michelb76

"In the future, Apple will probably have this opportunity to reduce costs by dropping Intel." I bet you that Apple's CPU/GPU won't be much cheaper. We're already paying a premium for the iOS devices. CPU cost is not the issue.

I have been using http://jon.stovell.info/software/keep-drive-spinning/ for years now with no issues. It will write a small file in a user-specified interval preventing it from spinning down. Which I think is better for the drive. I'm using it with mechanical drives, not SSD's. His support forums answers a lot of questions as well.

cgWerks said:

The biggest issue I've had with external storage (since going to small internal storage of SSDs), is the OS-delay when opening save/open dialogs, or using Spotlight, etc. Anyone know a way around that (or possibly if Mojave fixed it)?

Every time you do any of those actions, it has to spin-up the external storage, whether what you need is on it or not. It's annoying as all heck, and has been an issue as long as I can recall using external storage with macOS.

Aside from personal preference regarding key travel, if a hair falls from your head, gets under a key and prevents proper use of the keyboard, your keyboard has a faulty design. If a speck of dust can do the same, your keyboard has a faulty design. If your keyboard has a faulty design, you need to replace it free of charge if it breaks during normal use in normal environments. Sucks for Apple if they designed it to be in one piece. Come on, this must have been tested.

Did some more searches..found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomePod/comments/7x6ene/is_there_any_difference_in_audio_quality_between/

Rumors unfounded perhaps?
Great subreddit for Homepod related stuff btw..

EQ data is not stored IN the file as other metadata is. In iTunes it is stored in the database. So in case of the Homepod, they will probably be side-loaded.
These 'Homepod EQ settings' are supposedly new as Apple has stated at some point (no source here, sorry) that they uses AI/ML to make optimal EQ/enhancement settings for all tracks in Apple Music. Again, I have heard nothing more about this and I can't find it on Twitter due to the lack of good search there

We'll have to wait for more extensive reviews, where people compare the same song on Apple Music playback versus Spotify over Airplay. And measure it as well as saying something subjective..