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Apple has added yet another new feature to make configuring wireless networks on iOS even easier. As first noticed by u/EzDzO on Reddit, iOS 11 users will be able to use the native camera app to scan a routers QR code and quickly get connected.
Built into iOS 11s native camera is a QR code reader. The reader is built to support launching apps and websites after reading a valid code. When scanning a QR code attached to a router, iOS 11 offers to connect to that network with a banner notification. A tap on the notification begins the connection process.
(9to5mac)
Curved widescreen monitors are all the thing these days, and Samsung has just upped the stakes with a mega 49-inch wide HDR model aimed primarily at gamers. The company says that its the worlds largest widescreen monitor.
The Samsung CHG90 is the top end of a trio of new models just announced by the company: 27-, 32- and 49-inch QLED screens which are LCD panels lit by LEDs
The two smaller models are Quad HD screens, offering the same 2560×1440 resolution as Apples now-discontinued 27-inch Thunderbolt Display. The 49-inch model is UHD: 3840×1080 exactly the same as glueing two 1080p HD screens together side-by-side.
They offer HDMI and Mini DisplayPort inputs but lack USB-C, so youll need an adapter to use them with the latest MacBook Pro machines.
(9to5mac)
...another option: macOS Recovery over the Internet, which requires either a Mac model released in 2012 or later, or most 2010 and 2011 models with a firmware upgrade applied. There, the Mac reaches out over a Wi-Fi or ethernet connection to download the relatively modest Recovery software, which then bootstraps the download of the full macOS installer.(More info at: MacWorld)
Apple says Internet-based Recovery should happen automatically on supported models, and you should see a spinning globe when that mode is invoked while the download occurs. However, if you have normal Recovery installed and it refuses to install macOS for some reason, you can manually invoke Internet Recovery.
While Command-R at startup always installs whatever the most recent version you installed on your Mac, holding down Command-Option-R brings down the very latest compatible version that can be installed. Apple also offers Shift-Command-Option-R, which installs the version of OS X or macOS with which your computer shipped, or the next oldest compatible system still available for download.
(Apple just changed this behavior with 10.12.4, but if youre using Internet Recovery for a clean install on an erased drive, the new behavior should be active as it will be pulled from the version of Recovery thats bootstrapped from Apples servers. The pre-10.12.4 option is simply Command-Option-R, but it acts like the new Shift-Command-Option-R, installing the shipped OS or the oldest compatible version.)
Apple recommends the Command-Option-R option as the only safe way to reinstall a Mac with El Capitan or earlier versions of macOS if you want to be sure your Apple ID doesnt persist even after erasure.
Cracking the screen on your iPhone is always a headache. Not only because cracks make it difficult to use your phone as a very expensive mirror, but also because Apple has made fixing those cracks a time-consuming nightmare that involves sitting in an Apple store for hours. Now, Reuters reports that butter-fingered iPhone users may be able to spend hours in a Best Buy instead.
Apple is finally letting other vendors fix their phones, giving authorized third-party repair stores access to their proprietary glass-fixing devices, called Horizon Machines. By the end of 2017, there will be 400 authorized third-party repair centers in 25 countries,