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  • HomePod private beta could be testing voice calls, multiple timers

    hagarhagar
    The biggest news is multiple timers? What about multiple user support? Or are the majority of Apple users hipster single home dwellers?
    joshbishwilliamlondon

  • Testing the speed of iOS 11 versus iOS 12 on the iPhone 6 and iPad Mini 2

    hagarhagar
    This test and article are so misguided it borders on click bate. 

    A beta OS is full of debugging code so running benchmarks and doing performance tests and comparisons are completely pointless. 

    Secondly, an improvement of 1 second on a 40 second loading time is not a huge improvement but rather within the margin of error. Your measurements are rounded to the second so 1 second difference has no significance whatsoever. 

    Dissapointing article. 


    williamlondon

  • Eight Siri features we want to see in iOS 12, macOS 10.14, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12 at WWDC ...

    hagarhagar
    That’s it? This is a very lame list of suggestions.  What about making Siri actually smart instead of just responding to your questions? She doesn’t learn anything at the moment.  

    The only smart feature that is currently available I can think of is travel time alerts for appointments, as they take traffic conditions into account. Otherwise she’s dumb as f...

    One small example: I ask her directions to a store. Siri, in all her wisdom, suggests a store on the other side of the world. So I lookup the store by typing the name. Two minutes later I ask Siri again and she again points me to the other side of the world. She’s not learning anything and remains as frustrating to deal with. 

    I don’t know about Alexa or google Home as I don’t use those but Siri is not “behind” in terms of capabilities, she’s just not smart. By a long stretch.
    williamlondonzoetmb

  • New iOS bug causes some devices to crash on Dec. 2, here's how to fix it [u]

    hagarhagar

    Time after time Apple has a time bug.


    Apple Pay, including Apple Pay Cash, available in The Netherlands. Finally! Now they only need to tell us which banks are supported:

    https://support.apple.com/nl-nl/HT206637


    What are you talking about? It's not available and Apple Pay Cash is US only,. 
    spheric

  • Why you want a macOS home server, and how to get one going

    hagarhagar
    To add videos to iTunes, I cannot recommend VideoDrive (www.aroonasoftware.com) enough. It’s great at converting and tagging all your video files. For conversion it uses HandBrake, and then it adds descriptions and artwork so your own videos look the same as videos purchased from the iTunes Store.

    it also monitors an inbox folder for new video files you are downloading. And it supports a server setup and will move video files across the network. 

    I have been running it for years on my media server and still love it!
    pscooter63almondroca