txsbaker75

Agreed that AppleTV is great, but still represents several missed opportunities for Apple to capitalize on and expand. Gaming is definitely one of them. I have a Gen. 4 (and a couple of Gen. 2&3, as well as a Gen. 1 that still works) and 2 Nimbus controllers. What I don't have is more than a handful of games to play that really stand out. A couple of games I tried are bafflingly missing Mfi controller support altogether. It can't possibly be that difficult to code for alternate controllers. Apple should work with Unreal to develop the frameworks to easily port over some of the hundreds of games that are available right now. They should also work with Steam on an App/feature to stream gameplay from a local host computer similar to the way iTunes works with Movies. It would unleash the AppleTV and help a lot of game developers (especially Indies) get exposure to a larger audience. Heck, even work with Nintendo to build Airplay into the Switch to make it into a new 2nd screen experience. Can you imagine using a Nintendo Switch and AppleTV together like a super 3DS? How many 3DS games could be ported to that? Add in multiplayer support, Switch is the controller, AppleTV split-view or open world. Lot's of possibilities. I've often wondered why Apple doesn't take this approach with iPhone/iPad+AppleTV, but I know they don't have the game dev. experience. That's why I think they'd be better off partnering with Nintendo. My $0.02, of course.

I have an iPhone 6 & iPad Pro 9.7 both updated to iOS11. I haven't noticed any issues. Battery life seems unchanged. Performance is good on both. I really like the iPad enhancements. I hope the 3rd party App devs catch up quick.

I'm surprised they didn't leave the USB port and open it for access to add a webcam w/mic and do FaceTime from TV, or other AR uses. Maybe not a big market right now, but certainly a capability that could drive further platform adoption. They could easily integrate it with tvOS games for social features, too. Seems like a missed opportunity.

Default Folder X has one feature that I use all the time and sorely miss when using other people's computers, especially Windows machines. That's the ability to hover over any open Finder window and click to select it as the Save location while in any Application Save dialog window. It saves so much time and effort over having to drill back down to the desired folder. How many times have you had a Finder window open, then clicked Save As in a given Application that opens a new dialog window right over the top of the Finder window you want to Save in? With DFX, you just hover over it and click, and Tada!, the Save dialog chooses that window. No more searching for the right folder/directory. It's so indispensable that I can't believe it's not a part of macOS. I find myself trying to do it on other computers and completely baffled that I now have to go find the Folder that I already have open right there on the screen. For me, it's the absolute killer feature of DFX. I like the others, but that one by itself makes it worth the price for me.

Actually, Cruz is 100% correct, and is making Apple's exact argument. Apple should be and appears more than willing to comply with a valid court order. The FBI request, revealed even more today with their testimony, is not a valid court order because it's 1. unconstitutional, and 2. not feasible. They've blustered about Apple, but it's apparently the FBI that screwed up the whole investigation. They should have contacted Apple first, but they didn't and then screwed up trying to access the terrorists phone. Ted Cruz said exactly what anyone who understands the law and the constitution should say. He doesn't have all the facts about the case, but he understands that if the FBI can come up with a valid court order, and what they're asking is possible without violating everyone else's privacy, then Apple should comply. That doesn't seem to be the case here, so Apple is perfectly within their rights and correct to refuse the FBI request. The other candidates, as usual, just spoke ignorantly, but Cruz was on point.