maltz

22july2013 said:

I guess you could do what we still do on Windows to protect ourselves - not read emails from unknown sources. However maybe the preview pane is part of the danger here if it "reads" email automatically.

Nope. This is a zero-click on iOS 13. Merely receiving the email in the background is enough, you don't even have to open the Mail app. In fact, the entire email doesn't even have to be downloaded, so it could be deleted before you ever even see it. https://blog.zecops.com/vulnerabilities/unassisted-ios-attacks-via-mobilemail-maild-in-the-wild/

I've seen sudo patches on my linux systems today as well, so not just a Mac thing, I guess.

avon b7 said:

A pity if true IMO. 

He made a mistake. He didn't help himself much after that mistake with the Vanity Fair celebrations but it remains a mistake. It's OK to say he should have known better and he should shoulder the blame for his actions etc. Of course he should. And IMO he should apologise to Rock in person especially if Rock was unaware of his wife's condition. Hopefully it's a one off and should be seen as such. I give him the benefit of the doubt at this point.

Don't downplay it TOO much - battery is a crime.  If he wasn't Will Smith (and/or Chris Rock wasn't as forgiving), the picture being plastered all over the media wouldn't be of the slap (or in this case, weirdly, his tearful acceptance/"apology" speech) but a mugshot.

jamnap said:

But there seems to be a volume level issue with Car Play

Volume issues are a pain when using things like CarPlay and Bluetooth.  Adjusting the volume using the car's volume knob has worked in both my Hyundai and Jeep, but the trick is that you have to do it WHILE the specific audio you want to adjust is playing.  Different types of audio can have different volume settings - music, Siri/Google/etc, ringtones, phone call audio, etc.  In the case of brief snippets of audio like map directions, Siri responses, etc, timing that can be tricky, especially while driving.

The Mac Pro has been a MASSIVELY overpriced after-thought that they toss out a new model just often enough to keep the hardest of the hard-core on the hook since the last of the cheese graters was released in 2012 - and even that was 2-3 years since the previous update, iirc.  It's hard not to imagine the designers even surprising themselves at how much they can get people to pay for these machines, and even more so, upgrades and accessories.  Even Monster Cable would blush at some of this stuff.  ($750 for a set of coaster wheels... I'd REALLY like to see a cogent justification for that.  Not that the wheels aren't that good - maybe they are - but why you'd need such expensive precision quality to wheel around a computer!)

At some point you have to ask if a row of Mac Minis are the right tools for the job...  probably a point well before this.  lol

spheric said:

maltz said:

Bluetooth audio for speakers/headphones has never been great, but it's often good enough.  Bluetooth audio with headsets/speakerphones/etc, with two-way audio, is HORRIBLE, even just for voice.  This is why many wireless headsets come with proprietary dongles that improve the situation, even if they're capable of straight Bluetooth.  I have no idea why the Bluetooth powers that be have allowed that situation to persist as long as it has.

Get a better headset. The quality is directly dependent upon which codec the manufacturer has implemented, and it varies tremendously between codecs.