For the last couple weeks I’ve been confused why Microsoft Outlook on my Mac would start consuming over 100% CPU while sitting idle, spinning up my fans, and generating a bunch of disk write activity. At first I assumed it was because I am running the Fast Ring in

I recently picked up an iPhone XS Smart Battery Case, for my iPhone X. I’ve previously owned the 6S battery case for my iPhone 6, and the iPhone 7 case. Let me first say that even though Apple has designed the case for the XS, it worked on the

Back in July 2017, I wrote about my 10 essential iOS applications [https://vmstan.com/2017/my-essential-10-ios-apps/]. I thought now that we’re reaching the end of 2018, it might be a good time to revisit that list. As I mentioned at the time: > I find it helpful to mix

Two weeks ago, after regretfully trying to use the iOS 11 developer betas on my primary devices, I was forced by general instability to roll back to iOS 10. Unfortunately, there’s no great way to do this without doing a restore and fresh install. I had a backup from

I have an on-again, off-again relationship with iPhone cases. I put them on. I take them off. I generally don’t like cases. I’ve only broken my iPhone one time and that was when my 6 Plus came out of my pocket attached to my hand, unintentionally, on a

For many years, 16GB devices have been an issue for Apple and its users. However Apple fixed this in September, bumping up to 32GB of storage as the new minimum capacity in the iPhone 7, and then going as far as to rev-up the existing iPad line to this new

When the 4th generation Apple TV was announced a few weeks back, my initial response was basically “take my money!” But then, I had second thoughts, and I didn’t order one at the start of the week when they were first available. I don’t really know why, my

A couple of months ago I noticed a rash on my wrist, under my Apple Watch. I didn’t put a lot of thought into it at first, made sure to clean the strap and back of the watch. Figured it was just from lack of skin breathing under the

After months of industry speculation, Apple today released pricing for the new Apple Watch [http://www.apple.com/watch/]. As a registered iFanboy, I’m legally required to purchase one. I wasn’t even sure when they were originally announced last fall if I’d want one, but I’ve

My second day transferring my iPhoto library to iCloud Photo Library seems to be going very well. The “optimize storage” feature on the iOS devices is going to save users a ton of space. Yesterday when I posted my last entry I had a 16GB iPad completely full (which was

When I saw the new iCloud Photo Sync demo at WWDC, I was in love. Photo storage and syncing has been a struggle of mine for a while. I’ve bounced between external drives (which makes accessibility when I’m not at home difficult) and using local storage (which wastes

One hundred years from now, people will talk about Steve Jobs the same way we do of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and the Wright brothers. Perhaps, as my friend Chris helped pointed out [https://twitter.com/#!/bangbang023/status/121940063562117120], he was a mix of Edison and John

I’ve never been one to have commitment issues. But my decision to move from the iPhone 4 to the Nexus One [http://techvirtuoso.com/2010/06/29/decision-is-final-apples-failure-is-sending-me-to-android/] just couldn’t stick. Last month I wrote about what I saw as the flaws of the iOS platform and specifically

As I explained in a previous entry on Tuesday, I’ve made the decision to leave the world of Apple mobile devices for the land of Google Android. To briefly bring you up to speed: > Ever since the iPhone supported Exchange, I’ve been a huge supporter. I’ve spent

Ever since the iPhone supported Exchange, I’ve been a huge supporter. I’ve spent two good years on the iOS with my iPhone 3G. My job bought it for me back in 2008 and I got it shortly after launch. It was a solid phone with a lot of

Noted Apple security analyst Charlie Miller, author of The Mac Hackers Handbook and two-time winner of the Pwn2Own hacking contest has said, in an interview with TechWorld [http://news.techworld.com/security/3201863/snow-leopard-less-secure-than-windows-says-hacker/?pn=1] , that the latest version of Apple OS X (10.6 AKA Snow Leopard) lacks