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coolfactor said:

I just discovered that the Passwords built into Settings supports Verification Codes. Not sure how I missed that. I've been slowly migrating all of my codes from the Google Authenticator app over to Passwords. The fact that these codes work seamlessly across macOS and iOS gives me exactly what I need. No more reaching for my phone every time I need to log into a site.

It’s a great feature to be able to generate one time passcodes on device like that! A lifesaver for me when I am out to sea on my ship and trying to login to my iCloud account, on a government computer, without the ability to receive a text or push notification to my devices. I leave my MacBook Pro’s local time in automatic and generate my codes there because the algorithm used to generate those codes is seeded with time and date information. If you change either manually it will cease to work lol. (I change my iPhone’s manually as we change time zones because it also functions as my alarm clock haha). Good stuff!

First of all, I’m sure Apple themselves destroyed a solid amount of each new iPad for their own durability testing sake before release anyhow. If a couple of YouTube tech channels want to funnel a bit of their click money into funding apple products for the same kind of testing, who cares? Yeah, you won’t catch me trying my hardest to snap my new iPad Pro in half, but I’m glad there is some 3rd party testing available for free for my own reassurance these things can handle average everyday usage.

JerryRigEverything even complemented how much stronger this year’s model is compared to the last one he broke in half a good deal easier. His methodology is always the same on the numerous products he tests which is nice for an apples to apples comparison for tons of tech products, including those not made by apple. It makes financial sense for him as well since his clicks pay for the product and then after he completes his cursory tear down, he will then clean up and photograph the device for his skin collaboration with dBrand.

i don’t care for the videos of people randomly destroying expensive tech for clicks, but these type are at least informative in their nature and allow a first look at the innards before iFixit finishes putting their more in depth videos together.

entropys said:

I think an M2 iPad Air will eat into iPad Pro sales, but not because of the 12.9 inch model. Well ok that will be a bit. The main reason is price. The difference in the 11 inch models is the Air is about 25% less for pretty much the same capability.

btw, does anyone see the discontinuity in the iPad Air being heavier than the iPad Pro?

Haha wow, I honestly didn't even think of that... Wow Apple lol.

Nice they got rid of more of that damage-prone vinyl-wrapped cardboard stuff, added the function keys (much needed!) and a better angle for the iPad too. Seriously, the last Magic Keyboard was a no-go for me because I kept scraping my fingers under the iPad trying to type numbers constantly and was driving me nuts lol.

All that being said, with this new keyboard and iPad Pro you could basically have the first OLED-screened MacBook (kind of lol). I can't wait til next Wednesday to get mine and am definitely holding on to my M2 MacBook Pro for it's inevitable (God I hope) OLED screen upgrade!

Anilu_777 said:

People forget that if you store photos in iCloud you have to still keep them on the phone. If you delete them they’ll also delete from iCloud. I have always purchased the 256 GB phone and only recently have I found it going above half-full. I have Apple One for the family so its 2 TB of storage means no-one will lose their photos. If the family helps pay it’s worth it. 

That is actually not the case. If you are using iCloud to backup your photos, they will ALL be stored in the cloud. However, what your iPhone does is up to you. iPhones typically come with the "Optimize iPhone Storage" option turned on. This means by default, if you start running low on local storage, your iPhone will start wiping photos and videos off your device to free up space... When you go into the Photos app you will still see all your content, but when you tap on older photos/videos it will stream them off the cloud using the internet. If you don't have internet access and try this, you will get an error on videos and you will only see the tiny thumbnail (blown up to fullscreen, so lossy looking) until your internet connection is restored. If you disable the "Optimize iPhone Storage" by choosing "Download and Keep Originals" then yes, 100% of your library is kept on your iPhone and if you delete anything it deletes the corresponding file in the cloud.

This is essentially how it works on a MacBook and iPad as well with infrequently used apps and files if you leave it setup this way. If one paid for iCloud storage and routinely had a decent internet connection you would not even realize this is happening. I work on cargo ships out to see... So I keep optimization disabled on all my Apple devices so I can view my files and photos when offline.