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  • Five ways iPadOS 26 turns iPad into a productivity powerhouse

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    It's something like 16. Which is a wild number. And like Stage Manager, it just kicks out the oldest window when the threshold is crossed.

    I opened 14 for a screenshot and it was too much to manage. Stages allow you to have more because the limit is per stage.
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  • It wasn't just you, Apple Intelligence was down

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    coolfactor said:
    There's a chance this is isolated to devices running the latest developer betas for the 26 series of updates. We have not received any reports of it occurring on non-beta devices as of this publication.


    What?!? You post a headline and article about an outage only affecting a "developer beta", and tuck this detail near the bottom?

    Yikes. Betas are _expected_ to have problems.
    Not only is this problem incredibly unusual, it isn't known if it is just beta devices being affected. The text you've highlighted was added after publication due to the likelihood that it is only affecting beta users, but we haven't been able to confirm that.

    It is still news and still worth sharing. A lot of our readers are on the beta.
    Alex1N

  • Is the Apple One subscription worth it in 2025?

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    mattinoz said:
    entropys said:
    Betteridge’s Law of Headlines

    Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with “no”.

    But yet, here we are.
    It’s certainly not a definitive yes. 
    So I’m with Betteridge here.

    Would have been more interesting if you looked at reasonable alternatives to each service and the potential friction saved by Apples own solution. I say that as a very happy customer of the family plan, having been screwed over by highly respected photo archives in the past. Still understand the other people on my family plan probably wouldn’t find it worth keeping it without me. Indeed they are in the family to make my life easier.

    It wasn't the scope of this story, but it's also not hard to find. But here's me doing some leg work for you:

    iCloud+ 2TB: $10 vs Dropbox 2TB: $10

    Fitness+: $9 vs Fitbod: $13

    News+: $13 vs NYT: $25

    Apple Music Family: $17 vs Spotify Family: $20

    Now, this one is a kicker. The only good thing about Spotify is an algorithm they bought, but I also hate it because I prefer the combination of human curation and algorithmic playlists on Apple Music. Plus, Apple Music has Lossless audio with Atmos. That, and Apple actually pays artists and isn't known for blatant theft and seeking to confuse users into listening to less music so it'll cost less money per user.

    There's no real alternative to Apple TV+. It's the only place to get those shows and movies, and they're some of my favorite programming on television in the past five years. $10 is low compared to competitors too.

    Apple Arcade is another tough compare since it's the only one on iPhone that'll give you this kind of catalog for $7 a month. Netflix games and Crunchyroll do exist as part of those subscriptions, but they are tiny and specific catalogs.

    Hope that helps! I think Apple One is a steal for what it provides, and the ecosystem advantage is baked in.
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  • Is the Apple One subscription worth it in 2025?

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    I'm certainly not anywhere near the norm, but I've basically killed every subscription except Apple One and Crunchyroll. I've spent the past decade buying movie bundles and TV show collections at heavy discounts in iTunes and the TV app, so my back catalog is extensive. If something new comes along and it's able to be purchased, I just buy it since the cost of one season is usually equivalent to a month or two of a sub.

    If something is exclusive, like only on Amazon or Netflix with no purchase option, I subscribe when I intend to watch then cancel immediately. I just wish more content was available day in date with streamers so I could just buy them.

    Apple TV+, my purchases, and Crunchyroll are more than enough content 90% of the time. And those sales on Apple TV help me grow my collection pretty easily and cheaply.

    The best time to take on my method is a decade ago, but nothing says you can't start now. Though, depending on what you watch, subscribing to a service might just be cheaper than buying outright. It all depends of course.

    But I keep Apple One flipped on permanently because I find value in every service it offers. I use Fitness+ daily, 2TB of iCloud Storage is still enough for my family, News+ and Arcade are both regularly used, and I'd pay for Apple TV+ and Apple Music no matter what. It's a win win for me.
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  • Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China

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    ITGUYINSD said:
    A professional grifter. Robbing any fool that will listen to him. Humanity has failed. 
    The key here is the “fool,” without whom the entire movement would crumble.
    Last I saw, a moderator here was deleting the same kind of posts for attacking politicians. but I guess it only applies to whatever side has the favorable bias. Have some consistency. 
    The "side" is the same side most of the entire world sides with.  Sorry you're not on the majority side.
    Not the majority on this forum. But in the country? See the recent election. 
    Okay, *looks at recent election*

    Total number of people in America: 340 million

    People that voted for Trump in 2024: 77 million

    People that voted for Trump in 2020: 74 million

    People that voted for Trump in 2016: 62 million

    Wow, he gained some votes over that first run, but that's due to record voter turnout at the last two elections. But majority is not accurate in the least sense. The MAGA movement has been frozen at about 1/5 the population over the past decade. If anything this proves the flaws in the electoral college, but that's a different discussion. Also note that the 2024 election was one of the thinnest margins of victory seen since 2000 and the first popular vote win by a republican since 1988.

    Also, no, I don't wish violence on people that buy the Trump phone. lol. I just hope it's an unmitigated failure like the cybertruck. Also, there is some concern about the build quality in a device so cheap that, as Mike pointed out, faced issues before. Maybe consider wearing fire retardant gloves and pants anyway.
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