Messages In This Digest (13 Messages)
- 1a.
- HELP! Login Items Lost From: Harry Flaxman
- 1b.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Jim Saklad
- 1c.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Harry Flaxman
- 1d.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Harry Flaxman
- 1e.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Jim Saklad
- 1f.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Denver Dan
- 1g.
- Re: HELP! Login Items Lost From: Harry Flaxman
- 2.
- Upgrading from a G5 Tower to ? From: Jay Abraham
- 3a.
- Re: Protecting data on iPod, iPhone From: George Robertson
- 4.
- More Record-Breaking Numbers Ahead? Apple Q4 Earnings Arrive Today From: Bill Boulware
- 5.
- iCloud Detailed - Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iCloud (2011 From: Bill Boulware
- 6.
- Apple reports Q4 earnings; misses big on iPhone sales, steady on iPa From: Bill Boulware
- 7.
- Apple by the numbers: Figures released today at the conference call From: Bill Boulware
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- 1a.
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HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:32 am (PDT)
Well, I've had a strange problem occur the past couple of days that I can't pin down for the life of me!!
Upon restart, the login items for my account are disappearing from the prefpane list. I have to re-add all of the little background items that start when I log into my account. It's a pain in the butt!!!
I am thinking that it is ownership or permissions somewhere. I don't know what the default permissions and sharing should be for the system drive, where everything happens.
My internal system drive has the following permissions:
system / read and write
wheel/read only
everyone/read only
I'm assuming thèse are correct, although I never made note of them before.
Yes, I've repaired permissions several times.
I did change to another operating user account with admin privileges as my old account had too many problems.
I wound up having to change ownership on my external drives for media to get written there properly out of this account. Something that I didn't do when I partitioned the drives originally, but I should have done.
Now, I've got a conundrum that I can't seem to address properly.
I have the strangest problems WHEN I do have a problem which is not too often.
Any suggestions as to what to look at next would be appreciated!
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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- 1b.
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:13 am (PDT)
> Upon restart, the login items for my account are disappearing from the prefpane list. I have to re-add all of the little background items that start when I log into my account.
Have you tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple. loginitems. plist ?
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:29 am (PDT)
I checked .plist files using Onyx and there were none corrupt, so I didn't do that. Next thing to do is that. I just ran a blanket ownership and permission change to the home directory and sub-directories and will see what that does as well. I have not restarted since.
Thanks Jim, will post a follow-up.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>> Upon restart, the login items for my account are disappearing from the prefpane list. I have to re-add all of the little background items that start when I log into my account.
>
> Have you tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple. loginitems. plist ?
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:09 am (PDT)
Well, here's what I did, and it just amazes me as I've never seen something as persnickety as this! I deleted the .plist file, restarted. Opened System Preferences/Users & Groups. I proceeded to add items to it. Now normally, there are about 15 small helper apps that I start. I added about 5. I closed the window, reopened prefs, and the items were gone! Just not there.
I started adding things back, and after turning my head once, all but 3 were gone. I added one more and the rest showed up.
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I have no clue at this point. I've never seen anything like this.
I'm thinking maybe ANOTHER account.
Don't want to do an erase and install and migrate. I've done one too many of those over the past year!
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> checked .plist files using Onyx and there were none corrupt, so I didn't do that. Next thing to do is that. I just ran a blanket ownership and permission change to the home directory and sub-directories and will see what that does as well. I have not restarted since.
>
> Thanks Jim, will post a follow-up.
>
> Harry
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> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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> On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
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>>> Upon restart, the login items for my account are disappearing from the prefpane list. I have to re-add all of the little background items that start when I log into my account.
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>> Have you tried deleting ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple. loginitems. plist ?
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:14 am (PDT)
> Well, here's what I did, and it just amazes me as I've never seen something as persnickety as this! I deleted the .plist file, restarted. Opened System Preferences/Users & Groups. I proceeded to add items to it. Now normally, there are about 15 small helper apps that I start. I added about 5. I closed the window, reopened prefs, and the items were gone! Just not there.
>
> I started adding things back, and after turning my head once, all but 3 were gone. I added one more and the rest showed up.
>
> I have no clue at this point. I've never seen anything like this.
>
> I'm thinking maybe ANOTHER account.
>
> Don't want to do an erase and install and migrate. I've done one too many of those over the past year!
I've never seen this phenomenon. I don't have any *focused* suggestions.
My approach when I get the occasional persnickety weirdness is to do a Safe Boot followed by Repair Permissions. Often it helps. Sometimes it doesn't. Perhaps a rain dance or incantation at the same time will help.
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:19 am (PDT)
Howdy.
Have you tried the 3 usual maintenance items?
Repair Disk Permissions
Safe Disk boot
Delete all cache files
If using Lion, there is a new User Permissions reset you can do by
booting into the Restore partition. I think this is after entering a
command in Terminal (when booted in the Restore partition) that brings
up a GUI interface for doing this. User Permissions are different than
disk permissions.
Denver Dan
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:09:30 -0400, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> Well, here's what I did, and it just amazes me as I've never seen
> something as persnickety as this! I deleted the .plist file,
> restarted. Opened System Preferences/Users & Groups. I proceeded to
> add items to it. Now normally, there are about 15 small helper apps
> that I start. I added about 5. I closed the window, reopened prefs,
> and the items were gone! Just not there.
>
> I started adding things back, and after turning my head once, all but
> 3 were gone. I added one more and the rest showed up.
> '
> I have no clue at this point. I've never seen anything like this.
>
> I'm thinking maybe ANOTHER account.
>
> Don't want to do an erase and install and migrate. I've done one too
> many of those over the past year!
>
>
> Harry
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Re: HELP! Login Items Lost
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:11 am (PDT)
Repeatedly Dan..
Kind of natural thing to do in the first place.
I'm on another account that I am configuring very carefully, reactivating applications carefully, and slowly, and far apart in time from each other, until I notice nothing unusual.
Harry
On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> Have you tried the 3 usual maintenance items?
>
> Repair Disk Permissions
> Safe Disk boot
> Delete all cache files
>
> If using Lion, there is a new User Permissions reset you can do by
> booting into the Restore partition. I think this is after entering a
> command in Terminal (when booted in the Restore partition) that brings
> up a GUI interface for doing this. User Permissions are different than
> disk permissions.
>
> Denver Dan
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Upgrading from a G5 Tower to ?
Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net kerala01212001
Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:52 am (PDT)
Hi all,
I think with the new IOS 5, I'm finally going to have to step up and
upgrade my G5 tower and my kid's swivel Imac.
I wanted some advice from you all on whether it makes more sense to
get an Mac mini or an Imac.
I figure I have a bluetooth keyboard, mouse and the 23" Cinema HD
Display that works well. I have an external Isight camera that I use
with this. Is there any reason not to get the Mac Mini. I know in
the past the Mac-mini was targeted at switchers. The tower works fine
for all my current needs but given that it can't work with all the new
IOS and cloud software I'm some what forced to upgrade. I'm also
trying to do so as cheaply as possible.
Same issue with my kids, they are on a IMac 1.25 GHz G4. Complaining
about the speed of accessing their web-sites and also that it is
incompatible with some software at their school and with iCloud. I
have a spare Viewsonic VGA monitor that I figure could be used with a
Mac Mini though I'm not quite sure if the latest Mac-mini's allow a
VGA connection of if there is an adaptor. So should I get an Imac to
replace the kid's current iMac or get a Mac Mini.
Thanks for your recommendations.
Jay
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Re: Protecting data on iPod, iPhone
Posted by: "George Robertson" gcrobert@shaw.ca haydn46
Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:08 am (PDT)
Thank you, Paul, for the key to password-protecting my iDevices. I should have been doing this for years.
George Robertson
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More Record-Breaking Numbers Ahead? Apple Q4 Earnings Arrive Today
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:07 am (PDT)
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Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: More Record-Breaking
Numbers Ahead? Apple Q4 Earnings Arrive Today via TechCrunch by Sarah
Perez on 10/18/11
Today, after the market closes, Apple will release its fourth quarter
earnings â€" the first time the company will do so since the loss of
Co-Founder and visionary leader Steve Jobs. It’s expected that the
newly launched iPhone 4S will help to usher in another record-breaking
quarter for Apple, given that the company already announced that the
iPhone 4S’s first weekend sales exceeded 4 million. That’s more than
double the sales of the iPhone 4 at launch during its first three days.
In July, Apple easily beat Wall Street’s expectations, announcing
record-breaking numbers like 20.24 million iPhones sold in the quarter
â€" the most ever â€" and 9.25 million iPads, nearly double the number from
the previous quarter. Only Mac sales fell short of what Wall Street was
looking for â€" 3.95 million units sold instead of the 4.2 million
expected. iPod sales were also down 20% year-over-year to 7.54 million,
a trend that wouldn’t be surprising to see again today despite the
reveal of new iPods alongside the launch of the iPhone 4S earlier this
month.
Mac sales today, however, may see a boost, thanks to the continued
success of Lion, plus the new MacBook Air and the new Mac Minis, both
released in July.
Another area to watch today is Apple’s continued interest in moving
into the Asian market, and in particular, China. Last quarter Apple CEO
(then COO) Tim Cook stated that “China was very key to our results.†He
noted that Apple stores in China are the fastest growing and have the
highest numbers on average in terms of both traffic and revenue. For
example, the Shanghai store, now the largest in Asia, saw 100,000
visitors on its opening weekend â€" as much traffic as the L.A. store
took a month to hit. So maybe now we’ll hear something about China
Mobile becoming an official Apple partner, as previously rumored?
In terms of earnings, this quarter, the consensus EPS estimate is $7.34
and the mean revenue estimate is $29.5 billion for the current quarter,
increases of 58% and 45%, respectively. And Wall Street expects to hear
of iPhone sales of 20-22 million, 4 million+ Macs and around 10 million
iPads.
As is typical, analysts remain bullish on the company, which now has
the largest market cap in the world. Only one company â€" BGC Partners â€"
downgraded Apple from “buy†to “hold,†saying that the company has to
“constantly set records to meet expectations.†(The full rationale is
here). But really, who these days doesn’t want to bet on Apple breaking
records? There’s still plenty of growth left in this company yet, with
or without Jobs at the head.
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iCloud Detailed - Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iCloud (2011
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:09 pm (PDT)
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Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iCloud (2011)
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Jesse David Hollington <http://www.ilounge.com/index. >php/ilounge/ aboutus/
Applications Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Category: Features <http://www.ilounge.com/index. >php/articles/ features
Apple's new iCloud service represents a dramatic step forward for the
company in the area of online services, mixing features evolved from the
company's former paid MobileMe service with new breakthrough offerings that
will change the way people use both iOS devices and computers. While it's
true that other online services have provided similar features for a long
time, the differences are in Apple's tight integration with its operating
systems, and ease of use.
It has to be acknowledged up front that Apple has a spotty track record for
online services—in recent years, its paid MobileMe service was continually
plagued by reliability problems including outages and synchronization
issues. iCloud is supposed to represent a fresh start for Apple in this
arena, and in some ways the company has clearly learned its lesson by
ditching proprietary sync technology for open standards wherever available,
and abandoning some synchronization services where no reliable,
standards-based technology could be applied.
Despite Apple's usual "just works" spin on iCloud, there are a few issues
buried beneath the service that may not be immediately obvious. In this
article, we look at the top 30 things iCloud users should be aware of before
starting to use the service.
Setting up iCloud
*1. Your iCloud ID doesn't have to be the same as your iTunes Store ID.* For
product placement purposes, Apple has lumped all of its iCloud services
together under one big umbrella, leading a user to believe that he or she
will be forced to pick one Apple ID to use for everything. This creates
problems for a user who is using one Apple ID for an old MobileMe account,
and another for an iTunes Store login.
The good news is that the Apple ID you use for the core iCloud
services—Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Bookmarks, Notes, Photo
Stream, Documents & Data, Find My iPhone and Storage & Backup—currently has
no relationship to the Apple ID that you use for the iTunes Store. The
"iTunes in the Cloud" features, including the ability to re-download and
automatically download content from the iTunes Store, are tied to the Apple
ID that you configure under the *Store* settings on your iOS device, or the
Apple ID that you log into iTunes with on your Mac or Windows PC. This means
that you can continue to use your existing iTunes Store account even after
migrating an older MobileMe account to iCloud.
The same also applies to Apple IDs for FaceTime, iMessage and Game
Center—these can be the same as your iCloud or iTunes Store IDs, or
completely different from those or each other.
*2. You can set up more than one iCloud account on the same device.* The
single iCloud section found directly on the main page of the *Settings* app
may lead you to believe that you can only set up a single iCloud account.
However, iOS 5 and OS X Lion allow you to create additional iCloud accounts
in the same manner as adding any other e-mail, calendar or contacts account:
Simply go into the *Mail, Contacts, Calendars* settings on your device and
add a new account as you normally would, selecting "iCloud" as the account
type.
Note, however, that some iCloud services are only available on the primary
iCloud account, specifically Photo Stream, Documents & Data, and Storage &
Backup. Further, Bookmarks and Find My iPhone can only be enabled on a
single iCloud account a time, although it doesn't have to be the
primary—turning on either of these features on a second iCloud account will
disable the corresponding feature on the primary account.
*3. You can't merge Apple IDs… yet.* Apple still hasn't provided any way to
merge Apple IDs. If you have a separate iTunes Store account under a
different Apple ID from your MobileMe account, you're stuck with both for
now. The good news, however, is that as explained above, there is no reason
you can't continue to use both for their respective services.
*4. iCloud is not MobileMe.* While the two services are very similar, the
only common services that they both actually provide are Mail, Contacts,
Calendars, Bookmarks and Find my iPhone, and most of these have been
redesigned to varying degrees for iCloud. Gone are iWeb Publishing, Gallery
and iDisk, as well as syncing of Preferences, Keychains and Dock items on OS
X. iCloud instead adds Documents and Storage.
*5. Migrating from MobileMe.* Users can migrate from MobileMe to iCloud to
take advantage of the new iCloud features without losing access to any of
their previous MobileMe services such as iDisk or Gallery. These services
will continue to function for both non-migrated and migrated MobileMe
accounts until MobileMe is shut down on June 30, 2012.
iTunes in the Cloud
*6. You can only switch your iTunes in the Cloud account every 90
days.*Once you actually use iTunes in the Cloud with a given
account—by
re-downloading a past purchase or enabling automatic downloads of new
content—your device becomes "locked" to that iTunes Store account for a
period of 90 days. During that time you will be unable to re-download
content or enable automatic downloads with a different iTunes Store account.
After 90 days, you can switch to a new account, at which point the 90-day
timer begins anew.
The good news is that this doesn't affect your ability to actually switch
accounts to purchase *new* content from the iTunes Store, nor does it
prevent you from syncing content from your iTunes library that was purchased
with a different account. It also doesn't apply to apps, presumably because
Apple controls the licensing terms for its own App Store and doesn't have to
negotiate terms with other copyright holders.
Interestingly, however, this 90-day restriction is a step backward for
iBooks users, who could previously re-download purchased content from the
iBookstore from different accounts without requiring a 90-day waiting
period, but are now subject to the same restrictions as for other media
content.
*7. Not everything is available from iTunes in the Cloud everywhere.* iTunes
in the Cloud currently only provides access to Music, Books and TV Shows,
and even those only in specific countries. During the public beta period,
Music, Books and TV Shows were limited to U.S. iTunes Store accounts only,
although with the public release of iCloud Music and Books have become
available in several other countries. TV Shows remain available in the U.S.
only. Audiobooks and Movies are not included at all—yet.
Further, you can only re-download content from iTunes in the Cloud if it's
still being sold on the iTunes Store. If Apple has pulled something from its
catalog, the copy already in your library will be the only copy available.
*8. iTunes in the Cloud is effectively a free iTunes Plus upgrade.* Apple
hasn't kept around older 128kbps DRM-laden versions of its music library,
meaning that when you re-download a previous purchase from iTunes in the
Cloud, you will automatically get the unprotected 256kbps AAC version.
Essentially, when you re-download a track from iTunes in the Cloud, you get
whatever the iTunes Store is selling *now*, rather than the track that you
originally purchased. Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't make this as simple as a
paid iTunes Plus upgrade, as you can only re-download content that is not
already in your library—you'll have to delete the existing tracks first
before re-downloading them, or download them to a secondary iTunes library
instead.
*9. You're limited to a maximum of 10 devices.* With the ability to
re-download content from everywhere, Apple has limited the number of devices
that can participate in iTunes in the Cloud for a given account. The new
terms allow for a total of 10 devices, five of which can be computers
running iTunes. This means you could have five iOS devices and five
computers authorized, or one computer and nine iOS devices, or any
combination of the two.
Fortunately, this limitation only applies to iTunes in the Cloud
features—you can still sync content directly from an authorized iTunes
library to an unlimited number of iPods or iOS devices; the limitation only
applies to authorizing devices to re-download or automatically download
content directly from the iTunes Store.
Photo Stream
*10. Photo Stream only works over Wi-Fi.* For whatever reason, this is
another one of those Apple features that can't be used over a 3G data
connection, possibly to prevent users on limited data plans from blaming
Apple for their large data bills. Whatever the reason, however, your device
will not send photos to or receive photos from your Photo Stream unless you
are on a Wi-Fi network. Photos taken while away from a Wi-Fi connection will
be automatically uploaded when you next connect to a Wi-Fi network. Oddly,
Apple does allow users to choose whether or not they want to use the
cellular network for documents and data, making it a little surprising that
users aren't also offered the same choice for Photo Stream.
*11. Photo Stream is for photos only—videos ar not included.* Videos
recorded on your iOS device or saved from other applications are completely
ignored by Photo Stream—you will have to transfer these off your device the
old-fashioned way.
*12. You can't delete individual photos from Photo Stream.* Once you snap a
picture and it gets uploaded to Photo Stream, it's basically there for good.
iCloud does not provide any way to delete individual photos from your Photo
Stream, although you can reset and erase your entire Photo Stream by going
to your account settings at iCloud.com.
It seems that for simplicity Photo Stream has essentially been built as a
push service rather than a sync service—it pushes new photos to all of your
devices that share the same iCloud account, but it doesn't pay any attention
to the photos that are already there. Even if you could delete a photo from
a single device, Photo Stream would not propagate that change to other
devices. In fact, even when you reset the entire Photo Stream from
iCloud.com, nothing changes on your devices until you toggle Photo Stream
off and back on again in order to delete it.
You can always turn off Photo Stream in advance if you know you're going to
be taking pictures that you don't want uploaded, but this will remove the
current Photo Stream from your device and it will need to be re-downloaded
when toggling the feature back on. If you find that your Photo Stream is
really cluttered with photos you don't want, you can also use iPhoto or
Aperture to download everything from your Photo Stream to a local album,
reset and erase the entire Photo Stream from iCloud.com and then selectively
re-upload the photos you want back in the Photo Stream. This is a needlessly
cumbersome workaround, however, for a feature that should be included.
*13. You can't view your Photo Stream on the web or share links to photos or
content.* Photo Stream is not a replacement for Apple's MobileMe Gallery
service and does not provide any social sharing features at all. There is
not currently any web-based access to your Photo Stream nor any way to
invite users to view your Photo Stream or individual photos except by having
them log in with your iCloud account.
*14. You can share a Photo Stream between family members—sort of.* The
ability to configure multiple iCloud accounts on a single iOS devices can
provide a method for sharing your Photo Stream between multiple family
members. By doing this you'll also be sharing your iCloud Documents and
Backups between devices, but if you're okay with that, setting up your
primary iCloud account to use a shared Apple ID is a great way for several
family members to use a single Photo Stream.
iCloud Backup and Restore
*15. iCloud Backups and Restores are Wi-Fi Only.* While the ability to
backup and restore your device via iCloud may seem like a potential
life-saver, keep in mind that it's only useful if you regularly spend time
around Wi-Fi networks. iCloud Backups won't run at all when you're not on a
Wi-Fi network, nor will you be able to restore your device from iCloud
without access to Wi-Fi. If you don't have a Wi-Fi network at home, you're
going to need to keep backing up to iTunes the old-fashioned way, using a
USB cable.
*16. iCloud Backups run automatically only once every 24 hours, when plugged
in.* Unlike synchronization with iTunes, iCloud backups do not automatically
run every time you plug your device in. An iCloud backup will only start if
it has been at least 24 hours since the last iCloud backup, and only when
the device is plugged in, locked, and on a Wi-Fi connection. You can,
however, initiate an iCloud backup manually at any time—as long as you're on
Wi-Fi—by going into *Storage & Backup* under your iCloud settings and
tapping the "Back Up Now" button.
*17. iCloud Backups only include your data, settings and Camera Roll
content.* As with iTunes backups, iCloud backups only store information that
you wouldn't be able to sync back on via iTunes. Application data and
settings, iOS device settings and your camera roll are included; your actual
applications and media content are not. Following a restore, you'll need to
either need to wait for these to download from iTunes in the Cloud or sync
them back on directly from iTunes. The good news, however, is that most
users should have no problems fitting an iCloud Backup in their free 5GB of
storage space.
*18. You can choose what gets backed up to iCloud.* Unlike iTunes Backups,
where your disk space is theoretically much larger than your iOS devcie
backups, iCloud Backups ideally need to be kept smaller to fit into the
limited 5GB storage that Apple provides for free. While iCloud backs up
everything by default, iOS 5 allows you to turn off the backup of data from
your Camera Roll of specific applications to save iCloud storage space. You
can find these options by selecting your device under "Manage Storage" in
the iCloud *Storage & Backup* settings. Toggling off the backup for a
specific application will prevent all of that app's data from being backed
up, including its configuration settings and preferences, so after a restore
you'll essentially be starting over with that app.
It's worth mentioning that developers can choose to store their data in such
a way that it's not included in iCloud backups. With the release of iOS 5,
Apple is cracking down on apps that include a lot of re-downloadable data
such as cached streaming media content to be backed up by iCloud, and
several streaming media apps such as Rdio have already been updated for iOS
5 to address this—following an update on one of our devices, the amount of
data that Rdio wanted to backup to iCloud dropped from 6GB down to under
200MB.
*19. Restoring your apps, books and media content are subject to iTunes in
the Cloud restrictions and availability.* As mentioned earlier, iCloud
Backups do not include apps and media content that would normally be stored
in iTunes. Following an iCloud restore, your device will instead attempt to
re-download apps and content that were previously on your device directly
from iTunes in the Cloud. Of course, iCloud can only get what is actually
available on the iTunes Store, and this is subject to the same limitations
as re-downloading content yourself—movies are not included at all, and
you'll only get TV shows if you're in the U.S., at least for now. In the
end, you'll probably still need to connect to iTunes to get everything back
that was on your device originally, although the iCloud restore goes a long
way toward getting you up and running when you're away from your computer,
especially where your apps are concerned.
Documents & Data
*20. iCloud Documents is not iDisk.* When Apple debuted iCloud in June, the
message for document storage was clear—this was an attempt to eliminate the
file system and replace it with something entirely different. With iCloud
storage, there is no "file system" as most computer users would understand
it. Instead, individual applications simply save data to iCloud in whatever
way their developers choose. If an app wants to choose to replicate a file
system of some form, they're free to do so, but this only applies to
whatever data they choose to store and manage. This brings us to the next
point:
*21. iCloud storage is app-specific.* Each app gets to create its own chunk
of application storage that is tied only to that particular application,
although developers can share an iCloud storage space across more than one
of their own apps. However, a document saved in Pages will only be available
when running Pages. There is no file system view of everything stored in
iCloud—the closest you can come to that is seeing which applications are
using iCloud storage, and how much each one is using; a feature primarily
designed for managing available storage, not the content therein.
*22. iCloud storage is personal.* iCloud provides no ability to share iCloud
Documents and Data with other iCloud users. Your storage stores your stuff,
and if you want to share a document with somebody else, you'll likely need
to do so by sending it out to e-mail or using some other file transfer
technology. Apps will be able to generate and send out temporary links for
sharing files from iCloud storage, but doing this will be up to the
individual app developer, and these links are designed to provide one-time
sharing of a document, not collaborative features.
*23. You can choose to sync Documents and Data over a cellular data
connection.* Unlike Photo Stream and Backups, syncing of iCloud Documents
and Data is not necessarily limited only to Wi-Fi connections. Under the
"Documents & Data" section in your iCloud settings, you can toggle an option
to "Use Cellular." When enabled, this allows applications such as Apple's
own Pages, Numbers and Keynote as well as other third-party apps that use
iCloud to sync their data regardless of whether your'e on a Wi-Fi connection
or not. You may, however, want to toggle this off if you're on a limited
data plan and expect to be storing a lot of application data in iCloud.
*24. Multiple family members can share a single iCloud Document & Data store
by sharing a single iCloud account, but…* You'll be sharing *everything* in
that Documents and Data store, not just the data from one or two apps. This
includes things like saved game progress from games that use iCloud to store
this information, or synced itineraries from apps like FlightTrack. It's an
all-or-nothing deal.
Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Reminders and Notes
*25. You need a me.com address.* iCloud still uses the @me.com domain for
e-mail address, not @icloud.com as some had speculated it might. Although
you can sign up for iCloud with any Apple ID, if you want to use iCloud Mail
and Notes you will need to create a me.com address. Since Apple IDs cannot
be merged, you will not be able to use a previous MobileMe address for
this—you either need to create a new one, or migrate and use your existing
MobileMe account for iCloud.
*26. You're now limited to three aliases.* MobileMe users could create up to
five me.com aliases for their account. iCloud has reduced this limit to
three. Users who have migrated from MobileMe will be able to keep their
existing aliases, even if over this limit, but will not be able to create
any new ones unless they're under the limit—meaning if you already have five
aliases, you will need to delete three of them before you can create one
more.
*27. Send From and POP Accounts are gone.* Not all of the features of
MobileMe have transitioned to iCloud Mail. Two notable omissions are the
ability to choose to send mail from a non-me.com address using the web
interface, and the ability to download mail from external POP accounts.
Users who relied on these features may want to hold off on migrating their
MobileMe accounts to iCloud, or consider a different e-mail provider. To be
fair, the Send From feature was limited to the web interface and therefore
inconsistent and difficult to support for the average user—the iOS Mail and
OS X Mail apps did not support this capability directly, requiring
workarounds that only more advanced users would be able to configure.
*28. iCloud Mail does not support custom domains.* MobileMe didn't do this
either, but with the transition to iCloud some had hoped that Apple would
change this policy. However, Apple's choice to remove Send From support in
iCloud Mail suggests a move further away from doing this. Clearly Apple
wants you to use a me.com address or not use the service at all.
*29. You can share calendars and reminder lists with other iCloud
accounts.*iCloud Calendars and Reminders can be shared with other
iCloud users via
iCal on OS X or via iCloud.com. When sharing, you can grant either
read/write or read-only access to the other users and on iOS any shared
calendars will be identified in the Calendars listing. When sharing a
calendar or reminders list, users are sent an invitation e-mail with a link
to accept or decline the invitation. From iCloud.com, each user can also
choose whether or not they want e-mail notifications sent when there are
changes made to shared calendars or reminders lists.
*30. Contact sharing between iCloud accounts is no longer available.* With
MobileMe, users could share their contact lists with other MobileMe users,
who could in turn subscribe to them with the OS X Address Book app. iCloud
has eliminated this feature and no sharing or subscribing options are
available in the Lion Address Book app. You can work around this, however,
by configuring an additional iCloud account on devices where you want to
share contacts—the contacts from each iCloud account appear in a separate
category in the iOS Contacts or OS X Address Book apps. However there is no
way to share Contacts for read-only access; by configuring them in their
iCloud account you are effectively giving full access to the Contacts list.
iCloud continues to be in a state of flux, and with the coming release of
iTunes Match at the end of this month, Apple's cloud-based services will
obviously be evolving even further in the near future. We will continue to
report on all of the major changes in our news section, and follow up with
additional tutorials as iCloud improves and stabilizes.
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Apple reports Q4 earnings; misses big on iPhone sales, steady on iPa
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earnings; misses big on iPhone sales, steady on iPad, Mac sales via
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech by Jonathan S. Geller on 10/18/11
Apple on Tuesday reported its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter of
2011. Wall Street was expecting revenue of $29.5 billion and earnings
of $7.29 per share. The company delivered revenue of $28.27 billion and
earnings of $7.05 per share. Apple sold 17.1 million iPhones, 11.1
million iPads, and 4.89 million Macs. In the third fiscal quarter this
year, Apple recorded revenue of $28.57 billion on sales of 20.34
million iPhones, 9.25 million iPads, and 3.95 million Macs into
channels. Apple’s full press release is after the break.
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter ResultsFont size: A | A | A
4:30 PM ET 10/18/11 | BusinessWire
â€"Highest September Quarter Revenue and Earnings Ever
Apple(R) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2011 fourth
quarter ended September 24, 2011. The Company posted quarterly revenue
of $28.27 billion and quarterly net profit of $6.62 billion, or $7.05
per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $20.34 billion
and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share,
in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 40.3 percent compared to 36.9
percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 63
percent of the quarter’s revenue.
The Company sold 17.07 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 21
percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.12 million
iPads during the quarter, a 166 percent unit increase over the year-ago
quarter. The Company sold 4.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 26
percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 6.62
million iPods, a 27 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
“We are thrilled with the very strong finish of an outstanding fiscal
2011, growing annual revenue to $108 billion and growing earnings to
$26 billion,†said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Customer response to iPhone
4S has been fantastic, we have strong momentum going into the holiday
season, and we remain really enthusiastic about our product pipeline.â€
“We are extremely pleased with our record September quarter revenue and
earnings and with cash generation of $5.4 billion during the quarter,â€
said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the first fiscal
quarter of 2012, which will span 14 weeks rather than 13, we expect
revenue of about $37 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share
of about $9.30.â€
Apple will provide live streaming of its Q4 2011 financial results
conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT on October 18, 2011 at
www.apple.com/quicktime/ qtv/earningsq411 . This webcast will also be
available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including
without limitation those about the Company’s estimated revenue and
earnings per share. These statements involve risks and uncertainties,
and actual results may differ. Risks and uncertainties include without
limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the
Company’s reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying
decisions with respect to the Company’s products; continued competitive
pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to
the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs,
products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect
that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing
or mix, and/or increases in component costs could have on the Company’s
gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company’s need to
order or commit to order product components in advance of customer
orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of
certain components and services essential to the Company’s business
currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the
effect that the Company’s dependency on manufacturing and logistics
services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or
cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated
with the Company’s international operations; the Company’s reliance on
third-party intellectual property and digital content; the potential
impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual
property rights of others; the Company’s dependency on the performance
of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company’s
products; the effect that product and service quality problems could
have on the Company’s sales and operating profits; the continued
service and availability of key executives and employees; war,
terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other
circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of
products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings. More
information on potential factors that could affect the Company’s
financial results is included from time to time in the “Risk Factorsâ€
and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations†sections of the Company’s public reports filed
with the SEC, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 25, 2010, its Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended
December 25, 2010; March 26, 2011; and June 25, 2011; and its Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2011 to be filed with the SEC.
The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements or information, which speak as of their respective dates.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along
with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the
digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple
has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future
of mobile media and computing devices.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple’s PR website
(www.apple.com/pr), or call Apple’s Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042.
(C) 2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac,
Mac OS and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product
names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Apple by the numbers: Figures released today at the conference call
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Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Apple by the numbers:
Figures released today at the conference call via 9to5Mac by Jake Smith
on 10/18/11
Apple just announced some pretty interesting numbers in their Q4
earnings call. Below you’ll find them broken down:
- $28.7 billion in Q4 revenue
- $6.62 billion in Q4 net profit
- $7.05 per diluted share
- 17.1 million iPhones sold in Q4
- 11.12 million iPads sold in Q4
- 6.6 million iPod sales sold in Q4
- 18 billion App Store downloads
- 180 million iBookstore downloads
- 6 million Lion downloads, since its release this summer
- 4.89 million Macs sold in Q4
- $10.7 million average revenue per Apple Store
- $108 billion in revenue for fiscal year, 66% growth over FY10
- 77.5 million Apple Store visits in Q4
- 16% of Apple’s revenue came from China
- 500,000 apps available on the App Store, available in 23 countries
- Apple has $81.6 billion cash available
- 13% of Apple’s revenue from retail
- iPhone sales up 21% year over year
- 93% of Fortune 500 deploying or testing iPhones
- Apple set a $37 billion guidance for fiscal Q1 (holiday)
- 16 billion songs downloaded from iTunes
- iPad 2 available in 90 countries
- 25 million iOS device sold in Q4
- 357 Apple Stores world-wide
- $3.6 billion in revenue from Apple Stores
- iPod still has >70% share in U.S. 10 years after introduced
- Apple plans to add 40 new Apple Stores next Q, 3/4 outside of U.S.
- All five stores combined in China have the most traffic
- iPhone 4S available in 7 countries, 22 more on their way
- 30 new Apple stores were added in Q4
More from the call.
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