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  • Apple rolls out watchOS 10 for Apple Watch with new faces, health features

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    chr15h said:
    Bug?

    Just updated to WatchOS 10 and I now can’t swipe to my other watch faces. I can see them on my iPhone Watch app, and change them on there but can’t on my watch. 

    Anyone else seeing this?
    You have to tap and hold and then swipe right or left to get to each watch face. 

    Yeah, it looks like Apple changed quite a few of the default behaviors. I was as puzzled by the way swipe to change the watch face works as Chr15h was. The good news is no more inadvertent changes to the watch face. I also noticed that I used to be able to show the Control Center by swiping up. Now I have to press the side button, which means I'll have to figure out how to scroll through the list of running apps. This seems like a significant change to the user interaction model and user interface. I'm sure it will be better once I get over the learning curve. I like what I'm seeing so far.
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  • Apple ships tvOS 17 with FaceTime and Apple Fitness Plus changes

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    For whatever reason, the tvOS 17 update is brutally slow - even after you get through the extremely slow "Preparing" phase. I've updated my iPhone and 4 iPads and my Apple Watch is nearly done updating, and progress bars on the Apple TVs (4K models and one HD) are moving at a sub-snail pace, like an elderly snail with a dry foot pad and cracked shell. Incredible, in a bad way.

    Update: The ultra slow ATV 4K seems to be a unique case. All of my other 4Ks and one HD updated fine. Not terribly slow. The one malcontent ATV is still in a updating state after about 90 mins. It must have lost its marbles so I'll do a factory reset on it and start over again.

    Update 2: After doing a soft reset by pressing the ATV remote Home and Menu at the same time for >5 seconds the Apple TV restarted, immediately restarted the post-preparation process. The progress bar that was previously stopped near the end point reset to the binning and gradually progress to completion after a few minutes. Update to tvOS 17 completed and the device seems to be working fine. Must have been a electron clot or something like that.
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  • Apple's new 'pro' Thunderbolt 4 and six-foot USB-C cables are bad, and you shouldn't buy t...

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    Mike Wuerthele said:
    dewme said:
    When I see “bad” in the title I equate that with a functional deficiency. Maybe “overpriced” or “ridiculously overpriced” or “a bad deal” would be more appropriate since the cables do work as intended, but at a price that only true believers would find acceptable.
    This is addressed in the lede.
    But that’s beneath the headline. Having “bad deal” in the headline would immediately clarify the intent. If my wife announced that the milk in the refrigerator was “bad” I wouldn’t think she was possibly complaining about how much I paid for it. But it’s your call. 
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  • Apple's new 'pro' Thunderbolt 4 and six-foot USB-C cables are bad, and you shouldn't buy t...

    dewmedewme
    When I see “bad” in the title I equate that with a functional deficiency. Maybe “overpriced” or “ridiculously overpriced” or “a bad deal” would be more appropriate since the cables do work as intended, but at a price that only true believers would find acceptable.
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  • iPhone 15 Pro models will be thicker & lighter than iPhone 14 Pro

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    Wow, the iPhone 15 Pro Max being 19 grams lighter than the 14 Pro Max will definitely put less strain on people’s bones and joints. That’s like carrying 8 fewer pennies in your pocket.

    Not only that, iPhone 15 Pro Max  owners can now buy pants with 1 mm shallower and 1 mm narrower pockets. 

    I guess we’ll know who has upgraded to the 15 Pro Max by seeing all those iPhone 15 Pro Max owners with a little more pep in their step.

    What about the difference in the weight of the charging cable? Or do we have to wait for the big reveal to find out? Not sure I’ll be able to sleep for the next couple of days …
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