Dennis Sellers

<p>Apple's computer line continues to increase its share of the personal computer market. What's more, the Mac has set a new record in the United States.</p>

<p>The latest smartphone sales data from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kantarworldpanel.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kantar Worldpanel ComTech</a> for the three months ending August 2015 shows the U.S. market share for the iOS at its lowest point since August 2014, as consumers waited for the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus to become available in September.</p>

<p>Apple has released an update of iMovie for iOS devices that can edit 4K video, which the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus can record. However, iMovie for OS X El Capitan hasn't received a similar upgrade. Also, what's (not) up with all of Apple's iWork apps?</p>

<p>If you need to record and edit voice memos on your Mac, there's no easier tool for doing so than <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1koPkZu" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mementum</a> from AllGoritm. It lets you record vocal memos, then sort your recordings by categories. You can also write accompanying text notes. With version 1.1 it adds new keyboard shortcuts and interface improvements.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple has updated iBooks on iOS and Mac OS X and iBooks Author for Mac OS X. iBooks is an ebook app that allows you to read publications purchased at the iBookstore. iBooks Author lets you create iBooks textbooks (as well as other types of books) for the iPad and Mac.</p>

<p>Apple is continuing its shopping spree. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/nl3udvg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bloomberg</a>, the company has scooped up Perceptio, a startup developing technology to let companies run advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems on smartphones without needing to share as much user data.</p>

<p>iOS 9 added a News app (think of it as Apple's version of Flipbook and Zite). A companion app for Mac OS X El Capitan would seem like a natural, but it's nowhere to be found. </p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.strategyanalytics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Strategy Analytics</a> says there is "immense opportunity" for new and replacement sales of tablets, reversing a four percent decline in shipments in 2015 to seven percent growth in 2016. Part of that growth will be due to Apple's iPad Pro and other, "super-sized" tablets, according to the research group.</p>

<p>St. Clair Software's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Default Folder X</a> — one of my favorite Mac utilities — won't work with OS X El Capitan's System Integrity Protection feature enabled. To allow Default Folder X to run, you can disable System Integrity Protection — or wait until Default Folder is released (it's coming "soon," according to the folks at St. Clair Software.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Apple has given us a watch. Will it give us an Apple Ring? The company has filed an application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for "devices and methods for a ring computing device."</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">watchOS 2 allows you to easily add Apple Pay support in the Wallet app in watchOS 2. This gives you the ability to use merchant rewards and store-issued credit and debit cards on your Apple Watch.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/ow2dpx9" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yellow Lemon Software's FolderGlance</a>, a utility for browsing files and folders, is still a solid addition to your Mac's software arsenal after all these years. With version 3.0.5, it's able to resolve aliases on Mac OS X Yosemite. Alias handling on older Mac OS X releases has also been improved.</p>

<p>Approximately 97.9% of the total population in Japan now owns at least one personal computer, according to a survey by <em>Kakaku</em>, which provides price, products and other information of merchandise and services including PCs, home electronics, broadband and mobile phone telecommunication fees, food, drink, interiors and cosmetics. That's up 1.8 percentage points year-over-year.</p>

<p>Network-1 Technologies — which "works with inventors and patent owners to assist in the development and monetization of their patented technologies" — says United States District Judge Robert Schroeder III of the Eastern District of Texas has issued an order denying a motion made by Apple to certify for appeal the court's prior ruling denying Apple's motion for summary judgment.</p>

<p>Apple says it's sold more than 13 million new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone-6s/" rel="noopener noreferrer">iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus models</a> just three days after launch. That's a new record, beating the 10 million units sold in the launch weekend of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.</p>