djames4242

I switched to Pages when iWork was still a paid product. It’s simply a better layout tool than Word. Ever tried to place an image where you actually wanted it in a Word document? Bit of a nightmare, really.

I do have a small wish list though…

1. Allow us to create new documents in Page Layout mode rather than word processing mode. 99.9% of my documents are done this way and I always have to convert the new document before working with it.

2. Let mail merge work with labels. It’s literally the only thing I still use Word for. I keep a spreadsheet with names and addresses for holiday cards and Pages merge feature creates a page of labels with the same address rather than putting each address on each label.

powermacbandit said:

If you can’t control display settings from the Mac (volume, brightness, etc) then it’s a non-starter in my book. 

It may be seen as kludgy, but BetterDisplay lets me control my inexpensive LG 4K monitors with my keyboard. I also have a portable USB monitor which defaults to 50% brightness every time I plug it in. This is the reason I paid the $20 to support this app because it was annoying having to use the monitor’s flimsy controls to increase its brightness every time I use it.

meterestnz said:

I feel your pain. My daughter purchased a m2 Mac Mini when it first came out out. She used it with a second hand Display until it failed. Money was tight so she went with a Samsung smart display. She ended up taking the Mini to the store and asking their tech manager to fix the display or replace it with something else. It took the manager nearly two hours of fiddling around with display settings to eventually get it setup correctly. When you connect to an Apple monitor it just automatically sets itself up but another brand needs manual settings to make it work and they are in many different places. It can be accomplished through so keep trying. 

Odd. My MBP is connected two dual LG 4K displays and I’ve literally had no issues. I could force my Mac into a native resolution, in which case I’d have tiny everything, but that’s certainly not the default. One would have to explicitly select that display resolution. It’s also quite simple to select a non-HiDP resolution to resolve the problem.

dope_ahmine said:

Forget about the politics and all the other craziness. Just look at Tim’s face. It’s hilarious …especially next to Trump’s. How does he even do that? I am soo lmao every time I look at it. This picture is Pulitzer material.

Reminiscent of Fauci's facepalm when Trump was suggesting humans inject bleach into their bodies and shove lights up their rear end to cure Covid.

longfang said:

Blood Ox is available for customers outside the US. 

So can I pick up an Apple Watch while traveling (say, to Canada) and bring it back with the feature intact? I presume it will be disabled when activated by my US-based Apple ID.