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How to use robotic vacuums with Apple Home & Siri
I did set up shortcuts to start vacuuming specific rooms with my Roombas, but that's about all you can do. Unfortunately, that only works from the phone, not the HomePods scattered around the house.
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Apple now lets you transfer purchases from one Apple Account to another
hobs said:While I can understand the decision behind Family Sharing having to b disabled , that’s a major setback. Also don’t understand the limitation behind this feature not available in certain countries or why the accounts to be in the same country, which is exactly my case (they are in different countries).About this last point I’ve always wondered what happens if I change the country of my Apple account that is currently used for iCloud services but that also held previous app purchases.For people that change country of residence frequently it’s quite a mess.
It seems family sharing can be turned back on wen you're done with the migration.
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New Mac mini arrives with redesign, powerful M4 & M4 Pro processors, more USB-C
Hmm. Seems like the Studio Display should be updated to include an opening through which to route the wires from the Mac Mini that is perched upon its base.
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Apple is readied for an entire week of M4 Mac announcements
Fingers crossed for an updated Apple TV as well. Looking to buy another but been holding off anticipating an update.
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Apple severely cuts Vision Pro production, and may stop it completely very soon
opinion said:Well, this is probably a sign that's in consistency with some other approaches Apple have in lack of customer insight as I see it. Some want a smaller iPhone - they keep getting bigger, some want a bigger iMac - it's still no one in sight, some want a new ergonomic mouse - not one in sight, some want a new Airport range - nope. Of course there are products like the Apple Vision Pro that might have a bit of a uphill to get acceptance, I remember some even questioned the iPad when it came but look at it now. But, "to make the best products" should also be done with the end price in mind. I kind of accepted that Apple has a higher price tag on their products because they are so good but with the Apple Vision Pro the price tag is out of this world.Oh, please! Do you really think Apple lacks customer insight?! "Some want" is not a go-to-market strategy or how any large company decides to deliver new products or which products/markets to enter. Apple does not do niche products, for the most part. Especially those that will not be profitable.Apple offered iPhone 12 and 13 Mini models. Do you think, for one second, that if those models had any success, there would not have been a 14 mini? Despite the fact that some people may prefer a smaller form factor, clearly there are not enough to justify the investment in the smaller model. Look around. Is anyone offering a small phone these days? Despite the desires of a few, the wider market is asking is for phones with larger screens.Some may desire a larger iMac, but I am sure Apple would have a pretty good idea how many they would sell and base the decision to develop/produce such a model on that info. Again, they used to make two larger models. They weren't discontinued/not replaced because they were wildly successful. With most sales being laptops these days, I would bet that Apple felt that a single 24" iMac would cover the requirements for most of the people, most of the time. Not a big enough business here to focus on outliers.Routers and mice are commodities. Apple does not need to offer a range of mouses (mice?) to round out their product line. Go buy one of the thousands of mice currently on the market. What value could Apple bring to the router that would justify the higher price and allow them to sell enough to make it worth doing? If there was an opportunity to do so, they likely would. All these tertiary products still take time and resources.
