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  • Apple Studio Display runs iOS 15.4, which will allow it to fix webcam issues

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    Someone forgot to update the OS name string.   I am sure it should have been “DisplayOS”…. An all new and original OS developed over many years by Apple specifically to harness the power of the next generation of Displays. 

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  • Studio Display review roundup: From 'delightful' to 'unusable'

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    For me personally it is a “meh” product.  For those who need it’s capabilities it is probably a great product.   I know my 2017 intel iMac 5k has the best looking and color correct screen I own.  

    But size and real estate matter more to me at my age and with my workflow.  Even though it is a 5k machine, my 4K screens show more physical real estate ( can show bigger windows) with all screens set to their highest res.   Apple uses the extra 5k to not make you desktop bigger, but to make it sharper, perhaps clearer and “better looking”.  

    For me personally I’d rather have the larger work area. 

    I replaced my 27” 4K screens with 32” 4K screens as they are also easier on my old eyes.  At full 4K desktop the text is not small and hard to read.  Even better are the 40” 4K tv monitors I hooked to my work MacBook Pro and my personal iMac.  Same amount of usable space and large enough to be able to easily read stuff without eye strain. 

    I’d be more impressed if Apple’s new screen was 32”. 
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  • Which upgrades are worth it for the Mac Studio

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    I am not ordering yet.  Need to finish our house project, and then get moved.   But I’m going with the Ultra, 64Gb, and 2 TB ssd.  $4399.  Most expensive Mac I’ve bought since my 2008 Mac Pro.   I mostly do SW development with some photo and video editing and some hobbyist grade music stuff using FCP.  

    Ultra for longevity.   I can add thunderbolt storage and my current machine has 2tb on the main boot storage and only 45% used.  I already have thunderbolt storage for large projects.  
    dewmeMacCatHatterAlex_Vradarthekat

  • AirTag clone developed by researchers works around Apple's anti-stalking measures

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    mike1 said:
    chadbag said:
    beowulfschmidt said:
    So this researcher proved that the Apple device can be modified so that it acts exactly as stealthily as every other tracker on the market?  How profound.
    That is not what they did.   They didn't do anything to or with an AirTag.   The headline is extremely misleading.   The researchers created their own tracker, nothing to  do with Air Tags, except they both use Apple's "Find My" network, and then "proved" that the anti-stalking features couldn't work with their own tracker.   

    I was getting the same thing from the article, but wanted to reread before I posted.
    To me, they lost all credibility when it said their tracker had no speaker. So it wasn't a clone.

    Ignoring the speaker thing, the device doesn't show up as an AirTag it appears.  They had to track it with their own Mac app and a custom Android app using the open source library Open Haystack.  

    If it could be used purely within Apple's system then it could be considered a clone of some sort.  Even without a speaker.  

    I've read it twice and it seems they were piggy backing on the Find My network.  But how much is unclear and I am not familiar with the details of it.  Could their subject wander anywhere far away and still be tracked by all the iPhones out there uploading it's presence?   Anyway, it is not a clone of AirTag but their own design of a tracker that may share the same Find My system. 
    mike1viclauyyc

  • AirTag clone developed by researchers works around Apple's anti-stalking measures

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    beowulfschmidt said:
    So this researcher proved that the Apple device can be modified so that it acts exactly as stealthily as every other tracker on the market?  How profound.
    That is not what they did.   They didn't do anything to or with an AirTag.   The headline is extremely misleading.   The researchers created their own tracker, nothing to  do with Air Tags, except they both use Apple's "Find My" network, and then "proved" that the anti-stalking features couldn't work with their own tracker.   
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