Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple <a href="https://support.apple.com/homepod-event-july-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has announced</a> that it will be holding a live chat with HomePod specialists on Wednesday, July 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Pacific).</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,028,397) for an “electronic device with liquid-resistant SIM tray and audio module,” which shows that it’s working on further ways to make iPhones and iPads even more water resistant.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Omni Group's <a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">OmniFocus</a> is a handy task management tool for macOS, iOS, and the Apple Watch. And they work together.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Macs and PCs use different file systems, which can make it tricky to put data from your Mac on a flash or hard drive and give it to a Windows user. Tricky, but not impossible. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">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 style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Since Steve and I can’t cover everything, at the end of each week day, we’ll offer this wrap-up of news items you should check out.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple offering a “summertime savings” promo for Apple Pay users. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Passware, Inc. — a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, law enforcement organizations, government agencies, and private investigators — has released <a href="https://www.passware.com/kit-forensic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Passware Kit Forensic 2018 v1</a>. The new version leverages advanced methods to decrypt the new Apple Files System (APFS) disks, which include memory analysis and leaked passwords dictionary, according to CEO Dmitry Sumin.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Maclocks has announced an anti-theft solution for the new MacBook Pro 2018 with Touch Bar models that’s compatible with other models as well.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">With Apple touting the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement and Microsoft offering a 15-inch Surface Book, would there be a market for a 15-inch iPad Pro (an “iPad Pro Plus”)?</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Earlier this week <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2018/7/15/apple-cocoons-butterfly-switches-on-new-macbook-pros-with-a-thin-silicon-barrier" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iFixIt disassembled one of the new MacBook Pros</a> and found that Apple has cocooned their butterfly switches in a thin, silicone barrier.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A federal judge in Australia says that $9 million penalty imposed on Apple for deceiving Australian customers is “loose change” and unlikely to deter future misconduct, reports <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/loose-change-judge-suggests-apple-could-recoup-9m-penalty-in-minutes-20180719-p4zset.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald</em></a>.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple doesn’t want you to get sunburned. And a new patent filing (number 20180202927) by the tech giant shows how it plans for its smartwatch to be used to prevent just that.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Gruber, one of the original Siri co-founders, has departed Apple, where he was recently the head of Siri’s Advanced Development group, according to <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/siris-last-remaining-cofounder-is-out-at-apple" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Information</em></a>. The company’s head of search, Vipul Ved Prakash, has also left the tech giant.</p>