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  • Stolen Device Protection to thwart iPhone thieves with passcodes with time delay

    daviatordaviator
    mrluis63 said:
    Big question for Apple 🍎 how much ? This is going to cost the American people. I know is not going to be free. Or is it?????????
    Of course it’s free, it’s just part of an iOS update. Apple does not have any history of charging for new features. What’s your agenda here?
    byronlwilliamlondonroundaboutnowAnilu_777dave marshcoolfactorStrangeDayskillroyAfarstarkiltedgreen

  • iPad Pro hands on: Luxury technology in an impossibly-thin package

    daviatordaviator
    Great review, most of which I agree with (I don’t have nano glass so can’t comment on that.)

    But the first paragraph was confusing, because I don’t think the writer understands the meaning of the phrase “come to pass.”  He seems to think it means “to have passed by” when actually it means “to have come to exist” now, in the present. 

    I THINK he meant to say that the days of the iPad Pro being for everyone are now in the past. But instead he said the opposite. 
    williamlondonAlex1N

  • What to do before you trade in your old iPhone for an iPhone 16

    daviatordaviator
    If you use Google Authenticator or another authenticator, be sure to transfer it to your new phone BEFORE you erase and get rid of your old phone. Otherwise it’s a giant pain in the keister to get back into those sites which use it. 
    prairiewalker

  • iPhone 16 rumored to get better Siri with AI and improved microphones

    daviatordaviator
    There is a huge AI improvement to Siri in iOS 17.2 that I just encountered today (in the latest beta.). If someone sends you an iMessage containing a photo, and you’re listening to messages in the car or otherwise via Siri, it will use AI to describe the contents of the photo. 

    I was shocked as I was driving earlier and listened to a message from my partner and Siri said “Kenny sent a photo of a bowl of soup and a plate of meat and vegetables.”  I had to pull over and look, and that turned out to be a completely accurate description. A very cool new feature and a great use of AI. 
    byronlmike1watto_cobraelijahg

  • Quicken 2018 for Mac debuts, switches to subscription-only model

    daviatordaviator
    Anybody that thinks programs like Quicken are obsoleted by online banking doesn't have much to keep track of. Online banking only lets you look at the recent past and current status of online accounts. It doesn't allow you to track future transactio – checks written but not yet cleared, future online payments made, etc. – which is critical to ensuring that you have funds in the right places at the right times to ensure that everything clears. No online system does a good job of tracking physical assets like real estate, or produces financial statements. If your finances are really simple and you don't own much, online banking may be all you need. But when you've got eight or ten bank accounts, brokerage accounts, a variety of real estate and loans, etc., you need something like Quicken. And while Quicken for Mac has taken a long time to become a usable piece of software, it did (barely) get there with Quicken 2017, and I'm happy they continue to improve it. I don't love a subscription model, but the pricing seems borderline reasonable, and if they continue to do a good job improving the product and providing support, I'll pay it.
    pscooter63rmickbush46

  • Apple Store shuts down ahead of iPhone 16 launch event

    daviatordaviator
    ^^* I came to say the same thing. Somebody is apparently confused by time zones, lol. 
    watto_cobra