Dennis Sellers

<p>WaterField Designs has yet to disappoint me with one of its products. This includes the elegant, leather <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sfbags.com/products/atelier-macbook-folio-sleeve" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atelier Folio </a>for the 2016 rev of the 12-inch MacBook (though it works just fine with the 2015 model).</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>Bracketron has announced the $29.99 <a href="http://www.bracketron.com/products/tekgrip-power-dock#.VzYTUuSUZ8s">TekGrip Power Dock</a>, a hands-free mounting option for drivers that includes dual charging capabilities. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.booqbags.com/us/home">booq</a> has released a new brief for business travelers, the $295 <a href="http://www.booqbags.com/collections/laptop-bags-for-13-15-inch-macbook-pro/products/saddle-pro-expandable-business-laptop-bag-15-16-laptop">Saddle Pro</a>, which has an expandable design and quick-access pockets to keep important items — such as passports and an iPad — within easy reach. </p>

<p>U-Play Online has announced Youtubers Life, a mixture of two genres, life sim and tycoon. It’s launching simultaneously for the Mac and Windows systems on <a target="_blank" href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/428690/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steam</a>. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.ikpress.com/r.html?uid=1.n6.btw.b8f.lbnwlcshk5">IK Multimedia</a> has released <a href="http://www.ikpress.com/r.html?uid=1.n6.btw.b8f.lbnwlcshk5">T-RackS Saturator X</a>, a new T-RackS digital signal processor module designed to impart the color, flavor and saturation effects of classic analog audio processing gear to digital recordings.</p>

<p>The Apple World Today team (aka Northside Church) now has two wins and two losses on the second night of our coed softball season.</p>

<p>Following myriad complaints that iOS 9.3.2 bricks some 9.7-inch iPad Pro models, Apple has pulled the iOS 9.3.2 update. For owners of 9.7-inch iPad Pros who haven’t installed the update, iOS 9.3.1 is now listed as the most current version of iOS 9 available.</p>

<p>AirBeamTV has became up Mirror for Samsung TV for Mac OS X. It allows you o wirelessly mirror the screen of a Mac directly on any Samsung Smart TV without the need for any additional hardware. </p>

<p>A report from <a href="http://macrumors.com">MacRumors.com</a> says that the upcoming version of OS X that will be previewed at next month’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference will allow you to unlock a Mac via Touch ID on an iPhone.</p>

<p>While Apple CEO Tim Cook was revealing his business plans in India, a top Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, was in Rajasthan this week, visiting "solar mamas" and the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, a rural, non-profit school that makes extensive use of iPads, <a target="_blank" href="https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-top-executive-visits-solar-092803326.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">reports IANS</a>.</p>

<p>My feelings about Apple’s 12-inch MacBook — <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2015/8/12/considering-the-12-inch-macbook-as-a-laptop-for-students?rq=MacBook" rel="noopener noreferrer">see my review here</a> — haven’t changed since its debut last year: it’s a great “secondary” Mac, but not a desktop replacement. </p>

<p>Sometimes it can be handy to record video directly into iMovie. To do so, start a new project and open the Import window by clicking the Import button in the toolbar. </p>

<p><a target="_blank" href="http://macitbetter.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">MacItBetter's BetterZip 3</a> is a handy Mac OS X solution for archiving. One of the coolest features is Direct Mode, which speeds up working with large archives by making archive preparation and recompression obsolete.</p>

<p>Over the years, I’ve collected lots of nifty T-shirts from trade shows I’ve covered — mainly the late, lamented Macworld Expos held in Boston, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, and Paris. Over the next few weeks I’ll be “modeling” some of the items in my collection.</p>