Steve Sande

<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>While DigiTimes isn't exactly one of the most accurate sources for information about Apple's plans, the website does have supply chain sources that cue it in to details about what's happening at Apple's manufacturing plants and the suppliers that feed those plants. DigiTimes today reported that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20160614PD210.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">orders for a new, second-generation Apple Watch have been "rather agressive,"</a> with Apple looking at ship rates as high as 2 million units per month.</p>

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<p>Wow, we not only have a deal for you today, but <em>three</em> deals! Here at Apple World Today, we're big fans of [Fuse]Chicken, the company that makes products (Bobine, Armour, Blackout and Titan) that use steel shielding to create incredibly strong and tangle-free charging cables. Our three deals today include the <a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/armour-charge-steel-charging-cable-2m?skipPrompt=true?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=armour-charge-steel-charging-cable-2m?skipPrompt=true_061516" rel="noopener noreferrer">Armour Charge 2-meter Steel Charging Cable for $32.95</a> (regularly $44.95), the <a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/armour-travel-steel-charging-keychain?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=armour-travel-steel-charging-keychain_061516" rel="noopener noreferrer">Armour Travel Charging Keychain for $29.99</a> (normally $39.95), and the <a target="_blank" href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/armour-loop-charging-cable?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=armour-loop-charging-cable_061516" rel="noopener noreferrer">Armour Loop Charging iOS Cable for $19.95</a> (usually $29.95).</p>

<p>Back at the end of February, Apple World Today featured a review of a gorgeous new wooden case for iPhones from the folks at Pad & Quill. The <a target="_blank" href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2016/2/29/pad-quill-woodline-iphone-case-elegant-high-tech" rel="noopener noreferrer">Woodline case</a> has been a rousing success for the company, as well as the case that I've had on my iPhone 6s Plus for most of 2016. If there's one thing I wanted from the Woodline, it was a bit more protection. Pad & Quill's new <a target="_blank" href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=868444&u=1170474&m=54540&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="noopener noreferrer">Timberline cases</a> (US$39.95) are perfect in that respect, adding a tough polycarbonate case to the beautiful wood found on the Woodline. Here's Brian "Mr. PQ" Holmes to tell you about the case:</p>

<p>Every computing device made by Apple uses a file system to read and write data. Currently, most Mac users are familiar with the term HFS+, where the HFS stands for Hierarchical File System. That file system has been around for almost 30 years in both Unix and OS X, so it's not particularly engineered for today's devices -- from Apple Watch to Mac Pro. So Apple has announced a new file system -- Apple File System or APFS -- that will be part of all devices in the future, shipping on all starting in 2017. macOS Sierra will provide most Mac users with their first close-up look at APFS.</p>

<p>Apple developers often find that writing and testing an app is easier than actually getting the app approved by Apple. The company has a set of strict App Review Guidelines that are incredibly difficult to read through. So yesterday at the end of the Apple Design Award ceremony, the company announced that <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/" rel="noopener noreferrer">it's made the App Review Guidelines a lot easier to digest by turning them into a comic book</a> (link to the Apple App Review page).</p>

<p>Swift has been widely adopted by developers in the two years since it was introduced, and since it was made an open source project by Apple, the language knows no bounds -- it can be used on a number of platforms, not just those made by Apple. Today, Apple announced <a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swift Playgrounds</a>, a free iPad app to teach kids of any age basic coding skills in Swift.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Today's announcements at WWDC 2016 focused more on iOS than any other platform, and for good reason -- iOS is Apple's bread and butter these days. iOS 10 is going to add power across the board in so many ways, so let's get right down to details.</p><p>Availability</p><p>Developers can get a preview of iOS 10 beginning today at <a target="_blank" href="http://developer.apple.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">developer.apple.com</a>, and a <a target="_blank" href="http://beta.apple.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">public beta opens to all users in July</a>. The free upgrade will be generally available this fall as a free update for iPhone 5 and later, iPad Air and iPad Pro, iPad 4th generation, iPad mini 2 and later, and iPod touch 6th generation. A <a target="_blank" href="http://apple.com/ios/ios10-preview" rel="noopener noreferrer">preview of many of the features of iOS 10</a> is available on Apple's website. </p>

<p>OK, during the past week I've made at least two tweets in which I said I wouldn't make any predictions about the WWDC keynote. But I'm sorry, I have been an Apple geek since 1984, I attended many of the WWDC events in the early 1990s, and I have a vested interest in the continuing success of the company -- both as a business owner and as a shareholder. So here are my predictions for the upcoming keynote:</p>

<p>Many past and present Apple World Today staffers are fans of Softorino's <a target="_blank" href="http://softorino.com/store?source=appleworldtoday" rel="noopener noreferrer">WALTR</a>, an OS X (or shall we call it macOS?) app that speedily converts and transfers any video or music file over to your iPhone or iPad. Now AWT readers can get an exclusive 30% discount on any WALTR license!</p>

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<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">I’m teaching a class on Mac basics at University of Texas Informal Classes and It freaks me out that not a single one of my students knew you <em>could</em> customize the Toolbar and Sidebar. And that’s a shame since they’re two powerful features that have been around since time immemorial and are common to all Finder windows in all versions of OS X.</p>

<p>Intel, which has been suffering lately due to its lack of focus on the mobile market and its dependence on the declining PC market, just got a boost today with a report from Bloomberg stating that the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-10/intel-said-to-get-chip-order-from-apple-first-major-mobile-win" rel="noopener noreferrer">AT&T and general GSM versions of the upcoming iPhone 7 will use Intel LTE modems</a> rather than the Qualcomm units used in the existing handsets.</p>

<p>The most popular camera in the world at the present time is the iPhone. Yes, if you take all of the various models of iPhone and look at the total number of photos uploaded by them to services like Flickr, they're way out in front of every other type of camera. But sometimes that single little lens on the back of the iPhone just isn't what you need to take the creative photo you're looking for. That's where the <a href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/acesori-5-piece-smartphone-camera-lens-kit-w-cleaning-cloth-carrying-pouch?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=acesori-5-piece-smartphone-camera-lens-kit-w-cleaning-cloth-carrying-pouch_061016"><strong>Acesori 5-piece Smartphone Camera Lens Kit</strong></a> comes in handy, and we have it for just $9.99 in the Apple World Today Deals Shop.  </p>