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By • 9:30 am, October 26, 2018 • • These tips will get you off to the best possible start with your new iPhone XR. Photo: Apple For many people, the iPhone XR will be radically different from previous iPhones. Despite this, the iPhone setup process hasn’t changed much. However, while you might find yourself on familiar ground, there are still plenty of little things you really ought to do before you fire up your new phone for the first time (or pretty soon thereafter). Let’s take a look at how to set up your new iPhone XR the right way. By • 9:00 am, October 26, 2018 • • • The HoverDock for Apple Watch is perfect for Nightstand mode. Photo: Courtesy of Just Mobile Keep your precious Apple Watch safe, charged, and scratch-free with Just Mobile’s low-profile and totally sleek HoverDock charging bed, available in the Cult of Mac for a modest $34.95. Visually stunning and truly functional in the same nature, Just Mobile’s charging bed is simple to use and more importantly an absolute steal.

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By • 8:20 am, October 26, 2018 • • The iPhone XR really is a great phone. Photo: Apple In recent years, the iPhone setup process has changed as dramatically as the iPhones themselves. Apple just keeps making it easier to do. So easy, in fact, that there are just a few things you need to do to move from your old iPhone to a new one.

And setting up a new iPhone XR from scratch isn’t much harder — gone are the days of manually copying passwords just to get to the home screen. There are still a few tricks, though, that will help things run smoothly. Here’s how to set up your new iPhone XR the right way. By • 7:42 am, October 26, 2018 • Robbery comes shortly after massive crime spree targeting Apple Stores. Photo: Upwards of $150,000 worth of Macs, iPads, and Apple Watches was stolen this week from a Best Buy stores in Peoria, Illinois. The theft took place overnight on Wednesday.

It was noticed by the manager early the following day, who filed a report with the Peoria Police Department. Benefits of dating an army man net meeting for mac. The theft is described by Lt. Mike Boland, who leads the department’s detective bureau, as one of the largest heists in terms of dollar value in recent memory. By • 7:14 am, October 26, 2018 • • Thinking the iPhone XR would have been worth the wait?

Photo: Apple The early reviews for the camera on the iPhone XR have been impressive – and that has a few who purchased the iPhone XS wishing they had waited a few weeks. Apple, trying to accommodate more budget-minded consumers, announced the mid-range iPhone XR for $799 at the same time it unveiled the more expensive iPhone XS and XS Max. The XS line was available on Sept. 21 while the XR, not quite ready for shelves then, went on sale today.

Simple steps for reversing order I found this to be the simplest method to put the podcasts in the order I wanted them, which was oldest at the top, newest at the bottom (though you can put them in any order you want to). In iTunes, select Podcasts under your Library. When the Podcasts open, click on the 'Release Date' column. It will toggle back and forth placing your podcast in order either from oldest to newest, or newest to oldest. If the little triangle arrow is pointing up, they are in order oldest to newest, which you can verify simply by looking at the dates. If there is no release date column you can use the right button on the mouse to add it.

Create a New Playlist in your iPod. You can name it anything, but an easy option is to simply name it the same name as your Podcast name. Go back to your iTunes Podcast list (verify they are still in the order you want them), and use the mouse to block select all the podcasts you want to put in the playlist. Free download vga drivers software.