Steve Sande

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<p><span>With the Apple Watch preview coming this Friday, Apple Stores will begin offering fitting appointments. According to </span><a target="_blank" href="http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/30/apple-watch-faq-preorders-try-on-appointments/" rel="noopener noreferrer">9to5Mac's Apple Watch Appointment FAQ</a><span>, appointments can be booked through Apple.com or through the </span><a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-store/id375380948?mt=8" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Store app</a><span>. I imagine that the process will be similar to that used to book Genius Bar appointments. An Apple sales representative I spoke to earlier today confirmed that an Apple ID will be required in order to book an appointment.</span></p>

<p>It happens all the time - you're surfing the web and you find *the* article that you just have to keep for posterity. You could always bookmark the page for future reference, but sometimes articles are deleted or -- even worse -- changed beyond recognition when the author decides to backslide on his or her original opinion. In today's <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/?category=60-Second+Tips">60-Second Tip</a>, I'll show you just how easy it is to use Safari's Reading List feature to save complete web pages for offline reading or future reference.</p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">Maximize your personal productivity by working with limited time under intense supervision deep inside a secret location. </p><p><a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d7b120d8-da2b-11e4-ab32-00144feab7de.html#axzz3WXAB2gqW">Apple has been given hands-on Watch time to select app developers</a>, at the rate of about 20 per day. The Financial Times reports that the developers work under surveillance and are required to cover their phone cameras while in the facility.  </p>

<p><span>Recently, a number of accessory manufacturers have put their focus</span><span> towards Apple's laptops and created some innovative stands on which to place MacBooks for better desktop viewing. Today, Grovemade announced a stunning </span><a target="_blank" href="http://grovemade.com/product/walnut-laptop-stand/?initial=136" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laptop Stand</a><span> (US$119). </span></p>

<p style="margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px">"<span style="font-size:18px">The days of waiting in line and crossing fingers for a product are over for our customers."</span></p><p>Those are the words of Apple's retail chief Angela Ahrendts. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/angela-ahrendts-says-a-significant-change-in-mindset-to-launching-apple-watch-online-2015-4">In an internal memo acquired by Business Insider</a>, Ahrendts asks retail employees to steer customers away from brick-and-motar stores for the Watch launch by encouraging them to order online:</p>

<p>LaCie is a brand that’s probably quite familiar to Apple World Today readers, producing stylish storage products for Mac for years. Today I’m looking at the new <a href="https://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?id=10646">LaCie Rugged RAID</a> (US$419.99, available today), featuring up to 4 TB RAID 0 or 2 TB RAID 1 (mirrored) storage in an portable bus-powered enclosure designed to put up with shock, dust and even being splashed with water.</p>

<p><span>In the past, Apple Maps has provided reviews of points of interest from Yelp. While that's useful, Yelp reviews often don't provide the depth that is found in reviews from other sources. The Maps app has added reviews from two of those other sources -- Trip Advisor and Booking.com -- to a number of locations.</span></p>

<p><span>While you’re waiting for 12:01 AM PT on Friday, April 10 to roll around so that you can try to pre-order an Apple Watch online, why not spend a little time learning how to navigate around some of the features of the “most personal computer yet”? Apple has published the first three of ten initial </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/watch/guided-tours/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple Watch Guided Tour videos</a><span> to get buyers pointed in the right direction.</span></p>

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<p>Last week, <a href="https://appleworld.dreamhosters.com/blog/2015/3/23/accessible-apple-building-a-wheelchairbed-mounted-idevice-setup-part-1">I published part 1 of this series</a>, where I talked about choosing the right device, listed some of the advantages of enabling "Hey Siri", and suggested a battery pack for extended battery life and/or use with "Hey Siri" itself. This week, I'll look at some mounts and cases that we'll use to secure your iDevice in an optimal position for use from a wheelchair or bed.</p>

<p><span>The entire Apple World Today staff is made up of animal lovers, and there's nothing we like to hear more than someone adopting strays. Reader Patti Dahl sent us this photo of Tiny and the accompanying story:</span></p>

<p>Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today's notable apps include a discount on Snapheal for OS X, the new Rewind - Automatic Time Tracking app and a major update to Omnifocus . All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.</p>

<p><span>The answer to the question in the headline will be "in bed" for a most people, but for those who want to order an Apple Watch sight unseen, 12:01 AM PT (3:01 AM ET) will be the time when they'll be hunkered down over a Mac or iPhone trying to put in an order for the wearable.</span></p>

<p><span>With pre-orders and demos of the highly-anticipated Apple Watch only one week away (FINALLY!), several sources have acquired information on the cost of AppleCare+ for the newest member of the Apple family. AppleCare+ is going to be a good idea for this wrist-borne wonder, as accidental damage from swinging your arm into something -- a table, a car door, you name it -- is a very real possibility.</span></p>