19/5/2017 0 Comments Another update iPad, iPhone - and to your Mac and Apple Watch. We can help you with that!This week has seen another set of updates to the operating systems for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch. All of the updates - iOS 10.3.2, MacOS 10.12.5, watchOS 3.2.2, and tvOS 10.3 - bring some fixes and security updates, but no new features. As usual, it is best to download and install these updates, as they keep you safe from security breaches. Here is a Macworld article on this topic: How up to date is your device? Is it protected from malicious attacks?Apple's regular updates of operating systems iOS and MacOS can be hard to keep up with. Microsoft also regularly updates the Windows operating system. For many iTandCoffee clients, limited internet plans makes it almost impossible to 'afford' the data required by these updates. Added to that issue is that updates / upgrades can sometimes go wrong - what do you do if this happens. All of the above mean that many users of technology are hesitant about proceeding with updates on their own. Unfortunately, this can leave them vulnerable to malicious attacks like those described in the press recently, where downloading of a file from and email (or clicking link in an email) led the thousands of computers being infected with 'ransomware'.
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21/5/2016 0 Comments Updates galore this week - for the iPad, iPhone, Mac, iTunes, Apple Watch and Apple TV (including a warning about iTunes)You may have already seen that little '1' appear on your Settings app on your iPad or iPhone - indicating to you that there is an Apple iOS update, ready and waiting for you to download and install. Perhaps you have seen that message appear on your Mac, advising of an available update to your Mac. What's changed on the iPad and iPhone, and is it safe to update?Here is a 'screenshot' of the updates listed for the latest iOS update for our iPads and iPhones, iOS 9.3.2. I have not seen issues reported for the majority of devices. However, problems have definitely been reported for the new iPad Pro 9.7in, with some users reporting that their devices have been 'bricked' by the update, rendering them un-usable. Hopefully this hasn't impacted any iTandCoffee clients. Apple has overnight 'pulled' the update for these devices (so you shouldn't see any update available to you at the moment on these devices). I have already updated to iOS 9.3.2 on my own devices, and not encountered any issues. So, unless you have a new iPad Pro, go ahead with your update - by going to Settings -> General -> Software Update, and choosing Download and Install or Install (depending on which you see there). What has changed on the Mac, and is it safe to update?I have to confess that I haven't yet updated my Macs to OS X 10.11.5. I will do so during next week and will report next time on my findings. I have not seen any major issues reported online in the last few days since this was update released. I'll leave it with readers to decide if they want to 'take the plunge'. Major potential issue with using the new iTunes version, 12.4There have been reports that a bug in this new version of iTunes has caused some users' entire iTunes libraries to be wiped. Here is an article about this.Unfortunately, my iTunes has automatically updated - so I already have this version of iTunes installed. Here's hoping I don't lose my own library. Apparently it has not happened widely, but the article says that Apple has actually acknowledged that there is a problem - something that is very unusual for Apple, and meaning that the problem may be occurring for quite a few users.
If it does impact you, here's hoping you have a backup! Apple is busily working on a fix for this problem, so hopefully we will see this soon. Little consolation for those who have lost their library and don't have a backup. Apple has today released software updates for both iOS (ie for iPhones and iPads), and for OS X (ie for Mac computers running Yosemite). If you are not in a rush to try out these new updates, perhaps wait a couple of days - just in case there are any gremlins not ironed out before the release! It is safer to let others (like me!) find these issues, and then decide if you want to proceed with the update - once you hear the feedback. Here are the articles I have just 'scooped' about the upgrades to iOS and OS X |
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