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Apple special event possible in October as iOS 12.1 beta references ‘iPad2018Fall’

“Apple’s release of iOS 12.1 earlier today has already given us a peek at a new feature: Memoji syncing. In that article, I suggested that this feature would make sense with the release of new iPads with a TrueDepth camera system later this year,” Guilherme Rambo reports for 9to5Mac. “Currently, Memoji is only supported on the iPhone – but adding support to the iPad would mean users would want to…

Signs point to another Apple special event in October

Apple’s “Gather Round” event on “September 12 came and went. We heard about the amazing new features of the Apple Watch Series 4 (even if they’re not available yet) and the trifurcation of the iPhone X into XR, XS, and the unfortunately named XS Max,” David Gewirtz writes for ZDNet. “But no new iPads. No new Mac mini. No new MacBook or MacBook Air. No new EarPods. And where the heck is the…

How to fix messed up Safari bookmark sync

“iCloud has a feature that lets you sync your Safari bookmarks across your Macs, iPhones, and iPads,” Glenn Fleishman writes for Macworld.

“However, Macworld reader Mark has a tale that sounds nearly appropriate for Halloween: disappearing and haunted bookmarks: ‘I upgraded my MacBook recently and transferred everything across surprisingly easy. After a few weeks, the bookmarks…

Some macOS High Sierra iMessage users report significant delivery delays

“A bug affecting a number of macOS High Sierra users can result in significant delays for receipt of iMessages and text messages, as well as a lack of notifications from an iPhone or Apple Watch for the same messages,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “At the moment, the only fixes appear to be disabling messages, or rolling back to macOS Sierra.”

“A number of users have detailed…

Apple’s iTunes still backs up iOS devices

“Apple made a major change in the latest version of iTunes, version 12.7: they removed the App Store,” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville. “And because of this, you can no longer sync apps using iTunes.”

“But many people think that this means that iTunes no longer backs up your iOS devices. It still does, exactly as before,” McElhearn writes. “iTunes backs up much of your data via…

“When iCloud first came out, the service was buggy,” Karl Johnson writes for T-GAAP. “Apple solved many of the problems for syncing Calendar, Mail, and Safari. Yet, syncing data across iCloud for third party applications still proved to be problematic.…

“The infamous “blue screen of death” seems to have expanded from Windows PCs to iPhones,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET.

“Several iPhone 5S owners report that their phones are turning a mean shade of blue and then restarting,” Whitney reports. “Users…