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Apple should be royally ashamed for how neglected their own Mac Calendar.app is. It's the worst offender on my system for CPU hogging. Anytime my laptop heats up and performance drops, a quick peek at Activity Monitor usually always shows that it's Calendar services that are running rampant. Online advice says to remove all Google calendars to avoid this problem, which I've done, but it still happens, especially when switching networks.

Calendar.app is also SLOW to launch and use, but I bet Outlook Calendar takes just as long to launch.   I just expect native Apple apps to be as fast as Safari is to launch. Remember when opening Safari use to be slow? Now it's instant.

JWSC said:

Yea, but it doesn’t have a fancy $1,000 wall mount!

bsimpsen said:

You can hang Apple's display on their $300 VESA adapter and put it on a standard mount. You needn't spring for the fancy stand.

Fact Check:

1) Pro STAND is $1000 USD.
2) The VESA adapter is $199 USD.

Both comments above are inaccurate in USD pricing.

emoeller said:

In making my first official payment (Sept billing paid by the end of October) I was unable to do so online via Verizon, rather I had to use wifi (ended up in an Apple store as power was out where I lived in California).  My Verizon had internet, but the Wallet app continued to advise that it had no internet access.   The Apple Store's wifi was not secure (most aren't) and I was reluctant to use it, but it was my only option as the deadline was coming up.

Otherwise I have been super happy using Apple Card and continue to transition most of my charges from AMEX to Apple Card.

Insecure Wifi is a misnomer. If a web page or internet request/response is done over an SSL connection, that's a "secure tunnel" over the Wifi connection, and is perfectly safe to do so. Adding a password to a wifi network does little to secure your requests and responses. Those requests and responses need to be done over a secure connection, regardless of how you're connecting to the internet. Does that make sense?

For example, accessing "http://www.site .com" (note the "http") is not secure and could be snooped on a Wifi network, whether it's password-protected or not. However, accessing "https://www.site .com" (note the "https") is secure and is safe over a Wifi connection, whether it's got a password or not. See the difference?

You can bet your bottom dollar that all requests/responses for Apple apps are done over a secure connection, so you don't need to care if the wifi network is password-protected or not. They are going to give that password out to everyone anyway, so it doesn't add any protection. Your secure tunnel is all that matters.

A VPN adds an extra layer of secure tunnel "around" any of your requests/responses, and it's easy and cheap to set up VPNs these days. I run one all day with zero performance hits. (Personally, I don't use the commercial VPN services, but spun up my own in a nearby datacenter, so I get super-fast connections. This approach is not for everyone, though). Using a VPN would likely solve your Verizon issue, too. Choose a VPN connection that's geographically close to you to get the best performance.

Hey AppleInsider, to get a clean capture of windows, do this:

1. Command-Shift-4. (with or without Option key)
2. Press the Space bar.
3. Hover over the window that you want to capture.
4. Click.

This works for Quick Look windows, too.

Nice effort, but poor video. It's just a stream of shots of her face fading in and out. I'm not a fan of meaningless music videos. The video should help tell the story. Amiright?