MacPro

I wonder how that success rate compares with the Google Play Store for Android users.  

gatorguy said:

MacPro said:

gatorguy said:

Privacy and data retention at odds with Apple's stated Privacy Policy? I thought I recalled 6 months being the maximum time Apple says they keep deleted accounts and content. But I'm old, and my memory is not as good as it once was.

In any event, four years later is well beyond expectations. 

To my way of seeing the logic, there isn't any increased risk in this. It's not as if someone can rummage through the deleted data I assume. Why wouldn't the deleted data be secure if the undeleted data is safe? I assume only the account owners are seeing the deleted images returned. Now, is it a PITA? Yep.  That all said, it is better this than images not deleted disappearing

A valid assumption would be that Apple has some use for those photos after the owner no longer does and thus ordered their deletion. Perhaps for AI training purposes as they would no longer have been considered "user data" after their deletion?

On a more personal level, had the owner of the NSFW images been with a new partner when these years old trashed photos were resurfaced this week, I could see it being an issue in the relationship.  At best it's a very bad look for Apple, one that seems counter to stated policies. 

The first paragraph is a leap; this isn't Google we are talking about But I concur with the second.  OMG I better go and check!!!  Seriously though, I wonder if they appear in the trash, in which case a password is required, or perhaps these have to do with a local storage bug for those who, like me, retain all originals locally and on the cloud.

gatorguy said:

Privacy and data retention at odds with Apple's stated Privacy Policy? I thought I recalled 6 months being the maximum time Apple says they keep deleted accounts and content. But I'm old, and my memory is not as good as it once was.

In any event, four years later is well beyond expectations. 

To my way of seeing the logic, there isn't any increased risk in this. It's not as if someone can rummage through the deleted data I assume. Why wouldn't the deleted data be secure if the undeleted data is safe? I assume only the account owners are seeing the deleted images returned. Now, is it a PITA? Yep.  That all said, it is better this than images not deleted disappearing

I've been using it for a while; I ditched Parallels.  It has the same built-in download Windows 11 ARM (which is extelemy well featured as of this beta and the interface is, I suspect, Windows 12 for Intel machines) and runs flawlessly for me on my Mac Studio Ultra.  It runs Windows and Applications faster than most of my PCs.  It was also far easier to set up bridged networking (its own LAN IP) for the VM than Parallels. I also set up secondary PC VM drives; the interface is easy to use yet allows powerful control. I found Parallels aimed at novice users and frustrating at times.   VMware is free for personal use; it is unbelievable.  I give VMware eleven out of ten stars.

For anyone interested in playing around with running Opensimulator, where avatars own land (for free), can build amazing stuff, and walk around inside (think Second Life or OSGrid on your computer), I am a beta tester for DreamGrid, which is a Windows-only system (link below). My Windows servers are dual Xeon Dell Precision Workstations with 192 GB RAM running Windows 10 or 11 Pro.

To my amazement, I could set up a massive Grid within Windows 11 ARM Pro using a VMWare VM on my Mac Studio M2 Ultra and an M2 Max.  After port forwarding my router, the access allowed visits from avatars worldwide and from the Mac side of the Mac Studio running FireStrorm OS Viewer.  This was the first such test of the system on an Apple Silicon Mac, and it passed with flying colors; in fact, it was as fast as the Dell servers.  What is cool is that instead of potentially spending thousands of dollars at Second Life, this setup (assuming you have an M-class Mac and 16 GB or more RAM) is 100% free.  Colleges and Universities take note!  I am happy to share details of how to set such a grid up with anyone interested.

https://www.outworldz.com/outworldz_installer/Grid/

On ArsTechnica someone reversed it to good effect.