• How to Disable “Now Playing” From Automatically Opening on the Apple Watch

    How to Disable “Now Playing” From Automatically Opening on the Apple Watch

    I downloaded watchOS 4 when it came out a few weeks ago.  But for a week or two afterward, it was doing something that drove me absolutely insane.  Specifically, it would show what I was listening to all the time.  Which also seemed to have an effect on the battery life as it was draining…

  • You Can’t Downgrade From iOS 11 to iOS 10 – It’s Gone

    You Can’t Downgrade From iOS 11 to iOS 10 – It’s Gone

    There’s no going back at this point.  Apple won’t let you return to pre-iOS 11 firmware.  Which means, if you’ve got an older version and you want to stay there, don’t update to 11, because you can’t downgrade.  This kind of makes sense though, doesn’t it?  Apple had a beta version available for a really…

  • Fitbit Ionic vs the Apple Watch: And the Winner is?

    Fitbit Ionic vs the Apple Watch: And the Winner is?

    Smartwatches have definitely become mainstream.  For a really long time, they weren’t seen as being very useful.  In fact, some people still argue that the Apple Watch isn’t that useful.  They don’t see the benefit of it.  But it has some pretty incredible fitness capabilities if you ask me.  The thing we should be considering,…