How to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan

<img alt="Thumb12" height="359" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzA1L2U2L1RodW1iMTIuZmU1NDAuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJOTUweDUzNCMKZQlqcGc/569d8bb1/e9c/Thumb12.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Apple on Wednesday released OS X El Capitan as a free upgrade and as a result, lots of Mac users are busy upgrading their desktop and notebook computers.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> As with OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Mavericks and OS X Yosemite, Apple makes it easy for users to install the upgrade by downloading El Capitan from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">App Store</a> and running the installer.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> For <em>most</em> users, this is the best way to upgrade because it means your existing programs and data remain where they are. Sometimes, however, you <em>don't</em> want to do a regular OS upgrade. Maybe you want to start fresh or maybe you need to install El Capitan on a machine that doesn't already have OS X installed. For those users, the best bet is to do a clean installation, erasing the hard disk and installing from scratch.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> If you want to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan on your Mac — or on a new hard drive — you can do it, it just takes a bit of work.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> If you've gone through the clean install processes in the last few years, these instructions will look familiar. (That's because they are almost the same as past years, albeit with changes made for the proper OS name). With a little time, it's relatively easy to create a bootable copy of OS X El Capitan that you can run from a USB stick or other drive.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <strong>Note:</strong> A clean install will erase all of the contents on your disk drive. Make sure to back up your important files, settings and apps before proceeding.</div> <section class="gallery list" style="border-color: rgb(246, 245, 242); border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px; clear: left; padding: 10px 0px;"><div class="content"> <ul class="slides" style="list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">First Steps</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-1" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLmRiMzY4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/593d97cb/c9d/el-cap-clean-install-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> To do a clean install of OS X El Capitan, you'll need a blank USB flash drive that is at least 8GB in size. You'll be using this drive completely for OS X El Capitan, so don't waste a larger drive if you have an 8GB available.<br />You can also use an existing hard drive partition, but that process complicates the second option for this installer.<br />You'll also need to download OS X Capitan onto your existing Mac.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Download OS X El Capitan</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-2" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjQ2MTE0LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/aaf5c344/b28/el-cap-clean-install-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> You can download OS X El Capitan from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mac App Store here</a>.<br />This will download a 6.09GB file called "Install OS X El Capitan" to your Applications folder.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Format USB Drive</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-3" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjFjODJiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/7b3da650/8af/el-cap-clean-install-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> Now, format the USB drive by opening up Disk Utility. It's in the Utilities folder in Applications.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Select your USB drive and click on the "Erase" tab. Select Mac OS<br />Extended (Journaled) as the format type and keep the name as "untitled."</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Click the Erase button. This will take a few minutes, but will erase your USB drive will be erased and format it with the proper file system.</li> </ol> </div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Easy Option: Use DiskMaker X 5</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-4" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLmM0NDAwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/61c0838a/4a3/el-cap-clean-install-4.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> A great app for automating the creation of an OS X bootable USB disk called <a href="http://diskmakerx.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DiskMaker X</a>.<br /> DiskMaker X just released its latest version, version 5, which is compatible with El Capitan.<br /> This is far and away the easiest way to create a bootable copy of OS X El Capitan.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Option 2: Using Terminal</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-5" src="http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjRhYjA5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/0589934e/d27/el-cap-clean-install-5.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> First, I'd like to thank <em><a href="http://www.macrumors.com/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MacRumors</a></em> forum member <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=18081307&postcount=3" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tywebb13</a> for his instructions on creating a manual bootable USB copy of OS X Mavericks back in 2013. His work made it easy to update the instructions to work in El Capitan.<br /> This method requires using the Terminal app. If you're not comfortable typing commands into Terminal, just use the DiskMaker X app (above).<br />To continue with using Terminal, follow the steps below.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">After downloading OS X El Capitan to your Applications folder and formatting your USB drive (make sure it's called "Untitled"), open up the Terminal app.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Paste the following command into the Terminal window and hit enter:</li> <div class="gist" id="gist26781421" style="color: #333333; direction: ltr;"> <div class="gist-file" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <div class="gist-data" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px; overflow: auto; word-wrap: normal;"> <div class="js-gist-file-update-container js-task-list-container file-box"> <div class="file" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb"> <div class="blob-wrapper data type-text" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden;"> <table class="highlight tab-size js-file-line-container" data-tab-size="8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody> <tr><td class="blob-num js-line-number" data-line-number="1" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb-L1" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: transparent; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.298039); cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; min-width: inherit; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-top: 4px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 7.27272701263428px;"></td><td class="blob-code blob-code-inner js-file-line" id="file-el-capitan-install-usb-LC1" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; padding-top: 4px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre; word-wrap: normal;">sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --nointeraction</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="gist-meta" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; color: #767676; font-family: Helvetica, arial, nimbussansl, liberationsans, freesans, clean, sans-serif, 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px;"> <a href="https://gist.github.com/filmgirl/72eeeab4063cce8612fd/raw/ff5ce804b5b31a4295e6e82ff264a0301ee26c78/el-capitan-install-usb" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; float: right; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">view raw</a><a href="https://gist.github.com/filmgirl/72eeeab4063cce8612fd#file-el-capitan-install-usb" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">el-capitan-install-usb</a> hosted with ❤ by <a href="https://github.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GitHub</a></div> </div> </div> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">You will be prompted to enter in your user password. Then, you'll see a list of processes on the terminal screen that read:<br />Erasing Disk:<br />Copying Installer files to disk...<br />Done.</li> </ol> This process runs a special mode built into the OS X El Capitan installer that can create installable media. The disk you're copying the media onto becomes bootable, too.<br /> The process takes less time than DiskMaker X, but you'll need to follow the instructions exactly. Don't move the installer to another folder, and make sure you don't have more than one disk drive titled "Untitled" connected to your machine.</div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="slide top" style="line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><h2 class="title" style="clear: left; color: black; line-height: 1.27; margin: 12px 0px 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Booting up and Installing El Capitan</span></h2> <figure style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="El-cap-clean-install-6" src="http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzAxLzY1L2VsY2FwY2xlYW5pLjljNzY3LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg4NTA-CmUJanBn/6f9b1db6/d80/el-cap-clean-install-6.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 625px;" /></figure><div class="meta" style="margin-top: 20px;"> <div class="caption" style="color: #8a8c8e; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px;"> Once your USB drive has been created, it's time to install El Capitan.<br /> <ol style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Restart your Mac and hold down the Option key immediately. When your machine boots up, choose the USB drive that says "Install OS X El Capitan"</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Select "Disk Utility" and then select your main hard drive. Press "Erase" on the volume. Remember, this will erase EVERYTHING on your machine.</li> <li style="line-height: 1.5;">Go back to the main menu and choose "Install OS X." Select your internal hard drive when prompted and continue with the installation.</li> </ol> </div> <div class="credit" style="color: #aaaaaa; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;"> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> Show As Gallery</section><h2 style="clear: left; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.27; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> <span style="font-size: small;">After the Install</span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> After installing OS X El Capitan, you can start restoring your programs and settings using either a Time Machine backup or Migration Assistant.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> </section><footer class="article-topics" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; max-width: 625px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><br /></footer>

How to do a clean install of OS X El Capitan

Apple on Wednesday released OS X El Capitan as a free upgrade and as a result, lots of Mac users are busy upgrading their desktop and not...

Read more »

Trouble using Touch ID with iOS 9.1? You're not the only one.

<img alt="15709701215_7ac0f1bce5_k" height="359" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzhlLzE1NzA5NzAxMjE1LjU3Y2QxLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/684b044c/9c8/15709701215_7ac0f1bce5_k.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Don't call it Touch ID-gate, but more than a handful of users report a similar problem.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> A handful of users in Apple's Support Communities <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?type=discussion&showAnsweredFirst=true&q=touch+id+9.1" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">report</a> that Touch ID is buggy and unresponsive with iOS 9.1. Users say Touch ID works more slowly — and often not at all — when updating to iOS 9.1 from a previous iOS version.</div> <div class="see-also" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> While many users on Apple's Support Communities and some on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/search?q=touch+id+ios+9.1&restrict_sr=on" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Reddit</a> are reporting similar issues, it doesn't seem to be widespread. A quick poll of the <em>Mashable</em> office revealed only three cases of this issue, including issues with my own device.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> I began noticing Touch ID performance issues on my personal iPhone 6S after installing iOS 9.1. When first using the phone with iOS 9, Touch ID unlocked the phone instantaneously. With iOS 9.1, Touch ID responded much more infrequently with manual passcode inputs often required. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="an-attempt-to-rectify" style="color: #00aeef;"></a></div> <blockquote class="microcontent-wrapper pullquote" style="border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px !important; clear: left; color: #777777; float: left; height: auto; margin: 15px 15px 35px -125px; max-width: 45%; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; position: relative; width: 400px;"> <div class="microcontent-shares" data-description="An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results." data-fragment="an-attempt-to-rectify" data-url="" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease; background: rgb(246, 245, 241); height: 0px; left: -47px; opacity: 0; padding: 5px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.25s ease; width: 30px;"> <a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-facebook facebook" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/touch-id-ios-9-1-bugs/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #3b579d; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a><a class="social-share microcontent-share-badge network-badge network-badge-twitter twitter" href="http://mashable.com/2015/11/06/touch-id-ios-9-1-bugs/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; color: #2daae1; display: inline-block; font-size: 3rem; height: 30px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px !important; position: relative; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9900px; transition: color 0.3s ease; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;"></a></div> </blockquote> <span class="microcontent" data-description="An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results." data-fragment="an-attempt-to-rectify" data-micro="1">An attempt to rectify the Touch ID issue with the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't produce any positive results.</span><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> To rule out the possibility of my fingers being the issue, I set up Touch ID on an iPhone 6S review unit at the <em>Mashable</em>offices, also running iOS 9.1. Unlike my phone, the review unit worked flawlessly.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Some users, including two <em>Mashable</em> staffers, report that Touch ID is especially problematic with specific apps as well as the App and iTunes stores. On my phone, I've had issues across the board, including Apple Wallet.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> A representative for Apple has yet to respond to a <em>Mashable</em> request for comment.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Unfortunately for users experiencing these issues, there doesn't seem to be a currently available solution as this is very likely a software issue. Even though the iOS 9.2 Public Beta didn't fix the issue on my particular phone, it doesn't mean that the final build of iOS 9.2 won't fix the problem.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> This isn't worthy of a -gate suffix yet, but this issue is common enough to be noteworthy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4545450210571px; line-height: 20.4545440673828px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div>

Trouble using Touch ID with iOS 9.1? You're not the only one.

Don't call it Touch ID-gate, but more than a handful of users report a similar problem. A handful of users in Apple's Support C...

Read more »

Apple Watch finally launched in India at Rs 30,900

<img alt="Applwtch97" height="359" src="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzExLzA2LzVmL2FwcGx3dGNoOTcuNzA1MDAuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJOTUweDUzNCMKZQlqcGc/e7d674a6/04f/applwtch97.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <section class="article-content" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s; background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 24.7869319915772px; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 625px; transition: margin 0.2s; width: auto;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Just a few weeks after the launch of iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, Apple launched its Watch range in India today. The launch comes just before the country's biggest festival Diwali, and the company will be hoping for brisk sales during the festive season.</div> <div class="see-also" style="font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The Apple Watch comes in two sizes (38 mm and 42 mm) and three collections (Apple Sport, Apple Watch and Apple Watch Edition). Prices for the 38 mm version are Rs 30,900 ($ 470) for Apple Watch Sport, Rs 48,900 ($ 743) for Apple Watch and Rs 8,20,000 ($ 12,460) for Apple Watch Edition. The 42 mm version is priced at Rs 34,900 ($ 530), Rs 52,900 ($ 803) and Rs 9,90,000 ($ 15,044) respectively.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The smartwatch will be available in colours such as gold, rose gold, space gray, 18-carat rose gold, space black or polished silver stainless steel and silver anodized aluminium. The India launch comes over seven months after the Apple Watch was launched globally.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div> <div> <em><br /></em></div> </section>

Apple Watch finally launched in India at Rs 30,900

Just a few weeks after the launch of iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, Apple launched its Watch range in India today. The launch comes just before t...

Read more »

Apple Watch discount: Great deal, or sign of trouble?

<img alt="Appwth87" height="359" src="http://rack.0.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzEwLzMxL2Y2L2FwcHd0aDg3LmFjYzI5LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/4451ca8a/0ad/appwth87.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> In a move likely to fuel speculation about the popularity, or lack thereof, of the Apple Watch, Apple has decided to test out a discount bundle involving the smartwatch.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> The bundle, currently limited to select stores, offers a $50 discount on an Apple Watch Sport or Apple Watch when a customer buys a new iPhone.</div> <div class="see-also" style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22.5px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <div class="inline-ad-seealso" style="margin: 0px 18.75px 0px auto; max-width: 625px;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Apple's mostly under-the-radar deal <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/30/apple-promo-50-off-apple-watch-iphone-combo/" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">was highlighted</a> by <em>MacRumors</em> on Friday. According to the site, the deal is only available at certain brick-and-mortar Apple stores in California (San Francisco, Burlingame, Chestnut Street, Corte Madera, Stonestown and Hillsdale) and Massachusetts (Boylston Street, Burlington, CambridgeSide and Chestnut Hill).</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> And no, the Apple Watch Edition and Apple Watch Hermès are <i>not</i> part of this promotion.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> It should also be noted that both items must be purchased together, during a single transaction. The site also confirmed that the promotion is not available online and is only running until November 15.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> Apple isn't known for offering many special discounts on its products. In fact, longtime Apple users are accustomed to paying a premium for Apple products over competing brands. Therefore, the discounted Apple Watch, no matter how limited the availability, is bound to raise a few eyebrows.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> And while Apple just released its earnings report, it did not reveal per unit sales for the Apple Watch. The company also just started selling the device at Target, not the kind of high-end, fashionable branding the Apple Watch enjoyed at launch.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> With all that in mind, once word of this limited discount deal spreads, expect more chatter (legitimate or not) about how sales of the Apple Watch may not be living up to the success of the company's other mobile products. In the meantime, hey, there's a discount deal on the Apple Watch!</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.75em;"> <em>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.</em></div>

Apple Watch discount: Great deal, or sign of trouble?

In a move likely to fuel speculation about the popularity, or lack thereof, of the Apple Watch, Apple has decided to test out a discount ...

Read more »