Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Back in June at WWDC 2015, Apple announced it would be open sourcing Swift. True to their word, Swift is now open source under an Apache 2.0 license. Swift is already one of the fastest growing languages and this can only help make it more available to a lot more existing developers and potential developers. Along with the Swift language itself, Apple have also released some tools and resources for the community. So first of all Apple have a dedicated site for open source swift at swift.org Secondly the public source code can be found on Github at github.com/apple In… read more →

I’m writing this blog after having sat through Rich Trouton’s great JNUC talk on OS X security, especially around the use of SIP. The usual Disclaimer: While the author has taken care to provide our readers with accurate information, please use your discretion before acting upon information based on the blog post. Amsys will not compensate you in any way whatsoever if you ever happen to suffer a loss/inconvenience/damage because of/while making use of information in this blog. SIP (System Integrity Protection) I’m sure many of you have heard but OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) has shipped with a new security… read more →

Like many people, I was unsure of the amount of use I would find for the new Apple Watch beyond being able to tell the time (very accurately though might I add). After some to and fro, I decided that it had an  logo on it so like all the products it was going to make my life better by having it. My experience began with the preorder, April 11th came and while in London and without a prearranged appointment I decided to go to the Apple Store with my fiancé to at least take a look at them.… read more →

While teaching Apple’s official courses, there are constant references to Apple’s Support Articles. For those of you that have not used them, by going to search.info.apple.com you will find the Advanced Search section of the Apple website. This is an invaluable tool for researching issues with Apple devices. During a Server Essentials course I taught in Manchester last week, one of my delegates pointed out a great dashboard widget that allows you to either enter an article number or search term and it will immediately take you to the relevant webpage. The widget is rather appropriately named “Apple Knowledge Base… read more →

Last month Apple announced that they were introducing a new certification for Apple Certified trainers called the “Apple Master Trainer” certification. The certification has been designed by Apple to recognise those trainers “who build their skills and knowledge around Apple technologies” and “stand out as experts.” Throughout Europe there are a total of 700 Apple Certified Trainers, of which, 20 have been awarded this new certification, 5 of whom are from Amsys.  So, we just wanted say congratulations to all the Apple trainers who have been awarded their Apple Master’s certification. At Amsys training we have 6 Apple Certified trainers,… read more →

Are you new to the Mac platform and just want to have a quick guide to ‘Find Out How’ to do something? Apple have a superb collection of online video and text tutorials. Most of these videos are around 5 minutes or less and nicely categorised into the key areas end users need to know for finding out how to get the best out of using the Mac OS system. If you need to know how to use Mail, iCal etc or just want to get a better understanding of the user interface or wireless networking, these little tutorials are… read more →

Ever have the need to move multiple items into one folder? Well now in Lion there is a quick and easy way to do just that. Simply highlight the folders or documents you wish to place inside of a folder, right click to bring up the contextual menu, and the top option will be to create a new folder with the highlighted selection!                    

Has anyone else found it a pain that whilst entering Mission Control, that an application’s windows are stacked on top each other and you can only clearly see the foremost window?   Well, i’ve  discovered a multi-gesture to expand all windows in an Application so you can have a better look at which one to switch to!   Enter Mission Control and move the mouse cursor over an Applications’ stack of windows. Whichever one your mouse is over will now have a blue highlight. Now use either the ‘Scroll Direction’ gesture upwards, (two fingers up), or the ‘Show Desktop’ gesture which is… read more →

Although there are some alternatives on the market, my favourite is still Plex. I have been using it at home for a few years now. The solution includes: A Mac mini server with 6TB of external storage (to hold my movies and TV shows).  The Mac mini runsthe Plex media server.  This handles the streaming of all content to other devices in my home.    An Apple TV as a Plex media client.  After jail-breaking my Apple TV 2, I could get SSH access and then install the Plex client.  Although a Mac mini would do the job (I actually started off with… read more →

LogMeIn has a nice holiday gift for iOS device owners this season: a new free app called simply LogMeIn  that provides remote viewing access and control of Macs and PCs on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It’s basically what the paid version LogMeIn Ignition provides, without ads or limitations. Along with free remote control of an unlimited number of Macs or PCs from your iOS device with LogMeIn, LogMeIn Pro also provides access to your computer’s entire file structure, where you can grab files and copy them to local storage, other computers, or to cloud-based storage via online services… read more →