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TidBITS#1231/14-Jul-2014

If your phone’s battery dies while traveling, you’re at risk of losing it if you fly into the U.S., as the TSA has demanded that unpowered devices flying into the U.S. from select airports be confiscated. In happier news, iTunes Extras are at last available on the Apple TV — ”Take Control of Apple TV” author Josh Centers tells you how they work. Some say Apple is dumbing down its professional apps, but Michael Cohen, author of, “Take Control of Pages,” explains why it’s not. There are loads of Thunderbolt docks on the market, but which ones are worth the steep cost? Julio Ojeda-Zapata pits them in a battle to see which reigns supreme. Finally in FunBITS, Josh takes a trip down memory lane with the role-playing classic, Dragon Quest VIII, now available for the iPhone and iPad. Notable software releases this week include Parallels Desktop 9.0.24237, Skype 6.19, and TextExpander 4.3.2.

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ExtraBITS for 14 July 2014

Apple has launched a blog for its new Swift programming language, signaling a more open Apple. Bad news for Mac fans: Intel’s new desktop processors have been delayed until 2015, and it turns out that the new entry-level iMac isn’t worth the money. Worse news for Apple TV fans, as Apple’s set-top box lags behind the Roku and Chromecast in U.S. sales. Steve Wozniak looks back on Steve Jobs, and Apple has released an all-new version of iTunes U.