jellybelly
Why do I get the following message if there are no posts yet that says: “Discussion is not found”. I look the next day at the article where I had previously gotten that message —see below — and now I see posts — and then I can post. Why can’t I be the first poster!???
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I would like to have a comment forwarded to William Gallagher, on his article on finding older MacOS, including links, for William Gallagher or someone to reply to on the need for older OS’s—or his suggestion of in advisability of installing older versions. I retired as a graphic designer and photographer gradually around 2002 to 2005 (I’m now 74). Meanwhile I started doing that kind of work for a non-profit I started, as well as other not-for-profits and donating my time in both design and photography
Two examples of my need to continue using several 32 bit Apps are as follows. I acquired Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator as part of CS6 Design Studio (32 bit and last month-subscription versions), that were a fairly substantial cost, but working full time easily justified the upgrading with each release, as it was a cost of business. I also use QuarkXpress v.9, also a 32 bit App, as it is the last version I can update the large number of v.3.1 to v.4.x documents a loyal client still has me do from time to time.
There is no feature beyond CS6 InDesign that I need as I am very proficient and am can create great design with the CS6 version The newer versions mostly are more automated features that I am already fast at with the older softwares.
I can’t justify paying a subscription (except for Photoshop and Lightroom) on the many design projects I donate, with no offsetting income and on fixed retirement income.
I also use Quark v9 as mentioned above as it was the last version to open projects created in the early and mid 1990’s in version 4 and to do so reliably. ( I don’t want to be caught with no option if Quark stops doing conversions online at some point. This is a very large client that used me exclusively and is very loyal and occasionally uses me for non-ad brochures, maps and signage (I gave ad work to another designer after retiring).
I maintain a 2014 iMac with Yosemite, as it works for those 32-bit versions of software for updating old projects.
Of course I don’t know how long the will be a viable option plus the overhead of having multiple Macs to work in current apps as well as a space taking older iMac
I’m wondering if Parallels allows installing a 32 bit version of Mac OS and would have liked comments on reliability if is that is known by commenters or by William.
Paying $20 a month just for InDesign for donating design is way too expensive. I’m not switching to another program as updating docs wouldn’t work and the features and my speed would suffer to not be worth it.
I’m proficient in many programs and know whereof I speak.
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Can you please forward the above as a post? Or forward to William Gallagher? Thank you.
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I also never got satisfaction on AppleInsiders lifetime deal on Babbel after paying the sale price.
I can’t use it at all without purchasing at even a higher price and as a repeating yearly subscription, a license for one of several languages I wanted to learn.
How can you possibly call your offer a lifetime price??
I either want what I was offered or a complete refund.
That article had no comments as well when I attempted, and the article then disappeared from your site.
In desperation, I posted a comment under my avatar name with no response on your site
I was in touch with Babbel after an extremely difficult process of finding that opportunity and we’ll within their artificial window of time.
They responded with how to supposedly get to use the software and what they suggested flat out could not possibly work. The code they gave was for a page that had no place to enter a code.
Now weeks after those attempts that took too many hours, I would supposedly be out of Babbel’s eligible time windo I made an extraordinary effort and it is not my fault that I “timed out” I made multiple efforts
It seems scammy even if it isn’t. So, I will never try an AppleInsider offer again unless this is rectified. I will use any possible means to warn other users to boycott AppleInsider offers if this turns out to be made difficult by you or your affiliates, in order for one or all of companies involved to profit at users’ expense.
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I purchased and paid with the account name James A Keyser. I also go by my initials of JAK or Jak Keyser.
PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION ATTEMPT TO APPLEINSIDER ON NOVEMBER 15, 2021:
I paid for the lifetime subscription to Babbel, offered several months ago by AppleInsider. I could not sign in to Babbel and inquired as to the problem. I was told to use a code they sent. There was no code box several times, and when it appeared, it rejected the code on the many attempts I made, which was within a day or two of paying through AppleInsider offer and again when my bank account was debited. When I finally got in, I couldn’t do anything but pay for a yearly subscription. Huh? I feel scammed or at least have no one to appeal this to. Unless AppleInsider can get me what I paid for. I couldn’t start a post from the comments page, but will post this once comments appear. If comments are closed, I’ll post it in other articles to warn others of problems and no fulfillment of offer. Or worse, an offer covering up that it’s not a usable lifetime subscription. - clear
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HomePod 15.1 update brings Apple Music Lossless & Dolby Atmos support
I remember a discussion on this several months ago.hucom2000 said:It still boggles my mind that we can have lossless on a HomePod mini, but not AirPods Max…From Apple website: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212183
Can I listen to lossless audio using Apple’s Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter?Yes. The Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter is designed to transmit audio from the iPhone’s Lightning connector. It contains a digital-to-analogue converter that supports up to 24-bit/48 kHz lossless audio.
—> So, yes on headphones with analog 3.5 mm jack.
Can I listen to lossless audio using the AirPods Max Lightning to 3.5 mm Audio Cable?
The Lightning to 3.5 mm Audio Cable was designed to allow AirPods Max to connect to analogue sources for listening to films and music. AirPods Max can be connected to devices playing Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless recordings with exceptional audio quality. However, given the analogue-to-digital conversion in the cable, the playback will not be completely lossless.
So the work-around I heard discussed is the digital to analog DAC in the Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter into the Lightning port, then the Lightning to 3.5mm Audio Cable (it should be called Audio to Lightning cable) to AirPods Max.
It sounds like a double conversion could lose something in each step, but the discussion was that it sure beat the hell out of Bluetooth. I’m wanting to find a Lightning to Lightning cable and try it.
What I remember in the discussion by some audiophiles is that you don’t get all the way to the “pure” lossless, but you get pretty darn close. And since there are many who can’t discern the difference between a high quality lossy codec (AAC?) and lossless, I’d say I’d be pretty happy with “pretty darn close” to lossless.
But my hope is based on one discussion. I hope a high end sound engineer writes an article on this. Is anyone on Anandtech reading this? Or at Audiophile Magazine?
Could AppleInsider interview a sound engineer and do some double blind testing?
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Mini LED coming to 11-inch iPad Pro in 2022, Kuo says
Simple: OLED can experience burn-in of graphics that appear for long periods of time. Also, and related, the”O” stands for organic. Organic compounds usually don’t have the lifespan of inorganic compounds. In OLED, blue has a much shorter lifespan than Red and Green. This could lead to color fading and inaccurate color over time—YMMV.The biggest advantage of Mini and Micro LED can be in brightness. OLED can achieve up to 1,000 nits of brightness, while inorganic Mini and Micro LEDs can emit up to 5,000 nits of brightness Mini LEDs can approach the blacks of OLED depending on the resolution used for backlighting ( which is getting higher all the time). Micro LEDs match OLEDs in blackness values. So, contrast ratios can be much higher with Mini and Micro LEDs, compared to OLED due to the higher brightness.They’re getting really good results with Mini-LED. Plus it’s a run-up to Micro-LED, in a not obvious way—more in manufacturing than in as a back light for a group of pixels vs. a light for each subpixel of R,B,G,G respectively.
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Lunar details a 'very exciting time' for high end Mac Pro, Apple Silicon
This is an uplifting article with insight into real life consequences of Apple’s intense focus and skills in integration of software and hardware.I work in high level photography and design. My work is faster, higher quality, and a pleasure to produce with the tools I now can use.Video and 3D artists have much more complex workloads than I do, so I greatly appreciate D.E.D.’s concise yet very deep look into how these complex and demanding workflows are are so vastly improved due to Apple’s integrated design culture.I set aside my work in 3D fifteen years ago due to its time demands hurting my productivity in my specialty areas. I feel I can now revisit 3D and put it to good use in content I produce.Nice one, D.E.D.!
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Dutch antitrust regulators launch probe into Apple Pay
When you load your card onto Apple Pay, it is encrypted and sent to VISA, MasterCard, or whatever company manages the card. Then VISA eg. will issue a different set of 16 digits encrypted to send back and be stored in the Secure Enclave silicon on your iPhone. Only VISA knows the new 16 digits and only VISA has the encryption key. The Secure Enclave does not communicate without encryption, and only VISA can translate the encryption. New keys are used on every transaction. VISA et al only collect info that would be collected to make the payment, the same info collected with a card transaction.Sarkany said:Secure? Funny. I guess you didn’t read the article with the WiFi exploit. Who knows what kind of security hole is being exploited this very moment by a bad actor on Apple itself or their devices. Get real.
Read up on it at Anandtech.com or ArsTechnica.com via search on sites. AppleInsider may have an archive article on the subject as well.
It’s so secure that credit card companies and banks offer a discounted usage fee to Apple.
As in the VISA example, not even your bank knows the key. VISA does the communication with your bank directly.
If you don’t trust a company like VISA and their communicating with your bank, then you don’t have any cards at all. As far as the Secure Enclave, it is silicon that would be destructed if it is tampered with physically. Software-wise, the encryption is safer than using a card directly to pay for something.
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OWC unveils Thunderbolt Hub with multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports
Larry O’Connor, owner and founder of OWC (OtherWorld Computing aka MacSales.com) had an interview on MacObserver.com earlier this week. He’s a geek’s geek. He started OWC at age 15 and has grown the company and product line to be a significant and very reliable supplier of Mac peripherals and storage solutions.He explained that PC suppliers have often offered TB3 that was only partially implemented.
He further explained that Thunderbolt3 (TB3) has always been fully implemented on Macs and that we’ve had it good on the Mac.TB4 is actually TB3 as we’ve had on the Mac all along (40 Gb/s). The difference is that it will be certified on PCs only if it’s the full implementation under the new USB4 spec.Meanwhile, USB4 is now 40Gb/s. The new standard for USB4 includes TB3 and power requirements of at least one port supplying 100 watts of power it also enforces capability of 4 port hubs or docks plus capability for both USB4 & TB4 (te TB3 we’ve already enjoyed on Macs).The 4 port dock should work under Big Sur on all TB3 Macs. The cables have to be certfied as USB 4 as well and they have to be able to carry 100 watts of power.I’m not sure why OWC is only varying 60 watts of power.
