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Morning Report: Improved iPhone 6 Plus Ship Times, Plex Home, BitTorrent Sync

Nov 21 2014 1:22PM EST | Source: MacLife.com

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We're now officially one week out from that notorious shopping holiday known as Black Friday, but judging from the number of deals retailers have been throwing out over the last couple weeks, it's hard to imagine there will be much left to offer next week. Our Friday Morning Report casts a spotlight on iPhone 6 Plus availability, along with improvements to Plex and BitTorrent Sync, so click on to read more!

iPhone 6 Plus Availability Improves from Apple Online Store

With the holiday season fast approaching, many shoppers may be eyeing the purchase of an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, either as a gift to themselves or for a loved one. The good news is that shipment times have finally started to improve just a bit — but we wouldn't wait too long.

MacRumors reported Thursday that shipments of the 16GB iPhone 6 Plus from the Apple Online Store now show an estimate of seven to 10 days, regardless of color or carrier. The more popular 64GB model nearly doubles that wait  (two to three weeks), but that's an improvement over the three-to-four week estimate just a few days ago.

It's also easier to grab an iPhone 6 from Apple.com, with the 16GB model shipping in five to seven days (down from seven to 10 days), although the higher capacity 64GB and 128GB models continue to take a few days longer. Interested shoppers can use the Personal Pickup tool on the Apple website to determine stock availability at their nearest retail store, although the report notes that some locations continue to see long lines for the devices, even two months after launch.

Plex Home Delivers User Accounts for Families

For anyone who prefers to skip popular streaming services like Netflix and build their own, Plex is considered one of the best ways to do just that — but sharing an account with the whole family doesn't do much for privacy or parental controls, which is why the company announced Thursday the addition of a new feature called Plex Home.

Available with the latest Plex Media Server 0.9.11.4 release for Mac or Windows, Plex Home enables easy setup of user accounts for everyone in the family (as shown above), with fine-grain controls over which libraries they have access to, along with per-user restrictions for movie or TV show ratings and other criteria. Switching between accounts is a snap, and PIN protection can also be set up to keep the kiddies out of their parents' media.

At launch, Plex Home is only available from the web app, Plex Home Theater for Mac, Windows, or Linux, and Roku (using the PlexTest channel until the official one is updated); the company promises Plex Home Support for other apps (including iOS) in the near future.

BitTorrent Offers Peek at Next-Generation Sync 2.0

As the dream of the cloud continues to sour in the minds of many, BitTorrent announced this week details on what to expect from Sync 2.0, the company's cross-platform solution for syncing or sending files between computers, servers, and mobile devices. Out of beta after a year and a half, Sync 2.0 will introduce a new Pro edition priced at $39.99 per year which offers improved performance, access to folder contents on-demand, and the ability to control folder permissions.

BitTorrent promises an alpha build of Sync 2.0 will arrive soon, and is positioning the Pro tier against existing (and more expensive) cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive. BitTorrent will continue to offer a free tier for Sync as well, with the same functionality that exists today.

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