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Apple Intelligence second wave arrives today -- what you need to know
You can switch back and forth easily. You click on a category or another— or click on “all categories “ and you’re back to what how it was before the update.mike1 said:Through machine learning, the built-in Mail app can classify emails into categories such as...I really hope this can be disabled. Don't think I would have any use for this and will probably add extra steps to clean up e-mails.I have the final 18.2 beta running on last year’s iPhone 15 Pro Max. Right now I’m using this year’s 16 Pro Max. ( I like having extra iPhones to mount on tripods or grips to shoot what is called “B roll” in video parlance.I love the categories feature for seeing emails that are most important to me, or looking at emails that are essentially bills.And the I go back to “All Categories” to double check if I missed anything. I will stop looking at “All Categories as I grow to trust the prescribed ones. I’m certain machine learning is being applied to the categories. My important ones are always in the high priority category. I don’t know how it knows other than checking contact list, or perhaps my Favorites list in phone app. But it includes more and seems good at it. It hasn’t missed important emails nor has it included any stuff I would skip.The News category seems to have a very high density of email I won’t read and can delete. It’s made culling email so very much easier.I am relieved as I get over 40 emails by 2pm every day. I unsubscribe and boom, they’ve sold my name to another entity. It’s a whack-a-mole exercise.I’ve been using the “Hide-My-Email” feature for about 2 years and it has helped a lot. I used to get 75 emails by 2pm before using Hide My Email for about 6 months.If you donate to non-profits like I do, always use “Hide My Email” with each new organization.Bottom line: don’t fear categories nor dismiss them until you try them. If you don’t like them, just leave “All Categories “ checked all the time.
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How to use Apple Notes for instant equation results on iOS 18
Yes, I agree that would still be ‘compute’, but it is common even in math classes to say if a^2+b^3=?, and if a=3 and b=2, ‘solve’, or more commonly, ‘calculate’ the expression rather than compute the expression.Maurizio said:It would be useful to everybody, online press, users, and even Apple, to use the correct language.
Notes do not solve equations, it computes expressions.
An equation is something like x^2-1= 0, and solving it means finding the values of the 'variables' that make the equality true.
Computing an expression is executing a algorithm writter as a mathematicak expression: 3*5-2 means multiply 3 by 5, add 2 and tell us the results.
The two things are wildly different, with different use cases, and very different complexity.
MaurizioIt’s technically better to say compute, although I prefer calculate.Using the word “compute” was rare in my math background long ago. I got an 800 score in the SAT Advanced Math level II test, but that was 60 years ago. So I was pretty fussy about math terms too. Has usage changed?In 1960 through 1965, during my advanced H.S. math program, we didn’t have digital computers—they were in Universities with punch card input. The term computer also described a person who specialized in solving advanced math problems and in high volumes. I think that’s a clue to older folks saying “solve the problem“—that’s what our teachers told us to do. So I think it comes down to expression vs equation. An equation equates two sides of the ‘equals’ sign.Expressions and calculation results pasted from notes:
a=3, b=2
a^2+b^3 = 17
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a=3, b=2, c=4
3a^3 + 2b^2 +3c = 101
Another thought on this is that when you calculate the expression, you put an ‘equals’ sign and the result on the right. Ipso facto, you have an equation!
Note: This is the first time I’ve typed an algebraic math problem in Apple Notes on an iPhone. I’m impressed with Math Notes.
I also wonder if a future version of Math Notes will have some abilities to solve equations.
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Apple A16 chip is now being produced in the USA
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I think the silicon dies might go back to Taiwan, Japan or South Korea for chip packaging, then to where ever for assembly into the final product. Could be China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, who knows. It's global supply chain. A lot of people moan about Apple products being assembled in China, but that is akin to complaining about wanting to do landscaping or grass cutting jobs. …NYC362 said:
Yup.. that's exactly how it would work. It might sounds nuts, but the costs of everything are figured out to the penny and if it was cheaper to do it elsewhere, they would.ssfe11 said:These chips would be shipped to China AND India for assembly?
AMKOR, based in nearby City of Tempe, is building a $2 billion chip packaging factory next door to the north Phoenix TSMC Fab in neighboring Peoria.From ABC News: “… Amkor is set to package and test chips for industry heavyweights Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Apple Inc. …” [ at the new 500,000 sq ft plant just west of the TSMC plant.]
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Apple is ramping up for a big iPhone 16 sales boost thanks to Apple Intelligence
Apple’s AI features will start to appear around the December to February timeframe. From the WWDC sessions I attended, and looking at the hooks for third party apps, I can imagine Apple’s first party apps will be pleasant to use.Today’s hyped AI that a lot of you are complaining about is indeed annoying at times. But that’s the LLM generative AI. Maybe we’re expecting too much. All types of ML or AI are improving at an accelerating rate with improvements marked more in 6 months rather than yearly—certainly noticeably improved yearly. Disregard the hype, be patient and look forward to the coming improvements.Apple’s three level approach is attractive in that generative AI like CHAT GPT is only one of the three levels, and only if local or private cloud AI doesn’t provide you what you want.1.) The first level, on-device, will be able to learn and take your corrections with durability.
2.) The private cloud AI, the 2nd prong, will be encrypted and anonymized. Apple would likely curate that intelligence to weed out bad information.3.) The third prong is your option, and you have to consciously delect the option of going to the third party AI. It looks like Apple might take on more partners for third party AI LLM choices.Apple is rarely first mover and usually releases when they’ve refined something new. Sure, you can give me a list of shortcomings—I’d bet my list is longer. But on the whole, other than Siri, Apple’s use of machine learning has been pretty useful even if in subtle ways.My prediction from what I learned at WWDC, and from past experience with Apple striving to under-promise and over-deliver, is that AI and Siri will be a pleasant experience by January or February. In the keynote and on subsequent interviews, Apple revealed the new session nature of Siri queries. They demonstrated follow up queries related merely by session proximity eg. Make ‘XYZ’ appointment. Oh, and remind Joe of that in a text.
They demonstrated stumbling and changing what you said in a command or query. That shows real life usefulness. (especially for me)When do the best deals happen on iPhones? In the March timeframe. Consider the iPhone 16 upgrade for March and get a good deal — it will time well with the AI features.For many of us, upgrading in the Fall is fine—we’re patient and will be happy for improvements when they are delivered—when they are ready.
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New iPad mini with OLED screen rumored to arrive in 2026
I would like to see Apple consider a more upscale version of the mini. Smaller bezels, Face ID, an M class processor with great GPU for using it as a more portable demo unit for artists to share their work in video or CAD including animation collaboration on the go.Most of all, include one or two decent camera(s) where the mini can be used on a tripod or by colleague to shoot B-roll, while using iPhone for main camera. (For non-video folks, B-roll is shot for content that might be adjacent to main subject in foreground, background or just a different angle on the subject. Often the sound wave profiles can be used to sync the two, but since the clocks in computers, smartphones and tablets sync to time standard through WiFi or cell signal, that can be used. Sound is important—for example a side view ( B-roll) in an interview insures the mouth is moving in sync with the audio on the main camera.Currently I keep my previous years’s iPhone for my B-roll. A mini with good processors would be kind of interesting to assemble a quick video piece to check if you got the shots you need and for continuity. Yes of course I use my iPad Pro 11” or 13” for that, but it’s a bit extra size and weight to lug around on casual work or when some hiking is involved.Imagine the mini that’s thinner and lighter than it already is—to include advances in the latest Pros especially in lighter weight.
