jblongz

Apple watch is a material beauty, but having to charge it daily (unless you own the Ultra) spoils the experience. Maybe this realization has risen over the hype.  I get almost a full week on my Fitbit (Sense v2), and it tracks my sleep quality in addition to the common sensors, notifications, and call features.  It may not be as flashy, but it sure has more stamina.  For me, the silent alarm clock with smart awake is beneficial. I like rejecting a call without having to approach the phone.  I Google's acquisition of Fitbit would get people's attention away from Apple, but Google smothered the Fitbit catalog with their own Pixel models, ignoring some key marketing points of Charge and Sense models. 

VictorMortimer said:

People actually use OneNote?

I mean, the only 'note' app I've ever seen a need for on Windoze is Notepad, and that's just because it's the closest thing to TextEdit on a real computer.

If I see OneNote on a Mac, I just delete it.

Nothing on the market is near to competing with One Note I've tried them all from EveryNote to Good Notes.  If you write a lot (manuals, content for web, organizing complex ideas, etc) OneNote gives unparalleled organization (notebooks, sections, pages, subs), multiple page styles (graph paper, notebook paper, modular canvas), cross-platform sync, and the usual suspects (collaboration, file embedding, tables, etc).  And within Edge browser, the best web page clipper on the market.  So put some respect on the name. 

Surely Apple has been testing cameras in Apple TV for several feature ideas:

• Exercise/Interactive games.
• AR - Placing self in different environments on screen
• Facetime

It may not be release any time soon, or at all, but it makes sense that engineers are exploring it.  


Amazon has been successful with their Echo Show (thought limited in features) with the addition of a display and camera.  It provides the essential Fire TV features, video calls, and works great for checking in on kids at home.  

The best alternative I've found to iCloud+ (still use it), Dropbox, and Frame.io is a QNAP NAS.  With its Qsync function, I get the best of all worlds: 1) sync across MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. 2)Versioning. 3) Multiple users and directories. 4) Full control over data.  The caveats are maintaining backups (scheduled), security (WireGuard VPN router), and uptime (UPS, redundancy).

If we're talking about managing creative works and collaborating, a well configured NAS beats any 3rd party cloud service if you have a fast network bandwidth. This approached is easier with the new iPhone 15 Pro external drive functionality....plug that drive into NAS and it can auto-import new footage to your preferred directory.  

How are people making high-end games for iOS/MacOS without tools like Unreal Engine or Unity?  I've read some introductory documents about Metal and it seems so complex just for that one area of gave development.   Anyone know that the Apple pipeline really looks like?