Dennis Sellers

<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>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If  you’ve been hoping for an iPad with mouse support or a Mac with a touch interface, a new Apple patent filing (number 20180314291) is for “transitioning between modes of input” including “a mouse-based interface, and a low-resolution input mode, such as a touch-based interface.”</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f9e8ccc2-dd84-11e8-9f04-38d397e6661c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Financial Times</em></a><em> </em>(a subscription is required to read the article), Apple may invest in iHeartMedia to drive more users to Apple Music.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://slickdeals.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Slickdeals</span></a>, a crowdsourced shopping platform, asked 1,000 iPhone users and 1,000 Android users about their unique behaviors, lifestyle choices, personality traits, and spending habits. They found that iPhone uses spend about $101 each month on tech purchases.</p>