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  • How to make new T2-secured Macs boot from external drives

    brianmbrianm
    maciekskontakt said:
    And in next update Apple will disable external boot again. So make sure to follow this routine after every system security patch and update. Apple really knows how to secure your data for your (in)convenience and force you to use iCloud while you prefer other cloud solutions and prefer not store any information on external sources managed by someone else. Well I don ot always have internet to be honest, but local system backup as TimeMachine always. So what is Apple point on this approach?
    The 10.14.2 update did not change this setting on a 2018 Mac mini originally running 10.14.0 it is set in a place (the T2) independent of the installed OS.
    FlaSheridn

  • Does Apple have any premium buyers left for the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max?

    brianmbrianm
    Some of us only update once every 3-4 years - in my case I've been on a 4 year path - iPhone 4 to iPhone 6 to having ordered the iPhone XS (hopefully .5 to 1.5 weeks to arrive now after pre-ordering it last Friday morning)
    equality72521jbdragonlolliverbageljoeyDeelronwlymwatto_cobrajony0

  • Apple debuts 5.8-inch iPhone XS and 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max with OLED screens

    brianmbrianm
    inplainview said:
    Trying so hard to be excited. It’s just not “magical” anymore. Loads of meh...
    update once every 4 years, and it's a more magical upgrade :) (iPhone 4 to 6 to now Xs)
    jony0watto_cobra

  • Samsung launches curved, 34-inch display with Thunderbolt 3

    brianmbrianm
    Only a VA panel, not IPS.  So faster response (4ms, 100 Hz), but colour won't be as accurate as IPS displays.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple expected to ditch aluminum, release glass-backed iPhone with OLED display in 2017

    brianmbrianm
    sog35 said:
    There are very good reasons why Apple has not done OLED for iPhone. Its not like OLED is top secret hard to get tech. Even cheap POS China brands have OLED screens. Its more about quality control.

    The short life of Blue OLED pixels is horrible. With quick dimming of Blue OLED your screen will never have color accuracy except for the first few months. The only way to correct this is with monthly calibration with expensive equipment done by experienced image engineers. 

    Second problem is OLED battery drain from displaying white. Most websites, spreadsheets, apps, and docs use white as a background. That is why OLED phones have much larger batteries.

    If OLED can fix these two problems then iPhone may get OLED.  But until then I'd rather have a phone with very good black levels (not as good as OLED) but with great color accuracy for the life of the phone.

    And those test by Andantech and Displaymate don't mean crap because those are new phones. Lets see them test those OLED phones after 12 months.
    There have been many advances in the past 6 years on Blue OLED - a quick search comes with up several going back to 2009 to get lifespans up to similar range with Red - although it likely took several years for that research to translate to "in production" tech, so maybe things are finally "ready".

    here is one example:  http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/18503/dupont-oled-technology-achieves-1-million-hours-lifetime
    cnocbui