Al Lustie's Tips and Tricks

I waited a few days and upgraded to IOS8 for my iPhone, iPad and iPod.  So did my wife.

She had a new keyboard/case for her iPad and the keyboard kept disconnecting.  She took it back and got another of the same brand.  Same problem.  Was it IOS8?

We took the second keyboard/case back and went to Target and purchased a different brand.  No more problems.  The ZAGG was the problem, not IOS8.  We have updated all the apps that can be updated and are not having problems that we can see.

I LOVE the new way of managing messages in the mail program.  A swipe and it is deleted.  Yeaaa!

I upgraded to IOS8.1 a couple of days ago.  No problems.

I upgraded us to Yosemite (OS X 10.10) and noticed several things.

1. My iMac and my MacBook Air both seem to run faster
2. I don't much like the comic book look of the icons, but they work
3. I haven't tried the Continuity feature, and maybe never will.  No comment, at least not yet.
4. On my wife's iMac with an extra monitor the Dock keeps moving around.  All the various "fixes" we found on the Web failed to work.  Is that a Yosemite thing?  Don't know.  

All in all I recommend staying up to date on the upgrades.  The price is right and they work just fine for us.

Leave your comment and let us know your experience.

We have had IOS 8 on our "i"devices for a short while.  There are some things I like, and some things I don't have any use for.  Each of us differs in our likes, dislikes, and approach to using electronic devices.  So, I would invite you to leave a comment sharing what you most like about IOS 8 on your iDevice (Phone, Pad, Pod).

The most enjoyable thing I find is the ability to swipe left while looking a messages in Mail and delete/Archive them.  No more clicking Edit!  Far less chance of deleting something I didn't want to delete because of a stab of the finger going wrong.

Well, enough of my stuff.  What do you like?  What do you dislike?  Lave a comment and let us know.