A fun read on the idea of developing watch faces for the Apple Watch. It’d be interesting to see what developers would come up with if Apple opened up watch faces. I really like his Weather face.
Exploring Custom watchOS Watch Faces – David Smith, Independent iOS Developer:
I spent the better part of this week making my own watch faces, and it was glorious! This is the most fun I’ve had in development in a long time.
Chances are you’ve ended up somewhere where you needed to do some quick calculations. Perhaps you’re trying to total receipts for an expense report, figure out a tip on your restaurant bill, average your kid’s report card grades, or split a restaurant bill. Either way, instead of launching the Calculator app on your iPhone (this app is oddly missing from the iPad), get Siri to do the math for you. For each the above examples, try the following, making sure to speak the decimal point as “point” or “dot.” “What is a 20% tip on $43?” “What is 113.25 plus 67.29 plus 89.16?” “What is the average of 92 and 96 and 82 and 91?” “What is 235.79 divided by 6?” Siri always shows you the calculation, so you can verify that it heard you correctly, just in case you’re doing this in a loud restaurant. Another tip for you – this works great on the Apple Watch too.
If you have ever needed to call emergency services from your iPhone, or someone else’s iPhone, you know by almost by definition, such calls take place at stressful times. In all honesty, it can be hard to remember what to do. What if you’ve been in an accident? It might be difficult or impossible to navigate the iPhone’s interface. The good news is in iOS 10.2 and watchOS 3 and later, Apple added the Emergency SOS feature to help.
Emergency SOS does three things:
How you invoke Emergency SOS varies slightly depending on which Apple device you have:
I know, you want to test this. It’s only human. To test this in a non-emergency situation, and you can do so without actually placing the call. On both the iPhone and the Apple Watch, there will be a red hangup button you can tap, followed by an End Call or Stop Calling button. Similarly, you can cancel notifications of your emergency contacts.
You’ll also want to stop calls if they’re placed accidentally—we know someone who had his hand in his pocket in such a way as to press the Apple Watch’s side button long enough to start the call, and since he was in a noisy environment, he didn’t hear the alert or notice anything until the 911 service called his iPhone back.
To add emergency contacts—the people who you’d want notified if you were in an accident, follow these steps on your iPhone:
Two notes. First, if you’re concerned about activating the Auto Call feature inadvertently, you can turn it off in Settings > Emergency SOS on the iPhone, and for the Apple Watch in the Watch app, in My Watch > General > Emergency SOS.
Second, bringing up the screen with the Emergency SOS slider also automatically disables Touch ID and Face ID, such that you must enter your passcode to re-enable them.
I sincerely hope that you never have to use Emergency SOS, but that if you do, it proves to be a faster and more effective way of contacting emergency services.
The iBook for Tutor for Apple Watch is now available for Premium Members. This tutorial includes all the lessons and are downloaded with the iBook, no streaming videos. Once you download it, you can view it on your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. If you are new to the Apple Watch or you want to learn more about it, take a look at my latest tutorial – Tutor for Apple Watch.
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Apple approved the sale of my latest tutorial on the Apple Watch – Tutor for Apple Watch – in the iBook store. This tutorial includes all the lessons and are downloaded with the iBook, no streaming videos. Once you download it, you can view it on your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. If you are new to the Apple Watch or you want to learn more about it, take a look at my latest tutorial – Tutor for Apple Watch. The iBook store includes a free sample!
I’m happy to announce that my tutorial on the Apple Watch with watchOS 4 is now available on-line. This tutorial includes 22 video lessons on using the Apple Watch including a quick video on how to tell which watchOS you are using. I cover everything from getting around the Apple Watch with gestures, to accessing and rearranging the Apps on the Apple Watch, to looking at various settings using the Watch App on the iPhone, to measuring your activity and working out with the Apple Watch. If you are new to the Apple Watch or even an intermediate user of the Apple Watch, we can help you get more out of your Apple Watch with Tutor for watchOS 4 on the Apple Watch.
The tutorial include 3 free lessons! Check them out on the Tutor for Apple Watch course page.
Recycle any Apple device online or at an Apple Store. For qualifying devices, you’ll receive a gift card online or credit toward a purchase in the store. We’ll either refurbish the device for resale or recycle its materials responsibly.
You can now recycle your old Apple Watch. I’ll be doing this with my first Apple Watch. It’s in good condition, so it’s an easy $75.
Select Tutorials are also available in the App Stores
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