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  • If you're having problems with USB on macOS Sequoia, you're not alone

    commentzillacommentzilla
    There is no mention of a dock in the article. But problems with docks is a real issue. I have a Caldigit and a OWC Thunderbolt dock and they do not randomly disconnect drives, but they do disconnect under very long sustained read operations. This at first appeared to only occur with SSD drives but if you have a very large HDD, it will also occur under long read operations. With SSDs the failure happens faster than HDD drives because they transfer data faster. I suspect this has something to do with power management, even if the drive is self-powered. None of this happens if the drives are connected directly to the Mac. It only happens when the drives are connected through a dock.
    watto_cobra

  • macOS Sequoia review: the first macOS with more potential than new features

    commentzillacommentzilla
    DAalseth said:
    DAalseth said:
    The confusion isn't helped by how Apple Intelligence will not be some specific feature that you turn on, or that you launch like an app. Instead, Apple Intelligence will seep into everything.
    That’s exactly what I don’t want. 
    y'all realize Apple's Apple Intelligence will be a feature that's available for you to choose to use, right? Did you watch the keynote? Or just assuming? yikes!
    Yes I watched the keynote at WWDC, and the iP16 rollout, and I’ve read a lot of other material online. I am very aware of what it is and what it will do. My question is DID YOU READ THE PART I QUOTED?
    Apple Intelligence will not be some specific feature that you turn on, or that you launch like an app. Instead, Apple Intelligence will seep into everything.
    It will not be something you have to turn on or go into, it will get its stain on everything. Just like I had to figure out how to turn OFF autocorrect and Suggested Text I will have to figure out how to disable these features. More likely though they will be like AppLibrary that you can’t turn off. Apple has put too much money and hype into their version of AI to let it sit in the background undiscovered. It will be stuffed down our throats whether we want it or not and then they will ask us to thank them.

    :D  Wrong... and I'm sure there will be an option to disable Apple Intelligence in the setup screen after the coming point upgrade when it is introduced. As for Open AI ChatGPT, it is 100% opt-in on a per use basis. ChatGPT is an external extension of Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is not ChatGPT.  ;)

    You stand corrected...

    "If you don’t want or don’t trust Apple Intelligence (or just not yet), you’ll be able to turn it off. And you’ll have to opt-in to using the integrated ChatGPT feature, and, each time Apple Intelligence decides to send you to ChatGPT to handle a task, you’ll have to explicitly allow it. As currently designed, no one is going to accidentally interact with, let alone expose personal information to, ChatGPT. If anything I suspect the more common complaint will come from people who wish to use ChatGPT without confirmation each time. Some people are going to want an “Always allow” option for handing requests to ChatGPT, but according to Apple reps I’ve spoken with, such an option does not yet exist.

    At a technical level Apple is using indirection to anonymize devices from ChatGPT. OpenAI will never see your IP address or precise location. At a policy level, OpenAI has agreed not to store user data, nor use data for training purposes, unless users have signed into a ChatGPT account. If you want to use Apple Intelligence but not ChatGPT, you can. If you want to use ChatGPT anonymously, you can. And if you do want ChatGPT to keep a history of your interactions, you can do that too, by signing in to your account. Users are entirely in control, as they should be.."

    paisleydiscowatto_cobra

  • macOS Sequoia review: the first macOS with more potential than new features

    commentzillacommentzilla

    Calamander said:

    Also in the past, there was LaunchPad - completely useless - and other things nobody ever asked for - I am glad Apple is doing away with these things. 
    LaunchPad is still here and it's useful to a lot of people. Just because you don't use means nothing. Do you have kids? Old family members? Everyone is not a developer. Exactly how does it imped your work? It doesn't.
    paisleydiscoNotSoMuchwatto_cobra

  • macOS Sequoia review: the first macOS with more potential than new features

    commentzillacommentzilla
    DAalseth said:
    The confusion isn't helped by how Apple Intelligence will not be some specific feature that you turn on, or that you launch like an app. Instead, Apple Intelligence will seep into everything.
    That’s exactly what I don’t want. 
    Then don't use it. You can opt-out. But all this time you've probably been using AI on your Apple devices since 2017, when the first NPU (neural processing cores) were introduced. There is on-device and off-device AI. Apple offers both through your device and their blackbox servers. Then if that's not enough AI power for you, you can  opt-in to Open AI integration. Three different levels of AI occurring here and you can choose to opt-out of off-device processing by Apple and Open AI.
    watto_cobra

  • macOS Sequoia review: the first macOS with more potential than new features

    commentzillacommentzilla
    I just upgraded several Macs, Mac VMs, iPads, AppleTVs, Apple Watches and zero issues.
    paisleydiscowatto_cobra