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  • If you're using a Magic Keyboard, you've opened up an attack vector

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    mpschaefer said:
    Does anybody know what the Magic Keyboard uses to communicate when you have it plugged into the computer?

    I notice on my Mac that it greys out the Bluetooth Connection for the keyboard though it still has the icon coloured blue.

    Is it still using Bluetooth for communication or is it using the USB cable?
    If the Magic Keyboard is plugged in, it is communicating using USB. Handy when it looses Bluetooth connection. I have my Magic Keyboard and trackpad plugged in via kvm so I can also use them on my Linux desktop. 
    mpschaeferwatto_cobradarkvader

  • iMac 24-inch M3 review: A clear sign that Intel Mac support is ending soon

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    Blizzard said:
    sunman42 said:
    I have to ask whether this commenter has used Apple Silicon Macs, because the shared memory (between graphics and CPU cores) architecture simply requires less physical memory than legacy designs for many, if not most, use cases. That said, the customer should always be allowed to scale the amount of memory as the workload and expected life cycle of the hardware indicate.

    That doesn't justify the prices for the upgrades, and your point only address the memory, it doesn't address the SSD upgrade prices.
    Who said they had to justify upgrade prices? We have an m1 iMac with 8gb RAM and it has been great. It was a huge step up from our 2014 Mac mini. 

    I will disagree with the push for external storage instead of internal storage for two reasons. Older OS versions used to allow audiobooks storage on external storage, however we have yet to figure out how to do that with current os versions. Than means our internal storage has to be used and we have a lot of audio books. Second reason is multiple user accounts on the computer takes up a lot of internal storage. Thus we are looking at the M3 with maxed out internal storage. The increased processing power is a bonus. The m1 iMac will go to our child. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobraargonaut

  • Google now tries getting EU to force open iMessage

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    cubeover said:
    Absolutely, I fully support that motion.
    Instead of dozens privacy-hungry third-party chat apps partnering with all sorts of foreign-government agencies, we should have one protocol and end-to-end encryption. 
    Goodbye, user audience fragmentation. Goodbye, vendor lock-in. Goodbye, blurry videos and pictures between iDrones and Androids. Hello, delivery and read receipts and typing indicators.
    It is sad that we have to rely on European wisdom to fight American greed these days.
    It was American greed that built the Apple ecosystem in the first place. The hardware, App Store, iMessages, etc. Google says Apple should be interoperable with their system. Who decides one protocol? How do you have end to end encryption? If EU can force Apple to open It up, why can't another country force it to have backdoors?
    iOS_Guy80williamlondontdknoxStrangeDayswatto_cobra

  • Apple reinforces iMessage security with contact key verification

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    I'm running 17.2 and see no option in settings for messages for this.
    watto_cobra

  • Is the Apple One subscription bundle worth it in Fall 2023?

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    Worth it for us. We use all the services. 
    darbus69watto_cobra