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  • Delays in Intel Cannon Lake processor rumored again, may impact 32GB MacBook Pro plans

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    xzu said:
    My 2013 Mac Pro (trash can) just died. My main work computer. I have no idea what to replace it with. I am just staring at the Apple website in complete amazement. 
    If you don't want it, send it to me. I'm always looking for a computer to try and fix.

    If you're interested in trying to fix it, start at https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Mac_Pro_Late_2013 and see what parts are available. Did you have a backup for your data or was your data on external drives? If the former, I'm sure there's a way to install the SSDs in an external box and copy the data.

    If you still want to stay with the late 2013 Mac Pro until something newer comes out, I'd start here, https://eshop.macsales.com/Search/SearchPromo.cfm?Ntk=Primary&N2=4294922266&Ns=P_ID|1&Ne=4294922318&N=100518+4294922309+4294922266&Ntt=OWCUsedMac to look for a used Mac Pro.

    Good luck.
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  • Starbucks Powermat charging pads getting software upgrade for iPhone 8, iPhone X

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    Soli said:
    1) I'm glad to read that they planned ahead.

    2) I'm surprised that they didn't already support Qi or whatever iPhone variant as I hadn't even heard of Powermat (PMA) and wonder if there 3rd-party Qi chargers may not work well with the new Apple devices.
    Found this website this morning, https://9to5toys.com/2017/09/12/best-qi-wireless-chargers-iphone-8/, discussing Qi chargers but they also aren't sure whether Apple made changes that might not allow some of them to work. Apple lists two on the Apple Store but both are >$50 while the Anker Qi wireless charging pad goes for $13 and they say Anker is a very good product so when will we know???


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  • First look: Hands-on with Apple's iPhone X

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    CNN came out with an attack video on the apparent failed face recognition attempt during special event keynote. http://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/09/13/apple-iphone-face-recognition-fail-me-sot.hln

    It bothers me when non-technical people berate a product with little understanding of what's really going on. If you look at a closeup of the iPhone X screen, it gives the typical passcode requirement used when starting from a fresh startup or when the phone hasn't been used for 8 hours. The message doesn't say failed attempt, try again, it simply says the passcode is required to ENABLE Face ID. I have to presume this was a phone Craig Federighi would have had to have Face ID already programmed into it for it to work. The phone was waiting for him but might not have been turned on since the day before.

    I didn't see this as a failure of Face ID, I simply saw it as something that the iPhone is supposed to do. If it didn't recognize his face, then it doesn't unlock the phone. If it hasn't been unlocked for 8 hours (or whatever a new timeout is), then it doesn't unlock the phone. Isn't it better to fail to unlock then to unlock with the wrong face? Sometimes people just don't get it and rush out to criticize Apple because they feel they can.

     
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  • Spotify drops Web streaming for users of Apple's Safari browser

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    "One possible explanation is a Google plugin, Widevine, which is required for streaming Spotify on the Web but flagged by macOS because it doesn't "support the highest level of security for Safari plug-ins," and may risk hackers accessing personal data."

    Says it all. If it's not this, it could always be the issue of too many hops, which are generally used for ad clicks. Apple continues to try and make sure Mac users are not subjected to privacy and security breaches. Something places like Equifax should be more interested in.
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  • High Sierra's APFS optimized for flash storage & SSD, incompatible with legacy HDDs and po...

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    There's nothing in the FAQs or basic information pages for the non-developer beta program to test High Sierra, however, you can still go to some of the regular developer documentation to find things.

    *Disclaimer: Since everyone else, including AI, is violating Apple's NDA for beta software, I will as well.

    I found this statement in the APFS documentation site: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/FAQ/FAQ.html

    Can I use Apple File System with my existing hard disk drive?
    Yes. Apple File System is optimized for Flash/SSD storage, but can also be used with traditional hard disk drives (HDD) and external, direct-attached storage.

    Does this mean Apple hasn't changed their documentation to reflect current capabilities? Haven't the faintest idea.

    I went through the APFS documentation website and found the api's for APFS. It obviously uses the same diskutil command so I scanned through its man page on my test MBP running with an aftermarket SSD, beta 17A352a and here's two entries I found about APFS and Fusion. I am assuming Fusion is the combination of a SSD and HDD (like everyone is asking about):

    >man diskutil

    Physical Store - An APFS Physical Store is a disk which is imported into (that is, which backs, indeed defines) an APFS Container. An APFS Container can import more than one Physical Store, e.g. for Fusion—style Containers.

    ...

    createContainer [-main] device [-secondary] [device]

    Create an empty APFS Container.  The device(s) specified become APFS Physical Stores. If you specify more than one device, a Fusion Container is created, with the performance roles assigned automatically (preferred) unless you use the -main and -secondary options, in which case, the secondary disk is assumed by APFS's performance algorithms to be on "slower" hardware.  The secondary disk is usually not solid solid state, is usually larger, and is used to store associated "auxiliary" data such as any Windows partition(s) for Boot Camp Assistant.

    In my mind this says that High Sierra can be installed on a system, like my late 2015 Retina 5K iMac with a factory 2TB Fusion drive, and run APFS. I didn't go through every instance of the word "fusion" in the man page but I'm sure it's there more than just these two times. I also noticed the comment about Boot Camp although it might only be for the assistant application.

    Does this mean Apple has finalized APFS to run on a Fusion or simple HDD drive? Only Apple knows for sure.

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