Spitbath

AppleInsider said:

AirPods users can check the current firmware for their audio accessories within the Settings app, selecting General, then About, then select the relevant device from the menu.

Actually...

To check your AirPods firmware version:

• Open the Settings app on your iPhone
• Navigate to the “Bluetooth” menu
• Find your AirPods in the list of devices
• Tap the “i” next to them
• Look at the “Firmware Version” number

I don't see an option for the SnoopySaver on any of my 5 AppleTV's.

gmul said:

I like the content on AppleTV for the most part. But this weekly release of episodes is not what I am after. If I wanted the old network style TV I would not have gotten rid of my cable. So I will cancel my subscription after a month and after a few months pass I will sign up again for a month so I can binge the shows I like, repeat.

I don't really think weekly episodes are a huge reason people cut ties with cable. For me the big reason for getting rid of cable is not paying for 500 channels I don't watch and not having to put up with annoying commercials.

I used to like to binge (and I still do occasionally). But more recently, and especially during the pandemic, I've found that I really enjoy looking forward to new episodes each week. I was also talking to a friend recently about how prior to the binge era style of consuming media, a show had the ability to become a milestone for that particular time in your life. If you spend a day or two binging a season (or multiple seasons) of a show, those stories and characters become easily forgettable. Whereas spending many weeks, months, and after multiple seasons, many years with a show, those stories and characters become part of your life... almost like family. And when shows like that end there is a sadness because it represents the end of an era for you and those characters. You don't get that very much anymore with modern streaming shows. 

mprusse said:

Totally unrealistic dialog. No one uses the F-word that much.

I do.

JP234 said:

StrangeDays said:

cpsro said:

Too bad a show that so thoroughly breaks stereotypes gets cancelled while shows like Succession--loaded with uninspired f-bombs--are so popular and get renewed.  (Yes, I know Succession isn't Apple TV+ and has finally ended.)

Succession was fucking fantastic. One of the best written shows in memory with excellent acting and effective drama. Swearing is ok because people actually swear. 

I watched roughly 60 seconds of the first episode of Succession, but I had to quit after the 20th F*&%ty, F*&%ty, F*&%, F*&%, F*&%.
If you took the F word out of that episode I bet it would have run about 3 minutes.

Not enough swearing for an accurate depiction of New Yorkers if you ask me. However, The Hallmark Channel is currently showing Christmas movies in July if boring, unrealistic, sugar-coated portrayals of wholesome whitebread is your thing.

It's like two doors down from Sir Jony Ive.

ralphiecastle said:

Nobody cares about these awards, they are completely bogus and have zero effect on anybody.  

I worked in three different art-house cinemas when I was in my 20's and I can tell you that people DO care. From around November or December when buzz starts circulating around certain films, business would start picking up, we'd hire more staff, and lines at the box office would be fairly constant. When January rolled around and the Golden Globes and other award ceremonies start handing out prizes, things would start to get even busier. By the time the Oscars are handed out we would be in full-swing award season mode, films that left theaters earlier in the year would come back for another run (even if they are already available to watch at home), the long lines at the box office started wrapping down the block and around the corner, every show sells out 7 days a week, and this would go on for another three months until all the summer blockbusters (that don't typically win awards) are released.

If these awards were truly bogus and had zero effect on anybody, they wouldn't continue doing it. Just because you don't care doesn't mean that millions of other people agree with you.

Kierkegaarden said:

Looks great!  BoB is a favorite of mine, and it probably was in some part due to the actors — so I hope they found comparable actors for this series.

I don’t understand why Apple doesn’t go more into dramatizations of historic events.  So much has happened in history, and picking any singular event would be more entertaining than most of the fiction that they churn out (and more educational).

• WeCrashed
• Black Bird
• Five Days At Memorial
• Napoleon
• The Big Cigar
• Chief of War
• Franklin
• The New Look
• Ferrari

StrangeDays said:

Philips is not supporting Apple's HomeKit Secure Video service. Instead, buyers must subscribe to a Signify service, starting with the Philips Hue Secure Basic plan for $3.99 per camera, per month.

Nope. 

Nope indeed! I was immediately uninterested as soon as I read that.

godofbiscuits said:

Appleish said:

Haven't dipped into this show yet. I'm worried because there is not a lot of praise out there. And people who have read the book seem to hate it.

I'm a big fan of many of the Apple TV+ shows, and I like Larson, but the trailer is not compelling.

Not sure where you're getting any of that information from.  It's a well-loved book, by any measure (4.4/5 on Apple Books, 4.6/5.0 on Amazon).  It's a NYTimes Best seller.  The only substantively negative reviews are from people who seem to be significantly religious and take offense at it, or those who think it's "man-hating" for showing women being empowered without the help of men.

I assumed they meant "people who have read the book seem to hate [the show]."

That said, my mom loved the book and says she likes the show so far.