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Apple Ireland worker wins unfair dismissal ruling in explosives case
1) The default setting for AirDrop is to only allow people saved in your contacts to send you anything. One would have to manually and purposefully change that setting to allow all iOS users to send you things.OutdoorAppDeveloper said:Just wait until Apple finds traces of illegal photos on your iPhone and turns you in to law enforcement.
AirDrop will get someone arrested.
Convince me I'm wrong.
(The Sun had a story today about people putting porn photos on people's phones using AirDrop).
2) Even if someone changed that setting, AirDrop shows a preview of what's being sent and asks you to accept or decline before transferring to you.
3) If someone can trick you into receiving ASAM through AirDrop, someone can trick you into just about anything and perhaps you shouldn't have a phone.
4) The Sun barely qualifies as a newspaper
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Spatial Audio lands on Apple Music after WWDC launch
Are we really going through this again AI? Apple itself has even stated spatial audio will be able to be reproduced with just about any old headphones.
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Apple Music Spatial Audio launch event set for June 7
That's why that's not at all what this will be in Apple Music. There seems to be some confusion. It's spatial in that you will hear things in a 3d environment, rather than it sounding like coming from a set of stereo speakers, clever audio engineering, PURELY on the mixing side (nothing to do with the headphones), can reproduce a virtual headspace like traditionally mixed music does not deliver. I have not tried it yet, so it's yet to be seen how dramatic of an effect there will be, but I'd wager it's going to sound good.jfeth001 said:What would be significant in introducing such a function? If my head is turned to the right will I hear more drums and to the left more guitar? I seem to be missing the point of the reason to even take into account the person’s head movements when listening to Apple Music.
This is different than the spatial audio feature/gimmick? of sound moving when you turn your head while watching something on a screen. They're using the same name, but there are different subsets of it. Therefore any old pair of headphones will be able to reproduce the new spatial audio.
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Review: VOCOlinc VS1 is a highly-affordable HomeKit contact sensor
This is an absolutely horrible product. They are bluetooth only! Which you casually mention once or twice and as if that's a feature. These are absolutely useless unless you have an AppleTV set up within 10 feet of the damn things. Or perhaps a dedicated iPad or HomePod that's not moving anywhere and is placed within 10 feet from the things. Other than that, USELESS. I have 3 Apple TVs in my house BTW, and one of them is in just the next room from the front door. But does this connect to the Apple TV? Nope, too far. Literally useless. YOU EVEN SAY REQUIRES NO HUB. Explain to me what use you get out of it without a homekit hub sir????
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Review: Plugable Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Docking Station adds 10 additional ports to your ...
Y'all, I am well aware of the CalDigit and OWC docks, as those are literally the only two on my list for consideration, so chillClarus said:Some of the earlier posts seek to tar all docks (or the concept of docks, or the port situation) with the same brush of docks not providing enough power.
That is misdirection. The problem is not with Apple or the concept of docks, the problem is docks that are not up to date.
I bought an early OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock. I love it, one cable connects everything on the desk. It only provides 60 watts, but that was enough for my 13" MBP.
OWC has upgraded that dock. The current version does provide enough power for all current MBP models.
The current CalDigit dock mentioned by Wow321 also does provide enough power for all current MBP models.
If you are criticizing docks because you only want to look at old models and ignore the good ones, that is certainly your own personal problem, not a real world one.
As for this Plugable being reviewed, there is no excuse for a new Thunderbolt 3 dock to lack the power for a 16" MBP. Multiple other companies above do offer it.
I like Plugable devices in general, and of course this dock has enough power for my own 13", but a dock sold at that price point should be able to power any current MBP. This dock also lacks HDMI, and says if you want to plug in HDMI through one of the two DisplayPort outlets you must use an active adapter. These are limitations and extra costs that do not apply to other docks. Also, it does not seem to have Thunderbolt 3 pass-through since there is only one TB3 port. And using the USB-C ports for displays appears to have limitations according to the specs. None of these limitations are mentioned in the review. I will stick with my OWC dock which has proved to be much more versatile for my needs.
What I was not aware of was that these two docks seem to be meeting everyone's 16" power needs. This is not something I could possibly be certain of, since the charger it's shipped with is 96w, meaning at some point in time the computer is absolutely capable of drawing that much power, meaning any charger under that wattage would result in a net loss of battery charge even while plugged in if pushed to the max for any amount of time. The CalDigit maxes out at 87 and the OWC maxes out at 85, an 11w difference from OEM...not insignificant.
I know all of you know this already, I'm just explaining where I'm coming from.
I would like a dock to be able to provide at least as much power as the OEM charger and I think that's a valid request. I'm already likely going to buy one of the two mentioned docks, I merely expressed a desire for a little more wattage.
