HCS Blog

A separate dedicated account should be created for your shared calendars. This is necessary for permissions to work properly.  This user must be in contacts as well. By creating the account, the user will be added to your Global contact list and then accessible if you have contacts turned on for your own account. The process is explained below.

Through OWA or Windows Outlook. This must be done on OWA or Windows Outlook.

• Adds an automatic smart album in Photos for Depth Effect images taken on iPhone 7 Plus
• Improves the compatibility of Microsoft Office when using iCloud Desktop and Documents
• Fixes an issue that may prevent Mail from updating when using a Microsoft Exchange account
• Fixes an issue that caused text to sometimes paste incorrectly when using Universal Clipboard
• Improves reliability of Auto Unlock with Apple Watch
• Improves security and stability in Safari
• Fixes an issue that may cause Mail to display unnecessary password prompts for AOL accounts
• Improves compatiblity with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanning software
• Addresses a “Filter Failed” error when printing to some Canon printers
• Fixes an issue that may prevent Grapher files from opening
• Brings back the Safari option to “never use font sizes smaller than” for displaying fonts on webpages

Camera and Photos

• Introduces Portrait Camera for iPhone 7 Plus that creates a depth effect that keeps your subject sharp while creating a beautifully blurred background (beta)
• People names in the Photos app are saved in iCloud backups
• Improved the display of wide color gamut photos in the grid views of the Photos app
• Fixes an issue where opening the Camera app would show a blurred or flashing screen for some users
• Fixes an issue that caused Photos to quit for some users when turning on iCloud Photo Library

• Transit support for every major train, subway, ferry, and national bus line, as well as local bus systems for Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya
• Sign-based transit navigation including layouts of all underground structures and walkways that connect large transit stations
• Transit fare comparison when viewing alternative transit routes

• New option to replay bubble and full screen effects
• Messages effects can play with Reduce Motion enabled
• Fixes an issue that could lead to contact names appearing incorrectly in Messages
• Addresses an issue where Messages could open to a white screen
• Addresses an issue that could prevent the report junk option from displaying with unknown senders
• Fixes an issue where videos captured and sent in the Messages app could be missing audio

• Adds distance and average pace to workout summaries in the Activity app for outdoor wheelchair run pace and outdoor wheelchair walk pace
• Fixes issues that may have prevented Music playlists from syncing to Apple Watch
• Addresses an issue that was preventing invitation s and data to appear in Activity Sharing
• Fixes an issue that was allowing Activity Sharing to update over cellular when manually disabled 
• Resolves an issue that was causing some third-party apps to crash when inputting text

• Improves Bluetooth connectivity with 3rd party accessories
• Improves AirPlay mirroring performance within waking a device from slep
• Fixes an issue where playback would not work for iTunes purchased content when the “Show iTunes Purchases” setting is turned off
• Fixes an issues where certain selfie apps and face filters used with the FaceTime HD Camera on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus did not display a live preview
• Fixes an issue in Health where individual strokes are converted to separate characters when using the Chines handwriting keyboard
• Improves performance of sharing websites from Safari to Messages
• Fixes an issue in Safari that caused web previews in tab view to not display correctly
• Fixes an issue that caused certain Mail messages to be reformatted with very small text
• Fixes an issues that caused some HTML email to be formatted incorrectly
• Fixes an issue that in some cases caused the search field to disappear in Mail
• Fixes an issue that could prevent Today View Widgets from updating when launched
• Fixes an issue where Weather widget sometimes failed to load data 
• Fixes an issue on iPhone 7 where Home Button click settings would not appear in search results
• Fixes an issue that prevented spam alert extensions from blocking calls
• Resolves an issue that could prevent alarm sounds from going off
• Fixes an issue where audio playback via Bluetooth would cause the Taptic Engine to stop providing feedback for some users
• Resolves an issue preventing some users from restoring from iCloud backup 

Some users still feel the need to use Office 2011 and have been having a problem with Word and other apps quitting on launch. Rebuilding the database, trashing preferences, cleaning cache didn’t solve.

The solution for Word and Excel quitting on launch is to turn off Error Reporting.  

You can turn Error Reporting off by navigating to /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0/Error Reporting

Launch Error reporting. In the application dropdown menu, select Preferences.  Uncheck Enable Microsoft Error Reporting.

Changes will not take effect until you relaunch your Microsoft applications.

Yes there is.  On the bottom of your iPad keyboard, there is an icon for a keyboard with a down arrow on the icon. Hold the keyboard button down and a toggle to merge or merge and dock the keyboard will appear. While holding your finger on the ipad screen, slide your finger to the merge and dock toggle to put your keyboard back on the dock and merged back to one keyboard.

Your photos have not been deleted. They have just moved to a new location. The new Photo App has replaced your camera roll and PhotoStream.  Your photos that had been in PhotoStream are now in Recently Added.  Recently Added consists of photos added within the last 30 days on you iOS devices.  If you delete a photo here it will delete off of all of your devices. In order to view your older photos, you need to use the Years, Collections, and Moments views.