MalcolmOwen

MacPro said:

MalcolmOwen said:

jayhawk1941 said:

Serious question - I want to know how someone burns 180 calories in 11 minutes on an elliptical where your heart rate is only at 144. I think something is off. On my Apple Watch Series 4, I burn about 175-200 calories in 15-20 minutes on a Bowflex Max Trainer M3 (like an elliptical mixed with a stair stepper) or an elliptical. My heart rate averages between 145-160 for the duration of the exercise. That's a ton of calories in the screenshot, so I'm confused how that's possible. Anyone else seeing this kind of calorie burn in that short amount of time with that low of heart rate?

Simple answer: I'm quite fat. 
I'm of the view that, while the value of a calorie is quite important, the formulas used for calculating calorie burn and daily allowances are meant for more traditional body sizes and weights. As the body moves away from the intended average, the mathematics have the potential to get out of whack. 
The Apple Watch may be measuring based on an average body fat/weight/muscle/other, but it cannot easily tell if the body it is attached to is an Adonis or Mr Creosote. 
I've taken to using it as a sign that I'm actually moving the body and by how much, rather than worrying about the absolute accuracy at this point. 
Unrelated - Was on a bike for that shot, but there are ellipticals and running machines nearby. The ellipticals try to kill me...

Surely when you set up the Watch you entered your height and body weight?

Yes, I did. Well, technically I have been recording my weight in the Apple Health app for a fair while already, so it definitely knows. A metric that may help it determine a more accurate reading would be my body fat percentage, so once I have a fairly regular way of measuring that, I'll be adding that into the mix. 

jayhawk1941 said:

Serious question - I want to know how someone burns 180 calories in 11 minutes on an elliptical where your heart rate is only at 144. I think something is off. On my Apple Watch Series 4, I burn about 175-200 calories in 15-20 minutes on a Bowflex Max Trainer M3 (like an elliptical mixed with a stair stepper) or an elliptical. My heart rate averages between 145-160 for the duration of the exercise. That's a ton of calories in the screenshot, so I'm confused how that's possible. Anyone else seeing this kind of calorie burn in that short amount of time with that low of heart rate?

Simple answer: I'm quite fat. 
I'm of the view that, while the value of a calorie is quite important, the formulas used for calculating calorie burn and daily allowances are meant for more traditional body sizes and weights. As the body moves away from the intended average, the mathematics have the potential to get out of whack. 
The Apple Watch may be measuring based on an average body fat/weight/muscle/other, but it cannot easily tell if the body it is attached to is an Adonis or Mr Creosote. 
I've taken to using it as a sign that I'm actually moving the body and by how much, rather than worrying about the absolute accuracy at this point. 
Unrelated - Was on a bike for that shot, but there are ellipticals and running machines nearby. The ellipticals try to kill me...

rogifan_new said:

I’m confused. I don’t see where the photo shows an X case can’t be reused. That gap is so tiny.

The photo depicts an iPhone X inside an iPhone XS case, which would cause a gap. The problem is the larger iPhone XS bump squeezing through the smaller iPhone X case cutout.

timj4mes said:

I think you'll find that it's Prince Harry, not Prince William, that's getting married. You might want to correct that.

Yes. Yes it is. Apologies. It's being corrected. 
I blame the media here from banging on about it like it's the most important thing ever. 
Tomorrow morning, I intend to find a basement and lock myself inside until Monday. Hopefully I can avoid peak nuptials excitement...

lorin schultz said:

Correct me if I'm wrong: my understanding of the way Photos works is that it keeps more than one version of a picture after editing -- at the very least, the original and the altered/edited version. This makes it possible to back out of changes in the future.

Assuming that's correct: what happens when an image is edited in an outside app, like Photoshop? Does Photos retain the ability to revert back to the original in the future, or is the original simply replaced with the Photoshopped version?

I've just checked it with Pixelmator. 

Loaded up an image, selected to edit in Pixelmator, made changes, saved, and the altered image was visible in Photos. 
I then went to the Edit section within Photos, and the "Revert to Original" button in the top left was available. Clicking it reverted back successfully. 

Hope this helps.