PinnedThrough Apple Observer’s Eyes — Issue #3 — California Streaming!Special issue on Apple’s California Streaming special event. My highlights, thoughts and observations. Buckle up! Let’s try something different Instead of posting my thoughts on my main blog as I usually do after an Apple event, I’m using Revue this time around. So, this newsletter issue is dedicated to Apple’s California Streaming special event…Apple8 min read
Jun 15Numeric Citizen Now on YouTube!Today, I excited to share some news with you. I’m starting my YouTube videos channel “Craft Videos for Creators”. As the channel name implies, it’s all about Craft, a well-known notes taking and writing application that is less than two years old. My goal is simple: by sharing how I’m…Application1 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Feb 12Exploring Side-loading on the iPhoneIt’s ok — I’ve changed my mind — First, just for the fun of it, let’s go back 14 years ago. In 2008, Steve introduces the App Store. Takeaways from this short video: each developer could reach every single iPhone users (repeated many times during the presentation), the “business deal” for developers which details the revenue split is…Apple8 min read
Dec 23, 2021The Perfect Apple Enthusiast — Find Out Where You StandDo you have what it takes to be considered a real Apple enthusiast? Let’s play a fun game and let’s find out by checking off all affirmations that applies to you from the following list. You wear clothes with references to Apple’s glorious history (my T-Shirts with iPad nano, from…Apple4 min read
Dec 17, 2021Things to Watch in 2022This blog post is about the things that I’m going to pay attention to in 2022. As you might expect, these are the things that I care about because I’m currently using or plan to use the applications or services presented here. Let’s start with Apple. Apple The finalization of the…Apple7 min read
Nov 13, 2021Like the Dislike — Put the Decision in Creator’s HandsSo, YouTube will remove the dislike button soon from its platform. In one of his recent video, the popular YouTuber, Marques Brownlee, expresses his dissatisfaction about Google’s decision. His view echos mine. I’m not a big consumer of YouTube content, but when I do spend time there, I want to…Social Media3 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Nov 8, 2021Get Up to 20% More Battery Life With This Simple TrickThe other day I was looking at my iPhone battery consumption only to find out that the Exposure notifications feature was consuming close to 10% of the power on a 24 hours period. It’s not the first that I see Exposure notifications to take so much juice out of my…I Phone1 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Oct 20, 2021Better Focus With iPadOS 15 and iOS 15This article is about how I use focus mode, which is part of the recently released iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and the upcoming macOS Monterey. This year, I was more excited about iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 than any recent dot zero releases. It wasn’t about a refreshed design or…Apple8 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Sep 26, 2021On Sideloading of Apps on the iPhone — AgainI wrote many times how bad I don’t want Apple to weaken the iPhone experience and security by adding the sideloading capability (read “A Message to Apple Developers: We Don’t Need Another Android Platform — Numeric Citizen Blog”). I recently came across a blog post from Mike Rockwell on my…Apple4 min read
Published in Mac O’Clock·Sep 21, 2021My Annotated Version of iOS 15 Release NotesWith each release of iOS, Apple includes release notes. This time, I wanted to make something different and comment each of the new feature exposed in those release notes. Let’s start this, right now. Buckle up! FaceTime Starting with FaceTime is surprising to me. Spatial audio makes people’s voices sound like…Apple16 min read
