mpantone

jeffharris said:

That’s kind of a nondescript icon. Apple could do better. Way better.

I still have a zillion icons in my old CandyBar (Panic software icon application) collection, which miraculously still runs in Sequoia!

Icon Factory had great icons!

rhbellmor said:

I’m all for updating the hard drive icon… but this new one does not have an appealing look.  At least to my appeal.  

melgross said:

Quite frankly. $0.26 is well under what Apple should be paying. They buy much more stock back than they pay in dividends.

MplsP said:

mpantone said:

M68000 said:

mpantone said:

At last it looks like I'll finally be upgrading from iOS 17 to iOS 18 in the next few days. Same with migrating from iPadOS 17 to iPadOS 18 as well as macOS Sonoma to macOS Sequoia.

As usual I will wait until at least June 2026 to install iOS 26/iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 Tahoe.

Totally up to you. But I have no idea what you are waiting for. 

I'm waiting for Apple to clean up their Cupertino dogchow.

Apple's software QA has markedly and steadily declined over the years. Ten years ago, yes, I would install the newest release the same week it came out (September usually). But as their release quality noticeably worsened, I started delaying this to a point release. Over years, this just drifted to later point releases until a few years ago I just waited until the week of WWDC in June to date. For sure Apple would not be adding any features, it would all be bug fixes by the time they previewed the next gen OSes.

But now most of Apple's operating systems still have significant bugs in the x.5 releases. Hence, waiting until this year's x.6 releases. This ensures a smoother user experience since I simply don't see nine months worth of bugs (typically the most serious ones). I just don't have the interest/energy to deal with that garbage anymore. I will wait for the features when the software is fully baked: July or August.

Note that I have skipped some releases altogether like macOS Crapalina (I upgraded directly from Mojave to Big Sur sometime in the spring of 2021, six months after that latter's release).

Note that Apple themselves are aware that their software quality is going downhill. They even took a week pause in December 2023 to tackle bugs which delayed a point release. And yes, Siri with Apple Intelligence is another example of how Apple determined that a particular feature wasn't ready for primetime. They have also removed and reintroduced some features like AI-powered summary notifications.

Note that since Apple releases security patches for the previous two operating systems, my devices are still safe and well supported.

Note that I do the same thing with Windows. I'm running Windows 11 23H2 on several machines with one system upgraded to 24H2 in the past month. Redmond dogchow certainly isn't better than Cupertino dogchow.

This is MacOS rather than iOS but the Safari 18.5 is horrible. I wish I hadn't updated because it's constantly crashing on me. 

dewme said:

mpantone said:

dewme said:

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bobonet said:

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Stabitha_Christie said:

I love a good rumor as much as the next person but can we not normalize this kind of behavior? While it isn't illegal to take someone's photo in public is still an invasion of privacy and promoting this kind of thing will only lead to more instances of this kind of thing. 

Sorry to say, but the law is quite clear, when in public, it is fair game. While I can't take a photo of someone and use it commercially, there's nothing stopping anyone from taking photos, recording video, or capturing audio of anyone in public.

Would this article count as commercial use?

I didn't take the photo, so no. This was posted to a public forum. And even then, the photo wasn't used to promote a product or make us money as a direct result of taking the photo. Commercial use being, if I went to a public space, took a picture of a person wearing a jacket, then used that photo to sell that jacket, then I'd be violating something.

I immediately took note of the jacket. And the long sleeve shirt.

To be able to wear a long sleeve shirt and a jacket outside in late July in the northern hemisphere ... I wish I could do that right now rather than suffering in the brutal heat and humidity. I suppose I could buy one of those jackets and take it with me into the beer cave at the local gas station and hang out for a few hours.

Any insights into the brand of the jacket? We are talking jackets here, aren't we?

Not every place in the Northern Hemisphere has weather like your place.

I noticed the guy's clothes in the photo too and thought immediately "Well, this wasn't taken in Cupertino or the South Bay." Reading the article, it mentioned Union Square in San Francisco and thought "okay, that makes sense." San Francisco's weather in the summer months is notoriously cold (so much so that a famous quote has been erroneously attributed to Mark Twain) due to the marine layer which any SF Bay Area resident is familiar with.

Anyhow, Apple -- like all cellphone manufacturers -- needs to do some real-world testing of their devices. Note that they have done this for a long time. It's even more important today than it was when an iPhone prototype was accidentally left behind in a Redwood City beer hall in 2010. The cellular reception testing is more stringent, there are other technologies like satellite communications, GPS, etc. It's not just whether or not the device will get a wifi connection or latch onto the nearest cellular tower (Apple has long had some cellular transmitters on campus to test connectivity).

Does noise cancellation work during a call? Well, there's no way you can test that in the center of Apple Park where the closest person might be a sole passerby 20 meters away. Does it expose for fireworks correctly? How's the audio capturing the band's sound at some outdoor music festival?

You need to test these devices where they will be used. Ski slopes, on boat on the Bay, at the ballpark, in a nightclub, a hospital, schools, a mountain bike trail, the grocery store, stuck in 101 traffic, etc.

Because not everyone lives in their mom's basement.

I’m just being silly, but I don’t see anything here that is any more revealing than what we’ve seen so far in other supposed leaks.  We are so close to the actual reveal of the iPhone 17 series that I’m willing to wait for the real deal. I’m very confident that it be rectangular in shape, fairly slim, have a glass front, rounded corners, some camera bumps, and probably a few buttons on the edges. Whether those buttons are mechanical or capacitive is still up in the air. Glass back? Who knows what kind of sorcery Apple will pull off this year.