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  • Apple accused of stealing dual-camera technology used in latest iPhones

    Looks like Corephotonics pimped itself to Apple for free, and now complains about not being payed.
    How about sub-contracting the camera development work before showing your tech in details to another company?
    watto_cobra
  • Review: LG UltraWide 5K USB-C display -- Too wide?

    How come monitor manufacturers think it’s OK to have I/O that is literally a hole in the plastic case through which you can see ports deep inside in a super uncomfortable position, on a device that costs $1500? Could they not find a better place, or include one extra PCB only with ports in that price? Bought recently a $600 gaming monitor - same stuff :(
    watto_cobra
  • You need a backup plan before you move to macOS Catalina

    macxpress said:
    mobird said:
    For the regulars here on AI and the drive by visitors, do you back up and what is your method?
    I don't back up regularly, but then again I have most of my stuff in iCloud so if I needed to reformat my Mac today it wouldn't necessarily be a huge deal. I don't have a lot of stuff anyways so its not worth it to me to setup TimeMachine when I can just store the few documents I have on iCloud Drive. My Music is Apple Music and my Photos are all sync'd with iCloud and I don't have any Movies to store. 

    If I were to try Catalina I'd just make a separate partition then if I need to wipe it out nothing is lost on my primary. That doesn't mean I'd skip backing up my stuff. 
    Reformatted my Mac and rolled back on Mojave with internet recovery (iCloud Drive failing to sync in Catalina beta was a deal breaker for me). Everything loaded and synced from an iCloud, no data loss whatsoever. I like iCloud Drive much more than Time Machine - it syncs across devices, all files are available on a phone when needed, and no more partial snapshots that fail to automatically delete when you go low on SSD space. And iCloud Drive has 30-days recovery for deleted content.
    watto_cobra
  • Apple's COO Jeff Williams is unsurprisingly more like Cook than Jobs

    "Apple's COO Jeff Williams is unsurprisingly more like Cook than Jobs" Emmm yes, one chief operation officer is similar in management style to another chief operation officer, and is quite different from a start-up entrepreneur. In other news, a chief operation officer won't be promoted to CEO because that company already has a CEO and someone has to manage operations. Are you telling me that both Bloomberg and Appleinsider made a full-blown article from these news?
    watto_cobra
  • iPhone XR tops US iPhone sales during June quarter as 2019 models loom

    Buyers unconcerned about iPhone prices bought their XS/XS Max at launch, or waiting for 2019 models. These phones are bought for your spouse/mum/kids/etc where XR is just good enough.
    watto_cobra