Soli

anantksundaram said:

tallest skil said:

Then we can destroy Netflix, too.

Why should Netflix be "destroyed"? And what's the copyright issue with them -- I don't follow.

I have no clue what issues he has with Netflix, but here's a video that may better explain what Disney did to copyright law to hypocritically protect its own assets at the expense of creativity.

simply258 said:

backstab said:

Has it ever been confirmed that Apple uses GG?
I've heard / read back and forth that it is, and that it isn't.

I believe it’s confirmed in the first iPhone and possibly the new few after that, but it’s possible that Apple would start to look at alternatives like Dragontrail.

There's the story that Jobs called Corning to see if they had anything they could use, to which their CEO said yes but that there was no way to rejigger production to get it ready for the iPhone launch in time. Jobs said he could do it and Corning did it.

It's  well worn story but I don't know how true it is. You can find Corning as one of Apple's suppliers on their website, but I eon't think you'll find the GG branding.

jcs2305 said:

gmgravytrain said:

Why is Apple so skimpy when it comes to system RAM? Are they really saving that much money? Would it really be a waste for Apple to provide 4GB of system RAM? Meaning it wouldn't help performance very much more except on certain benchmark tests. I realize benchmarks shouldn't necessarily drive most consumers to make a decision about a smartphone, so I suppose Apple shouldn't be blamed if some benchmarks are weaker on the iPhone than some other high-end Android smartphone.

How does RAM affect download speeds, which is what this commercial is about.? Please list the specific benchmarks that Apple posts weak scores on because of lack of RAM.

I think it's about the cellular (and WiFi) radios in the device. I think that Samsung sells the device in at least one region with a CAT 18 LTE radio, which means it's capable of a theoretical 1.2 Gibps download speeds.

• https://www.slashgear.com/samsung-cat-18-lte-modem-is-fastest-yet-but-theres-a-catch-31493383/

They don't mention in the ad that those speeds aren't actually possible anywhere outside of a lab, but why would they when their claim is that it's faster than an iPhone. In terms of a raw speed test it probably is, but what matters is usability. How fast can Safari load pages or connected apps send and receive data? Those are the benchmarks that are important. Even without knowing that I think the average user knows there's something hinky with Samsung's ad without being able to define what it is.

Mike Wuerthele said:

Soli said:

Mike Wuerthele said:

Soli said:

AppleInsider said:

The process is similar. Open Disk Utility, choose Filethen New Image and this time pick Blank Image. You'll have to specify how big this disk is going to be. That's not just for now, it's forever: you're saying what size this disk will always be. Unless you happen to know for certain, you're always going to be guessing so typically it's better to wait until you're done and choose to make the image from the finished folder.

I assume I’m not alone in wondering why the sparse bundle option—which will grow or shrink the disk image as needed—isn’t mentioned.

We're still evaluating long-term reliability, and transferability, of sparse images. We'll modify the tip when we're done.

I haven't done extensive testing, but I did convert* all my encrypted .DMGs to .SPARSEIMAGEs soon after that was an option, and there hasn't been an issue. 

*By convert, I mean opened the disk image in Disk Utility and created an encrypted sparse image file from it. Then I deleted the .DMG file (which are probably still saved in an old Time Machine backup).

There was an issue with backup utilities like CarbonCopyCloner and sparse images. It was a pretty nasty one, under fairly limited circumstances. This method in the tip is totally safe and applicable to all ranging back to MacOS X versions from more than a decade ago -- and we were specifically asked to do it.

Ouch! I don't use CCC, but that's good to know.

• https://bombich.com/blog/2018/02/15/macos-may-lose-data-on-apfs-formatted-disk-images

Mike Wuerthele said:

Soli said:

AppleInsider said:

The process is similar. Open Disk Utility, choose Filethen New Image and this time pick Blank Image. You'll have to specify how big this disk is going to be. That's not just for now, it's forever: you're saying what size this disk will always be. Unless you happen to know for certain, you're always going to be guessing so typically it's better to wait until you're done and choose to make the image from the finished folder.

I assume I’m not alone in wondering why the sparse bundle option—which will grow or shrink the disk image as needed—isn’t mentioned.

We're still evaluating long-term reliability, and transferability, of sparse images. We'll modify the tip when we're done.

I haven't done extensive testing, but I did convert* all my encrypted .DMGs to .SPARSEIMAGEs soon after that was an option, and there hasn't been an issue. I haven't noticed any issues with speed to open the images, open files, or copy files in or out. I hope your results are favorable.

*By convert, I mean opened the disk image in Disk Utility and created an encrypted sparse image file from it. Then I deleted the .DMG file (which are probably still saved in an old Time Machine backup).