Apple has been working on a new Photos application for Mac OS X and it is finally available with the OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite update. We'll discover how it differs from the iPhoto application that we are familiar with. We'll also learn about the iCloud Photo Library which can accommodate our photos on … [Read more...]
Apple SIG Notes – December 2014
One of our members was still planning his upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite. Since he was skipping a few releases (Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks) I suggested it would be a good idea to do a clean install rather than upgrade his existing Snow Leopard installation. A search on “OS X … [Read more...]
OS X Yosemite, Apple SIG November 2014
We took OS X Yosemite for a spin at the November meeting. It’s a free upgrade from OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later (Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks). It looks quite nice with new fonts and a flatter, more streamlined look similar to iOS 7 and 8 including translucency effects. There have been … [Read more...]
iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite Preview – Apple SIG June ’14
In early June Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This year they announced the new features of iOS 8, which will run on the iPhone and iPad, and OS X Yosemite, which succeeds OS X Mavericks as the next operating system to run on Macs. Both will arrive in the fall. The common … [Read more...]