arthurba

If the cache is on an unencrypted drive, then it shouldn’t cache things from encrypted drives. Full stop. That’s a serious security faux pas. 

From memory, QL cache was designed and written before FileVault. So the QL cache and external drives were all assumed to be unencrypted - all good.  And (again from memory) FileVault encryption initially was only available on the main drive (without command line hacks).  Again - the security on the QL cache and the original files was the same or better. 

If the QL cache is on an encrypted drive and the data is on a different encrypted drive - the choice is much more difficult.  You can’t equate encryption.  One key may be secure and the other insecure (taped to the back of the laptop).  Best practice would be not to cache in this case.

Apple can do better.   Apple are already doin better than Samsung - but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.   I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet - but from the sounds of it they don’t unfairly single out Apple. Unfortunately - ‘adverts’ for it doing the rounds on Facebook do unfairly target Apple. Note: note genuine ABC adverts but clickbait.

*rant on *
Speaking of ‘clickbait’ - that really is the problem here.  While ‘paid for clicks’ (advertising) is a thing - that’s where the effort goes.  If we want effort to go to finding solutions to problems and reporting the truth then we have to monentise that and remove the financial incentive to do the opposite.  Ie: the big news here is that Apple try harder to protect the health and safety of their 3rd world contractors.  That’s the story - Samsung don’t even try. Apple can improve - Samsung could try just starting. If that message got you $$ for clicks but for telling lies and half truths got you a ‘fine’ for every click then you’d see a difference in behaviour pretty quickly. yes im talking about government control of the media - but currently we have market control of the media - which is arguably less transparent and more manipulative.   ABC as Australia’s public broadcaster has done a fair job (AFAICT) here - but the click bait articles linking to it / amplifying it are a real problem - everyone reads the headline and no one watches the in depth article.  
*rant off*

I've used and recommended the Airport routers for years.  When I've had influence over the decision, and pushed for Airport, other engineers have been truly surprised and impressed at the quality - I always got the impression that no-one except me had ever even heard of Airport.

The fact that Apple never went for a web based admin was a good thing.  On all routers that have web based admin, almost all the security updates I see are for attack vectors on that.

I've been experimenting lately with DD-WRT firmware on Linksys routers - and I guess that's the way of the future for my home installs.  For my professional work I use a mixture of Cisco for all the wired stuff and Airport for the wireless - but I guess I'll now switch to Cisco for wireless too, though I'll probably look at whatever HPE (Aruba?) are offering as an alternative. The problem is that the Cisco wireless stuff is overkill in most situations I face, and I'll have to pay for that.

For the home market - I think Apple always struggled against the 'free router' that comes with your providers internet service (ISP).  All of the non-professionals I know just use that as their wireless hub.  In fact many 'professionals' I know do this too!  It is actually quite difficult to explain to someone why you should get extra hardware to have a different wireless network in your home.  I think at the end of the day - that's why Apple are getting out.  Linksys etc. all have the ISP's as their customer, and Cisco have the commercial market sewn up.

It's a shame - because like other posts have said - there is a lot of value Apple already bring - and more value they could bring.  But I totally see that even if they did all that - their market share wouldn't go up - it would still be just me and you buying these things and everyone else shrugging their shoulders.

That Apple are going to be pushing 'Airplay 2' soon, and it's the 'Airport Express' that really pushed the original 'Airplay' - I do wonder if maybe they have something new up their sleeves.  Eg: a Cellular/Wifi bridge with Airplay 2 (or is that just an old iPhone with a headphone port?).  Surely HomePod/AppleTV can't be their only Airplay 2 device?

It needs some full-function API's.  Restricting the released API's to calls (VoIP) and maps makes their job easier - but it doesn't let app developers truly expand the scope of what Siri can do.

I'm sure what I'm asking for is difficult - but that's the Apple Engineer's job.

Expanding Siri to do more useful things should be the job of app developers - they just need a flexible API to do it with.

The fact I can't add something to my shopping list whilst handsfree/driving is very annoying.  

It's a trivial example - but there are 100 minor things I do with my phone every day, and 98 of them still require me to touch it to do them:
- shopping list
- check bank balance
- transfer funds
- find where my bus is (using the TripView app)
- find the next connecting bus (TripView)
- is there an accident ahead (LiveTraffic app)
- read the latest Facebook posts from close friends
- read a book (Kindle) or newspaper article (Kindle)
- read an InMail (linked in)
- open a camera (Nest)
- make a doctors appointment (HotDoc)
- note the time I put the baby to bed (Baby Tracker)
- note the time the baby woke up (Baby Tracker)
- note the quantity and time of medication (Baby Tracker)
etc. etc.

What can I do?
- set a timer
- text/SMS my wife

No way can Apple add all those features - but they can work on better API's so that developers can create the apps with those features.

I think the best example on how inflexible the Siri API is - is the HotDoc app and doctors appointments.  Siri can make a calendar appointment, but it's not flexible enough to handle a doctors appointment, because it needs some ability to select the doctor and restrict the appointments available based on available appointment slots and appointment durations (long or short).

It was a good 'show us you are at least thinking about it' API - but it needs a follow up to 'show us you are serious about it' API.

I don't care what you call it - but it's what Apple iPhone users have been calling for for years - a high end/premium SMALL phone.

I'm not downgrading my iPhone SE to the Enormous or Gigantic sized newer models.