eightzero

Know what you call someone who dies when a simple technological device they had on could have altered them to a serious medical condition that could have been treated? A "plaintiff." 

If this is a device you are eagerly looking forward, I am happy for you. Having more choices is always a good thing. I do want you to eventually have your wish come true.

I am disappointed that this is a priority for Apple seemingly to the exclusion of other projects. I can think of many other things I would prefer to see - things like an ATV with an OTA tuner (ATSC3?); a new Airport with an onboard Apple branded VPN; updated Beats Fit Pro (those wingtips actually work well). None of these things seems to be even remotely on the radar for Apple. Heck, even something as simple as a hardware cover on my iPhone camera lenses (a little slide device in the case) would be welcome. That the smart home stuff is all reliant on AI that doesn't seem to work is all the more disappointing. To me. YMMV. 

This is a prime, specific example of why this smart home crap is crap. I’ve bought my last Belkin product. 

I drank the kool-aid on this, and now really regret it. Fortunately, I didn't go all-in, so my damage is limited to one installed light switch in the wall that really was difficult to install. When it fails, I will replace it with a traditional electromechanical switch like was there for 70+ years without a hitch. The wall plugs will just go in the trash. 

Funny, but Belkin says they will stop "supporting" the product. They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

welshdog said:

eightzero said:

And oh, I've never been able to actually use Spotlight. 

One thing Spotlight offers is the fastest app finder/launcher in Mac OS. Hit Command+Spacebar, type a few letters of the app name, return - pow app launched. It takes seconds to perform and no need to go to the finder. If Clipboard History works as easily and smoothly as this, it will be useful, but it will still need a quick "Clear" function.

Sure. But the results are (to me) unintelligible. To. Me. And I admit I'm not real bright about using it, and rather just don't want to bother with it. I'm just looking for files and content I know is on my mac. somewhere. from...20+ years ago.

welshdog said:

Wonder how this behaves with Handoff? I don't keep sensitive passwords on my phone and thus sometimes use Handoff Copy from my Mac password manager to get a password over to the iPhone. Is Clipboard History going to hang on to these passwords until they are pushed out of the buffer? I would imagine there will be a keyboard shortcut to clear the buffer. Also, the option of turning this feature off might be nice.

At the risk of thread jack, there are a *lot* of UI and OS features i'd really like to turn off, perhaps selectively (AI I'm looking at you...) I find that I see these announcements for updates and upgrades, and think "oh, that's kinda cool" and then when I actually try it, it really isn't. I admit, maybe I'm not using my Apple devices like the machines the developers think. I just want simple, intuitive, and predictable. For example, this clipboard thingy has been 30 years in the making. When it arrives in September, my guess is I will look at it, and it won't be like what i've been using for...30 years. I'd like to turn it off. Will I be able to and just stick with the nice 3rd party one? YMMV.

And oh, I've never been able to actually use Spotlight. Yes, I guess I'm a dumbass, but it doesn't work for me and my needs at all. YMMV. Go to the finder, get a new window, do a search in a search bar. Found. Done. Bet that's been around for 30 years too.

How about a big button on the UI that erases all those search histories, clipboards, caches, cookies, hidden stuff. Put *that* in the UI, Apple.