Dennis Sellers

<p>The utilities in macOS Sierra’s macOS Recovery can help you restore from Time Machine, reinstall macOS, get help online, repair or erase a hard disk, and more.</p>

<p>If you're a Creative Cloud or Creative Suite user, you should check out Code Line's Art View 2, a Quick Look enhancement that offers "quick answers to common questions."</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 released the sixth iOS 10.3.3 beta and the sixth macOS 10.12.6 beta. They’re available in both developer and public betas. </p>

<p>Apple is working on a solution for publishers that send their articles and content to its News app but so far have gotten very little in return, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://adage.com/article/digital/apple-explores-ways-publishers-sell-ads-news-app/309644/" rel="noopener noreferrer">AdAge</a>, quoting unnamed “people familiar with the plans.”</p>

<p>Bomb Defense has been released as one of the first games through the new Steam Direct program that replaced Steam Greenlight. The game is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bit.ly/2tsTDwf" rel="noopener noreferrer">now available </a>for Mac, Windows and Linux systems for $3.99 until July 12. After this date, it will be $4.99. </p>

<p>Apple’s new Cupertino, California headquarters — a a $5 billion, four-story, 2.8 million-square-foot ring that can be seen from space and that locals call the spaceship — “has already helped transform the surrounding area,” according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/realestate/commercial/apples-park-silicon-valley-cupertino-sunnyvale.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Times</a>.</p>

<p>A report from <em>Reuters</em> claims that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-tax-idUSKBN19P220" rel="noopener noreferrer">two sources</a> within the Trump administration have filed with the European Union General Court to opposition the $14.8 billion mandate by the European Commission against Apple. One of the two sources claims the appeals court will heard the case in late 2018.</p>

<p>Apple wants to help you improve your golf game. The company has been granted a patent (number 9,697,540) for “golf score, marketing, and reporting system and method of operation.”</p>

<p>If you are looking for a keyboard less case for your 9.7-inch iPad, your search is over. This case has it all: the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gear4.com/gear4-buckingham-for-ipad-air-2-black-27404.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gear 4 Buckingham</a>, but a better name may be “simply genius” because that would describe this case perfectly.</p>

<p>Need to change your email address in macOS Sierra’s Mail app? It’s easy. With Mail open, click “Mail” in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Click Accounts, then Preferences.</p>

<p>Apple's decision to order Westpac Banking Corp. — an Australian bank and financial-services provider headquartered in Sydney — to disable a mobile banking feature that let customers make payments in chat apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger has caught the attention of the <a href="http://www.accc.gov.au/">Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)</a> over concerns it could be attempting to remove rivals to its own upcoming service, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.afr.com/technology/mobiles-and-tablets/apple/accc-to-question-apple-on-westpac-chat-app-payments-ban-20170630-gx200p" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Financial Review</em></a>.</p>

<p>In a note to clients — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.streetinsider.com/Analyst+Comments/KGIs+Kuo+Lists+10+Predictions+for+the+New+Apple+%28AAPL%29+iPhone/13065605.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">StreetInsider</a> — KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo lists his 10 predictions for the new Apple iPhone models coming this year. One of those forecasts is that Touch ID will completely disappear from OLED “iPhone 8s” (shown in a fanciful mock-up).</p>

<p>According to the latest market share survey from <a target="_blank" href="http://netmarkeshare.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">NetMarketShare</a>, the market share for both macOS and iOS was up last month.</p>

<p>Apple wants to make it easier for programmers to include animations in their apps. The company has been granted a patent (number 20170186211) for “automatic animation generation.”</p>