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  • How to install macOS Sequoia on unsupported Macs

    I’ve used this for years and it’s been very smooth. It even handles mac OS updates very well. My recommendation is just to wait a week or two and then apply the update. OCLP has a background task that notices an update is downloading and prompts you to download any OCLP assets required, which will be installed post update.

    be aware that performance will suck on old hardware, but I added 3 years to a 2014 5k iMac and have just retired it as my day-to-day machine.
    r10tnrrrdwatto_cobra
  • iPhone RCS still isn't widely supported, and is waiting on carriers to act

    So does RCS use data (like iMessage) or carrier bandwidth (like SMS/MMS)?

    i realised I shouldn’t treat the forum as Google, so I didn’t! I got quite a good answer:
    https://www.perplexity.ai/search/so-does-rcs-use-data-like-imes-uKK4_vlJQ2GgEwM2ZjowVA

    it uses data, but needs carrier support too! Really!? So the worst of both worlds? Is it really the carriers trying to remain relevant?
    arthurbawatto_cobra
  • iPhone 16 Pro Max beats all comers in battery life test

    elijahg said:

    I wish Apple would add a feature to turn off cellular service entirely in certain locations. A big proportion of the battery is consumed by having no cellular service, and my wifi connection will always be better. I made a shortcut to turn on airplane mode when connected to particular wifi networks, but it doesn't work half the time, gets stuck in a weird loop of turning airplane mode on and off and spams me with a notification every_single_time. Which is another bugbear, I do not want to know every time a shortcut runs. Let me turn those notifications off. 
    These notifications have been annoying me too—it’s especially distracting since it vibrates my watch. Have you sent a feature request to Apple? I also have an automation that is supposed to toggle “always on” for my watch so it’s not lit up overnight, and that used to work perfectly but now it only works about one day out of ten. I wrote to Apple about it when it stopped working, about half a year ago, and asked them to include a feature in the OS that turns it off at bedtime and turns it on again when it sees that you’re awake in the morning, but so far they haven’t fixed the bug or included the feature. As a result, I almost never have the benefit of “always on,” because I’m too lazy to dig down in the settings twice a day. I bet I’m not the only one who doesn’t want their watch face glowing all night. 
    Setup sleep mode! Then bedtime turns off always on, on phone and watch. Get up early? It notices and offers to cancel sleep mode. Easy! The feature is already there.

    Meanwhile, back at battery capacity. The reviews should use watt hours not (milli)amp hours. Capacity is about power not current — battery voltages might vary.
    Bart Ywatto_cobra
  • AirPods 4 review roundup: noise cancellation is a game changer

    Intrinsically, anti-phase noise cancelling ought not to need isolation to work. So why the big surprise?
    watto_cobra
  • Apple files to stop NSO Group lawsuit over fears of data leaks

    Why is Cloudflare challenging my humanity and deleting my posts!? I’m buggered if I’m going to rewrite my thoughtful retort.
    ForumPostwatto_cobra