twolf2919

I've been using iOS and macOS 26 for a bit over a day now and my first impression was: "Is it me or is this much faster than iOS 18?"  I know it's weird, since this new version is supposed to be more hardware intensive, but everything just seems faster than they were before the install - both iOS and macOS.

But I completely agree with those who think of this as more than an update than a redesign.  Some things have been more convenient/within easier reach for one-handed operation and, look a bit better.  But there are also some warts - especially in my daily workhorse, Safari.  iOS 26 actually made reaching my Favorites bookmarks harder to reach than they were before (extra button pushes).  Same with closing all the tabs at once - had to hunt for that is now: "..." ->"All Tabs"->long-hold the checkbox at top-right...wtf?  And let's talk about the web page color now taking up the entire header of Safari - i.e. if the web page has a white background, tab bar, favorites bar, and address bar are affected.  In my typical dark mode, figuring out what the active tab can be pretty impossible.  On some web pages, the favorites bookmark labels are completely hidden because the label color is the same as the background.  And if you want to get an epileptic seizure, visit "theregister.com" - its bright red banner color is now blasting in your face big time.

I, and perhaps quite a few others, are in an even worse predicament: we rely on x86 apps that were never even ported to macOS!  In my case, for the last 15 years, I've had to run Intuit TurboTax for Business in a Windows 10 VM on my x86 MacBook Pro.  Intuit - a pretty large software house - has never seen the need, despite user pleading, to publish a Mac version.  But besides shaming them in forums like this, not much I can do.  Anyway, it ran just fine in a Parallels VM over the years, so I resigned myself to keeping an x86 Mac around just for that - and for building x86 Linux installers (again in a VM) of a commercial app I support.  But that Mac is getting a little long in the tooth.  I had hoped that Parallels would provide a Rosetta-like solution so I could run x86 VMs on an Mx Mac at some point.  And, to their credit, they recently came out with such a thing - but very crude and very slow.  Not really useable really, from what I hear.

I wish Apple provided a performant x86 interpreter a la Rosetta to the VM makers, so those of us who need to use or build x86 apps can do so on current Macs.

AppleInsider said:

So T-Mobile users should instead:

1. Open the T-Life app
2. Tap Manage
3. Then tap the Settings gear icon
4. Choose Preferences
5. Turn off the screen recording tool

Read on AppleInsider

I followed the directions, and on my iPhone (latest iOS) you can't "4.  Choose Preferences" - it's just a header under which one can choose Notifications, update Location access, and update Contact access.  Is this a new feature that hasn't made it to all iPhones yet?  I have my settings set to auto-update apps, so...

"Even after years of development, augmented reality is still impractical to offer in smart glasses." - that's absurd.  If Google was able to come up with useful (albeit mocked) Google Glass AR glasses a dozen years ago, surely Apple can do that and better, given there've been a dozen years of technological improvements and miniaturization since then!

From what I've read, I think the basic mistake Apple is making is to try and come up with a standalone AR Glass product, rather than making it a companion product to the iPhone.  By doing so, these glasses just have to do way too much given the space/weight limitations of glasses.  More CPU power needed;  more RAM;  much more  battery.  As a companion product it would simply pass camera/sensor data on to the phone and display whatever the phone tells it to display

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twolf2919 said:

Anybody else feel like the White House calling these fines "economic extortion" is like the pot calling the kettle black?  Trump's tariffs are exactly that - economic extortion - just on a much grander scale.  The whole Trump Presidency, thus far, has been about extortion: demanding universities accept Trump agenda or face withdrawal of grants - pure extortion.  Sending the DOJ after individuals and corporations unless they do his bidding - pure extortion.  Preventing law firms from being able to get into Federal buildings unless they submit to his whims - extortion, pure and simple.

The Trump Administration is the most extornist Administration in American history.  For them to call the EU simply enforcing their laws (that are disadvantageous to American companies) extortion is just hilarious.

Tu quoque is not an argument. No matter how extortionist US policies may be, that has no effect on whether EU policies are extortionist or not. Trump can be right, possibly by chance, for all the wrong reasons, and regardless of whether he does the same or worse, or whether he even understands the issues.

Or, are you arguing that two wrongs make a right?

I am not.  Simply stating that people who live in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.  But I actually don't think the EU's fines are extortion at all, since their demand is within the law.  Extortion is a criminal activity.  The particular law Apple was fined for is that Apple doesn't allow app developers to point to alternate app stores that might be cheaper.  Assuming they have the same law for other app platforms - e.g. Android - it's not even singling out "American" companies (although the affected platforms happen to be American).