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  • Apple unveils macOS Monterey at WWDC 2021

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    I hope Safari will support an option to render tabs the way they are now.
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  • Apple Maps overhaul includes time-based directions, more detailed maps

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    slurpy said:
    Pretty crazy how Apple Maps has outclassed Google maps in many capacities (note I didn't say EVERY capacity - but many) in such a short amount of time, while this is one of Google's key products and they had a massive head start. Google maps still has a POI advantage, but in my usage Apple maps is superior in every single other category. Usability, performance, map quality, aesthetics, sound quality, interface, smoothness of turn by turn, etc. I rely on it daily and I can't remember the last time it failed me. Very impressive work. The new in-house mapping data Apple now uses is gonna pay massive dividends. 
    Reality check: that may be the case in the USA, but Apple Maps is terrible in Northern Europe vs Google.
    Way less traffic & company information, their Streetview equivalent being absent expect one or two major cities, poor navigation, et cetera.

    All these shiny features you mentioned are useless if the data isn’t there. With Google Maps I still get the data even when I’m in shit-town, nowhere.

    We see similar issues with the lack of HomePod availability, Apple Watch cellular, et cetera. Not everyone in the world is a chai latte drinking hipster trying to get the next cable car in San Francisco.
    williamhmuthuk_vanalingamNoFliesOnMebyronlwilliamlondonchemengin1mobird

  • Apple's iCloud Private Relay feature not available in Belarus, China, Uganda, other countr...

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    Apple; where company values stop when money is at play 
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  • 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro review: Pro hardware without Apple's pro software

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    canukstorm said:
    elijahg said:
    polymnia said:
    entropys said:
    The software issue isn’t apps
    . Although apps could do more than they do with that SOC.
    the software issue is the IpadOS itself.

    file management is its biggest problem. End of story. 
    Multi user ability. It’s a pro machine.
    Multi windowing, multitasking all need fundamental work

    The list is bigger, but those are the biggies preventing iPad being a laptop replacement, instead of a laptop alternative.
    I share your concerns about the filesystem being a major problem. I generate lots of big files in my work. I copy directories full of media assets through various phases of production then deliver big files to my clients upon approval of my work. I can do this now, but the tools are clunky and Dropbox integration isn't a bulletproof as it is on the Mac.
    Apple has tried to make the file system (amongst other things) as basic as it is on iOS. That’s fine for a phone, but it’s no good for something claiming to be a laptop replacement. Conversely to the hardware, Apple has a habit of one-size-fits-all approach to software for pros and non-pros alike. Power users need better access to the file system, CLI, development tools, multi-window workflows etc. Until such time - or perhaps if - whilst the hardware may be “pro” the machine is not.
    If this is what you're looking for then get a Mac, Windows or Linux machine.  The iPad Pro is a great device for creative professionals, some that use it as their only device and others that augment it in their current workflow. 
    But here’s the thing - as a creative professional, I don’t think it’s that great… yet, because it is mostly a handicapped experience that resembles macOS. 
    Yes, if you use the pencil a lot and make drawings using ProCreate, you are completely 100% spot on. No doubt.
    But that’s a very niche segment. The “creative professional” is a software developer, a sound engineer, an editor on the go, a post-production person, et cetera, and what they need is a device that scales from mobile/touch to desktop/pro instead having to deal with two operating systems and paradigms which only cross-over on that tiny-ass overlapping point on the Venn diagram.
    Yes, the two can remain apart, but Apple’s strategy is leading to the majority of pros using laptops and desktops, whereas the iPad Pro only serves a niche (unlike the cheap iPads that serve mostly the consumer market).
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  • M1X Mac mini will be thinner, use iMac's magnetic power connector says leaker

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    I hope the product will be a bit more imaginative than the render. 
    williamlondon