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  • Apple Car could hide pop-up displays in dash behind interior panels

    Notary.SojacNotary.Sojac
    Oh, great. Mystery meat in our cars now.
    "Luv...do you remember where we press to get to the AC?"
    "Climate controls are inside the front panel of the passenger storage door."
    "Thanks Siri, but I was talking to my wife."
    "Sorry Hun. I'm in the back seat trying to find the spot for my lumbar support...Ow!"
    "Are you okay?"
    "The rear cup holder popped out and caught me under the nail. Owww!"
    "Do you want me to call 911 for medical assistan..."
    Both: "SHUT UP SIRI!!!"
    beowulfschmidt

  • Backblaze updates Cloud Backup 7.0 with macOS Catalina support

    Notary.SojacNotary.Sojac
    Still hoping BB will start backing up Mac files' metadata and extended attributes. I was looking into moving to them a couple of years ago but the tech I conversed with stated categorically that they do not and never will back up Mac metadata and extended attributes. Was not too fond of that attitude.
    watto_cobra

  • Fix your frayed Apple MagSafe or Lightning cables with Sugru Moldable Glue [u]

    Notary.SojacNotary.Sojac
    neo-tech said:
    Interesting, but Apple should revise their materials used to sheath the cable. I've gone through (and repaired) 5 MacBook Pro adapter cables over the years and replaces at least 3 30 pin or lightning cables as well. The outer casing looks fantastic for unhooking, feels good in the hand but crumbles over time. An Apple rep told me that if the cable stops functioning while intact, they will offer a free replacement with proof of purchase, but I have frayed cables that STILL WORK and don't qualify for the free replacement. :-/
    The soft white DC cables on every one of my Apple power adapters swelled up and disintegrated after about a year in the same area - a 6" stretch about a foot away from the MagSafe end. Never happened to my wife's cables. I brought the first one in to an Apple Store and showed the oozing green goo and the fragmented rubber to a Genius and he practically freaked. He said he had never seen that before, packed it up to send to Engineering, and gave me a new one from the back. A year later I returned with the new oozing, disintegrating cable and was told they could replace the one that came with the MacBook Pro but not any additional ones I may have bought or been given. Something about being tied to the Mac's serial number. I took it to another Apple Store and gave them the serial number for my wife's MBP and they gave me a replacement no questions asked. Had to pay for the next one that disintegrated, then got two more replacements free after we bought our new MBPs. Now we're holding on to our 17" MBPs longer than usual so I've taken to buying knock-off MagSafe cables on Amazon and splicing them in close to the power supply. I had tried the well-documented "pop-open the block, unsolder the old and solder in the new" solution by my soldering skills have degraded over the years resulting in two dead power supplies.
    neo-tech