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Apple's iOS 13.2 release bricks HomePod for some users [u]
The update did not immediately brick my HomePod.It’s banner feature individual user recognition did not work. HomePod Siri Would tell my wife if does not recognize her.
Checked all the apps settings as recommended by Apple and after still failing to make multi user authentication work I followed the steps on Apple’s website to reset HomePod.
As per Apple instructions after unplugging and plugging the HomePod back in I pressed and held the top until the white spinning circle turned red. Siri on the HomePod Warned that the HomePod was about to reset. I waited for 3 beeps and the reset started.
I must’ve waited for 10 minutes or Morrow wow the white circle was spinning on top but nothing else happening. Put my iPhone next to it with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on. Made sure I was signed into the iCloud account with the Home app and Music installed and still nothing. -
New iPad Air & iPad Pro models are coming soon - what to expect
I have been using the "Pro" version of iPads since they debuted in 2016. They are slightly nice than regular iPads, but the word "Pro" has always been an exaggeration.
There is only one way an iPad Pro could be deserving of the "Pro" moniker. It should be able to dual boot Mac OS or even simultaneously run both OSs. That would be Pro. Now that both Mac and iPad have been running on Apple processors for some time, this should be an easy thing to do.I find both iPadOS and MacOS to be useful in ways the other is not. My usual coffee shop working solution includes both an MacBook Air M2, and an 11 inch M1 iPad Pro. Sometimes I use sidecar, but I often find the iPad more useful in iPad OS mode, to complement the MacOS at the same time. Sometimes an app is preferable to using a web page. With universal clip board I can instantly copy between both devices, and of course, I can use the MacBook keyboard on both devices.It would be more even more convenient and portable to be able to work this way with just one device. A 13 inch iPad True Pro, that can be used as pure tablet, or as both tablet and MacOS, or just MacOS. The different OSs could operate in separate windows in what could be called "Stage Manager Pro". -
Congo demands that Apple prove iPhone doesn't use conflict materials
BirderGuy said:The burden of proof is always on the accuser. How does someone prove a negative. Legally they must show evidence that Apple or any other manufacturer is using conflict materials. It’s like asking someone to prove they have never spit on the sidewalk or run a red light, or stolen something from a store. There is not much they can do about it if Apple shows them their supply chain records. They must show evidence that the accused as commuted the infraction. Not ask for proof they didn’t. -
Congo demands that Apple prove iPhone doesn't use conflict materials
JinTech said:I am legitimately curious if they have asked other phone makers the same question. -
Siri is reborn in iOS 18 -- everything Apple's voice assistant will be able to do
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iPad Pro hands on: Luxury technology in an impossibly-thin package
Purchase of the new smart keyboards, should enable the iPad Pro M4 to dual boot MacOS.
Once you have a keyboard and trackpad, the disingenuous dishonest PR BS from Apple, that touch devices are not suited to MacOS, no longer has any validity.
It's just pure disdain for the customer and the product in the name of nothing but naked greed.
The 1TB models and up, with their larger RAM should enable simultaneous dual OS, in some sort of split screen or picture in picture mode.
They should also allow multiple user profiles for iPadOS as on Mac.
Then it could be justifiably called a "Pro".
Instead, it is just an egregious example of Apple Executives laughing themselves silly and taking bets on who the next fool is that will buy both a MacBook and an iPad.
No doubt in the background they play the Nirvana Song "R8PE ME" -
Beats Solo 4 headphones review: Great audio quality and features
charlesn said:The lack of ANC in $200, 2024 headphones seems like a really egregious omission. And when you hear the astonishing level of ANC Apple achieved with the Airpods Pro 2--which provide minimal passive noise isolation on their own--it's hard to argue that the on-ear design of the Solo 4 would render ANC pointless.
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Compared: 2021 iPad Pro vs 2020 iPad Pro and 2018 iPad Pro
sloth77 said:rcfa said:Why is this thing not dual boot macOS and iPadOS?
In particular, a 12” iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard is, in every sense, the superior hardware when compared to a MacBook Air, yet it’s forced to run the crippled iPadOS!
The kernel is the same between macOS and iPadOS, Catalyst is present to run i(Pad)OS apps under macOS, and the OS could restrict apps to Catalyst when used without MagicKeyboard to optimize for touch Ui.
But why can we not (at least optionally) run macOS on an iPad Pro wit MagicKeyboard?
THAT is what I’m waiting for! A Mac with the ability to use pen/finger to interact where needed. For the most part, I use my current iPad Pro with keyboard and touchpad, with the occasional screen/pen interactionIts an interesting idea. As macOS now runs on M1, I guess there is no major reason why they couldn't do it.My guess is that they think it may cannibalize sales of Mac hardware
I owned the 2018 12.9 inch iPad Pro. That size is too big to be handheld. And if it's not going to be handled then what's the point of having a tablet. I switched to the 2018 inch iPad Pro and have been happy with that ever since. If the 2021 11 inch iPad Pro had feature parity with the 2021 12.9 inch I might consider an upgrade, but the 11 inch. Meh.
I strongly agree with dual boot as there are scenarios in which an iPad is advantageous and other scenarios in which a MacBook is advantageous. Right now to have the best of both worlds you have to carry two devices.
I see no defensible excuse for Apple not to do this. If they are worried about revenue the base 12.9 inch iPad Pro already costs as much as a base MacBook Air. Apple could sell a lot more of their obscenely expensive iPad magic keyboards if the Magic keyboard would unlock dual boot MacOS functionality for the iPad.
I can see compromising and getting the larger 12.9 inch iPad if it would also dual boot to macOS. And if Apple offered dual boot functionality on the 11 inch iPad Pro it would be a great alternative to the 12 inch MacBook they used to sell.In fact there were no longer be any excuse for requiring dual boot. Simply allow any regular iPadOS app to run on an M1 macOS iPad, as the M1 Macs can now do. Dual boot in such a product should be optional not mandatory. -
Here are the Apple TV+ shows that you can watch at launch, and what's coming soon
sirozha said:How does a service with just a few shows compare to Netflix or Hulu, which have thousands of titles?
Apple TV should have become a streaming delivery platform for content providers to use. Kind of like a cable TV provider is a delivery platform for multiple content providers. This way, content providers could concentrate on the content and let Apple handle the technical issues related to streaming.
Instead, Apple decided to become a content provider with their own streaming service. It’s clearly a dead end approach, as people will only be willing to have a limited number of streaming services.sirozha said:How does a service with just a few shows compare to Netflix or Hulu, which have thousands of titles?
Apple TV should have become a streaming delivery platform for content providers to use. Kind of like a cable TV provider is a delivery platform for multiple content providers. This way, content providers could concentrate on the content and let Apple handle the technical issues related to streaming.
Instead, Apple decided to become a content provider with their own streaming service. It’s clearly a dead end approach, as people will only be willing to have a limited number of streaming services. -
Apple rolls out tvOS 13.2 for Apple TV with Siri recording opt-in
StrangeDays said:dpkroh said:minor point upgrade to iOS is a good thing but you are missing the biggest iOS 13 story completely.Until today HomePod has been stuck on version 12.4. Finally today Apple has released 13.2 for HomePod as well. It is been an absurd wait of about a month or more.
I’m not sure which is the stronger feeling. The relief that Apple has finally released iOS 13 for HomePod or the fact that it took more than a month after the general release of iOS 13 to issue the same for HomePod.
I am guessing nobody at Apple insider has a HomePod? LOL?
Also when I upgraded my other devices like iPhone to iOS 13 I HomePod features broke. My iPhone started telling me I had to upgrade to newer software on my HomePod - newer software that was not yer available. So it basically “broke” things until Apple later muted this message.
This is an ECOSYSTEM not single isolated operating systems and devices. There are features in iOS 13 and HomePod 13 that depend on both devices upgraded. So yes it is very much absurd. You may have slack standards, and that’s okay for you, but it doesn’t make it okay for Apple as a company. Especially not when Apple promotes the idea of buying into an entire ecosystem that works together.