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  • Three new Macs revealed in EEC regulatory filings

    If Apple came out with new model numbers for new colours of existing computers, would that help Apple to obfuscate these filings?
    I don't think so. Apple as far as I know does not use different model numbers for colour variants and would not need a new entry on the database


    watto_cobra
  • Apple releases redesigned Safari 15 with Tab Groups, better performance

    Love the new changes, although watch out on some websites. Safari's adopting of the color of website to be used on the tab bar and toolbar makes for a very loud (brightly colored) experience. The BBC's website, for example, is one very red surfing experience.  :D
     I agree. I have BBC News as my homepage

    First thing I turned off. Far too bright 

    williamlondon
  • Report suggests Apple's A15 Bionic lacks significant CPU upgrades due to chip team brain d...

    rinosaur said:
    I noticed this comparison to the “competition” vs. the previous chip in the presentation and feared the worst… 
    Apparently Apple did the same comparisons to the competition last year for the iPhone 12. Like you I had similar thoughts and did not recall this
    watto_cobra
  • M1X Mac mini will be thinner, use iMac's magnetic power connector says leaker

    I thought most predictions suggest that the M1X will be available in up to 64Gb of unified memory not 16Gb as the article states
    aderutterOutdoorAppDevelopercgWerkswatto_cobra
  • New Siri Remote touch behavior inconsistent, cause unknown

    MichaelP. said:
    Does no one read user guides anymore? On Apple's support site, there are many of them and there is also one for the Apple TV, in which you can very clearly read how the scrubbing works with the new remote.
    No people (and myself) do not read guides for devices that are supposed to be simple to use and for which there have been several iterations before that did not require reading a guide. 

    FYI - Even when I go to the AppleTV support page it is not easy to find the information on the new remote. On the UK page I had to search for the new remote support info to get me to the new support guide. It doesn't appear on the main appleTV support guide page at all which still leads with the old models and remote

    This shuttle wheel action was a tentpole feature of the new remote.

    In fact. The Event video infers that this is a simple jog dial you use by moving your finger in a circular fashion, iPod style. It does not show any part of the pause video and wait sequence. The video jumps straight to a timeline being scrolled with a circle displayed. Poor editing possibly but a wasted opportunity to explain this action and new user experience, that seems to have stumped many intelligent people and prompted several articles and hundreds of comments across tech sites. 

    It would be a far better single step UX experience to recognise the circular scrolling action and after a short delay to prevent false positives, invoke the action. Completely intuitive and nothing to learn.
    gatorguy