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When I bought my Studio Ultra I knew day would come when I could get comparable power and specs for less. Good for those who avail themselves of this stellar product. Other peoples’ good fortune is not your own misfortune.

I have 2018 and 2012 minis and might replace at least one of them with an M4. Despite having large fingers I don’t see this as being a big deal at all. I’m sure the location of the power button is due to engineering constraints, and for people like me a suitably shaped spudger could be all that’s needed to access and press the power button. I might even leave the spudger in place, affixed to the power button with non-adhesive silicone tape and cleverly hidden from view. Or something like that. It may not be the most elegant of placements or solutions, but one of the reasons I get on well in life is that I don’t let insignificant issues become giant obstacles (aka, make mountains out of molehills).

And now in the US we're letting judges and other power-hungry politicians replace tech- and science-savvy officers with themselves and their cohorts. To them, their beliefs (emotionally-induced decisions about what is true or false) are superior to factual knowledge (that which has been determined to be true or false). What could go wrong?

araquen said:

1Password - I was NOT a fan of moving to a subscription, and there was one update that “broke” attachments. If Apple’s native password manager lets me maintain parity between my Mac and my frankenbox (though with Microsoft screwing up Windows 11 as it is, I may not need the frankenbox anymore), I don’t mind removing another subscription from my budget.

Like you, though I had used and loved 1Password from the time AgileBits was a two-person Macintosh-only company, I exited 1Password when AgileBits got too greedy.
Key to transferring any database, particularly one with heavy security requirements, is file compatibility. How cleanly and completely will Passwords import your data from your current password manager? Will it be a time-consuming exercise in recovering from minimal file compatibility, like it was when I imported from 1Password?
Fortunately, much of the password data I had was old and could be stored satisfactorily using “Notes” templates, a time-saving if kludgy arrangement.
If data compatibility is again a problem, it will take a long time to migrate over to Passwords (“just copy and paste the data in every field!”), regardless of Passwords’ feature set. At least we have a head start in that the process has already begun with the existing Passwords app and Keychain Access.

Yup, just read this article https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/04/01/apples-anticompetitive-behavior-has-gotten-worse-tile-tells-congressional-panel

Hmm...April 1. Had to double-check that one. Legit.