Barkings! The Small Dog Apple Blog

I know that some of you like your legacy OS’s but Apple has released three updates: iOS 15.6.1, iPadOS 15.6.1, and macOS 12.5.1 Monterey  that we consider essential upgrades since Apple has uncovered a couple of serious security flaws that need to be patched.  These holes allow hackers to take control of your devices and allow […]

I seldom carry my wallet around since Apple introduced Wallet to iOS and Watch .  With ApplePay being available at so many places and cash seldom needed it is really only for identification that I need a wallet. Even that is on the way out as more states are allowing driver’s licenses and state IDs […]

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2022 third quarter ended June 25, 2022. The Company posted a June quarter revenue record of $83.0 billion, up 2 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.20. Prior to Apple’s earnings report, Wall Street analysts’ consensus expected Apple to earn $1.16 per […]

iCloud Private Relay was introduced as a beta with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey and works with the latest betas of Apple OSs. iCloud Private Relay is designed to protect your privacy by ensuring that when you browse the web in Safari, no single party—not even Apple—can see both who you are and […]

One of the coolest new features in the upcoming iOS 16 announced at WWDC is the ability to take advantage of advanced machine language to isolate and remove objects from photos. The feature works not only in Photos but also in screenshots and Quick Look. In ‌Photos‌, just hold down on a photo for a […]

The March quarter of the year featured continued supply shortages of silicon chips, Covid outbreaks in China and a Russian war on Ukraine.  Nevertheless, Apple posted second quarter earnings that showed growth in every sector except for iPad.  This is a remarkable achievement of which  Tim Cook and his team should be very proud.   […]

Apple has always had a commitment to accessibility and hearing is one area that they have spent quite a bit of time upon. With the release of iOS 14, Apple added Headphone Accommodation to the accessibility feature.  This feature does a lot to deal with noise reduction and focusing the microphones for conversation to the […]

Kibbles & Bytes readers will know that I have written before about hearing aids and Apple’s commitment to accessibility.   I asked Artie to send me a set of AirPods Pro because with the new iOS you can use AirPods as hearing aids for moderate hearing loss.  Since Art and I have been friends for […]

Apple Computers, Inc. was founded on April 1, 1976, by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers. Jobs and Wozniak wanted to make computers small enough for people to have them in their homes or offices. Simply put, they wanted […]

My daughter, Autumn, who is the equity instructional leader for the Burlington, Vermont school district is visiting this week and I was talking with her about what I should write about for Black History month and she made the point that black history is really just American history.  So, here are a random collection of […]

At the end of the Civil War, African Americans made up nearly half of the population of Florida. Blacks in Florida before the Civil War were enslaved people did not have the right to vote. The passage of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1870  was supposed to extendthe right to vote to […]