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Apple ID errors end, lost sales for App Store, iTunes Store estimated around $25 million

The Great Apple ID Snafu of 2015 is over. And it apparently cost Apple about US$25 million in lost sales revenue. Over the course of a 12-hour outage between Tuesday and Wednesday, Apple’s iTunes Store and App Store were down due to a DNS error. During this time, users couldn’t purchase apps, songs, movies or […]

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Users around the world report errors with Apple ID-related services

It’s probably not a good day to be on Apple’s network team. Or at least there’s a lot of yelling involved. On Tuesday, it was reported that Apple services are experiencing major issues. It started with iCloud. Users were unable to sign in to their iCloud mail accounts, then all of iCloud went down in […]

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Ulysses 2.0 writing app in works for Mac, iPad

If you were a fan of the Ulysses writing app for Mac and iOS, version 2.0 is just around the corner. Major changes to Ulysses 2.0 for the Mac include the following: – New name: Ulysses for Mac is now called just that. No more Roman numerals. – Seamless sync with Ulysses for iPad: That’s […]

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News Software Yosemite

Apple releases OS X 10.10.3 public beta, first glimpse of upcoming Photos application

You’re that much closer to OS X 10.10.3 and whatever Apple’s doing with its photo applications. On Monday, Apple released the first public beta of its OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite update. The beta includes an iCloud-based Photos application, new emojis for the system and simpler login to Google accounts for profiles with two-factor authentication enabled.

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iWork for iCloud out of beta, now available to all users

What a difference a name change makes. Well, that and taking something out of its beta cycle. Apple removed the “beta” tag to its online suite of iWork apps on Thursday. The move means that anyone with an iCloud account can use Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on their browser.