Here are some of the stories that caught our eye in the world of Apple and consumer electronics last week.

• Apple’s Senior Vice president of Design Jon Ivy is promoted. He hands over managerial duties  to other Apple leaders so that he can focus on development of the company elsewhere.
• Software Developer Zeobit, creator of MacKeeper, will be issuing refunds to customers as part of a class action lawsuit settlement against them.
• A software bug was discovered that causes Messages app to crash and iPhones to reboot. There is no official fix from Apple yet, but these fixes have been proven to work.
• Everything you need to know about the upcoming iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 releases.
• If you want great tech support then you’d better buy a Mac. ConsumerReports explains why.

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