disneylandman

HDMI is not really a computer port, so that is why it is not mentioned.  It is more of an AV port for home audio and video equipment, even though it did appear on a few MacBook Pros for convenience.

The iPod should have been mentioned with FireWire because that was huge.  It was during a time when other MP3 players, most notably the Creative Labs Jukebox, used USB 1.1 for data transfer and it took literally 5 hours to fill up the 4GB drive on the Jukebox.  The iPod with FireWire, about 10 minutes to fill its 5GB drive.

The GeoPort should have been mentioned as well because that was featured on the Quadra AVs and Apple pushed the GeoPort Telecom Modem for functioning as both a modem and handling phone calls.

tmay said:

disneylandman said:

The first generation (first released model) iPhone was only available in 4GB or 8GB.  The refreshed model the following year in early 2008 was bumped up to 8GB or 16GB and the 4GB model was dropped.  EDGE was slower than the relatively new 3G network, but I would not call it unreliable.  Like any network, it was reliable if you had a good signal.  I never had any issues in Los Angeles.

If it were a different model, I would agree with you. https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201296 Even Apple states that it came in 4, 8 and 16GB versions.

At launch, it was only available with 4GB or 8GB.  It was not until a refresh in early 2008 that the 16GB capacity was offered.  Of course Apple now states that the 1st gen included 4, 8, or 16 GB, but you could not buy a 16GB version when it was first launched.

The first generation (first released model) iPhone was only available in 4GB or 8GB.  The refreshed model the following year in early 2008 was bumped up to 8GB or 16GB and the 4GB model was dropped.  EDGE was slower than the relatively new 3G network, but I would not call it unreliable.  Like any network, it was reliable if you had a good signal.  I never had any issues in Los Angeles.

techrider said:

Does emoeller said:

Can't get Messages on my Mac to sync via iCloud.  All of my iOS devices seem to work.  Anyone else have this issue?

Details including Mac are published at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208532

You have to read footnote 1 in https://support.apple.com/en-jo/ht207428 for confirmation that once Messages in iCloud is enabled, messages are now stored in general iCloud storage (which still counts towards your free 5GB or paid storage plan), rather than iCloud Backup storage.

Since most of the storage space is used by images and attachments, it would great to have a one-tap option to select all images / attachments, to delete them in batch (instead of having to select each of them one at a time one before tapping trash, or by deleting the entire conversation)

Since most people have tons of text messages with photos and some videos, it looks like iMessages in the Cloud is Apple's way to get people to buy more storage since 5GB is nothing and people typically have the Messages setting to retain all messages.  I don't back up to the cloud since it is not a full backup in the cloud, but many people do and it maxes out their 5GB free storage and so iMessages won't work in the cloud since it uses the same space.  Apple should increase their free tier to 10GB and not force people to pay for storage to use features.  

If people are dumb enough to buy a BMW, then they are dumb enough to pay a subscription fee to activate CarPlay.