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Going hands on with Nomad's Base Station Pro -- The first real free-placement Qi charger
shrave10 said:Don't trust the emf radiation field around these things. It has not been mass tested enough. Will let other guinea pigs test it out for me and maybe revisit the tech in ten years.
https://www.who.int/peh-emf/about/WhatisEMF/en/index3.html
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Smuggler busted with 102 Apple iPhones by Shenzhen, China customs officials
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T2 chip in iMac Pro & 2018 MacBook Pro controls boot, security functions previously manage...
VRing said:macxpress said:Hey @VRing, does that supposed magical and revolutionary custom build of yours that is SO much better than an iMac Pro do this? Didn't think so and never will!
It amuses me that VRing conflates UEFI with BIOS. UEFI is far more advanced in what it does compared to outdated BIOS.
I knew the moment that Windows PC manufacturers started making their systems using UEFI that people would continue to lazily and confusingly use the term BIOS in systems where it’s absent. -
Editorial: The new Mac Pro is overkill for nearly everybody, and it hit Apple's own target...
knowitall said:pakitt said:Although based on Unix, macOs is far from being a Linux-like OS....
macOs isn't based on Unix, its Mach.
It does have a compliant bash shell which is seen by many as Unix.
And (to help you a bit) Linux users like bash too.
UNIX 03Company Name: Apple Inc.https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3648.htmProduct Name: macOS version 10.14 Mojave
Environment: on Intel-based Mac computersRegistered on: 28-Aug-2018
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Apple Pay now accepted for some UK government services, wider rollout planned for 2019
saarek said:rotateleftbyte said:The unanswered question is... Will the £30.00 limit on transactions still apply?
For online purchases this limit is not present, at least that’s always been my experience.
I have a couple of friends and acquaintances with their retail businesses. Each of them independently told me they have set Apple Pay on their NFC terminals at a limit of around £750 before further authorisation is required; the nature of their businesses are such that it will be exceptional to have a transaction approaching that limit. -
Customer rampages through French Apple Store, smashes iPhones, iMacs, MacBook Air
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MacBook Pro vs MacBook Air - Which is the better buy?
entropys said:It is a dilemma. I would want to buy MBPs for my daughters, but I am sure the younger one would probably want the gold MBA. Maybe the money and weight saved would go to a USB hub so when inevitably one of her friends want to give her something on a USB stick she can actually use it.
on the touchbar issue: I think adoption would be easier if Apple actually went all in. Where is the magic keyboard with a Touch Bar? Will the Mac Pro, iMac pro and the iMac end up with the touchbar? because i suspect one reason there is still grief about it (apart from raising the cost of the notebook) is it isn’t universal enough for a critical mass of developers to bother taking advantage of it.
As for USB sticks, it really isn't a problem keeping a cigarette lighter USB-C hub inside your laptop bag for if and when it is needed. There are also many readily available flash drives that now have dual connectors for USB-C and USB-A: https://www.sandisk.com/home/mobile-device-storage/ultra-dual-drive-usb-type-c
I myself love the TouchBar and am surprised by the variety of functions which it conveniently offers: for example, in Safari it shows small graphics depicting the open tabs of a window, enabling the user to rapidly switch tabs with a touch of the finger. It's useful for word and emoji suggestion in Messages, being able to scrub back and forth through a movie for playback or editing. I'm still learning what apps offer as developers start writing more and more for it.
Six months on, the keyboard for my 2018 model is still going strong. I've seen how many people criticise the shallow depth and feel of these current keyboards. Whilst I recall my surprise and dismay as to the feel of the keyboard when I first purchased the MacBook Pro, it is true that you get used to it, and I am currently very happy to type on it, if anything I have found it far more accurate and responsive than the keyboard on my 2008 Unibody MacBook.
As for the choice presented in this article? Well, I would have purchased the 2019 MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 3 ports and Touch Bar, if it was available six month ago, especially as I rarely use more than two ports on my machine (It's wonderful to be able to plug everything, power, hub, monitor and external drive all into the single thunderbolt 3 port).
Nevertheless I'm happy for the six months of use I've already had from this insanely fast but light MacBook Pro, hand on my heart it is the best Macintosh I have ever bought. -
How Apple Silicon Macs can supercharge computing in the 2020s
GeorgeBMac said:Meet my grandson. He asked for a MacBook for Christmas so I got him one -- thinking he would use it for school (little knowing that Corona Virus was coming right around the corner). But soon i saw it sitting all lonely in a corner by itself. It turns out both he and his mom hate MacOS and refused to use it.So, I installed WIndows 10 under Bootcamp. Now he uses it everyday and his mom wants one too and has been trying to steal his -- but he'll have none of it! They both love his MacBook Air now that it runs Windows 10. -
Apple accessories set for rapid Lighting to USB-C shift
baconstang said:I wonder if they'll be offering a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle for the new phones?It already exists, just a question of whether it'll be compatible with the new iPhones -
Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat, citing quality issues
StrangeDays said:Ugh. Disappointing.
Now I need to return my wireless-charing AirPods for the normal...if a mat can't do all three devices it isn't worth it to me.