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  • Apple Intelligence & iPhone mirroring aren't coming to EU because of the DMA

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    The EU accounts for a quarter of worldwide sales. It will come to the EU at some point. 
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  • Apple is pushing hard to make the Mac relevant in gaming

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    hypoluxa said:
    Toortog said:
    From hardware standpoint Apple has a long way to go when it comes to gaming.   Sure Apple is putting lots of GPUs in their silicon, but Apple's GPU are puny compared to the GPU cards PC gamers are using.   Apple has a long way to go before serious gamers are going to take them seriously.

    Well the M3 GPU chip seems to give the GTX 4090 a run in some tested instances I believe I saw. So, they are on their way...
    Not even close, and that test was only on LLM computation, which is usually highly optimised for Nvidia cards, like most games. Apple scores fairly well there, but the 4090 still blows it out of the water. But Apple doesn't need to be in the top spot for gaming, 3rd or 4th would already be quite the accomplishment when they get there.

    But with gaming, you need development software, and those parties have left Apple a long time ago. Maybe they will return now that there is a somewhat decent GPU on Macs. Time will tell. Also, while Apple has Metal, most games are made with DirectX or Vulkan, and while there are translation layers for that, it's not great, and only a piece of the total puzzle. I've managed to run some simple games in emulation with Whisky, so there are possibilities. For games to succeed, they also need to sell well, which is already a problem on the PC, and that is why a lot of games are low-effort console ports.

    I think the best-running native game is World of Warcraft, for which Apple wrote the Metal code themselves. I don't see that happening for many games.
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  • Here we go again - Apple rejects Hey Calendar app from App Store

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    Kierkegaarden said:
    “Hey apps are free, standalone apps that access a paid service. This is similar to how apps like Netflix and Spotify function — the app is essentially a reader app that accesses off-device content.”

    How is this app similar to Netflix or Spotify?  Does it stream video or audio content?

    I’m not privy to the whole situation, but my impression is that the developer seems to be looking for a fight.
    I have multiple apps in the store just like Hey, for my clients. Zero problems. Maybe I got lucky with the reviewers? Or maybe there is something else going on? there are exceptions for certain types of apps, listed in the rules. Hey follows those rules just fine, so why does Apple deny multiple times?
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  • Apple making the case that Apple Silicon Mac & iPhone are great gaming machines

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    xbit said:
    The two games I've played that were fully optimised for Apple Silicon - Disco Elysium and Total War: Warhammer III - played beautifully. It's definitely not the hardware that's holding Mac gaming back.
    Both games should not stress a system that much, so it's not saying a lot about hardware. Apple choose Metal and the windows/gaming industry choose Vulkan. A big issue is software/library support, and an hardware/gpu upgrade path which is non-existent for the foreseeable future. Even if all that would be in place perfectly, it's going to be a chicken-egg problem, because games will need to be bought. So either Apple heavily subsidises makers, much like Microsoft and Sony do for AAA titles, or it's not going to happen.
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  • New macOS Sonoma 14.4 bug kills file versions in iCloud Drive

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    Anyone else have issues with safari logging you out of every site all the time? I have this issue since I updated to 14.4

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  • Apple Watch Series 10 - All the screen, size, and band rumors

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    Really hope they finally improve the solo band quality so it doesn't tear that easily.
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  • Apple to sell Apple Watch with blood oxygen detection removed to bypass ITC import ban

    michelb76michelb76
    So will they adjust the pricing?
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  • Apple Intelligence will come to an M5-powered Apple Vision Pro

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    Sucks if you bought the first one. As always.
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  • Asahi Linux M4 support hits a roadblock because of Apple Silicon changes

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    jfreedle2 said:
    Not sure why anybody would want to run an emulated Unix instead of the certified Unix that is natively run as sold. Running Linux in virtual machines is more than good enough to use a Linux environment if required.
    It's not emulated, Asahi runs native. Apart from 'because they can', it also provides a very decent performance improvement compared to OSX for certain applications.
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  • Trump blinks: Floats suggestion that Apple might get a tariff exemption

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    And I’ll take Donald trump and Bessent any day over some dude on the internet named “stabitha.”

    But seriously. There are so many ways to look at this. It definitely exposes predispositions. If you already hate Tru p, you’ll work to find the pessimistic angle. If you already like him, you’ll work to find the positive angle. And if you’re just a simple common sense guy, you’ll work to can appreciate what he’s trying to do while retaining the ability to see where it may go wrong - but also retain tje ability to see where it may go right. So far, for common sense folks, tje goal is admirable, results are mixed with the short time in action, and the pivot seems to preserve both the American tech company as well as the inherits of the action to begin with. The downside of all of it is of course the “short term pain” of stock volatility and posdible higher prices. But that was always a known quantity. Not some surprise. But the long term gain of fair trade is what the goal is. And it’s certainly at the very least worth the attempt. If it wasn’t trump, it would be someone else. The status quo is not sustainable without ceding our economy and leading status in the world. As one of the few truly free places in the world, this matters. We are all her for all things apple. They’re a great company. Another reason their great is that they stand for human rights, privacy, security, etc. on top of making the best stuff on earth. But take away the foundation of freedom upon which they operate and things go south. We see a microcosm in the EU and China. Hopefully, with the bold moves being made on the big stage, that’s as far as it goes. 
    If Europe decides to bond together and increase production and trade amongst themselves, they no longer need the US for 90% of the stuff and will have a much larger market than they would ever have had with the US. In reality they need very little US products because most of those are low quality and don't adhere to European standards and regulations. (cars, food) They trade with the US because of allyship. That's going to go out the window fast now. Europe has a reliance on US tech companies, but work is underway to reduce that. BRICS countries removing reliance on the dollar will absolutely hurt the US for generations. A next president is not going to be able to correct this. The damage done to the US in the past months will take decades to recover, if ever. There is no short term pain, only long term pain. There is a lot of gain for those in power though, but that's a very small group.
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