Type of Article: MacNews News Article

Apple posts watchOS update

Apple has released a watchOS 4 update that fixes the Watch Series 3 Series 3 LTE connectivity issues. Another update scheduled for later in the month will bring the promised music and radio streaming for Watch customers with the cellular Series 3. 

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Yoink for macOS revved to version 3.4

Eternal Storms Software has updated Yoink, their drag ’n drop app for macOS, to version 3.4.

The utility offers a temporary place for file and app-content drags to free your mouse so you can more easily and quickly navigate to the actual destination of your drag. Along with improvements and bug fixes, version 3.4 allows for adding the contents from the clipboard to Yoink for temporary storage and later use.

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AKVIS brews up a new Coffee Pack

AKVIS (www.akvis.com) has brewed up a Coffee Pack for AKVIS Frames and AKVIS ArtSuite that includes 100 picture frames: 50 vertical and 50 horizontal high-quality templates. It’s designed “especially for true and aspiring coffee geeks, enthusiastic baristas and coffee shop owners”

To use AKVIS frame packs, you need to have installed one of following programs: AKVIS Frames (available for free) or AKVIS ArtSuite (a demo is available for download). On the Mac platform, the the products require macOS 10.12 or higher. The new Coffee Pack frame pack sells for $17.

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Apple posts iOS 11.0.2

Apple has released iOS 11.0.2. According to the update notes, it:

°Fixes an issue where crackling sounds may occur during calls for a small number of iPhone 8 and 8 Plus devices;

° Addresses an issue that could cause some photos to become hidden;

° Fixes an issue where attachments in S/MIME encrypted emails would not open.

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Dropshare for macOS revved to version 4.7

Timo Josten has announced Dropshare 4.7 (https://getdropsha.re), an update to his secure file sharing tool developed exclusively for macOS.

It’s a menu bar application for drag ‘ dropping upload files, screenshots and even directories to many supported hosting providers, including Dropshare Cloud. Version 4.7 introduces screenshot annotations, additional hosting providers, improved screen recordings and more changes.

Dropshare requires macOS 10.9 or later. Version 4.7 is a free update for current users. For new users the price is $24.99

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