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Sherlocked by Sequoia: What apps Apple may have killed in macOS and iOS 18
Apple has made getting passwords easier in the last few years. If you right click on a text field you can select "AutoFill" from the options and bring up the password picker. And if you generate a password that for some reason doesn't appear in the password app properly, a "recently created password" section appears.slow n easy said:
Way too often, I click on an app and I’m asked for a password. Then, I feel like pulling my hair out. For this reason, I ALWAYS store all of my passwords and user names in a Notes file. That way I’m not screwed over when I have to inexplicably provide the password. This is also the same reason I NEVER use the password Apple suggests. I use my own set of words that I can look at and easily remember for the few seconds it takes me to get back to the login screen. Hopefully, this new app will solve the problem of Apple not having my password. If I’m doing something wrong that causes Safari to not remember my password, then I don’t know what it is.sunman42 said:Let’s see:
1Password - when they stepped onto the Electron bandwagon, I stepped off paying for any updates. 7.whatever still runs, if all you need is a password vault, which I use as a deep archive (for accounts I never use, but some vendor may still maintain my account) and a backup to Keychain Access. Speaking of which, what will Passwords offer that Keychain access does not?
Grammarly: Never used it. After six years of rote learning of grammar, syntax, and composition in English in high school, at least until dementia sets in, I don’t need anyone else’s grammar interventions.
Calculator: will have to see what it can do that I don’t do already with Kalkulilo.
ChatGPT: As I emailed Tim Cook last evening, all I want from ChatGPT is a kill switch so I am never pestered to use it, for anything.Do what works for you, but having everything in a Notes file isn't advisable. It is possibly the worst way to store passwords besides writing them on sticky notes. Advanced Data Protection kind of helps, but still. Notes isn't a Password manager. You're making more work for yourself.
I have over 400 unique passwords and Apple Passwords manages all of them. I've never had a problem.
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Elon Musk's latest anti-Apple tirade is about a ChatGPT feature that doesn't exist
1. That prompt doesn't appear unless you enable ChatGPT. It is opt in, not opt out. It won't be on your device unless you put it there.skippingrock said:Do you want me to use ChatGPT to do that? Cancel or Use ChatGPTfor me, if I select "Cancel" that means stop and don't do anything. It doesn't tell me that it's going to try and use Apple technology instead to get the answer I need.
And also, I want to be able to disable this from being asked altogether on my kids' devices… and mine.
This also tells me that Apple is giving up on trying to implement their own LLM.
2. Screen Time will undoubtedly allow you to stop children from running models. Plus, your kids need an A17 Pro or M-series chip
3. Apple literally announced multiple LLMs during the event. Some are on-device. Some are server-based and running on Apple Silicon.
Apple is including the option of targeting ChatGPT because people want the option. That's it. It isn't a failure. It isn't Apple saying ChatGPT is better. It just so happens OpenAI was ready to go first. Google Gemini and other models will arrive later.
This is more like you selecting a search engine. Apple's is the default. And even Apple's server-side component is fully optional.
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iPad Air (2024) review: Not the cheapest, and not the best, but still great
| You can say it in a straightforward manner, not with double negatives or back handed ways.tht said:
So, it's a good, solid option for consumers who want a device to web browse, which constitutes the vast majority of a consumers usage, entertainment, and little office automation.
Why is this a thing? Is it an SEO thing? It doesn't matter the device, no reviewer should be recommending to anyone that they should upgrade from their 1 to 2 year old devices. There isn't any good reason whatsoever, all things equal.
One thing that a reviewer, or if you are asked to proffer an opinion, should do is think about whether they would recommend the $700 M1 MBA and $1000 M2 MBA over the 2024 iPA 11 & 13 models, or is it a better option than a $400 to $1000 Chromebook or Windows machine. That's a pretty tough thing to figure out and is dependent on the user. For certain people, an iPad should be the first thing that is recommended.
A iPad, or a tablet, is the most mobile large display device on the market. That changes how it is used versus a laptop or a 2-in-1, or a tablet that is heavier than the iPA. For a lot of consumers, that mobility is more valuable than say unlimited multitasking. If the user spend most of their time with their iPad on a desktop, they are either drawing with it, have simpler workflows, and possibly a laptop would be the better option for them.
What?
| I don't get that reviewers think they should be recommending to owners of 1 to 2 year old machines to upgrade.
We didn't. Read what you quoted again. The review specifically says that iPad owners generally upgrade in four to five year cycles.
| Is it an SEO thing?
No. That's not how SEO works.
| think about whether they would recommend
This review is directed at people seeking information on buying an iPad. Why would we recommend a MacBook? You might want a MacBook instead, but people buying iPad Air don't.
| $400 to $1000 Chromebook or Windows machine
I'm not sure anyone on earth should be buying a Chromebook ever, or any Windows machine in the $400 range over an iPad. The $329 iPad runs laps around those devices.
| possibly a laptop would be the better option for them.
Most people that buy iPads own other products. They likely already own the laptop, Mac, etc they needed in the first place. People buying iPad Air generally are buying it as a secondary device that's bigger than an iPhone. Those buying iPad Air as their first non-smartphone computer didn't need a Windows toaster fridge or Chrome browser with keyboard either.Buy what you need. But know that not everyone will need what you need.
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Bigger and brighter: iPhone 16 & iPhone 16 Pro rumored screen changes
So you'd prefer a solid block of inert glass that literally couldn't do anything except be useless space?charlesn said:"Apple has shifted from the dreaded notch to the more loved Dynamic Island..."
More loved? Ummm, that would be a NO for me. At least the notch was integrated into the overall bezel design. Does Nothing Island just sits there like a pill-shaped black hole sucking out all the light and usefulness from the upper middle of your screen. It's clearly destined for the trash heap next to Touch Bar, 3D Press and other rejected Apple interfaces and that can't happen soon enough for me. I honestly don't mind that Apple tries new things out, but I wish they'd ditch the failures like Does Nothing Island more quickly.
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iPad Pro hands on: Luxury technology in an impossibly-thin package
Ha, you're right. I think the phrase sounded right in my head but reading it now it does convey the opposite. Thanks for the catch.daviator said:Great review, most of which I agree with (I don’t have nano glass so can’t comment on that.)
But the first paragraph was confusing, because I don’t think the writer understands the meaning of the phrase “come to pass.” He seems to think it means “to have passed by” when actually it means “to have come to exist” now, in the present.I THINK he meant to say that the days of the iPad Pro being for everyone are now in the past. But instead he said the opposite.
