Blog | Graham Bower

How gesture controls could replace 3D Touch and bring multi-touch to the Mac [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Feb 22, 2019 | Technology

Next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG looks set to unveil a revolutionary new smartphone with gesture controls. In a brief teaser video, the South Korean tech giant boldly promises the end of multi-touch — the way we’ve all been interacting with...

Top 40 tips that make you love the Touch Bar [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Jan 17, 2019 | Technology

The Touch Bar is one of Apple’s most controversial innovations of recent years. Located inconspicuously at the top of the MacBook Pro keyboard, where the function keys used to sit, some users ignore it altogether. Others actively hate it. For pro users, like software...

Get fit with Apple Watch and nail your New Year’s resolution

by Graham Bower | Jan 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

If your New Year’s resolution is to get fit with Apple Watch in 2019, maybe I can help. I know from personal experience that it’s never too late to get in shape. I’m a middle-aged guy, and up until a few years ago, I lived a very unhealthy lifestyle. I never...

Tap into the ancient wisdom of the Apple Watch Breathe app [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Dec 6, 2018 | Fitness, Technology

In today’s fast-paced, connected world, the demands on our time seem endless. We spend much of our day in a state of constant hyperactivity. Apple Watch and iPhone add to the pressure, with their endless notifications telling us what we should be doing, who we should...

How to start swimming with Apple Watch [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Nov 21, 2018 | Fitness, Technology

While many of us learn to swim at school, plenty of people never return to the pool as an adult. If that sounds familiar, but your shiny new Apple Watch Series 4 is tempting you to dip your toe in the water again, this guide to swimming with Apple Watch is for you....

Why creative pros can’t rely on iPad Pro [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Nov 13, 2018 | Technology

Since the new iPad Pro’s launch, debate about the powerful devices has become increasingly polarized into two opposing camps: futurists and realists. The futurists argue that the iPad is the future computing. Apple’s tablet has eliminated the need for laptops, they...

How Apple Watch pace alerts will make you run faster [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Nov 7, 2018 | Fitness, Technology

Apple made three big strides for runners in watchOS 5, adding Pace Alert, Rolling Mile pace and Cadence features. In this post, I’ll focus on Pace Alerts, which let you set a specific pace for your run. This handy new feature is not just designed to keep you moving by...

How to sync your Apple workouts to Strava automatically

by Graham Bower | Oct 13, 2018 | Fitness, Technology

Your shiny new Apple Watch is great for logging workouts. But it comes up short when you want to review your training progress and share your workout history with friends. Everything gets bundled in the Activity and Health apps on your iPhone, which are pretty basic....

GPS workout maps prove far more accurate on Apple Watch Series 4 [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Oct 2, 2018 | Fitness, Technology

Apple Watch is pretty awesome at doing a lot of things. But mapping workouts isn’t one of them. At least, not until now. Back in 2016, I was pretty disappointed with the maps I got from my Apple Watch Series 2 (the first model that came with built-in GPS). When I...

Series 4 makes me fall in love with Apple Watch all over again [Cult of Mac]

by Graham Bower | Sep 14, 2018 | Technology

Can Apple Watch Series 4’s fall-detection feature tell when you have fallen in love? I hope so, because I’ve really fallen for it. Big-time. I haven’t felt this way about an Apple Watch since my first love, the original model, was announced back in 2014. It’s not just...