“Many Mac users like to make a bootable installer drive for installing OS X El Capitan, whether for performing a clean install, or for making it easier to install OS X 10.11 onto multiple Macs.”
Apple Releases OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan With Multiple Bug Fixes
“The OS X 10.11.3 update can be downloaded through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store. It is available to all OS X El Capitan users. During the beta testing period, no significant outward-facing changes were discovered in OS X 10.11.”
Starbucks’ App Can Now Show What Music’s Playing In Your Local Store
“iOS/Android: Whether you like their coffee or not, you have to admit Starbucks is pretty good at implementing new tech. Now, Starbucks’ mobile app can recognize what music is playing in their stores and even lets you save the playlist to Spotify.”
You will upgrade to Windows 10: Inside Microsoft’s strong-arm upgrade tactics
“Windows 10’s deep stash of carrots lured a record-breaking numbers of users to the operating system when it launched. But now that adoption’s slowing down, Microsoft’s breaking out the sticks in its quest to shift 1 billion users to Windows 10 by July 2018.”
Microsoft OneDrive adds 3D Touch and Apple Pencil support for PDF annotations
“Microsoft has updated the app for its OneDrive service, adding pressure sensitivity to PDF annotations. On the iPhone 6s, users can take advantage of 3D Touch to change the pressure they apply to highlights. They can do the same on the iPad Pro using the Apple Pencil.”
Apple to start charging for iTunes Radio
“ITunes Radio, which was announced in 2013, will no longer be free from the end of January, Apple said in statement. The ad-supported service, available only in the United States and Australia, will be folded into Apple Music, which costs $9.99 a month.”
Microsoft is bringing its excellent Windows Phone keyboard to iOS
“One of my favorite features in Windows Phone is its truly excellent keyboard. It’s far more accurate and easy to use than the default iOS keyboard and many Android alternatives, but you’ve had to use Windows Phone to take advantage of it so far.”
Cord cutters can have DVRs with multiroom and placeshifting
“Most of the developments in DVRs are for people who still have cable or aren’t bothered by paying a monthly fee — see the new TiVo Bolt and Dish Network’s new Hopper 3 — but what about cord cutters? Three new Funai-built, Magnavox-bran”
J.J. Abrams says leaving Rey out of Star Wars toys is ‘preposterous and wrong’
“You might have heard that the Star Wars merchandising machine is giving the short shrift to Rey, the (spoiler alert) main character of The Force Awakens. Several toy sets, like a new version of Monopoly, inexplicably exclude the do-it-all heroine played by Daisy Ridley.”
