Apple Launches iPhone 6 camera replacement program

From the everlasting, all-knowing Slashdot. It should be noted that this is just for the iPhone 6 PLUS model.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/08/22/1419206/apple-launches-free-iphone-6-plus-camera-replacement-program

https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6plus-isightcamera/

New Remote Desktop for Mac (about time)

Apple and Microsoft have released a new client for Remote Desktop for the Mac. The old client has been in sore need of an update for years and the new client with IOS and Android versions is a welcome improvement.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12

Apparently you can't save shortcuts with passwords, or at least I haven't figured it out yet. There will certainly be a learning curve and maybe a few updates (now that it's in the App store) but I sure hope I can have shortcuts with passwords, or maybe I should just rethink that from a security stand point anyway.

Amazon Instant Video Support for AirPlay

Everyone is playing catch-up with technology that Apple has been offering for years.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2048887/amazon-instant-video-for-ios-adds-airplay-support-imdb-integration.html

OS X Screenshot Key Combinations

How many times have I looked these up?!?

From MacRumors.com

• Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop 
• Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop 
• Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop 
• Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard 
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard 
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

Apple TV update brings iTunes in the Cloud, Bluetooth keyboards | Ars Technica

Another step up on the competition.  Will we ever have the App Store on AppleTV?

Apple TV update brings iTunes in the Cloud, Bluetooth keyboards | Ars Technica:

NETGEAR Connected Entertainment

It's about time someone challenged AppleTV. I just might jump ship for Google if they pull it off well.

NETGEAR Connected Entertainment:

Apple's iPhone coming to Virgin Mobile with $30/mo. plans June 29

I really need to look into switching from AT&T.

Apple's iPhone coming to Virgin Mobile with $30/mo. plans June 29: Virgin Mobile USA announced on Thursday that it will offer Apple's iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 beginning Friday, June 29, with contract-free plans as low as $30 per month.

Apple Releases iOS 5.1.1

Apple Releases iOS 5.1.1:
Only 50 MB. Hurrah for incremental updates.

Importing Ringtones to iTunes

After you convert the song/sound to the AAC version (m4a), make sure to delete the AAC version of the song/sound in iTunes (while keeping the file). Then, after you rename the file to the Ringtone (m4r) version, you can import that file back into iTunes. Otherwise it won't show up in the "Tones" section and be 'syncable' to your device.

Lion, iTunes, Airport Express, IPv6 Bug

I have a stumbled upon a problem with iTunes, Lion, IPv6 and using an Airport Express.

It seems that when upgrading to Lion you lose the ability to "disable" IPv6. After upgrading to Lion your IPv6 config will still be set to "off", but if you change it, that choice goes away. You are only left with Link-Local, Automatic, and Manual as choices. None of these will allow you to connect to an Airport Express.

According to this post on the Apple forums, setting it to "Link-Local" will disable it. However your iTunes doesn't think so. So following these instruction from that same post you can return it to the "off" setting that allows iTunes to work properly with your Airport Express.

I had to change both the Airport and the Ethernet configs to __INACTIVE__ before it would allow me to connect to my Airport Express.

Hello,
Here is what worked for me in Lion.
I edited /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
and changed the IPv6 ConfigMethod's string to __INACTIVE__ manually for the appropriate adapter. This is what I believe the GUI would change in SL10.6. Looks like it still accepts the option, Just dosen't provied it.
sudo vi /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
The section under your unique adapter key will look like this when you're done.
When completed reboot. Your inet6 address should not show for that adapter in ifconfig anymore.
Hope this helps.
<key>IPv6</key>
<dict>
<key>ConfigMethod</key>
string>__INACTIVE__</string>
</dict>

Apple Logging Locations of All iPhone Users

Apple Logging Locations of All iPhone Users: "An anonymous reader writes 'The Guardian reports that researchers have found a hidden file on all iPhones, iPads and any computers to which they synchronize, logging timestamped latitude and longitude coordinates of the user since June 2010. A tool is available on their website to check on your own.'"

Apple hires former NSA, Navy analyst as security czar

Apple hires former NSA, Navy analyst as security czar: "In response to calls for increased security from enterprise clients, Apple has hired cybersecurity expert and author David Rice as its director of global security, a new report claims.

Mac OS X 10.6.5 Update

Hurray for Exchange Server Reliability!

Detailed Information
Security Information

Sophos offers Free Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac

Sophos offers Free Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac: "World's first free business-strength security solution for Macs."

IPhone DST Alarm Bug

Epic Failure! You would like to think a company like Apple would learn from mistakes of the past. Apparently not.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3542

Custom Sound Set for Mac Outlook 2011

I managed to create a custom sound set for Outlook 2011 by dragging the custom sound set from my Entourage Sound Sets folder to the Outlook Sound Sets folder in my Microsoft User Data folder.

I'll update this with more precise directions later.

*** Updated ***

Make a custom folder under:

User/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Outlook Sound Sets/

Something like "Custom.eragesoundset"

Put your wav files in there and refer to them in a soundset.plist file in the same folder. That file should look like this...

soundset.plist

iPhone passcode lock bypass vulnerability (again)

Doh!

iPhone passcode lock bypass vulnerability (again): "
An iPhone user has found a trivial way to bypass the four-digit passcode lock on fully patched iPhone (iOS 4.1) devices.

Apple Updates

Apple posted a large update today. Quicktime updates among other important security patches.

Read all about them here.

Scary Apple Privacy Patent

This is getting a bit scary...

Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware: "It looks like Apple, Inc., is exploring a new business opportunity: spyware and what we're calling "traitorware." While users were celebrating the new jailbreaking and unlocking exemptions, Apple was quietly preparing to apply for a patent on technology that, among other things, would allow Apple to identify and punish users who take advantage of those exemptions or otherwise tinker with their devices. This patent application does nothing short of providing a roadmap for how Apple can — and presumably will — spy on its customers and control the way its customers use Apple products. As Sony-BMG learned, spying on your customers is bad for business. And the kind of spying enabled here is especially creepy — it's not just spyware, it's "traitorware," since it is designed to allow Apple to retaliate against you if you do something Apple doesn't like.

Essentially, Apple's patent provides for a device to investigate a user's identity, ostensibly to determine if and when that user is "unauthorized," or, in other words, stolen. More specifically, the technology would allow Apple to record the voice of the device's user, take a photo of the device's user's current location or even detect and record the heartbeat of the device's user."

Five awesome Automator tips

Five awesome Automator tips: "Think Apple’s built-in automation tool, Automator, is more trouble than it's worth? Think again. Not only can Automator perform wondrous feats, but with these tips it's also easy to make it happen."