Essential Apple Podcast 152: Looking forward to Luminar 4 with Alex Tsepko

This week Apple said iOS 13 reached 50% adoption, Apple TV appeared on Roku, iPhoto finally reached the end of the road. Google told us why the Pixel 4 isn’t 5G, Adobe say Photoshop for iPad will appear this year, and Pebble watches are still living on due to the “Rebble Alliance”. Meanwhile the US finally gave up on 8“ floppy disks…
But more important than all that stuff Simon is joined by Alex Tsepko, CEO of Skylum, to talk about what’s in store for Luminar 4 due for release November 18th.

GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS

We had four licences for BeLight’s new vector application Amadine to give away. Names out of the hat were:
- Alan Vickers, Dan Murphy, Bart Busschots and Guy Serle!
Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount!
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Recorded 20th October 2019

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ALEX TSEPKO

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@SkylumSoftware on Twitter
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Skylum.com
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If you are in New York 24th to 26th October you can visit Luminar at the PhotoPlus Expo, Javits Convention Center, New York.

APPLE

Half of all iPhones already on iOS 13 less than a month since release — Digital Trends
The Complete Guide to Using External Storage on iOS and iPadOS – Flip It
Luna Display Introduces Mac-to-Mac Mode Allowing Nearly Any Mac to Be Used as Secondary Display — MacRumors
Apple TV App Available on Roku Starting Today – Mac Rumors
Apple takes iPhoto round the back of the barn – if that pains you then check out GrowlyBird Photo

TECHNOLOGY

Google explains why it didn’t release a 5G version of the Pixel 4 — BGR
How Pebble smartwatches are getting a second life. All thanks to the Rebble Alliance – The Verge
US military will no longer use floppy disks to coordinate nuke launches – Flip It
Adobe Committed to Releasing Photoshop for iPad in 2019, Some Features Won’t Be Available at Launch – Flip It
- A comment via Affinity Tutorials on Twitter

SECURITY & PRIVACY

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WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

How to get visitors on to your home wi-fi easily – BBC News
- TL; DR – Basically put your login details into a QR code, print it out and put it where people can scan it…
Twitter app returns to Mac (as a Catalyst App) – Mac App Store
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