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Apple Watch Series 4 has 10 features that set it apart from your older model
ihatescreennames said:aegean said:I will still stick to series 3 Hermes. First of all, I am all Hermes watch faces. So if/when I am gonna get it, it will always be Hermes edition. I love the new faces but paying another almost 2K is a bit a lot for something that will be obsolete in 11 months time. -
Here are three quick and easy alternatives to Back to My Mac in macOS Mojave
This article totally ignores that BTMM is about more than screen sharing. There are tons of alternatives for VNC style screen sharing. There aren’t very many good alternatives for accessing all the files on your Mac via finder, even when on a different network, especially when you don’t have complete admin access to configure either your home network or the one you are attempting to access from. BTMM handled this with aplomb, and with virtually no configuration needed either. LogMeIn and Parallels Access do have features for accessing files in such a manner, but in my experience have been quite flaky in this regard. Especially if you want to access files on drives other than the boot volume.
Also, none of these solutions can match the integration of BTMM. BTMM allowed one to access all these services right in the finder. It basically made it so that accessing your macs remotely was as simple as if they were still on your local network. No other service can replicate that functionality. Screen sharing is only one use case where BTMM is useful. That doesn’t paint the whole picture. -
AirPlay 2 might still be a possibility for Apple's AirPort Express in iOS 12
raoulduke42 said:I've also got one of the dual-ethernet port Expresses that so far has just been used for travel purposes (shared my iPhone internet connection to three other devices via a MacBook Air and that Express recently when then hotel wifi was crap)... but I'd totally replace my one-port Express on the back deck with the dual if Airplay 2 is supported... but yes, seems unlikely. Hopefully someone makes an Airplay 2 audio whatzit (that's not a full receiver) in the future if Apple really is going to give up on their old hardware. -
Apple retail head Ahrendts talks demise of retail, 'human business' at Cannes Lions
ascii said:At my local supermarket, there is often a big queue for the automated checkouts, while the human staffed checkouts have no one wanting to use them, they literally have to go on the PA system and ask (beg it sounds like sometimes) people to please use the human cashiers.Online shopping vs staffed stores ("human business") is actually a false alternative. There is a third option: physical-but-automated stores. Best of both worlds?