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  • Apple's Magic Mouse charging port design has never been a big deal

    sflocalsflocal
    The haters blame the apologists, the apologists hate the haters.

    The amount of energy expended by haters on this is just pathetic.  Go ahead and label me an "apologist".  I honestly don't care.  If anything, it just shows how petty you are.

    It gives you enough of a warning that batteries are getting low.  Plug the damn thing in for 5 minutes while you take a coffee break and it's good for the entire day, if not longer.  Plug it in overnight before going to sleep, or leaving the office and it's back up running for weeks on end.  It's not that hard, but maybe it is for you.

    Quit your whining.
    williamlondonChromejobdocno42watto_cobra

  • Apple stuck the Mac mini power button on the bottom

    sflocalsflocal
    For what it's worth, This is the kind of Mac that I would bolt under a desk so if/when I turn it on, having it on the bottom works for me.  I did that with my other Mac mini.
    welshdogwilliamlondonForumPostwatto_cobra

  • YouTuber shows off hardware hack to replace soldered MacBook storage

    sflocalsflocal
    ForumPost said:
    It just shows that Apple can make it possible for end users  to upgrade the ssd themselves if Apple made the ssd swappable as shown in the video. Just solder the base connector but leave the slots accessible
    Considering the problem I've had with 3rd-party RAM in the four years I've owned my 2020 iMac, I totally get why Apple is soldering everything.  I have went through four separate RMA's from multiple RAM vendors whose RAM was causing so many instability problems with my iMac.  So many in fact, that I thought of trashing what was essentially a brand new machine.  Apple, OWC, Crucial, Micron all did nothing but point fingers at each other, multiple visits to Apple repair, etc... 

    Only two months ago I FINALLY got a set of RAM cards (128GB) that works flawlessly on my iMac.  After four years of instabilities and being unable to upgrade MacOS without having to install the original 8GB OEM RAM cards.  

    I think Apple had to deal with system issues related to users obtaining sketchy RAM cards and blame Apple for it.  I think Apple's repair issues have gone down substantially since then.  It's why other competitors with Windows machines are following the same path.
    Calamanderwatto_cobra

  • YouTuber shows off hardware hack to replace soldered MacBook storage

    sflocalsflocal
    This is kind of a solution looking for a problem.  No one would do this to a new MacBook under warranty.  So by the time one considers this an option, it would be on an "old" MacBook which would then make one question if it's just better (and cheaper) in the long run to just buy a new MacBook.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple beats patent troll, wins suit over Secure Enclave tech

    sflocalsflocal
    I know someone that got a patent to drill miles down into the earth and via a serious of heat' soaking pipes, extract the earth's heat for energy.  I asked him why he would patent something that may never come to fruition in his lifetime, he simply said that should someone do it, he'll get a piece of it.  

    I kind of was disappointed him him.  
    williamlondonkillroywatto_cobra