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

    TomPMRITomPMRI
    Between Affinity Photo (the pre-Canva acquisition version) and Pixelmator Pro, I can process any image (including very old scanned negatives, slides, and photos) without the need for any of features offered by Adobe.  And, the Creative Cloud price increase can't be due to anything else but greed (certainly not new tariffs).
    davwatto_cobra

  • macOS Sequoia 15.2 isn't allowing third-party utilities to make bootable backups

    TomPMRITomPMRI
    AppleZulu said:
    Actually, Time Machine actually has been having problems since Sequoia’s release. On MacBook Pros at least, there has been an issue getting Time Machine backups to complete when the Mac goes to “sleep.” There is some sort of issue with accessing certain files during sleep mode. I’m assuming this is some sort of security measure bumping up against Time Machine. Previously, as long as it was connected to power, you could close the notebook and set it aside, and it would continue to do wireless backups to NAS devices. Not any more, or at least not without adjusting some settings I haven’t figured out yet. I’ve been able to get backups to happen if the machine remains ‘awake,’ but just letting it happen in the background has been significantly diminished. I plan to set aside some time to take it up with Apple support, but haven’t yet done so. I was sort of hoping it would just get resolved in an update, but not so far.  
    The Time Machine problem occurs on both my MacBook Air M2 and one of my two MacMinis that I upgraded to Sonoma. I have held off upgrading my other MacMini, waiting for the problem to be fixed in 15.2…which didn't happen.

    This has occupied numerous threads in the Apple Communities, so, for now, Apple has broken any way to create a bootable (I have used SuperDuper! for years) or a Time Machine reliable backup.

    One solution that does fix the Time Machine bug is to turn off the firewall (suggested by Apple), which is a very insecure/stupid fix. No idea if this also allows SuperDuper! to function properly…
    dewmebikertwinargonautAlex1N

  • iPhones on iOS 18.1 will automatically reboot and lock down after being idle for a while

    TomPMRITomPMRI
    mdirvin said:
    I like it, but are we sure its 4 days?  This would explain why my phone has ask be several times to enter my passcode to activate face ID. I was a bit taken back it has done it 3 or 4 times lately.  But it hadn't been even 4 hours of inactivity.  It was a bit of a pain since I use a 12 character passcode.
    I have seen this passcode requirement as well.  Perhaps Apple introduced two different security features, not just one. in 18.1.
    ITGUYINSDwatto_cobra

  • Apple acquires the team behind Pixelmator Pro

    TomPMRITomPMRI
    Pixelmator Pro (and its predecessor, Pixelmator) has been my main image processing tool for years.  Their customer service has been outstanding.  

    Somewhat recently, I found a few bugs that only affected esoteric things for me (like restoring scanned black and white negatives using Pixelmator Pro) which were squashed by Pixelmator staff in a very interactive way with me (rapid email exchanges)...and fast.  They really care about their product and their customers/users.  I think that is reflected in the frequent updates to Pixelmator Pro.

    I hope that Apple retains the staff and the culture behind Pixelmator Pro.  Don't fix what isn't broken.

    And, a thank you to the Pixelmator company and their employees for building and growing the features of Pixelmator Pro.  I hope you will keep up the good work with the potential additional resources that should be available from Apple.
    get seriouslotoneswatto_cobra

  • Apple is buying a treasure in Pixelmator, and we hope it won't get destroyed

    TomPMRITomPMRI
    Pixelmator Pro (and its predecessor, Pixelmator) has been my main image processing tool for years.  Their customer service has been outstanding.  

    Somewhat recently,I found a few bugs that only affected esoteric things for me (like restoring scanned black and white negatives using Pixelmator Pro) which were squashed by Pixelmator staff in a very interactive way with me (rapid email exchanges)...and fast.  They really care about their product and their customers/users.  I think that is reflected in the frequent updates to Pixelmator Pro.

    I hope that Apple retains the staff and the culture behind Pixelmator Pro.  Don't fix what isn't broken.

    And, a thank you to the Pixelmator company and their employees for building and growing the features of Pixelmator Pro.  I hope you will keep up the good work with the potential additional resources that should be available from Apple.
    dewmechasmwilliamlondonwatto_cobra