nicholfd

tht said:

mpantone said:

tht said:

It's amazing how keyboards can have so many keys, yet have these weird imperfections. There isn't one perfect keyboard, or mouse for that matter.

Some of the keys on the Mx Mechanical mini for Mac keyboard don't look to be standard width and are less wide. If it is for Mac, why are the functions in the function key row different from a Mac laptop keyboard? There's always something.

This is a 65% keyboard. The normal keys are all regular sized keycaps. The lens on the camera might be making things look different but all the central keys are the same dimension.

The other keys (tab, caps lock, shift, control, command, option) have to be adjusted for the constraints of the 65% layout which is one key wider than the main layout.

It's a standard 75% keyboard layout. It's probably an optical illusion that the right side cmd, fn and opt keys, the esc and tilde keys appear less wide than they should be. Then, Logitech did not put the sound volume controls in F10-F12. What the F1-F3 keys are, I don't know. They all have the same icon.

It's a mechanical keyboard with replaceable keycaps. So, if the keys don't look the right size, they did something wrong as buyers typical want the option to have replaceable key caps on this sort of keyboard. But it looks like an optical illusion, so that's good that it really is "standard".


Basically the same layout, with different treatments for the top row of keys.

For years, most Logitech bluetooth keyboards will pair with up to three devices.  The F1-F3 are for switching between which device you want to use the keyboard with.  Also, you can usually change the function keys to be function keys by default vs. the "media" keys by default.

fastasleep said:

nicholfd said:

spheric said:

Mail merge!? 

It took them A DECADE to reinstate this? 

It used to be that you could just drag a contact group directly from Address Book and drop it into an address field in any Pages or Numbers document, and - presto! - it would auto-generate a mailing to all of those recipients, including the proper salutation. 

No, I'm not imagining this — they removed the feature (along with super easy trackpad-based resize and rotate) back when they feature-synced iOS and Mac versions of iWork. 

So cool that they finally re-implement this essential functionality, years after it has almost entirely ceased to be useful, as paper mailing lists have long died for anything except weddings and funerals… 

You must not realize that mail merge is also used for e-mail, not just paper mail...

I haven't used it for paper mail in ages.  I do use it periodically for e-mail.

Why would you be mailing personalized documents generated in Pages via email? Can Pages send emails? I'm confused. 

The discussion was about mail merge.  Mail does not mean paper.  Not seeing it yet, I assume the "new" mail merge functionality of Pages includes the ability to use it for e-mail, not just printed, paper mail.

In a business settings, I have various (random, depending on the purpose) groups of employees that need information, or I need information from.  I do an export/extract of the employees e-mail address, first name, last name, etc.  I can then use mail merge to send "personalized" e-mails to all the individual employees.

Note I didn't mention Pages in my original reply.  My reply was about the usefulness of mail merge & use with e-mail.  I use this periodically with Word, in the Windows environment.  I would also find this useful on my personal Macs, for family, groups, etc.  I assume the Pages "new" merge feature will also support e-mail, with mail merge.

mr lizard said:

Can someone who has an Android device and uses PayPal’s in-store NFC payment option explain exactly how it works on Android?

I’ve tried a web search and as best as I can tell PayPal integrates with the Google Pay wallet functionality. Isn’t that just creating a virtual card PAN and adding that to Google Pay as if it was a physical debit card?

I can’t figure out why PayPal can’t just create a virtual PAN and integrate with Apple Pay, just like every other bank or eMoney provider. 

Or are PayPal getting direct access to the NFC chip on Android and using their own wallet instead of Google Pay?

I'm not sure about Android/Paypal/wallet arrangements, but I use my PayPal Business Debit card in Apple's Wallet, all the time, for tap to pay purchases.  PayPal really has nothing to complain about here.  Anyone can get a PayPal debit card that draws directly from their PayPal account.  That card can be added to Apple's Wallet & used for PayPal purchases via NFC.

waveparticle said:

blastdoor said:

This the most interesting potential development in the PC CPU space since Ryzen (potentially more interesting, really). 

Qualcomm doesn't have to beat Apple to succeed, they just have to beat Intel. Major factors affecting this outcome include:

1. Do they get strong support from Microsoft? 
2. Does TSMC retain the process lead over Intel? 
3. Do developers port and optimize?

My guesses:

1. Sort of...
2. Yes.... barely
3. Some key developers do... most second tier don't

And so the result will be:
moderate success, enough to keep trying. 

Microsoft will gladly support. Because it can charge PC users again for the ported Office suite. 

You must not realize they do not do that now.  You have one O365 subscription, and it's cross platform/architecture.

On whatever platform (OS)/architecture, you just log in with your Microsoft O365 credentials, in the Office apps.

designr said:

Lemme see if I have this right.

Qualcomm just announced that they are 2-years behind Apple.

Did I get it right?

Nope - they announced they are 3-years behind Apple.

They stated late, 2023 for consumer product release.  M1 mini & MacBook Air were released late 2020 (got mine November, 2020).