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Brazil stops iPhone sales until Apple includes an AC charger
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How Apple's Files app is getting better in iOS 16 & iPadOS 16
Wesley Hilliard said:hackintoisier said:Any option to format empty/un-initialized media into HFS, APFS, or exFAT? If not, then before you can use an empty disk with the iPad and its Files app, you still need a computer first. What about the option to unmount media, so as to protect from data loss? Android can unmount.. can the iPad safely unmount media?
As far as un-mounting a drive? You technically don't need to given how modern file systems operate. They run at a buffer to prevent data loss. The drive eject system is archaic and outdated and I wish I could disable the warnings on my Mac. I don't think I've ever unmounted a drive or SD card from my Mac.The reason you wanted to eject attached drives was because of write caching. But now, unless you're actively writing to a disk, there's not really any need for caching since SSD speeds are so fast.
Do what you like, but I personally don't eject any drive and have yet to run into corrupted data. Don't think I will either.
Second, regarding your comment about not needing to unmount drives before disconnection... I politely disagree. If you disconnect a drive while the device/computer is writing to the drive you risk data loss. That is why modern OSes including Linux, Windows, macOS have a disk unmount option. There is a risk for data loss, even with iPad. Also, consider the fact that there are different filesystems which have different levels of resilience to a sudden disconnection without a proper unmount first... NTFS, APFS, exFAT, HFS+, etc. APFS seems to be very resilient but other filesystems like exFAT and even NTFS can be more finicky. macOS has had an unmount option for decades, so why doesn't iPadOS? Since the iPad now has the ability to read/write to thunderbolt storage (which could contain gigabytes of data), you'd think Apple would give iPad users the option to safely manage their data (i.e., disk unmount) and minimize the risk to data loss. -
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Lock screen changes in iOS 16 an 'act of love,' says Craig Federighi
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New 'PacMan' flaw in Apple Silicon is an echo of Spectre and Meltdown