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  • Apple kept iMessage off Android to lock users in to iOS

    shaminoshamino
    So Epic is claiming that if you develop a popular app for your own platform, you have some legal obligation to port it to your competitor's platforms?  And give it away for free?

    Well that cuts both ways.  Why can't I buy Fortnite for Linux?  How about for my Raspberry Pi?  Or my SGI Indy workstation?

    If they don't immediately do this right now, then they are being anti-competitive and need to be punished to the full extent of the law.
    chaickahammeroftruthBeatsmagman1979killroyGeorgeBMacchiawatto_cobratmaydarelrex

  • Apple's MagSafe wallet review: finally solves the unified iPhone and wallet issue

    shaminoshamino
    Looks nice, but I want to see some tests about how well it will shield the magnetic stripes on your cards from the magnets in the MagSafe connector.  And from the charging field, for that matter.
    williamlondonrandominternetperson

  • Apple provides instructions to erase and restore unresponsive M1 Macs

    shaminoshamino
    randominternetperson said:
    This possibility has existed for every Mac (at least since Mac OS X?) and it's incredibly rare.  I expect it's incredibly rare with these new Macs.  But if you're the one in 10,000 who bought a new Mac and then f'ed it up, you want a knowledge article about how to get it restored.  Now that article is available.
    This isn't a case of a rare bug triggering.  This is one very specific case - where the new owner immediately tried to perform a system restore on the new computer, possibly even before booting it even once.  From what I've read, some owners do this in order to manually de-select optional installations (e.g. iLife applications) and minimize the footprint of the system software.

    There was a bug in macOS 11.0 where this procedure bricked the computer, requiring Configurator 2 (or other procedures mentioned in the article) to recover from.  Apple fixed the bug in 11.0.1, so anyone who upgrades to 11.0.1 before doing this system restore should be safe as well.

    This bug is an embarrassment for Apple, but ultimately no more than that, since they have patched the software and published recovery procedures.  I suspect that nobody on their internal testing team considered the idea of performing a system restore on a new computer that still has its factory image installed.  I'm sure they will be adding this to their test suite in the future.
    cat52Fidonet127ronn

  • Compared: Apple's Developer Transition Kit versus Mac mini

    shaminoshamino
    I wonder if iFixit will be able to get one of these?  Apple doesn't normally take kindly to pre-release stuff being taken apart.  They were very upset the last time iFixit did that (sorry, I can't find the link right now), but I'd still love to see it.
    williamlondoncaladanianwatto_cobra

  • Apple researching all-glass iPhone with wraparound touchscreen

    shaminoshamino
    This looks like the last thing I would want.  No wired connectivity of any kind, so no charging while traveling unless I want to drag an expensive charge-mat around wherever I go.  And no USB connectivity, so all audio is going to be via Bluetooth, even though it never sounds as good.

    And then, of course, with the entire device an active surface, there is no possible way to hold it without accidentally triggering some operation or another.  And if you try to put it in a case, you block access to this "feature".

    If Apple ships this, it will convince me to look elsewhere for my next phone.  Actually, given the sorry state of Android, I'm starting to think it's time to give up on smart phones altogether.
    williamlondon