Dennis Sellers

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today Apple announced new iPad Pros, a new Apple Pencil, a new MacBook Air, and a new Mac mini. I was pleased with the announcements — and surprised by some of them.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Blackmagic Design has announced the <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20181031-01" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Blackmagic eGPU Pro</span></a>, a new external graphics processor featuring the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics processor. It’s the follow-up to the Blackmagic eGPU that was introduced in July. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.labcorp.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LabCorp</a>, a global life sciences company, says it now supports Health Records on iPhone. This feature is designed to make it easy for LabCorp patients to access their LabCorp laboratory test results, along with other available medical data from multiple providers, whenever they choose.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has released Shortcuts 2.1, an update of its iOS productivity app.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has posted watchOS 5.1, tvOS 12.1, and HomePod 12.1.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with iOS 12.1, Apple has released macOS Mojave 10.14.1; both add support for Group FaceTime.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Darn, I didn’t get the mouse support I wanted, but Apple has introduced, as expected, a new iPad Pro with all-screen design and next-generation performance. The all-new design pushes 11-inch and 12.9-inch Liquid Retina displays to the edges of iPad Pro and integrates Face ID to securely unlock the iPad with a glance.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple’s online store is down ahead of the company’s “There’s more in the making” event. It will be held Tuesday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m. (Eastern) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Howard Gilman Opera House. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple has been granted a patent (number 10,112,528) for an “exterior lighting and warning system” for an automobile.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tomorrow is Halloween. To celebrate I’ve come up with five macOS and five iOS apps to celebrate the scary day.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The new Measure app in iOS 12 lets you use augmented reality (AR) technology to turn your iOS device into a tape measure. You can quickly gauge the size of objects, automatically detect the dimensions of rectangular objects, and save a photo of the measurement for later.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday Apple announced new iPad Pros, a new Apple Pencil, a new MacBook Air, and a new Mac mini. I was pleased with the announcements, but shocked at what wasn’t announced. Here are my thoughts:</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Halloween is almost here. And <em>MacGame HQ</em> has rounded up the <a href="https://www.macgamerhq.com/guides/best-horror-games-for-mac/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=looking_for_a_scary_game_to_play_for_halloween_these_are_the_top_horror_games_for_mac&utm_term=2018-10-29" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Top 10 scary Mac games</a>. Do you prefer first-person, top-down, story-driven or action-packed games? No problem; these 10 games cover most genres and play styles.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">iOS 12.1 will be available Tuesday, Oct. 30, bringing Group FaceTime and more than 70 new emoji to the iPhone and iPad. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple is investigating allegations that one of its suppliers illegally used high school students to assemble its watches at a factory in China, reports <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/tech/apple-supply-chain-china/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>CNN</em></a>.</p>