2018 Macbook Pro Our Meetings Apple Have Released New Models of the 13-Inch and 15-Inch Wellington Macbook Pro with Touch Bar and Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
The offcial journal of the Wellington Macintosh Society Inc Volume 35.07 – July 2018 Come to one of 2018 MacBook Pro our meetings Apple have released new models of the 13-inch and 15-inch Wellington MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and four Thunderbolt 3 ports. Monday, 30 July 7.15pm - 9.30pm Subject: Backups Kapiti Monday, 6 August 7.10pm - 9.30pm Subject: Accessing Digital Media iPad Group* TBA (August) Kapiti The new models have more processor cores (quad-core in the 13-inch, six-core in the 15-inch), better keyboards, an improved Help Desk* TBA (September) display, enhanced security, and new high end options for Wellington storage (and 32 GB RAM in the 15-inch model). See page 2 for more details of meetings The entry level 13-inch models with function keys and two *Please register by emailing Thunderbolt 3 ports have not been updated at this time. [email protected] Where to find us Unless otherwise indicated, main meetings are normally as follows. Wellington: last Monday of the month (except December) at Brian Davis Room, Cathedral of St Paul, corner Hill St and Molesworth St, Wellington. Kapiti: first Monday of the month (except January) at Kapiti Uniting Parish, Weka Road, Raumati. Help desks and other special interest meetings vary. The President Writes p2 Compare Before/After Edits in INSIDE Photos p6 Time Machine Setup and options p4 Committee Contact Details p8 CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2018! PAGE 1 The president writes ... Kapiti iPad/iPhone Group An iPad/iPhone group meeting is being planned for a Saturday afternoon in August but the date has not yet been finalised. For more information or if you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Shane Gordine [email protected]. David Empson [email protected] Apple News Hi folks. New MacBook Pro models Apple has introduced 2018 models of the 13-inch Wellington Meeting and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (and four Our main meeting in Wellington will be held on Thunderbolt 3 ports). For details, see Monday 30 July in the Brian Davis Room at https://www.apple.com/nz/macbook-pro/ Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, corner Hill St and I’ve sent a report to members going into some Molesworth St, Wellington, from 7.15pm. detail about the new models, with a price and The meeting will start with a Q&A session for feature comparison chart. If you would like a copy, those who have any technical issues. It would be please contact me at [email protected]. appreciated if questions could be emailed in The new models are available to order from advance to [email protected] so we can Apple online or from retailers, and display models plan ahead. Following Q&A we will have a light should be arriving at retailers soon. There are some supper then the main topic. bargains on the discontinued 2017 models if you This month’s topic is “Backups”. David Empson get in quick. will lead a discussion on backing up your Mac Prices and the general design have not changed with Time Machine, cloning software, options for from the 2017 models, but there are several feature cloud backups, plus backing up iPhones and iPads. improvements: faster CPUs with more cores (including quad core processors in the 13-inch Kapiti Meeting models for the first time), displays with “True The Kapiti meeting will be held on Monday 6 Tone” (white balance adjusts to ambient light), August at the Kapiti Uniting Parish, 10 Weka Rd, quieter keyboards, better security and faster Raumati, from 7:10 pm. encrypted solid state storage due to the T2 system This month we have a guest presenter from the management processor. Kapiti Coast Library who will be showing If you need to run high end software, the 15-inch applications used to access digital media available models have a custom option for 32 GB of RAM. at the library and elsewhere, including The maximum capacity of the internal solid state newspapers, magazines and books, most of which storage (for custom orders) has doubled, but at is available free of charge. very high costs: 13-inch models can now have up If you would like to receive e-mail to 2 TB, 15-inch models up to 4 TB. announcements about upcoming Kapiti meetings, please contact Don Niccol [email protected]. What about other Macs? The entry level 13-inch MacBook Pro with Help Desk function keys (and two Thunderbolt 3 ports) were The next help desk is being planned for not updated: Apple is still selling the 2017 models. Wellington or Lower Hutt for September. Details to follow in next month’s issue of Capital Apple. continued over page CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2018! PAGE 2 No other new Mac models have been copy of the High Sierra installer from App Store announced, and the timing of macOS 10.13.6 while you can. Once Apple releases Mojave, it may strongly implies other new Macs won’t be released be difficult or impossible to download the High before macOS 10.14 Mojave. That means we could Sierra installer from App Store, except on older see new models in other families as soon as models which are unable to upgrade further (Late September or October. 2009 through 2011 Macs). There are rumours suggesting new models of I’m hoping Apple will grant an extended grace the iMac, Mac mini, MacBook and possibly period for getting High Sierra (via a roundabout MacBook Air. method) because High Sierra is the last version that will run 32-bit applications “without What about iPhones and iPads? compromise”. As per the pattern in recent years it is likely that Apple will announce new iPhone models at a Other Software Updates media event in September, along with announcing There are corresponding security and Safari the public release of the next major OS versions for updates available for OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan and each platform. macOS 10.12.6 Sierra. Once Mojave is released, El We haven’t seen an update of the iPhone SE yet. Capitan won’t get further security and Safari It is based on the same architecture as the iPhone updates, but should get iTunes updates for 6s and 6s Plus, which are the oldest models still another year. being sold. We may see those three models iOS 11.4.1 is probably the final update of iOS 11 discontinued along with price drops for the before the release of iOS 12, but there could still be iPhone 7 and 8. If so, an updated version of the SE late iOS 11.4.x updates with security or bug fixes. is likely. If it is minor update it might happen I noticed that some of my devices seemed to be before the September media event. suffering poor battery life in iOS 11.4 and that There are strong hints of upcoming new iPad seems to have been fixed by iOS 11.4.1. iOS 11.4.1 Pro models which will adopt Face ID and other also introduces a new USB device security features from the iPhone X. They are likely to be mechanism which provides some degree of announced at the September media event. protection against passcode cracking tools. The regular iPad was updated in March and another update is not expected until next year. Major new versions coming in September The iPad mini 4 and 6th generation iPod Touch If Apple sticks to their recent pattern, macOS are two processor generations behind the entry 10.14 Mojave and iOS 12 should be officially level iPad and one behind the iPhone 6s, so it is released in mid to late September. increasingly likely that both will be discontinued For Mojave, it is wise to be cautious before soon. Apple might grant one or both a reprieve by rushing in, especially if you have third party releasing replacements with newer processors, and applications which might have compatibility that sort of update could happen at any time (e.g. problems: not just the expected “compromises” for the last iPod Touch update was via a press release 32-bit applications, but also general in July 2015). Alternatively, those product lines incompatibilities which might mean waiting for could be quietly discontinued. developers to catch up and release updates. For iOS 12, there are no significant changes macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) expected beyond performance improvements, so Apple has released macOS 10.13.6, which is the main risk of upgrading early is being first to probably the last minor version for High Sierra, find the new bugs! apart from a possible “supplementary update” or the expected two years of security updates. That’s all, folks! Those who are not yet running High Sierra and ! have a Mac which will be able to upgrade to David Empson macOS 10.14 Mojave (2012 or later models, plus 2010 Mac Pro tower) would be wise to download a To contact me, email [email protected], or you can ring me at home (976 9755) CAPITAL APPLE – JULY 2018! PAGE 3 Time Machine Setup and options by Neville Owen Time Machine is the main Apple strategy for At the other end of the spectrum you might non-IT- specialists to keep a backup of documents, simply have a Time Machine drive sitting next to files, folders and applications. your computer so if your computer gets stolen If you don’t have a Time Machine drive then your Time Machine drive will probably get specified, the first time you plug in a new hard stolen too.