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IIc, IIe, Plus, SE, SE/30, IIcx, Classic, LC, LC II, LC III, Color Classic, LC 475, Centris 610, PB 180c, Duo 210, Quadra 840AV, PowerMac 7500, Power Computing xxx, PowerMac 4400, PowerMac G3 (Beige), PB 1400, AppleVision 1710AV, Newton MP 120, MP 2000, QuickTake 150, eMate 300, iBook (Tangerine), Pismo (PB G3), MacBook Pro (Core), MacBook Pro 15 (mid-2010), OSX86, iPhone 15 Pro.... and waiting for something insanely great! Well, it seems Apple Intelligence is insanely great by functionality - not by name. A new golden era.

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  • Adobe hikes Creative Cloud prices with a rebrand no one asked for

    nubusnubus
    Completed an audit on 1000 Adobe licenses earlier today (spent a month doing it). There are some obvious replacements:
    • Photoshop - Apple Pixelmator Pro is fantastic.
    • Premiere Pro - Final Cut Pro is the replacement. You can even get a license for a shared computer while Adobe won't do unless EDU.
    • Acrobat Pro - Preview does allow for PDF files to be combined and signing can be handled by other tools. pdf24 is OK for online use.
    • InDesign is still the industry standard. I don't expect to ever go back to Quark.
    • Illustrator was never fantastic. I don't see a switch to CorelDraw. Perhaps Affinity?
    • XD... the last UX'er moved to Figma years ago. No wonder Adobe tried to buy it.
    • After Effects... motion designers really like this.
    • Lightroom... PhotoMechanic is what professionals use - at least if they need to deliver.
    Companies could benefit from understanding their license use. Widespread use of Adobe software indicates a lot of non-creatives spending time on stuff they shouldn't spend their time on. We're talking broken workflows, that someone created templates for the SoMe team in Photoshop, manual steps, or "hidden factories" / failed outsourcing.
    lotonesForumPostdavdewmeAlex1Npslicepulseimages

  • Apple Filing Protocol will soon disappear completely from macOS

    nubusnubus
    AOCE / Apple Open Collaboration Environment had nothing to do with AFP or TCP/IP. System 7 Pro (7.1.1) was rather expensive. It did indeed have TCP/IP (you had to pay for MacTCP) and yes... AOCE. The main feature was PowerTalk that allowed you create and keep mail locally even with a cute mailbox on the desktop. It was before we moved to SMTP and similar. It also took us beyond AppleTalk for discovering devices.

    AFP - AppleTalk Filing Protocol was amazing. It allowed long file names (not 8.3 like DOS) and did indeed protect the integrity of files. At the time all Macs had networking in the form of LocalTalk 230 kbit/s... and AFP made it possible to copy files between computers. It was essential to the graphic industry and DtP as big files could be moved and file servers created. Ethernet boosted speed but AFP was slow until it moved from AppleTalk to IP. Apple really did some nice demos on file copying around the launch of AFP 2.2 with System 7.6. It was the USP for selling 7.6 to businesses as I remember it.
    elijahgJohnEDee

  • AirPods Max vs Sony XM6 - Over-ear headphones shootout

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    Marvin said:

    The main things reviewers said against the Airpods Max were weight and price but sound quality and noise-cancelling were rated as high as competing headphones and probably why they haven't brought out a 2nd model yet as there's little to improve in terms of sound quality.
    The Max is the last to be on H1. It is stuck on Bluetooth 5.0 from 2016 with newer versions having reduced power consumption and higher effective bandwidth for better audio.
    Max is also too heavy something Apple should address. As for NC the XM6 is by reviewers seen as superior. And the case... Apple should have create a new case years ago. XM6 is reported to charge for 3 hours in 3 minutes while Max is capable of 1 hour in 5 minutes. There are plenty of reasons for doing a proper update.

    Preferably launch Max 2 with Bluetooth 6 and a better audio codec at the same time as iPhone 17 Pro.
    xyzzy01williamlondonashsaturdayronn

  • AirPods Max vs Sony XM6 - Over-ear headphones shootout

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    jonro said:
    Why bother to review headphones without comparing the sound? Seriously, features comparisons mean little without discussing the sound quality, which is the core feature of headphones. It's like comparing cars without mentioning the engine or doing a test drive.
    The AI team covered the announcement. It isn't a review  and there is no rating of XM6. It is still a great service as Max is dated.
    What HiFI got a headset from Sony and to answer your question:
    Has Sony managed to give the headphones the sound quality a flagship pair demands?
    The answer is a resounding yes.
    https://www.whathifi.com/headphones/sony-wh-1000xm6
    williamlondonAlex1Nbyronlmacgui

  • Prepare for a scam gold rush with the App Store changes

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    mike1 said:
    I said this in an earlier post, but I hope there will be an option in settings to choose the app store as the only place from which to download.
    Alternative app stores will only be available through App Store. You need to find the alternative store app, approve installation, add credit card details, and buy the apps. And those apps are still checked by Apple. You want some extra safety mechanism on top of those 4-5 steps?

    To me that is enough protection. And as we have seen after 13 months in the EU - it really works.
    bonobobwilliamlondonhaluksJanNLmike1watto_cobra