cheesehead dave

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HomeTags make it even easier to control your HomeKit devices via NFC

cheesehead dave

April 2020

emoeller said:

So would this also work with the Watch once it is set up in Homekit on iPhone?

If so that would be super handy as I always have Watch on but not always the phone with me.

I believe NFC on the watch is not always-on, and when it is, it's locked to only being able to be used for Apple Pay.
Leaked images confirm Google is working on an Apple Card rival

cheesehead dave

April 2020

The face of that card looks like a constellation of dots that could be scanned by a regular camera for some purpose.
Apple sued over iMessage support for SMS embedded links

cheesehead dave

December 2019

So wait, they’re suing not for sending links in messages, but because the receiving iPhone makes them clickable?
Third-party USB-C Lightning cables made official at CES by Griffin

cheesehead dave

January 2019

MplsP said:

I don’t quite get why releasing 3rd party lightning - usb c cables was an issue. 3rd party lightning-USB A cables have obviously been around forever, and USB C is just a different form factor for usb 3.

That said, they’re really of limited use. Peter Schiller’s hallucinations aside, the world runs on USB A. The only benefit is to be able to directly plug into a MacBook Pro, but since the first accessory most people buy is a usb C-A dongle, even that isn’t much of a benefit

I suppose then you can use the USB-C wall charger that you're already carrying for charging the MacBook or Nintendo Switch or whatever else, and additionally use it for charging your phone without the need for another charger.
Understanding iCloud Drive and how to save money with Family Sharing

cheesehead dave

October 2018

techprod1gy said:

My only issue is 2T is not enough for my family of 5. We have to get creative to make this work. I am unaware of a way to increase this other than split into 2 family accounts. Not sure why they would even limit this. Create other tiers, charge for it, done.

Interesting. I also have a family of five and we're only using about 700 GB of our 2 TB. What is taking up all your space?

Before I upgraded my storage, I periodically had space issues and I found that we all had several iPhone device backups that were still there from previous devices that we owned. Deleting all those freed up hundreds of GBs of space.