The release of the watchOS 2 update announced for today, simultaneously with the iOS 9 update, has been delayed by Apple due to a substantial bug. No word yet on when it will be released.
Apple Delays Release Of watchOS 2 Due To Bug
Category Archives: End-User Computing
How to Upgrade to iOS 9
Now that iOS 9 is being pushed out to a device near you this afternoon, here’s a great article from MacWorld about how to upgrade as painlessly as possible. And some advice on how to downgrade as well, if it’s not working out for you. (Hint: you’ll have to plan for the ability to downgrade before you do the upgrade.)
How to upgrade to iOS 9 (and, if you need to, reinstall iOS 8)
Microsoft Releases Office 2016 for Mac With Updated Versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and More
Mac Office users rejoice: Microsoft has finally modernized Office for Mac. It’s much more like its Windows counterparts, but still in the style of the Mac.
Microsoft Releases Office 2016 for Mac With Updated Versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and More
Hidden Features in iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan
Apple releases OS X 10.10.4 with Mail, Photos improvements, ‘discoveryd’ fix
The discoveryd fix is worth the price of admission for me.
Apple releases OS X 10.10.4 with Mail, Photos improvements, ‘discoveryd’ fix
Windows 10 free upgrades starting July 29
Microsoft opens download reservation system for Windows 10 upgrades
Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 10 upgrade will be available for install starting July 29, and that the upgrade will be free for existing users of Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1 for a period of one year. Microsoft has also created a quirky system to “reserve” your upgrade download.
The Windows team has put up the page Upgrade to Windows 10 for free describing how the process will work.
According to the site, Microsoft will use the Windows Update mechanism to determine whether your machine can run Windows 10, then push a new icon to your taskbar, as shown below. If you don’t see it and want to force the issue, fire up the Windows Update control panel, or check out KB3035583. The KnowledgeBase notes slyly say that it provides “new notification capabilities for Windows Update”, but says nothing else.
Clicking on this will pop up a window giving you more information on the process, and the button to click to reserve your free upgrade:
Oddly enough, the window just disappears afterward without confirming. You can use the new upgrade notification icon to check your status, though:
Enterprise users will not be eligible to reserve, and will get the upgrade via the usual methods.