[MyAppleMenu] Oct 27, 2014

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*** A Look At OS X Yosemite And iOS 8.1 ***
<http://www.anandtech.com/show/8629/looking-at-os-x-yosemite-and-ios-81>
Brandon Chester, AnandTech

> It's clear that a lot of this has been in the works for some time now, and integrating products and services to this degree requires a lot of planning to position your hardware and software so that it will be capable of working together in the ways you want them to. The Yosemite redesign has also gone quite well, and there aren't as many jarring inconsistencies as there were with iOS 7 at launch despite OS X being a more expansive operating system. Apple has definitely learned from their experiences with the iOS redesign.



*** Apple And Amazon Have A Problem: People Don't Want To Buy Stuff Anymore ***
<http://www.wired.com/2014/10/apple-amazon-problem-people-dont-want-buy-stuff-anymore/>
Marcus Wohlsen, Wired



*** Wherefore Art Thou iPad? ***
<http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2014/10/27/wherefore_art_thou_ipad/>
Lukas Mathis, Ignore The Code

> In short, if you have an iPhone, and you want a second, more powerful device, why would it be an iPad? There’s almost nothing you can do on an iPad that you can’t do on an iPhone. It’s just as restricted as the iPhone, and as a result, can’t differentiate itself from the iPhone. But at the same time, the iPad is less portable, and lacks the phone features of the iPhone.



*** Apple Pay Is Disabled By Rite Aid And CVS As A Rival Makes Plans ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/technology/personaltech/2-drug-chains-disable-apple-pay-as-a-rival-makes-plans-.html>
Mike Isaac, New York Times

> MCX has time, however, to alter its strategy before releasing its product. And since MCX merchants are all working together, CurrentC could offer consumers enticing deals and loyalty rewards for shopping at any one of the dozens of participating stores.
> The battle will surely escalate in the coming months as companies like PayPal and Google update their mobile wallet strategy to deal with the fast-changing market. But for now, many are betting on Apple Pay as the mobile wallet to beat.

Good luck to MCX, who doesn't have any OS makers among its partners.



*** How To Transfer Data From Your Old Computer To A New Yosemite Mac ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2838784/how-to-transfer-data-from-your-old-computer-to-a-new-yosemite-mac.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all>
Christopher Breen, Macworld



*** How To Use iCloud Drive ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2838800/how-to-use-icloud-drive.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all>
Kirk McElhearn and Christopher Breen, Macworld

> Taking its cue from Dropbox, which is a simple file repository accessible from any app, Apple has changed the way iCloud manages files.



*** Away From Home? Here's How To Access Your Mac Remotely ***
<http://www.macworld.com/article/2839080/away-from-home-heres-how-to-access-your-mac-remotely.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all>
Topher Kessler, Macworld

> If you would like to remotely access files that are stored on your Mac, there are several ways to do it. But before doing so you will need a way to access your Mac from wherever you are on the Internet. There are a number of “dynamic DNS” services that can do this, but perhaps the most convenient (and arguably best) option is to use Apple’s Back to My Mac service.



*** BBEdit 11 Overhauls Features For Existing Customers ***
<http://tidbits.com/article/15186?rss>
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

> BBEdit 11 is in some ways the anti-iTunes. It has a small number of marquee changes, and even those won’t change how you work with the app. If you’ve been using BBEdit for years, like I and most loyal customers have, why would you want that? No, what we want are changes that we can exploit immediately to work faster and more productively. I proved this to myself by launching BBEdit 11 and starting writing this article, without the least stumble over anything unfamiliar.



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*** The Past And Future Of Cemeteries ***
<http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/past-future-cemeteries?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter&mbid=social_twitter>
Alexandra Lange, New Yorker

> For all their picturesque calm, cemeteries have always been both teeming and empty; the digital version would embrace that contradiction. 



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