Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The worldwide tablet market declined 8.6% during the third quarter of 2018 (3Q18) as global shipments fell to 36.4 million, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) <a href="http://www.idc.com/tracker/showproductinfo.jsp?prod_id=81" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker</span></a>. Apple continued to dominate the market.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting with its next fiscal quarter, Apple will stop listing how many Macs, iPhones, and iPads shipped each quarter, but will only report only the revenues each part of the company recorded.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy7z9q99d&esheet=51893243&newsitemid=20181101006210&lan=en-US&anchor=global+smartphone+shipments+fell+8+percent+annually&index=1&md5=c04d46e93f3d26a86c7cdca3bcae745d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">global smartphone shipments fell 8% annually </a>to reach 360 million units in the third quarter (Q3) 2018. Apple’s iPhone bucked the trend, but sales were flat.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the latest market share survey from <a href="http://netmarkeshare.com/">NetMarketShare,</a> the market share for both macOS and iOS up were last month.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Apple Pencil 2, which Apple debuted this week, can connect wirelessly to an iPad Pro to pair and charge. And the tech giant has filed for a patent (number 20180314349) for the tech behind this.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There are default apps that open certain types of files in macOS Mojave. However, you can change this.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has served up the first public beta of iOS 12.1.1. The public betas are available on <a href="https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple's Beta Software Program website</a>. Just remember that beta software, so proceed with care. Apple does public betas in order to increase the size of the pool of testers. The tech giant recommends keeping back-ups of your files before installing a public beta.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2018 fourth quarter that ended Sept. 29, 2018. The company posted quarterly revenue of $62.9 billion, an increase of 20% from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $2.91, up 41%.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.otterbox.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Otterbox</a> has announced cases for the new iPad Pros introduced this week. The Defender Series offers protection for the 11-inch and 12.9-inch Apple tablets.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine have completed enrollment of a large-scale study using the Apple Watch to determine whether a wearable technology can identify atrial fibrillation. The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.002">study rationale and design</a>, published in the <a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/american-heart-journal"><em>American Heart Journal</em></a>, describes the design of this unique clinical trial, the largest screening study on atrial fibrillation ever done.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Twelve South has released a redesigned <a href="https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/compass-pro" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Compass Pro</a> for the new iPad Pros. The new model has a wider and more stable footprint to support even the largest of iPads (12.9-inch) in either portrait or landscape mode.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The 2018 iPhones are such old news (no angry comments please, that’s sarcasm), that it’s time to start looking ahead to next years’s models. In a note to clients — as noted by <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/01/upgraded-truedepth-camera-coming-to-2019-iphone-lineup-better-range-finding-in-ipad-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>AppleInsider</em></a> — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says next year’s Apple smartphones will boast an improved Free ID system.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10581888" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New Geekbench benchmark</a> results show that the high-end iPad Pro rivals the latest 15-inch MacBook Pros with Intel Core i7 CPUs. Which means that it’s not of “if,” but “when” Apple introduces Macs with processors the company itself makes.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As noted by <a href="https://www.cultofmac.com/572441/pilot-repair-program-vintage-macs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Cult of Mac</em></a>, Apple is expanding its pilot repair program for vintage Macs. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.fleetsmith.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fleetsmith</span></a>, a provider of secure, automated Apple device management, has announced two new product features designed to enhance visibility, compliance, and security of corporate Apple devices. </p>