simply258

Sorin Astro said:

The touch bar is worse than useless - it took away the real functionality and feedback of physical keys. I hit that stupid Siri button by accident all the time, and what I wouldn't give for a proper escape key! The whole keyboard on the 2016 and newer Macbooks was a huge step backward from the feel and function of the previous generation. After living with it for 8 months, I still hate typing on my 15" 2016 Macbook Pro compared to my 2011 MacBook Air. The feedback was so much better on the older keyboard.

In keyboard settings you can customize the control strip and remove the Siri button. Once in that setting move the cursor down past the screen and you'll be able to select things in the strip and drag them up and out of the strip.

It's totally fair, Apple offers and artists are free to accept or decline.

crowley said:

simply258 said:

There is absolutely no excuse for not having an updated chip in Mac Mini already.

Even if it the Mac mini wasn't completely within Apple's pattern of upgrades, there's a whole world of excuses.  Have you read the news recently?

At the very least, offer the M2 chip as an upgrade. I am definitely not buying an M1 mini when an M2 chip exists.

There is absolutely no excuse for not having an updated chip in Mac Mini already.

Well it is mostly iPhone 6S components in there so it is a capable phone.

AppleInsider said:

In a bid to beat Google

Let's be honest, that will never happen in the Maps arena.

Apple is just making excuses so it can get a cut from contactless transactions, and is using the same excuse for restricting apps to their own App Store. Android devices have been doing contactless for a long time and allows bank app to have direct access and we haven’t heard of any breaches or hacks. There are layers of security and encryptions, Apple can make an API to ensure these things. I don’t understand people defending Apple, these same people won’t accept these restrictions on a Mac.

Apple will not enable it. If they haven’t announced it as “coming soon” then they won’t throw a surprise and add it later.

sirlance99 said:

Now we just need Google Maps and Waze

Not going happen at the moment as there is no API for Car Play navigation.

These “sensitivities” and “political correctness” are getting ridiculous. Who cares if your skin tone isn’t exactly, we don’t need 50 shades of black and countless hair colors.