camera Warnings and Bug Fixes
Apple Releases tvOS 14.4 for Fourth and Fifth-Generation Apple TV Models
Apple Releases watchOS 7.3 With Unity Watch Face, Expanded ECG Availability and More
Warren did an experiment with MagSafe and made his own MagSafe case. He reviews how he created this and links here to what materials and cases he used.
Steelie - The World's Greatest Mobile Device Holder
Jeff talks about Widgets in iOS
David Smith's black home screen icons: https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2014/10/15/blank-icon-slots/
Custom Widget Apps:
Widgetsmith Widgetsmith on the App Store
Hidgets Hidgets on the App Store
Color Widgets Color Widgets on the App Store
Pedometer++ Pedometer++ on the App Store
Apps
CARROT Weather 5.0 Launches With Fresh Design, More Snarky Dialogue and Customization Options
CARROT Weather on the App Store
Our Host
Your Host Dave Ginsburg is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group
About our Guest
Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet,
About our Co-Host
Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple