161 - Apple Watch How We Use it and Apps - With Guest Jeff Gamet

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we are joined by guest Jeff Gamet. The Apple Watch we review how we use it mostly and apps that we use. Listener asks if Fitbit works with iOS. Is iTunes Match a thing anymore and why all the outages lately? iTunes Match could be retired soon we discuss. Dave has a new Samsung 32" UHD 4K monitor that works great with an iPad Pro. Do we like the new Apple Store design on the website and more.

The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com


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This week we discuss the Apple Watch and we examine what apps we used the most and how we use them. Are there any app favorites and could we be without the Apple Watch. Watch bands have become quite a popular thing to have and we have multiple ones.

Listener question: Chris asks How would you manage a fitbit in iOS? Fitbit has its own app ‎Fitbit: Health & Fitness on the App Store but all the health data is maintained in the FitBit app and not the Apple Health app. There are many 3rd party apps that will sync with the health app including: ‎Power Sync for Fitbit on the App Store

Dave has a new Samsung 32" monitor and is loving it for his Mac. 32" UJ590 UHD Monitor Monitors - LU32J590UQNXZA But did you know that you can use it with your iPad? The image is crisp and for a much lower price is a great option for a large screen with the iPad.

Is iTunes Match really needed at this point? This article talks about widespread issues with the service and many users were frustrated. If you have Apple Music at this point it may not be really worth it and a redundant service but those who dont subscribe like what it does if its still going to be around. We discussed this.

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Our Host

Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and has a wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65.

About our Guest

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet

About our Co-Host

Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.