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  • Apple acknowledges iPhone 15 charging problem with BMWs, Toyota Supras

    The best thing - in this context - about BMWs is that CarPlay is WIRELESS. It has been for a few years now.

    I don't take my iPhone (was 12 Pro, now 15 Pro) out of my pocket for charging, or anything else. I just get in and drive. 

    Brilliant.
    watto_cobra
  • What is a 'Retina' display, and why it matters

    dewme said:

    A lot of current computing device users probably don’t appreciate just how far display technology has advanced in the past 40 or so years. Steve Jobs and Apple significantly raised our expectations with Retina for what we should consider to be the standard for comfortable and natural human interaction with computers and displays of every size.

    So very true. I remember having a whopping !! 21" color monitor on my desk in about 2000 or so (I was developing code for Macs). It weighed around a hundred pounds and required two people to lift it (it was a Sony Trinitron which was then state-of-the-art). It was an absolute b**** to get the alignment right so that you didn't get shading of the text on the screen. That's why many of the Apple coders I knew used B&W monitors - crisp text.

    Fast forward to 2023 and now it's a Studio display with super-crisp text, accurate colors. What a difference !!
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  • Bug in macOS Ventura is breaking some networks

    Same problem on my Studio (Ventura 13.2) and MBP (same). Connecting to Monterey Mini is fine. But this looks up Finder big-time.
    watto_cobra
  • 'Apple Car' may use AR for windshield heads-up display

    Unfortunately heads-up displays don't work with polarized sunglasses. I was disappointed to discover that.
    watto_cobra
  • Apple working on re-engineered and smaller Mac Pro

    The last expandable Mini was the one from 2012, and I'm hanging on to mine.

    But I would really go for a Mac Mini Pro++ with space for a couple of internal SSDs, one slot, and expandable memory.

    That would be great.
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