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  • Larger 32-inch iMac Pro rumored to hit store shelves in late 2024

    Whatever they do, it better be without PWM and with 120Hz ProMotion.
    32 or 27 inch? I am ready for either. Just not the 24” eMac M2.
    williamlondonwatto_cobramacike
  • Google now tries getting EU to force open iMessage

    Absolutely, I fully support that motion.
    Instead of dozens privacy-hungry third-party chat apps partnering with all sorts of foreign-government agencies, we should have one protocol and end-to-end encryption. 
    Goodbye, user audience fragmentation. Goodbye, vendor lock-in. Goodbye, blurry videos and pictures between iDrones and Androids. Hello, delivery and read receipts and typing indicators.
    It is sad that we have to rely on European wisdom to fight American greed these days.
    gatorguywilliamlondon
  • Without irony, Microsoft CEO says Google unfairly dominates search

    Sharks that ate so many operating systems and competitors, incl. Transmeta and BeOS, are crying wolf.
    Let’s get everybody at the table of how can we make Search distributed and federated, perhaps based on DHT and links to Semantic Web?
    Otherwise “we can’t get no… satyasfaction…”
    FileMakerFellerAlex1Nwatto_cobra
  • How to run Mac OS 9 on Apple Silicon using UTM

    Pre-X MacOS used to have quite distinguished features, long abandoned but still could have been useful.
    1. Absence of text-based configuration files. Everything was controlled by dynamic configuration or preferences files (data arrays).
    2. Relative paths or system paths only, there was no need to ever type “path”. Related to (1)
    3. Dynamic Desktop DB files at root of every drive, even networked. Also related to “blessed folder” (5)
    4. Filetype+Creator binding of Documents to Programs that open those (no registry needed). Used (3) to locate Creator, if not found then bind by FileType - could launch Word to open .DOC even from a connected network drive if no local copy was installed.
    5. No fixed “system paths”, only dynamic one. You could keep several OS copies in different folders on the same disk, moreover you could rename or drag-n-drop currently running System folder anywhere into abysses of your user subfolders etc. Finder would update “blessed folder” record in DesktopDB and that was what Firmware would use to reboot if needed. Sounds fun?
    6. Dynamic Extensions load order. Defined by system resources used and dependencies.
    7. Resources separate from Code, in alternate file forks. This one would be so good for security these crazy hackathon days - just have one more signature on resource fork.
    All those cool concepts killed when UNIX was adopted as the base, instead of replacing the macOS kernel with preemptive multitasking.
    Someone please tell us sad Copland saga/story…
    appleinsideruserwatto_cobra
  • US lawmakers denounce UK's secretive attack against Apple encryption

    Haha, funny games.
    If UK spooks those who believe in cloud security, then US won’t see them. It’s like one fisher’s been treading patiently but another one comes hitting all deadpans.
    ForumPostAnObserverwatto_cobra
  • Apple doesn't appear to have plans to revive the iPhone mini

    Asus XenPhone 9 or 10 are small and fast enough for those who don’t mind dipping droid scanners into their life
    williamlondon
  • Apple's C1 modem is a quiet game-changer that's mostly flying under the radar

    C1 too late, they need E1 chip (Elon1) for not paying those 5G royalties and shooting to Skylink direct.
    melgrossdanox