Steve Sande

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">MacBooks are wonderful, but your neck can get incredibly sore if you use them on a desktop without a stand — looking down all the time can put stress on your neck muscles and cause pain. That’s why the geniuses at Rain Design came up with the <a href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/mbar-pro-foldable-laptop-stand-silver-2?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=mbar-pro-foldable-laptop-stand-silver-2_102418&utm_term=scsf-303509&utm_content=a0x1a000003oA4e&scsonar=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>mBar Pro and Pro+ Foldable Laptop Stands</strong></a>, perfect for placing your MacBook or MacBook Pro at precisely the right height for comfortable viewing. It’s on sale in the Apple World Today Deals Shop for $46.90, 14% off the regular $55 price.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, with nearly 2,000 Apple IT administrators from around the globe in attendance, Jamf kicked off its 2018 Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC). Jamf, which specializes in Apple ecosystem management, announced its latest version of Jamf Pro and updates from strategic partners Microsoft and SAP.</p>

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<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s been a while, but finally I’m going to be on the British Tech Network’s “The Mac Show” tomorrow (Friday, October 19). The show goes live at 4 PM BST (that’s 8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT) and you can watch (and chat) by pointing your web browser of choice to <a href="https://www.britishtechnetwork.com/LIVE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.britishtechnetwork.com/LIVE</a>. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I love creating automated sequences on my Mac to execute repetitive multi-step tasks with a single keystroke. In the old days I used QuicKeys (may it rest in peace). Since QuicKeys’ untimely demise many years ago, I have relied on Keyboard Maestro to automate dozens of repetitive tasks on my Mac.</p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning on taking a long international flight in the near future, but you’re worried about whether or not the onboard power plugs will be working (hint: they usually don’t work, at least for me)? mophie has a great new product that’s available from its website, Apple.com, and some Apple stores that will keep you going: the <a href="http://www.mophie.com/shop/powerstation-USBC-3XL" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">powerstation USB-C 3XL</a> (US$199.95) is a small battery pack with a big capacity.</p>

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<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Many of the Mac keyboards we use everyday have some rather boring attributes; they’re flat and sleek, but that’s about it. Backlighting is limited only to the MacBook Pro line, and it has an uncanny resemblance to that place where Jony Ive makes his videos — it gives off a white glow. If you want a keyboard that has the wonderful feel of a mechanical keyboard and that has a variety of colorful backlight options, look no further than the <a href="https://taptek.vinpok.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Vinpok Taptek Mechanical Keyboard</strong></a> (US$199, only $89 to early-bird supporters on Kickstarter). </p>

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Apple World Today team loves Jamf, the best way to secure and manage Apple devices. With Apple’s recent releases — the new iPhone Xs and Xs Max, iOS 12, macOS 10.14 Mojave, and the upcoming iPhone Xr — it’s sometimes difficult to keep up with the updates and installations that keep your devices up to date and healthy. <a href="https://www.stackmedia.io/?utm_source=3a0b0cv3421&utm_medium=1a0b0cp175&pub_id=977&utm_content=100" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Jamf Now</strong></a> solves these issues without needing IT experience or a computer science background.</p>

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<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tangible Tech podcaster and AWT blogger/editor Steve Sande is not only a science and tech guy, but he’s a licensed drone pilot. When he’s out flying, one of the common questions he gets from bystanders is “How the (#&$ do those things fly without having wings, a rudder, and that other stuff you see on airplanes?”</p><p style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://anchor.fm/tangible-tech/episodes/Tangible-Tech-Episode-7-Drones-101--or-How-do-those-things-stay-in-the-air-e2d2b3">I</a><a href="https://anchor.fm/tangible-tech/episodes/Tangible-Tech-Episode-7-Drones-101--or-How-do-those-things-stay-in-the-air-e2d2b3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">n this episode of the Tangible Tech podcast</a>, Steve explains how quadcopters (those drones you see just about everywhere) are able not only to take off and land, but do some pretty amazing maneuvers as well.</p>

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<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have — or if you’ve been thinking about getting — a MacBook Pro, the one thing you need to look out for is dongle overload. That’s what happens when you need one USB-C dongle to connect to an HDMI monitor, another to connect to Ethernet, a third to read SD and micro-SD cards, another to adapt to older USB devices, and so on… With this $39.99 <a href="https://deals.appleworld.today/sales/6-in-1-usb-c-hub-for-macbook-pro?utm_source=appleworld.today&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=6-in-1-usb-c-hub-for-macbook-pro_101018&utm_term=scsf-302524&utm_content=a0x1a000003o6N1&scsonar=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>6-in-1 USB-C Hub for MacBook Pro</strong></a>, you won’t need to carry a backpack full of dongles with you. </p>

<p style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week I told you about some of my favorite new macOS Mojave features—the new screenshot keyboard shortcut Command + Shift + 5; Markup tools everywhere; and Continuity Camera. They’re just the tip of the iceberg.</p>