I’m attending ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago next week. If you will be there too, please say hello if you bump into me. I love to meet iPhone J.D. readers and find out how you are using an iPhone or iPad in your law practice. One place to see me is the Mac Power Users meetup on Wednesday night, which you should sign up for (it’s free) if you will be in Chicago that night. And if you see me on Thursday when I will be attending sessions and checking out the latest in legal technology on the EXPO floor, I’ll have some iPhone J.D. logo Mobile Cloth screen cleaners with me. They work great to keep your iPhone and iPad (and even your eyeglasses) clean, so please don’t be bashful in asking me for one! And now, the news of note from the past week:
- Texas attorney Zach Herbert shows how you can use PDF Expert on a Mac to apply Bates numbers to a document and then sync that to an iPad. The only iPad app I know of which can apply Bates numbers is DocReviewPad. Let me know if you are aware of any others.
- The Lit Software blog explains how Kansas City attorney Bert Braud uses TrialPad and TranscriptPad.
- Joe Rossignol of MacRumors discusses some of the latest improvements to the Maps app, including improvements in South Carolina and lane guidance in many countries. I’ve found lane guidance to be very helpful when I’m driving in a new area and using CarPlay.
- I don’t ski — I live in New Orleans so I barely even know what snow is — but if you do, you can now use your Apple Watch Series 3 for skiing and snowboarding activity. Here is an article on the Apple newsroom website with additional details. This is the first time that I have seen Apple add a new exercise/activity feature that requires the Series 3.
- Tory Foulk of iMore reports that you can save $5 on movie tickets this weekend if you pay using Apple Pay through Fandango.
- Nick Guy of Wirecutter recommends some of his favorite third-party Apple Watch bands.
- Jim McDannald of Wirecutter recommends iPhone armbands and waistbands for running.
- To celebrate Australia voting to legalize same-sex marriage, Apple unveiled some “shot on an iPhone” videos called First Dance. Luke Dormehl of Cult of Mac collects them all on this page.
- And finally, Apple also unveiled some new, short video ads to encourage folks to switch to an iPhone. Peter Cao of 9to5Mac has collected all of them. Here is the one called Safe: