Dennis Sellers

<p><a href="https://neatorobotics.com/robot-vacuum/botvac-d-series/botvac-connected/">Neato’s Wi-Fi enabled Botvac Connected robot vacuum</a> can be controlled with your Apple Watch. That’s cool, but it’s only one of the cool things about this robo-vacummer, which can be controlled from Apple and Android smartwatches. </p>

<p>WaterField Designs has yet to disappoint me with one of its products. This includes the elegant, leather <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sfbags.com/products/atelier-macbook-folio-sleeve" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atelier Folio </a>for the 2016 rev of the 12-inch MacBook (though it works just fine with the 2015 model).</p>

<p>On a regular basis, <em>Apple World Today</em> posts a list of notable new apps or app updates that have been released. They may not necessarily be new, but they're popular and deserve mention. Here are today's picks.</p>

<p>Bracketron has announced the $29.99 <a href="http://www.bracketron.com/products/tekgrip-power-dock#.VzYTUuSUZ8s">TekGrip Power Dock</a>, a hands-free mounting option for drivers that includes dual charging capabilities. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.booqbags.com/us/home">booq</a> has released a new brief for business travelers, the $295 <a href="http://www.booqbags.com/collections/laptop-bags-for-13-15-inch-macbook-pro/products/saddle-pro-expandable-business-laptop-bag-15-16-laptop">Saddle Pro</a>, which has an expandable design and quick-access pockets to keep important items — such as passports and an iPad — within easy reach. </p>

<p>U-Play Online has announced Youtubers Life, a mixture of two genres, life sim and tycoon. It’s launching simultaneously for the Mac and Windows systems on <a target="_blank" href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/428690/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steam</a>. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.ikpress.com/r.html?uid=1.n6.btw.b8f.lbnwlcshk5">IK Multimedia</a> has released <a href="http://www.ikpress.com/r.html?uid=1.n6.btw.b8f.lbnwlcshk5">T-RackS Saturator X</a>, a new T-RackS digital signal processor module designed to impart the color, flavor and saturation effects of classic analog audio processing gear to digital recordings.</p>

<p>The Apple World Today team (aka Northside Church) now has two wins and two losses on the second night of our coed softball season.</p>

<p>Following myriad complaints that iOS 9.3.2 bricks some 9.7-inch iPad Pro models, Apple has pulled the iOS 9.3.2 update. For owners of 9.7-inch iPad Pros who haven’t installed the update, iOS 9.3.1 is now listed as the most current version of iOS 9 available.</p>

<p>AirBeamTV has became up Mirror for Samsung TV for Mac OS X. It allows you o wirelessly mirror the screen of a Mac directly on any Samsung Smart TV without the need for any additional hardware. </p>

<p>A report from <a href="http://macrumors.com">MacRumors.com</a> says that the upcoming version of OS X that will be previewed at next month’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference will allow you to unlock a Mac via Touch ID on an iPhone.</p>

<p>While Apple CEO Tim Cook was revealing his business plans in India, a top Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, was in Rajasthan this week, visiting "solar mamas" and the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, a rural, non-profit school that makes extensive use of iPads, <a target="_blank" href="https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-top-executive-visits-solar-092803326.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports IANS</a>.</p>

<p>My feelings about Apple’s 12-inch MacBook — <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2015/8/12/considering-the-12-inch-macbook-as-a-laptop-for-students?rq=MacBook" rel="noopener noreferrer">see my review here</a> — haven’t changed since its debut last year: it’s a great “secondary” Mac, but not a desktop replacement. </p>

<p>Sometimes it can be handy to record video directly into iMovie. To do so, start a new project and open the Import window by clicking the Import button in the toolbar. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://macitbetter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacItBetter's BetterZip 3</a> is a handy Mac OS X solution for archiving. One of the coolest features is Direct Mode, which speeds up working with large archives by making archive preparation and recompression obsolete.</p>