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  • Apple says hidden Safari setting led to flawed Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery tests

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    I would guess that Consumer Reports did this knowingly. Their subscription base has likely declined as internet reviews of products are more immediate.
    Any chance to find something 'bad' about Apple really must be irresistible to them. I canceled my subscription many years ago, knowing that they are not the objective source they used to be.
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  • Trump is too busy for his own tariff negotiations, so will dictate terms instead

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    Does it matter what Trump says the tariff is going to be? Mexico and Canada had a fully executed trade agreement with the US, one that Trump himself negotiated, approved and signed, and 1 month into office, he tore it up. Trump changes his mind as much as New England weather. No one trusts him or the US anymore.
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  • EU Apple Pay antitrust action is complete, after NFC opened to competitors

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    I am not looking for more apps asking for access to my financial information. Given how uninformed my own bank is on any technical issues, I would hardly trust them with NFC. I trust Apple and I like the convenience of Apple Pay. Consumers will vote of course but the banks and other vendors will need to buy the votes as they won't win on security or convenience imo.
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  • Review: Koogeek P1 Smart Plug an affordable way to get started with Apple's HomeKit

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    bocaboy said:
    Skip the Koogeek and stick with either TP-Link or WeMo, in that order. I've been using these switches for a couple years now. I have the plug-in and wall switch from both vendors. My recommendation tips towards TP-Link. Their wireless reception performs better where a WiFi signal isn't very strong. In areas where WiFi reception is good, both are equally good. Every device I have connected to either a TP-Link or WeMo is controlled by Amazon Echo and allows for a completely automated home.

    When all is said and done, TP-Link is my preferred product. It's ability to be more tenacious in holding on to a weak wireless signal and not being fussy during upgrades are the two reasons I use them. The sunrise/sunset problem will hopefully be fixed in a future update of their Kasa app. Either way, both can be controlled by an Echo, which is way more functional than Homekit. 
    Uh.. This article is about Homekit. TP-Link and WeMo make good hardware but they do not work with Homekit directly, and require users to set up Homebridge - not for the technically timid.

    We have Koogeek and iHome devices, and they all have equivalent glitches in terms of firmware updating, and becoming 'unavailable' or 'updating' at random times, which could be related to our complicated Apple hardware based network (many Expresses to 'extend'). We still have a few lights controlled with ancient X10 devices and ironically they are more stable than our Homekit stuff - but we wanted to have ability to control some of the lights away from home.


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  • US and China temporarily lower tariffs to start trade negotiations

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    A lot of cheering going on with the China story today. As a reminder, Canada and Mexico had a solid trade deal with the US, one that Trump's previous administration negotiated over 2 years. And then Trump broke that deal in one day. Message? Trump can't be trusted with any trade deal. His signature means nothing. The US can't be trusted with any trade deal. The US lost its 'reliability brand' when Trump took over. It doubt it will ever get it back. The world is moving on.
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  • US TSMC probe puts iPhone chips at risk

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    jas99 said:
    This is a ludicrous report....

    This is stock manipulation at its finest. Funny how it was issued on the day the world found out Apple sold 20% MORE iPhones in China than last year and the stock soared. 

    Please stop contributing to stock manipulation. 
    Perhaps, but I think there is more to this story than stock manipulation.  I presume that it has already been determined there are 'current' TSMC chips in 'current' Huawei phones. They should not be there of course. The question would be, given the implications for being caught, how could TSMC have been so careless to have allowed this ? The sheer size of the order should have raised suspicion, regardless of how well the buying agent was disguised.





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  • macOS Sequoia 15.2 isn't allowing third-party utilities to make bootable backups

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    I tried to create a bootable drive, using CCC and an external NVME drive. The first time, my Mini announced 'success' but sadly it failed to boot my Mini going through the 'Shut down -> Recovery' process. So I tried again..and again.. but each time, CCC now reported 'Failed'. Not sure why, I did not change anything. I think Apple's logic is that the system files are so locked down in Sequoia that they can never be corrupted, and you would always be able to restore your data, after reinstalling the OS. I have always made a clone with CCC and a backup with Time Machine, but not sure that even makes sense anymore. My concern is what happens if internal storage fails? I think you would end up with a brick, unless the OS allows an external drive in that situation. I put AppleCare on my M4 Mac Mini and for the next 3 years I will not worry about it.

    The security changes have made everything more complicated. I had to add an extension and then go through several layers of installation and approval to get DriveDx to report SMART status of external data storage drives. Initially it would only report on the internal SSD otherwise. It also had trouble sleeping (like it would not sleep) until I turned off Spotlight, as it kept indexing files. A bug in Sequoia I have read. There is no longer any scheduling of wake and shut down in 10.15 - you can set up in Onyx but why was this removed? Because it uses so little power, that Apple thought you would leave on 24/7? [insert head scratch here]. This was an overdue upgrade for me. I love the size, speed, and low energy use of the M4 Mini but between the increased security and changes in Sequoia, I have never spent as much time tweaking a Mac to function as I wanted.
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  • Apple Watch GPS functionality target of latest Uniloc patent lawsuit

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    Nothing will change until patent laws change. It is hard to see how there can be damage to these entities that do not create an actual product ie. they are losing sales and money. Why is there is so much IP allocated into 'concepts without translation into actual products?  My guess is that hungry lawyers are at the root cause.
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  • What the EU mandate for a common smartphone charger means

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    I understand the logic to try and curb electronic waste but the EU should try to make a real impact by banning cheap 'disposable' phones that use Android OS and force manufactures to provide security and software updates to all phones -  like Apple does. According to Recon Analytics the average lifespan of Android phones is about 21 months compared to the average lifespan of an Apple device at just over four years. Given that Android has such a huge market share, that is a LOT of e-Waste.
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  • Apple takes EU to court over $2 billion Apple Music fine

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    Vestager lost her Irish-Apple tax case in court, so I think the EU court deals with laws and not feelings. The $2B fine was many times higher than even EU regulators thought, because Vestager wanted to send 'a message'. She arbitrarily increased to this. I think we get the message - 'We can make things up as we go along.' Given the market leader position of Spotify, it is hard to see how the EU will win this. Spotify, a horribly run company with an incompetent CEO who's motto is 'spend, spend, spend' and then 'fire, fire, fire... and fine Apple'. Daniel Ek has spent millions on soccer club support, paid way too much for mediocre podcasters, fired 1700 employees AFTER hosting a lavish company party, became a billionaire when the company went public, yet Spotify has never made a profit despite its dominant/near monopoly market position. I think all of the tech companies who are next to be axed are watching this case closely. Perhaps the law will prevail.

    And yes I know the Irish-Apple tax case in under appeal. Vestager will lose again as the facts have not changed.
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