January 14th to 18th, 2019 News Archive

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Review of I/O Crest Syba Dual M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe card in Mac Pro
JMan sent a review with benchmarks of the I/O Crest Syba Dual M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe card in his Mac Pro 5,1 running macOS 10.14.2. (He's using Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSDs installed in the card.) Down the page are Amorphous Disk Mark, Blackmagic and AJA Disk Speed test results as well as other overall System benchmark scores.

Apple/products related News, Updates, Tips, PR (later first)

Final Cut Pro X 10.4.5 update (app store)
(Info from release notes.)
- Improves performance when generating waveforms for clips with no audio channels.
- Improves stability when sending a project to Compressor using the Shift-Command-E.
- Improves stability when creating or editing titles with Arabic or Hebrew text.
- Improves stability when switching tabs in the Timeline Index.
Pixelmator Pro version 1.3 "Prism"
- Long list of new features and improvements.
Micromat Drive Scope 1.2.3 update (use in-app update check)
- Fixed a text display issue in Mojave's Dark Mode.
- Updated drive model detection when only a part number is used.
- Other minor fixes and enhancements.
Microsoft Office for Mac (365/2019) 16.21 (Build 19011500) Update
(Revised to show downloads "With Microsoft Teams" & "Without Microsoft Teams")
- See January 2019 release notes.

Apple Support/How-To/Troubleshooting Article Updates (later first)

Deploy apps in a business environment with iTunes (HT208079 no longer online)
(article had download of iTunes with built-in app store, added notes it's not compatible with Mojave.)
If Face ID isn't working on your iPhone or iPad Pro
How to use target disk mode to move files to another computer
(was titled "Use target disk mode to share files between two Mac computers")
How to use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro
Mac models with the Apple T2 Security Chip
Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books. (HT201272 no longer online)
Connect your Apple ID to your Movies Anywhere account (HT202915 no longer online)
How to Back up and Restore your iTunes media library
(was titled "Manage and back up...")

Topic based Guides, Tips & Troubleshooting for Mac & iPhone/iPad/watchOS/tvOS Users.

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