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Pressing enter while closed might be a little difficult.
by lsaferite 1y ago
Pressing enter while closed might be a little difficult.
- awesome_dude 1y ago3rd party keyboard :)
- userbinator 1y agoApple even makes a suitable one themselves... but the point is that a calibration procedure involves adjustment and measurement, and not merely reading some data from the sensor and writing it back. If Apple weren't deliberately trying to be hostile and sneaky, they would not have bothered with this roundabout, obfuscated process which no doubt increases their production cost too.
- nomel 1y agoMinimum angle seen during a full motion would be perfectly reasonable.
- kif 1y ago[flagged]
- mproud 1y agoThe calibration measures only when the screen is open and closed. There is a grace period of a few seconds to allow you to close the screen. But yes, if you don’t do it correctly, you will burn the service part and have to replace it again.
- theginger 1y agoThat seems an extreme measure to ensure the security/integrity of a screen hinge sensor input ( or protect this tiny revenue stream )
- arcticbull 1y agoIt does actually perform a security function. The lid angle sensor is used to know when the device is open or closed, and when closed, it physically disconnects the microphone. If you were to be able to recalibrate it at any time, you would leave your device vulnerable to having the microphone enabled when the lid is closed. You can argue whether that justifies the practice, but it's not as simple as just burning the EEPROM serial number in that tells it to turn the display on or off. It defends the user against an attack vector. From that perspective making it one-time programmable is not unreasonable.
- raverbashing 1y agoI agree with you Though it could be simpler if it was something like a magnet on the lid that activates a magnetic switch on the bottom part (and it would be harder to have a false negative result). But Apple is going to Apple
- arcticbull 1y agoYes, it could be done with a Hall effect sensor or something like they used to. The cool thing about this approach is they actually use a different angle to turn the screen off as you close the lid than they do for turning it on when you open the lid, to create a better experience. Since it is a security feature, then the "open" vs "closed" state should use the same source of truth. So it's a trade-off of complexity and experience.
- KurSix 1y agoIt feels like Apple's implementation leans more toward vendor lock-in than purely user protection
- hnaccount_rng 1y agoIt should also be relevant for triggering the "closed let's lock the device" event, right?
- dominojab 1y ago[dead]
- eviks 1y agoTrivial with a delay, press enter and close, after 5 seconds it calibrates
- lupusreal 1y agoYou don't even need that, just ask the user to close the lid and see what the sensor settles on.
- eviks 1y agoHow would you know the user is ready to perform the command?
- FinnKuhn 1y agoYou could use the camera to estimate if the laptop is closed.
- eviks 1y agoExactly my thought, but this might not be precise enough in low light conditions? So maybe best used as a fail safe (if camera is lit don't calibrate even if the user pressed confirmed)
- cortesoft 1y agoIt wouldn’t matter… just tell the user to close and open the lid before pressing enter again, and get the maximum (or minimum) value as the lid being close all the way.
- begemotz 1y agolike the answer to any other similar question, with a prompt?
- eviks 1y agoPrompt for what? A Key press?
- account42 1y agoDo Macs not support USB-keyboards?
- tveyben 1y agoUSB keyboard?
- corgihamlet 1y agoJust plug in an external keyboard.