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  • macOS 26 may not support 2018 MacBook Pros, 2019 iMacs, or the iMac Pro

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    I had planned on upgrading my 2019 Intel i9 MBP either later this year or early next year, so the fact that it is still supported under the next version of macOS pleases me, if for no other reason than avoiding a huge drop in the price I'll get when selling it.

    As for the AI luddites here:
    1. You can turn off Apple Intelligence with a switch if you like, Amish.

    2. Most of the tools of Apple Intelligence work as advertised. Writing tools are great, Image Playground I'd rate as "okay" (not something I routinely need, but the non-human images seem rather good), the ChatGPT integration really helps Siri answer random questions (you can turn off the "ask for permission every time" thing if you want).

    3. What's missing, and IMO the only thing the entitled whiners have a legitimate grievance about, is the delay in app intents/Siri awareness. It is indeed disappointing that that's been delayed, but there's an important consideration here that I don't think the whiners are taking into account: Apple is going to do this -- however long it takes -- without compromising your privacy, even when you are interacting with ChatGPT. Your data is not being used to train the ChatGPT.

    That is a claim no other AI engine can make. Maybe that's not important to you, but it is very important in the long run.

    I get it, nobody likes to feel like they are "behind" their colleagues using other AI engines. Just like Mac users in the 90s didn't like feeling slower than PC users back before the Intel deal. I've been there, it's mildly annoying.

    But for the vast majority of Apple users, you're not behind anybody except in novelty tricks. Apple remains the platform for productivity + privacy + security work of all sorts.

    And btw -- some of you should really be leveraging those writing tools.
    williamlondon

  • California Attorney General threatens lawsuit over potential 25% iPhone tariff

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    AppleZulu said:
    You still haven’t answered my question. Trump’s demand that Apple open a US iPhone factory in weeks or face a targeted 25% tariff is impossible. If you’re Tim Cook, what’s your response to an impossible demand? 
    "See you in court." :)
    danoxbaconstangmacguiforegoneconclusion

  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    bushman4 said:
    Apples biggest problem is not the 25% tariff it’s the fact that they’ve fallen behind on AI , Foldable iPhone etc. 
    People will pay for technology that’s state of the art with all the bells and whistles. Apple has to catch up on AI or buy a company and integrate it into Apples AI
    also Apple glasses everybody’s waiting let’s go

    In point of fact, foldable phones are a pretty neat product (I've played with one), but the fact that they retail for around $2K has not done much for sales.

    You don't see them in the wild outside some of the richer Asian nations, and they are certainly not a mass-market item even several years after introduction, to say nothing of the poor durability of them.
    ronn

  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

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    blitz1 said:
    In less than a week, Apple has proved to be extremely vulnerable. 

    Its supply chain is under attack by tariff's.
    Its flagship product is under attack by its former star employee.
    Its AI is nowhere to be found.

    Apple is under enormous pressure and let's see how M. Cook can address it. 
    Very likely the same way he has addressed Apple's many and varied previous challenges. It's not like such problems are new ... indeed Cook must be experiencing a lot of deja vu since he last had to deal with Chump eight years ago.

    Cook's not new at this. You might recall he was COO before he became CEO. That's why Apple's logistics are so incredibly good.

    The biggest problem Apple -- and the world -- faces right now is a delusional senile old man and his enablers in Congress who seriously believes you can build a world-class iPhone manufacturing plant and the attendant logistical infrastructure (because iPhones are clearly made in ONE plant, right?) as fast as you can, let's say, bankrupt a casino.
    iooi9secondkox2muthuk_vanalingamdanoxsphericMplsPronn

  • Inside Pages for Mac -- how to get the most out of Apple's best writing tool

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    For non-complex documents, I prefer Pages as a page layout tool over InDesign and QuarkXpress. I need to take a deeper dive into Affinity Publisher, but it seems to be a worthy competitor as well.

    There is much beauty and pleasure in a well-presented document, both from the creator's and the reader's viewpoint.
    kiltedgreen