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June 6, 2022

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watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active, and healthy

Introducing more customizable watch faces, an enhanced Workout app, sleep stages, a first-of-its-kind AFib History feature, and an all-new Medications app

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIAApple today previewed watchOS 9, whichbrings new features and enhanced experiences to the worlds leading wearable operating system. Apple Watch users will now have more watch faces to choose from, with richercomplications that provide more information and opportunity for personalization. In the updated Workout app, advanced metrics, views, and training experiences inspired by high-performing athletes help users take their workouts to the next level. watchOS 9 brings sleep stages to the Sleep app, and a new FDA-cleared AFib History feature provides deeper insights into a users condition. The new Medications app makes it easy for users to conveniently and discreetly manage, understand, and track medications.

Users around the world love Apple Watch for helping them stay connected to those they love, be more active throughout the day, and better manage their health, said Jeff Williams, Apples chief operating officer. This fall, watchOS 9 takes the Apple Watch experience to the next level with scientifically validated insights across fitness, sleep, and heart health, while providing users more creative ways to make their Apple Watch their own.

Watch Faces for Everyone

The Apple Watch experience starts with watch faces, which give users the opportunity to express personal style while connecting them to relevant information at a glance through complications. watchOS 9 introduces four new faces: Lunar, which depicts the relationship between the Gregorian calendar and lunar calendar, used in many cultures such as Chinese, Islamic, and Hebrew; Playtime, a dynamic piece of art thats unique to Apple Watch and created in collaboration with artist Joi Fulton; Metropolitan, a classic, type-driven watch face where the style changes as the Digital Crown is rotated; and Astronomy, an original face that has been completely remastered and features a new star map and current cloud data.

watchOS 9 introduces enhanced and modernized complications on some of the most classic watch faces, such as Utility, Simple, and Activity Analog, along with background color editing for Modular, Modular Compact, and X-Large for additional personalization. The new Portraits face showcases the depth effect on more photos, including cats, dogs, and landscapes, while Chinese scripts have been added as options for California and Typograph watch faces. Focus now allows users to select an Apple Watch face to automatically appear when they start a specific Focus on iPhone, such as the Photos face during a Personal Focus, helping users stay in the moment.

Workout App Updates

The Workout app, one of the most popular apps on Apple Watch, has been updated to provide richer metrics for measuring performance, as well as new training experiences to help users reach fitness goals. The familiar in-session display now uses the Digital Crown to rotate between easy-to-read Workout Views, so users can see important metrics for different training styles. Heart Rate Zones, which can be manually created or automatically calculated using personalized Health data, can be used to monitor the intensity of a workout. Interval training is an important part of any training plan, and in watchOS 9, the Workout app introduces Custom Workouts, which can be used to create a structured workout that can include work and rest intervals. New alerts, including pace, power, heart rate, and cadence, can be added to guide users throughout the workout.

For triathletes, the Workout app now supports a new Multisport workout type that automatically switches between any sequence of swimming, biking, and running workouts, using motion sensors to recognize movement patterns. When each workout is complete, a redesigned summary page in the Fitness app offers additional details with interactive charts for more precise analysis.

Hit the Ground Running

Apple Watch is already a powerful tool for runners, and watchOS 9 brings more data and features to help track how efficiently users run. New running form metrics, including Stride Length, Ground Contact Time, and Vertical Oscillation, can all be added as metrics on Workout Views. These metrics appear in the Fitness app summary and in the Health app, where users can see trends over time and learn from patterns.

Users can choose to race against their best or last result on frequently used routes, and receive alerts during the workout for being ahead or behind their pace, as well as when going off route. Additionally, a new pacer experience lets users choose a distance and goal for the time in which they want to complete a run, and calculates the pace required to achieve the goal. During the workout, they can follow the pace alerts and metrics provided.

Swimming Enhancements

Kickboard detection has been added as a new stroke type for Pool Swim workouts, using sensor fusion on Apple Watch to automatically detect when users are swimming with a kickboard and classify the stroke type in the workout summary along with distance swam. Swimmers can now track their efficiency with a SWOLF score a stroke count combined with the time, in seconds, it takes to swim one length of the pool. Users can view their SWOLF average for each set in the workout summary.

Get More Out of Apple Fitness+ Workouts

Apple Fitness+ is the first fitness and wellness service built around Apple Watch, designed to be welcoming to all. It intelligently incorporates real-time workout metrics from Apple Watch right on the screen with iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, motivating users of all levels from start to finish. With watchOS 9, Fitness+ workouts now display on-screen guidance in addition to trainer coaching to help users get the most out of workouts, including: Intensity for HIIT, Cycling, Rowing, and Treadmill; Strokes per Minute (SPM) for Rowing; Revolutions per Minute (RPM) for Cycling; and Incline for walkers and runners in Treadmill.

Fitness+ subscribers without Apple TV can now use AirPlay to stream workouts and meditations with on-screen metrics to compatible third-party TVs and devices, allowing them to train anywhere, anytime.

Sleep Insights

The Sleep experience on Apple Watch already empowers users to create Wind Down and Bedtime schedules, as well as track their sleep to help them meet their goals. Sleep tracking in watchOS 9 provides even more insights with the introduction of sleep stages. Using signals from the accelerometer and heart rate sensor, Apple Watch can detect when users are in REM, Core, or Deep sleep. Users will see sleep stage data on Apple Watch in the Sleep app and can view more detailed information, like time asleep, alongside additional metrics, like heart rate and respiratory rate, in sleep comparison charts in the Health app on iPhone.

The machine learning models were trained and validated against the clinical gold standard, polysomnography, with one of the largest and most diverse populations ever studied for a wearable. As the science of sleep is still being explored, users will be able to aid in potential discoveries by contributing their sleep stage data in the Apple Heart and Movement Study through the Research app.

First-of-Its-Kind AFib History

Currently, the ECG app and irregular rhythm notification on Apple Watch can identify potential signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib). Left untreated, AFib is one of the leading conditions that can result in stroke.

Research suggests that the amount of time spent in AFib may impact a persons symptoms, overall quality of life, and risk of complications. Previously, there has not been an easy way to track the frequency of AFib over an extended period of time, or to manage lifestyle factors that may influence ones condition. According to the American Heart Association, addressing modifiable lifestyle factors may decrease the amount of time spent in AFib.1

With watchOS 9, users who are diagnosed with AFib can turn on the FDA-cleared AFib History feature2 and access important information, including an estimate of how frequently a users heart rhythm shows signs of AFib, providing deeper insights into their condition. Users will also receive weekly notifications to understand frequency and view a detailed history in the Health app, including lifestyle factors that may influence AFib, like sleep, alcohol consumption, and exercise.

Users can download a PDF with a detailed history of their AFib and lifestyle factors, which can easily be shared with doctors and care providers for more informed conversations.

Medications

The new Medications experience on Apple Watch and iPhone helps users manage and track their medications, vitamins, and supplements, allowing them to create a medications list, set up schedules and reminders, and view information on their medications in the Health app. The Medications app on Apple Watch makes it easy for users to conveniently and discreetly track medications anytime, anywhere.

Custom schedules can be created for each medication, whether it needs to be taken multiple times a day, once a week, or as needed, and users can set up reminders to help keep them on track. In the US, users can receive an alert if there are potential critical interactions with medications they have added to the Health app.3

Privacy

Privacy is fundamental in the design and development across all of Apples features. When a users iPhone is locked with a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID, all of their health and fitness data in the Health app other than Medical ID is encrypted. Any Health data backed up to iCloud is encrypted both in transit and on Apple servers.

Additional watchOS 9 Updates

Availability

The developer beta of watchOS 9 is available to Apple Developer Program members at developer.apple.com starting today. A public beta will be available to watchOS users next month at beta.apple.com. watchOS 9 will be available this fall as a free software update for Apple Watch Series 4 or later paired with iPhone 8 or later and iPhone SE (second generation) or later, running iOS 16. Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages, or on all devices. Features are subject to change. For more information, visit apple.com/watchos/watchos-preview.

About Apple

Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apples five software platforms iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apples more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.

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Oddly enough, one of the best ways to back up your data to an external hard drive comes from a cloud storage company.

Im referring to iDrive, which offers a free local backup utility inside of its Windows and Mac apps. While iDrive is better-known for offering cheap cloud storage, its local backup tool doesnt require a subscription and is only limited by the amount of space on your storage drives.

Although I personally still prefer Microsoft OneDrive as my cloud storage servicemainly because of its tighter Windows integration and bundling with Microsoft 365iDrives local backup tool is a straightforward and effective way to make copies of your important data onto storage drives that you control.

Heres how to use it:

iDrive requires an account to use its Windows and Mac apps, but you can just use iDrives free tier (with 10 GB of cloud storage) to access the local backup tools. Create your free account first, then use it to log in after installing the iDrive desktop app.

When you first launch the iDrive app, youll be looking at the Backup tab, and the default option will be Backup files to my iDrive account. If any of your folders are listed in this section, right click and select Remove all items so that iDrive doesnt attempt to store your files in the cloud.

Next, click the button for Backup files to Local, Wi-Fi, or Express devices. Directly beneath this button, click the next to Backup location, then choose your external drive from the list. (If you dont have an external drive already, PCWorld has some recommendations.)

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Now, its time to choose which computer folders youd like to back up. Near the bottom of the iDrive app, click Change, then check off all the storage drives or folders you want to include. They should now appear under Files / folders for local backup.

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Once everythings ready, click Backup Now to make your first backup. This can take minutes, hours, or even days depending on how much data youre storing and the speed of your external drive, so be patient.

Backing up your data only works if you do it on a regular basis. To that end, iDrive also offers a scheduler for making routine backups automatically.

From the Backup tab, click Schedule, then check off the days of the week on which youd like to run the backup, along with the time of day to start. With an always-on desktop PC, youll most likely want to schedule the backup for the middle of the night. Otherwise, set it for a time when your computer is likely to be up and running.

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You can also set up email notifications to confirm that the backup succeeded (or failed), or get notifications through the desktop app. If your computers off during the scheduled backup time, iDrive will resume it by default once the computer back on, but you can disable this if you wish. Click Save Changes to begin the schedule.

If youre not using iDrives online backup service, you should also disable scheduled online backups from this menu. Select Default BackupSet from the dropdown list at the top, then uncheck the daily scheduling settings.

One last useful option to note: Under Settings, you can click the Throttle tab and set a limit on CPU use for your backups. That may be helpful if you have a lightweight PC and the backup operation is hindering your work.

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Note that iDrive doesnt simply mirror your files onto an external drive. Instead, it creates an encrypted copy of your data, so if you navigate to the backup location in File Explorer, you wont find anything usable. To restore your files to their original, unencrypted form, youll need to use the iDrive apps Restore function.

This is important: If youre restoring data to a different computer than the one that made the backup, you must first head the Backup tab, click Backup files to Local, Wi-Fi, or Express device, then select your external drive under Backup location. Otherwise, you wont be able to find your backup data in the steps below.

Jared Newman / Foundry

Now, head to the Restore tab and select Restore files from Local, Wi-Fi, or Express device. If youre on a new computer, use the Select Device box to choose the computer where you originally created the backup.

Check off the files you want to restore, and at the bottom of the app, choose where you want to restore them. You can either select the original location or choose another destination on any drive connected to your computer.

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Finally, click Restore Now to begin the process. As with the original backup, this can take a while if youve stored a lot of data.

As I mentioned earlier, I personally use OneDrive as my main cloud storage service, and have only been using iDrive for local backups.

But if you arent invested in a cloud storage provider already, iDrives online service may be worth considering as an additional backup source. The iDrive Photos tier only costs $10 per year (and $1 for the first year), and in addition to backing up unlimited photos from your phone, it can store up to 1 TB of data from your computer. That should be plenty unless you have a huge photo and video library. (The next step up is $80 per year for 5 TB of cloud storage.) iDrive also provides a Sync folder separate from its main backup service, letting you easily access files across all your devices.

Of course, iDrive isnt the only option for local backups. Companies like EaseUS and Paragon also offer free local backup utilities, and Windows itself has an external drive backup tool built in.

But iDrives software is more flexible than the built-in Windows option, and it doesnt have some of the limits that EaseUS and Paragon place on their free versions. (Both of them, for instance, require a paid upgrade to get status notifications for your backups, and EaseUS even limits backup speeds for free users.) iDrive also offers free disk cloning tools that other companies charge for.

iDrive may be more generous with its local backup tools, perhaps because its business model revolves around selling cloud storage rather than packaged software. Still, you can use it to keep encrypted copies of your data without ever having to pay for it.

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If your search with native tools isnt fruitful, there programs available from software developers you can use to help you recover files that may have been deleted.

Windows File Recovery is available for free in the Microsoft Store and can be downloaded easily. There are two search modes: Regular and Extensive. Launching this program will open the Command Prompt, and an Administrator will need to allow it access to the hard drive.

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Make sure you get familiar with the source and destination locations that Windows File Recovery is referring to. Using the proper mode is also important; the Regular search mode can find recently deleted files, and Extensive search mode looks for files that were deleted a long time ago, or were corrupted.

With its robust free version, wide array of compatibility and plenty of options for upgrading, Stellar Data Recovery topped our list of the best data recovery software. This program is highly rated by users and allows you to recover up to 1 GB of data without spending a dime. Options for both home and business use are available.

A solid track record spanning nearly twenty years proves that EaseUS is a reliable name in the data recovery industry. It offers support for both Mac and PC users, and can even recover files on mobile devices. The free version can recover up to 2 GB of deleted data, and allows you to preview the files before restoration so that you can ensure you recover the right information.

One more file recovery service that can work for free is Disk Drill for Windows. It can recover files under 500 MB for free. The service also has a Recovery Vault that will protect your files in case of emergency. Once it is installed, it can easily search and restore your files to a disk drive.

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Pipedrive has four tiers of pricing plans: Essential, Advanced, Professional and Enterprise.

Pipedrive CRM starts at $14.90 per month per user, payable annually. More feature-rich subscriptions are also available for $24.90, $49.90 and $99 per month per user, payable annually.

Generally, Pipedrive is a reasonably priced CRM solution, although you will have to pay extra for some regular features. Heres a more comprehensive description of the various plans:

Pipedrives Essential plan is a great choice for small businesses. This plan provides basic CRM tools and platform integrations.

Users are able to customize pipeline phases and fields. Data can be imported, exported and merged (duplicate data). It also includes the basics such as lead tracking and deals management, as well as sales reports, mobile apps and email integration.

Features include:

A few more key integrations are included in this plan, including contact and calendar sync with Google and Microsoft, a Chrome extension for Gmail, access to the Pipedrive Developers Corner, an online help center, 24/7 live chat support, an apps marketplace with over 250 integrations and support for 19 languages.

Security is basic (two-factor authentication and AES-256 encryption are included), and users have access to a sales assistant AI to help improve sales performance. The Essential plan is a very good option for small businesses but the main catch is that there are limits on how many users, deals, contacts and products can be added.

When invoiced annually, the Essential plan costs $14.90 per user per month ($178.80 per user per year) while it costs $19.90 per user per month when billed monthly.

Pipedrives Advanced plan significantly increases the number of features that assist enterprises in tracking communications. It increases automation and expands communication tools.

Features include:

This plan includes two-way enterprise email sync, customizable email templates, merge fields, email open and click tracking and email scheduling. There are extra automation features such as smart contact data, which automatically fills each leads profile with information from their online behavior, and communication features such as a meeting scheduler and video call scheduling.

Pipedrives Advanced plan is a cost-effective alternative for companies that require a streamlined lead-nurturing procedure, particularly via email. When billed annually, Pipedrives Advanced plan costs $24.90 per user per month ($298.80 per user per year), and $34.90 per user per month when billed monthly.

The Pipedrive Professional plan comes with enhanced reporting, automation and team management tools. It also incorporates Google Workspace and document tracking, so you know when clients have reviewed what you send to them.

Features include:

Professional is an excellent choice for large, growing teams that need to make use of every automation option at their disposal in order to accelerate revenue growth.

When billed annually, Pipedrives Professional package costs $49.90 per user per month ($598.80 per user per year), or $59.90 per user per month if billed monthly.

Pipedrives Enterprise plan comes with unrestricted and unlimited access to most Pipedrive tools. This is also the only package that includes both 24/7 phone and chat support.

Features include:

Pipedrives Enterprise subscription is $99 per user per month invoiced annually ($1,188 per user per year) and $119 per user per month when billed monthly.

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Gearbox Softwares looter-shooter Borderlands 3 is free to download on the Epic Games Store for the next week.

The latest instalment in the beloved series is available from today (May 20) until May 26 via the Epic Games Store. First teased as a mystery game on the free game schedule, many suspected it would be a major title which Epic has confirmed with the free AAA shooter.

Released in 2019, Borderlands 3 is the fourth addition to the series and the first direct sequel in seven years. The game currently holds an 81 per cent rating on Metacritic, meaning its well worth picking up for Borderlands fans who havent had a chance to play it just yet.

Following Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, which took place on Pandoras moon,Borderlands 3is a return to the mainlineBorderlandsstory. Players can choose from one of four classes to battle across Pandora in search of loot, and while the story is missing the devilish wit of Handsome Jack, the player will have their hands full fighting the dastardly Calypso twins.

Borderlands 3. Credit: 2K Games

Until June 16, Epic Games is also hosting the annual Epic Mega Sale. Each of the on-sale games has its own discount, but users can also use a coupon to reduce the price of one game by another 25 per cent.

Some of the sales highlights include Far Cry 6 (50 per cent off), Ghostwire: Tokyo (34 per cent off), Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade (29 per cent off) and Tiny Tinas Wonderlands (20 per cent off). During the duration of the sale, Epic will also be releasing a mystery game for free every week.

In other news, CD Projekt Red has announced that the next-gen version of The Witcher 3is set to release at the end of the year.

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