The Tech Loft

  Introduction Welcome to the world of iOS 16.5, the latest update from Apple that brings a plethora of exciting features and enhancements to your iOS devices. In this article, we'll explore the innovative additions and improvements that iOS 16.5 brings to the table. From enhanced security to productivity boosts, let's dive in and discover what's new! 1. Enhanced Security Features iOS 16.5 places a strong emphasis on bolstering security measures, ensuring your data and privacy are protected. Apple has implemented advanced encryption algorithms and additional security layers to safeguard your sensitive information. With this update, you can have peace of mind knowing your device is fortified against potential threats and cyber attacks. 2. Improved User Interface The user interface in iOS 16.5 has received a revamp, introducing a sleek and intuitive design that enhances user experience. Apple has meticulously crafted a modern and visually appealing interface, making navigat...

If you own an iOS device, you’ll probably enjoy this find. While searching Amazon, I found a neat device to store extra photos and videos with an iOS Flash Drive ! While I’m sure there are plenty of Android versions of compact flash drives , this iOS flash drive is designed for iPhone and iPad owners . Since iOS devices don’t let you use microSD cards for extra storage, this could come in handy for offloading your phone’s vacation photos if you’re running low on space, or storing extra movies and TV shows for long flights. We’ve seen deals on a few similar products in the past, but $30 for 32GB is the best price we’ve seen.

THE SHUFFLE ISSUE IN IPODS So I really don’t think I’m the only one experiencing the ‘shuffle’ issue. When listening to a playlist from my iPhone (or any iOS device), shuffle songs from a playlist play back in the same order. To a point where you can predict the next track on a 80 song playlist. You playlist is no longer a shuffled playlist but just a playlist. I have seen this issue reoccur on my iPod Video 5G, iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5. Yeah, I’ve gone through quite a few iOS devices. RESHUFFLE YOUR IPOD PLAYLIST From what I have found out, when you select to shuffle a playlist, the actual shuffling of songs is calculated ONCE and from every replay of the playlist, the songs will play in the sequenced order over and over. In order to reshuffle your songs, you’d have to UNSHUFFLE and then select to SHUFFLE your songs. This action apparently recreates the random traversal path through your playlist (or entire library). It re-seeds the random ...

AIRPORT UTILITY 5.6 NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MOUNTAIN LION If you’re like me, you probably own an Apple AirPort Express and MacBook Pro up to date with Mountain Lion. What’s the problem you’re asking? Well, for those with the same setup, Apple’s AirPort Utility 5.6 does not install onto Mountain Lion systems. Ridiculous? Yes!! Instead of bitching about Apple’s carelessness, I’m just going to post the solution to get you up and running and programming your Apple AirPort Express. USE AIRPORT UTILITY 5.6.1 ON MOUNTAIN LION Just in case you’d like to use AirPort Utility 5.6.1 on Mountain Lion (and probalby Lion as well), here’s how to install it: Download the disk image (you can find it here:  http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1536 ). Mount the disk image and drag the install package (AirPortUtility.pkg) to your desktop. Fire up Terminal and prepare to show off… Make a temporary directory and cd into it:  mkdir tmp ; cd tmp Extract the Payload file fro...

An App to Increase Battery Life of Smart Phones Author: Gayatri Radhakrishnan Smartphone users always face low battery problems because they have lots of applications on their phone. Applications basically need lot of power to run because of which phone batteries decrease at a faster rate. Smartphone users thus face problem when their phone gets switched off due to low battery. To avoid such problems, a team from the University of California Berkley has come up with a program that will help Smartphone users save their phone’s battery power. Apart from phone the program will also save battery of tablets and portable music players. The app named “Caret” since its release has been downloaded by more than 36,000 Android and Apple users. This app works silently without disturbing any other application. It works by collecting data from a community of mobile devices. The application when installed on a device takes the measurement of the device i.e. how it is being used from ...