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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Agreed 100%. I've owned so many different computers over the years that I'm 100% willing to pay what most consider to be an "Apple tax" when, in my mind, I'm paying a little bit extra for an overall better product.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Yup. Same here. Bought one of those "all-in-one VGA/DVI/USB/etc" dongles and have literally used it twice just because I was lazy and didn't want to unplug something else that was behind the desk.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
No issues here connecting at all with the AirPods. iPhone 7, Apple Watch, iPad, Nexus 5X, and even my old Nexus tablet all work beautifully.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
You joke but this has already been suggested by several airplane manufacturers. They want to build in lightning and USB-C ports to replace/add to the power outlets. Most airports already have the extra USB ports now next to the power b
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
I just wanted to say that this is a really great point and, inevitably, the answer from people with these objections is always the same - they just prefer what they already have and are comfortable with. It's such a mild inconvenience
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
You didn't have to do that, though. You can connect Bluetooth audio without syncing your contact list. Additionally, just because your phone is showing your contacts in the car's interface, that doesn't mean anything was sync
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
>Counterexamples to your claim: Thunderbolt? Magsafe? Magsafe2? The physical escape key? How are any of those counterexamples? Thunderbolt wasn't dropped and most users don't care a single bit about Magsafe and/or the phys
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
You can't be seriously suggesting that Apple did all the work to put only USB-C ports on the computer so that people would pay them "tons of money" for adapters. For starters, the adapters are cheap and can be purchased from
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
I consider myself an "audiophile" and have spent way too much money on nice equipment. That being said, once I started hanging out with people that call themselves audiophiles and have way more money that I do, I realized that mos
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
I've said it multiple times now but I was exactly the same way. I was a little bit annoyed at the removal of the headphone jack but then ended up getting the iPhone 7 because I wanted the newer features. I didn't have wireless hea
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
In fairness, this isn't unique to Apple devices. Most people I know turn off Windows UAC controls for exactly this reason. I'm sure the same is true of Android or any other devices too.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
The entire article has far too many errors. Most of the info is correct but they make several mistakes including lots of typos.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That would be incredibly worrisome. Literally the only reason I have Plex is so that I can rip my DVD/Blu-Ray collection to my NAS so that I can play it without having to retrieve the actual physical media from storage. Now that they&#
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Mind linking to one? I can't find anything that has data loss in the subject and most of the other threads are not about APFS. The only one I can still see is regarding a kernel panic but it doesn't give any details, just an assum
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Interesting to me that they're stopping auto-play videos in the same way that Google did. That's a big win, in my book. I hate those damn things.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That link shows discussions related to problems with the OS but it doesn't list any problems with the filesystem upgrade. If it does, they might have been bumped down by more recent posts but the only major issue (and the person postin
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That's fine. That would be better, obviously, but backups are still encrypted in transit and on the server. There's no way for someone to download and decrypt those backups without access to a device that's signed in to iClou
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That link is really terrible and GNU should be embarrassed to be publishing something like that. Referring to people as "iMonsters" and the general tone of that page make it seem very childish. Some of those points are even worth
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
The term "jailbreak" was coined by the users that broke into the first iPod/iPhone firmware, not Apple. The file with the key was called "lockdown.d" (or something of that nature) and so exposing the locked-down ar
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Right, but isn't that the point that now they can't track you across sessions based on logins and things of that nature. If I use the app on my phone, they can't check my browser history against that and, on the Mac, they can
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
How do you figure that that's what their website indicates? The site you linked says that backups are encrypted in transit and on the server and they specifically say that the encryption is end-to-end so "only you can access your
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That is not true. iCloud Backups are encrypted using the device's PIN. The only data that Apple would be able to provide is SMS data because that is not encrypted when it's sent and it's not encrypted when it's backed up
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
This is my experience too. I bought one of those adapters that has VGA, HDMI, USB-A, and whatnot and I think I've used it a total of 1 time. Everything else I've bought is USB-C, if it exists, and I just use a USB-C to USB-A cabl
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Is it really that difficult to use? C'mon... Just force touch it instead of regular touching and you get the same control as before.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Sure... but you don't have to use the app . That's the point. If that's a deal-breaker for you, then don't use the app.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
That's not true. You can receive push notifications on side loaded apps.
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Where are you getting the info about iMessage not being stored in the cloud encrypted? Wasn't that a major feature point of iOS 11?
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
I don't really follow how that's something that Apple needs to change. You either want to use the apps or you don't. If you don't, just don't download them or don't give them access. If your friends absolutely
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Isn't that what's being referred to by the shared working offices? I thought the whole point of the article was that these spaces are what people are complaining about. They're on a team that needs to collaborate but they wan
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by dpkonofa 9y ago
Only because it needs the battery to do the litany of other things it does. As for your "or it senses a heart rate reading that's greater" question... that comes from my actual use of the watch. I sometimes forget to put the

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