Dennis Sellers

<p>It’s easy to find the email you need in macOS High Sierra. When you use the Mail in full screen , new messages automatically open in split view, so it’s easy to refer to other messages in your inbox as you write. </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>Apple has bought Auckland technology company PowerbyProxi, an Auckland, New Zealand tech company, for an undisclosed sum, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/98190457/apple-buys-nzs-powerb-proxi" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Stuff</em> report</a>. Apple engineering chief Dan Riccio says the "team will be a great addition as Apple works to create a wireless future,” the article adds. </p>

<p><em>AWT </em>contributing editor, Marty Edwards, and his wife Ruby are at the JAMF conference in Minnesota and will be reporting on it with frequent updates.</p>

<p>Apple says it will have a limited supply of iPhone X models for walk-in customers on Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 a.m. local time. If supply is as limited as I suspect, you might want to camp out in front of your local store — today!</p>

<p>Apple places number six on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/green-power-partnership-national-top-100" rel="noopener noreferrer">Green Power Partnership Top 100 list</a>, which represents the largest green power users within the Green Power Partnership.</p>

<p>In case you simply can’t get enough predictions on how many iPhone X units Apple will sell,<em> </em><a target="_blank" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Apple-to-settle-for-half-its-planned-iPhone-X-shipments-this-year" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Nikkei Asian Review</em></a> — quoting unnamed sources — predicts that only 20 million models of the next gen iPhone will ship this year. That’s about half of what was planned. the article says.</p>

<p>Apple has been granted a patent (number 9,799,139) for “accurate image alignment to a 3D model.” It involves the company’s ARKit and 3D maps of street-level images.</p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.albertsons.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Albertsons Companies</a> has announced that Apple Pay is now available in all banners and more than 2,300 stores nationwide. </p>

<p>As noted at Apple's developer <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=10232017a" rel="noopener noreferrer">webpage</a>, Apple Pay has gone “live” in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. This brings the number of supported countries to 20. </p>

<p>You can take a Live Photo during a FaceTime call with macOS High Sierra. Just clickand the Live Photo is saved to your Photos app. The Live Photos feature of recent iPhones is a lot of fun. It captures 1.5 seconds of movement surrounding a 12-megapixel still image (think the “moving newspaper" photos in the Harry Potter films).</p>

<p>Qoppa Software's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.qoppa.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PDF Studio 12</a> is a solid update of its all-in-one PDF editing software for macOS. The latest version adds features including PDF Imposition, Scanning Configuration, Excel to PDF Conversion, Page Resize, and 4K Display Support.</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>Apple spent $1.86 million in lobbying expenditures in the third quarter of 2017, a 74% increase from $1.07 million from the same period in 2016, according to a new report from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.consumerwatchdog.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Consumer Watchdog</a>, a nonprofit organization dedicated “to providing an effective voice for taxpayers and consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government and politics.”</p>

<p>New York City’s transit system is replacing the MetroCard with the ability for passengers to pay with mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, reports <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/nyregion/metrocard-subway-new-york.html?_r=0" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The New York Times</em></a>.</p>