2014/10/30

How to use iCloud Password in OS X Yosemite

iCloud Password

New in OS X Yosemite is the ability to use your iCloud Password to log in to OS X and unlock your screen. It’s a convenient way to lessen the amount of passwords that you need to use and manage.

With that in mind, you’ll need to be logged in with your iCloud account to enable iCloud Password. Check out our video walkthrough after the jump to see how to do just that.... Read the rest of this post here

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Using Extensions in OS X Yosemite

Extensions OS X Markup

Like iOS 8, OS X Yosemite introduces third-party extensions. Extensions allow you to easily share with social services and perform other functions.

Apple has included a new Extensions manager, accessible via System Preferences → Extensions. From there, you can manage built-in extensions, third-party extensions, and Notification Center Today View widgets from one convenient location.... Read the rest of this post here

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全新第三代 Flipboard: 您的 iOS 随身社交雜誌


能用來隨時隨地追蹤所關心的新聞、發掘來自全球令人驚嘆的事情、瀏覽好友所分享的內容的 Flipboard 網站雜誌,今天釋出全新 iOS 行動版 Flipboard 3.0 版本更新,帶來了針對 iPhone 手機的全新設計,同時還有更個人化的閱讀體驗。

Flipboard 3.0 版新功能包括:無框頁面設計、新的字型,評論和內容來源也變得更明顯,可以繼續使用原有的追蹤功能 - 追蹤刊物、網站和其他來源。在 iPhone 上還能利用最新的按鍵導航欄使用 Flipboard,查看追蹤的一切內容、通知、個人檔案、隨意搜尋內容。和利用快速按鍵輕鬆轉寄文章與好友分享、按讚、或將文章收入自己的 Flipboard 雜誌內。

追蹤 愛瘋日報 Flipboard

點擊下載 Flipboard 3.0



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How to use a passcode with the iOS 8.x jailbreak

iOS 8 Jailbreak passcode fix cydia substrate

At this point in time, running Cydia on a jailbroken iPhone can still be a bit confusing for users who aren’t always knee-deep in this stuff. One of the biggest issues encountered when running Cydia on a jailbroken iOS 8 device at the moment involves using the passcode and Touch ID.

After installing Cydia on a jailbroken iOS 8 device, many are reporting that establishing a passcode sends them into a bootloop. I verified that I encountered the same issue.

Let me just preface this by saying that the problems encountered here are no fault of the Pangu team or of Saurik. This jailbreak is a work in progress, and we’ve been advised that the jailbreak is only for developers at the moment. That said, many of you are adventurous and want to take the plunge as soon as possible; as do I.

In this video, I share an unsanctioned workaround to the boot loop issue. I show you how to establish a passcode on a device with Cydia and Cydia Substrate installed. I’ve tested this out, and have recorded the entire Cydia installation process for your convenience. Have a look inside for the full tutorial.... Read the rest of this post here

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Omnistat shows CPU, battery, memory usage and more stats straight from Notification Center

Omnistat app widget

Omnistat is a new app available in the App Store that provides a quick glance at some basic stats of your iOS device from within the app itself, or from Notification Center via a Today tab widget. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because Omnistat used to be a jailbreak tweak back in the days of iOS 5. The tweak has now matured into a legit application that is simply yet elegantly designed to show various statistics about your device such as CPU usage, running processes and more. ... Read the rest of this post here

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Pandora, Spotify beating Apple’s Beats handsomely on App Store

Beats Music (Windows Phone, Android, iOS 001)

Pandora and Spotify rank as the number one and number two music streaming apps in terms of downloads, analytics firm AppAnnie reports – no big surprise. However, where things become interesting is that Apple’s Beats Music, which the company purchased for $3 billion in May, is placed ninth, below iHeartRadio, SoundCloud and Apple’s GarageBand.... Read the rest of this post here

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How to show or hide filename extensions in OS X Yosemite

Mac OS X Tips

I’m still tweaking my new iMac so it behaves the way I want it to. While all my main apps have been installed and set up as needed, there is still all these little things that need to be finetuned. One of those things is file extensions.

By default, OS X hides the extensions of filenames. I imagine this is made to simplify the view for casual users, and I’m totally fine with that. However, I like to see the extensions of files on my desktop or in Finder, which allows me to use files differently depending on their extensions.

In this post, I will show you how to hide or show the extensions of filenames on a Mac in OS X Yosemite.... Read the rest of this post here

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2014/10/29

Google offering first minute free on international Hangouts calls

Hangouts first minute free (iPhone screenshot 001)

Yesterday, the Internet giant Google announced a newsworthy promotion giving its users the first minute free when placing outgoing calls through Hangouts to phone numbers in more than two dozen countries.

“The first 60 seconds is on us,” the company said in a post over at Google+. “What you say is up to you”. You can place Hangouts using Gmail and Google+ on desktop, using the Hangouts extension for Chrome, or via Google’s mobile Hangouts app for iOS and Android.... Read the rest of this post here


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微軟OneNote更新支援iPhone 6和Touch ID解鎖


美國微軟 (Microsoft) 公司所推出的數位筆記工具 - OneNote,能讓用戶不管在 iPhone、iPad 或是 Mac 電腦上,都能隨時記錄生活中所有的想法及發現,透過筆記發揮創意的無限潛能。【愛瘋日報╱台灣報導】

今天 OneNote for iOS 釋出 2.5.2 版更新,來支援最新 iPhone 6 和 iPhone 6 Plus 手機,還能用 Touch ID 指紋辨識來為 iPhone 解除密碼鎖定。OneNote 2.5.2 版其他新功能包括:加強密碼保護支援、插入其他服務的檔案和組織頁面,能移動及重新排序節中的頁面,並能管理 OneNote 子頁面。

點擊下載 OneNote for iPhone
點擊下載 OneNote for iPad
點擊下載 OneNote for Mac



from 愛瘋日報:最專注的蘋果媒體 

不藏私!iOS 8 必裝 Widget 第二彈


升級到 iOS 8 系統後,除了可以用嘸蝦米、大易等超多輸入法、蘋果雲端硬碟「iCloud Drive」、跨平台雲端相簿「iCloud 照片圖庫」和 OS X Yosemite 系統電腦「接續互通」無縫連接外,最棒的是還能加入了先進的 Widget 小工具。

蘋果哲學向來都是"要嘛不做,要做就做到最好",主導整個市場。像 Apple Pay 行動付款才推出三天就超過百萬信用卡激活量,超過 Google Wallet 等所有電子錢包過去幾年的總合。就像很多人說的,NFC 還是要等蘋果做才推的動。可憐的小米,每代小米手機都有 NFC,卻突然在最新第 4 代小米手機把 NFC 拿掉,理由是 NFC 用戶使用率太低,看來雷軍不緊急推出重新加上 NFC 的小米 4S 或小米 5 不行了。


更好用的蘋果 Widget

回到主題 iOS 8 Widget 小工具,為什麼說它比 Android Widget 先進好用。蘋果向來考量的很遠,四年前突然把 iPad 電流升到 2.1A,讓全世界的電腦為 iPad 升級;還有為什麼 iOS 系統設定和通知分成上下兩欄,上面通知中心、下面控制中心,而不是像 SBSettings。這種種疑問,隨著 iOS 支援 64 位和加入通知中心 Widget 小工具一一解開,蘋果下的是一盤大棋,不是像某些公司走一步算一步。

iOS Widget 比 Android Widget 好用在,裝置不需要解鎖就能使用,而且全系統所有 APP 和操作畫面都能快速操作,不像 Android 就真的只是桌面小工具,一定要回到桌面才能使用 Widget。iOS 只要由上往下滑動,不管在任何畫面都能立即查看行事歷、郵件、追蹤股票、球賽資訊、匯率換算、Dropbox 或 Ecernote。而且蘋果開放 iOS 8 第三方 Widget 給開發者,所以和 APP 一樣會有用不完的 Widget 可以安裝,不需要到處去安裝一些有風險的 APK 軟體。


iOS 8 Widget 小工具教學:

如何為 iOS 8 的通知中心加入 Widget 小工具
玩轉 iOS 8 通知中心,好用小工具 Widget 推薦


iOS 8 好用 Widget 小工具推

360手機衛士

可以在通知中心顯示記憶體和硬碟使用情況沒什麼特別,之前介紹的「iMonitor for iOS 8」和「N Stats」都可以。「360手機衛士」特別是下圖最右邊的"流量",你能設定要統計幾 GB 流量,隨時查看剩餘和可用多少,對於沒有辦上網吃到飽的朋友,能清楚知道本月用了多少和還省多少流量可以使用。


Ticker

雖然 iOS 內建的股票可以掛在通知中心,不過如果你想要進一步追蹤各國市場指數,或是追蹤某些股票的話,「Ticker」都能提供更專業的進階功能。


Forecast+Raincast

這是兩款不同天氣類 Widget,而且都是付費。Forecast+能顯示5天天氣預報,Raincast 能顯示 6 天降雨機率。不想花錢的話,iOS 內建的天氣、免費「Yahoo天氣」、「The Weather Channel」和「Weather Underground」就很好用。


● TimeWidget

有重要節日、行程或事件除了能用「Countdowns with Widget」倒數計時外,這款「TimeWidget」也能設定事件 (Event) 在通知中心隨時提醒自己還剩幾天。


另外它還能設定世界各國時鐘和台灣農曆 (點一下變國曆),超級強大。


Wdgts

在一個 APP 裡提供了 8 個 Widget 小工具,能看時間、記憶體、行事曆、計算機等,還有這個「Photo Frame」,能讓你把喜歡的照片放在通知中心裡,讓你每天心情都很好。另外還有一款「Photorium」,也能把相簿放在通知中心裡。


大事件

如果你不排斥簡體字的話,「大事件」能讓你知道歷史上的今天發生了什麼大事,以古為鏡順便長知識。


Widgets

這是「Widgets」其中的一個 Currency 匯率追蹤功能,常出國或有在投資外幣的朋友,可用這款 Widgets 自定想要追蹤的國家貨幣,同時也能進行台幣換算。(※用 iPhone 內建股市軟體免費查各國匯率)


● Coins-Bitcoin Value Tracker

如果你有在投資比特幣 (Bitcoin) 的話,它能追蹤漲跌和進行台幣換算。


Vidgets

功能無敵多的 APP,能讓你看時間、電量、天氣、GPS、流量、記憶體和系統狀態等,能自由選譯想加入的 Widget 功能。


老黃曆-傳統日曆萬年曆

Caltrix 、TimeWidget 一樣能顯示農曆,不過「老黃曆」只能顯示一周。


from iPhone News 愛瘋了

iOS 8 reaches half of all active iOS devices

iOS 8.0.1 (No Service 001)

Apple’s iOS 8 has been rolled out 52 percent of all active iOS devices, indicating a slower rollout than versions of Apple’s mobile software in the past. Apple updated its Developer Center with the data on Tuesday, indicating that some of iOS 8’s early flaws may have slowed down its rollout over the last five and a half weeks.... Read the rest of this post here

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Apple brings iAds platform to 70 more countries, now reaching 95 total

apple-to-unveil-new-iad-supported-itunes-radio-service-today-the-brief

Apple has expanded its iAd platform to 75 additional countries, bringing the total reach to 95 countries around the world, the company announced on its Developer Center on Tuesday. This is Apple’s largest rollout of the network, and drastically increases its reach to iPhone and iPad users worldwide.... Read the rest of this post here

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ReachAll brings Reachability-inspired functionality to the iPhone 5s and older devices

ReachAll Screenshot

ReachAll is a recently released jailbreak tweak that brings one of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus’ flagship features—Reachability—to older devices. Reachability, as you’re likely aware of, allows you to shift down the contents of the iPhone’s interface via a double-tap on the iPhone’s Touch ID sensor. For large devices like the iPhone 6, this feature was added with one-handed usage in mind.

Obviously, a smaller device like the iPhone 5s lacks the need for such a feature out of the box, but don’t tell that to jailbreak developers. ReachAll not only brings Reachability to the most likely candidate, (the iPhone 5s is the only Touch ID enabled iPhone without Reachability) but it also works, thanks to a special “Tap Box” option, on older devices like the iPhone 5.

Want to see how ReachAll functions in action? Step inside and watch the full video walkthrough.... Read the rest of this post here

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How to stop OS X Yosemite from asking for a password after waking your Mac

Mac OS X Tips

I just got my all new iMac with Retina 5K display last week and I’m still going through all the settings to have it behave the way I want. One thing I noticed is that every time it goes to sleep or the screen saver kicks in, my Mac will require me to enter my user password when I wake it up.

What is a great security feature if you work in an office is somewhat of an annoyance to me, simply because I work from home and no one except my wife ever gets to touch my computer, making this password an extra step that I don’t need.

In this post, I’ll show you how to stop OS X Yosemite from requiring a password after waking up your Mac.... Read the rest of this post here

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Leaked slide shows Office for Mac going Retina in Q1 2015 with new design

12.07.18-Office

A new version of Microsoft’s Office for Mac software is set to be released in early 2015, adding support for Apple’s Mac Retina displays and packing a new design, a leaked slide from Microsoft claims.... Read the rest of this post here

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