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17 votes
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Apple overhauls EU App Store rules following penalty
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I need advice, which laptop would you buy now?
I would like to upgrade my aged 8 years old laptop and I'm completely undecided about which laptop to buy right now. I considered Apple Intel laptops terrible, bad thermals, overpriced,...
I would like to upgrade my aged 8 years old laptop and I'm completely undecided about which laptop to buy right now.
I considered Apple Intel laptops terrible, bad thermals, overpriced, unreliable, touch bar (uggg), I hated every second working on it, when the company I work for upgraded me with a M1, it was such a huge improvement from any laptop I have ever tried, absolutely no noise, incredibly performant and the longest battery life of any laptop by a lot.
I still don't like the Apple ecosystem, and I would prefer to use Linux as my main OS, but I can't find anything that comes even closer for the price of a Mac Air, If I go with Framework I'll get a less performant machine with a way worse battery, I honestly don't think the premium on repairability is worth for me when I don't have any issues repairing more challenging laptops, at the end repairability will be how easy is to get new parts.
ThinkPads have good reputation and repairability, but for what I see, the quality has gone down the drain in their latest models, and if I go with their premium models I get similar performance to Apple with worse battery, Dell has similar issues.
Gaming laptops are not an option, I don't do any PC gaming and the size and aesthetics are a dealbreaker for me.
The main issue seems to be that until ARM processors become better competitors to Apple, the battery life will be always the bottleneck, and I don't know how good the new Snapdragon X Elite compares right now.
Besides web development, photography edition and video editing (4k), I don't do many demanding tasks, I'm more than fine with the performance of a M1 as the baseline.
As an alternative, I'm thinking about getting a powerful desktop for the demanding tasks and a less powerful laptop with a good battery and screen, but ideally I would prefer a single machine.
43 votes -
Cybernews research team has uncovered over sixteen billion leaked records since the start of 2025
37 votes -
Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys
14 votes -
Apple introduces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign
33 votes -
Mysterious database of 184 million records exposes vast array of login credentials
25 votes -
So how do I know my passwords are safe?
11 votes -
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
23 votes -
They paid $3,500 for Apple’s Vision Pro. A year later, it still hurts.
26 votes -
Where are the small phones?
51 votes -
All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding
55 votes -
Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps
81 votes -
A quick look at the iPhone 16e made in Brazil
8 votes -
Apple and Meta first companies to be fined a combined 700 million euros for violating EU Digital Markets Act (DMA)
45 votes -
UK tribunal denies government's request to keep details of 'backdoor order' case secret, that lead to Apple disabling 'Advanced Data Protection Service' for UK customers
19 votes -
Leave our UI alone
14 votes -
Are you tech-savvy enough?
27 votes -
Vibe coding on Apple Shortcuts
5 votes -
Asahi Linux (eli5: Linux for Macbooks) progress report: Linux 6.14, microphone support, Fedora Asahi and many more
11 votes -
Combining machine learning and homomorphic encryption in the Apple ecosystem
9 votes -
EU paves the way for iPhones and Android devices to ditch USB-C entirely
32 votes -
Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones
46 votes -
Mozilla sees surge in Firefox users thanks to EU’s Digital Markets Act
68 votes -
The iPad’s “sweet” solution
18 votes -
Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users
39 votes -
What's the deal with SafetyCore, the weird app that suddenly appeared on Android?
29 votes -
Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever
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iOS 18.4 adding RCS support for Google Fi and other T-Mobile based carriers
14 votes -
Apple's software quality crisis: when premium hardware meets subpar software
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Why didn't Keynote take off?
This is a bit of a round about story, but bear with me. I like PowerPoint, I love using it, it's intuitive to me. Google slides is okay, (I never delved into OpenOffice or any other offshoot...
This is a bit of a round about story, but bear with me.
I like PowerPoint, I love using it, it's intuitive to me. Google slides is okay, (I never delved into OpenOffice or any other offshoot really), but when I have a choice, I like using PPT.
I consider myself a comfortable Apple user as well, I prefer it for most of my computing needs, but not all, so it's not like I am not capable of using the Apple ecosystem.
However, whenever I have tried Keynote or Pages or any of the "office" tools, I don't like them.
I cannot tell if this is because these products or projects were killed off because of lowspread adoption at their onset, and thus did not get any development or improvement. Apple often does not release things and then just let them die, it usually waits a long time before it releases something, so they don't release things with potential failure (maybe I'm wrong, my memory doesn't recall anything like that other than this very example lol, and I guess their camera, but I digress).
I guess my rambling is, is PowerPoint just good and Keynote just bad or is there some more interesting story to it?
11 votes -
Find my hacker: How Apple's network can be a potential tracking tool
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Screen Time on iOS shows "verizon.com" as an app being used 24/7, and I don't even know what "verizon.com" is
While not the same website, this reddit thread from several years ago is the only thing coming up on Google for me and everyone in there has had the same thing happen to them: the Screen Time...
While not the same website, this reddit thread from several years ago is the only thing coming up on Google for me and everyone in there has had the same thing happen to them: the Screen Time settings in iOS showing some website being up 24/7
It should be noted I don't have Verizon, have never been to verizon.com, and don't even use Safari as my browser. I have -0- idea how in the world this is showing up, and so it automatically makes me assume my phone has been hacked somehow (but try to remind myself that tech is also just wonky).
I set the screen time limit to 1 minute, and it has not showed up again as an app that has even been used. This is on a iPhone XS on iOS 15.4.1
Does anyone have any idea what this means or why this would happen?
14 votes -
Some US carriers are still missing RCS on iPhone: who’s to blame?
9 votes -
Apple debuts iPhone 16e
27 votes -
Apple to invest $500 billion in the US in the next four years, build AI server factory
12 votes -
Apple stops offering end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage in the UK due to government spying demands
64 votes -
How do I get my iPhone to recalculate battery health?
My iPhone 14 Pro has been at 84% battery health for almost a year now. Anecdotally the battery lasts significantly less time than it did previously, even when it was already at 84% health. I think...
My iPhone 14 Pro has been at 84% battery health for almost a year now. Anecdotally the battery lasts significantly less time than it did previously, even when it was already at 84% health. I think it may just be a stale calculation, and my actual battery health is significantly lower. If I can get it to show as less than 80%, I can get AppleCare to replace it. Does anyone here know how to get the iPhone to recalculate this value?
I have Coconut batter on the Mac, and it can check the battery health for an iPhone attached with a cable. It uses a different formula, so it gives me a health of 87%. However it also shows history for when I have run it in the past, and when I tested it almost 100 charge cycles ago, it also read 87%. I don't know how any battery can go almost 100 charge cycles with zero degradation (537 to 617 cycles, so it's not like it's a fresh battery).
8 votes -
UK orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
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Uses for retired 2009 MacBook Pro? [Specifically, when I already own an RPi4]
Its screen and touchpad work as well as they always have, even though it's largely been gathering dust beneath my desk for the past two years. It's obsolete and too slow for modern (read: under 7...
Its screen and touchpad work as well as they always have, even though it's largely been gathering dust beneath my desk for the past two years. It's obsolete and too slow for modern (read: under 7 years old) macOS, but it's not broken.
I could install Linux and set up a server, but my Pi has already filled that role.
This topic came to mind because a friend sent two truly broken laptops—including a MBP of similar vintage to the one discussed here—home with me to send to electronics recycling. Kicking about for other opinions before I add this computer to the pile.
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The invalid 68030 instruction that accidentally allowed the Mac Classic II to successfully boot up
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Apple Intelligence doesn't work the way I want it to
Recently I did an update on my Macbook and it started showing alerts about Apple Intelligence. I've heard a little bit of marketing about this but I haven't really spent any time trying to figure...
Recently I did an update on my Macbook and it started showing alerts about Apple Intelligence. I've heard a little bit of marketing about this but I haven't really spent any time trying to figure out if it is just hype. Well, I've tried it a few times and I'm completely underwhelmed.
One of marketed features is that Siri is much improved. That would be nice, I thought, because there are only a few use cases like "Set an Alarm" where Siri could ever do anything besides a google search.So there are two times recently I tried to use this improved Siri to solve a problem. My background using AI: I use Copilot at work. I get mixed results for it, but it does use my local context (open files etc) and is able to ask follow up questions if my prompt is too vague.
First Use Case: I want to solve a technical problem on my laptop
- My Prompt: "Can you help me fix Discord so that audio is shared when I share a video stream"
- My Expectation: Maybe an AI summary of the cause of the issue. Maybe open up system settings or open up Discord or give an explanation of why this is a technical problem on Macs.
- Actual Siri Response: Does an internet search and shows some links. Essentially just did a google search which I could have done by typing the same prompt in a browser.
Second Use case: I want help finding a file on my laptop
In this case, I made a summary of my finances on my laptop a few months ago. I can't remember what I named the file or what kind of file it was. Maybe a spreadsheet? I know it was on my local computer.
- My 1st Prompt: Can you help me find a specific file on my computer
- My Expectation: Maybe some follow up questions where it asks me for a date range or something that is inside the file. Yes, I know that I can do this in Finder but I want Apple Intelligence to save me a few minutes.
- Siri: Shows the result of a web search on how to find files on a computer. The first few results are for Microsoft Windows
- 2nd Prompt: Can you help me find a specific file on my mac
- Siri: Tells me to use Command-space and use the search
In both cases, Siri just acted like a shortcut to a google search. It didn't even recognize that I was asking the question on a Mac. This is same as Siri has always been. I assume that it can still figure out to set a timer and do a few things, but it doesn't seem to be working in a way I would expect an AI to work at all.
28 votes -
Norwegian payment service Vipps becomes world's first company to launch competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone – follows agreement with European regulators
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iPhone music players with good CarPlay experience?
I’m about to take a road trip and I want to be able to easily play my music and it would be a huge pain to do this with iTunes. I’ve got VLC but the UI leaves much to be desired. I can’t even view...
I’m about to take a road trip and I want to be able to easily play my music and it would be a huge pain to do this with iTunes. I’ve got VLC but the UI leaves much to be desired. I can’t even view my music by album in CarPlay, which is how I’m going to be accessing my music. There are tons of music playing apps out there but they are all varying degrees of sketchy. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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Forced to upgrade [from iPhone 8]
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I just bought a 64GB iPad, anything I should know/do?
I'm not a very heavy tablet user, but generally like to have a tablet around for stuff I won't do on my phone. I bought a Pixel Tablet last year when I did my big tech upgrade (new phone, new...
I'm not a very heavy tablet user, but generally like to have a tablet around for stuff I won't do on my phone. I bought a Pixel Tablet last year when I did my big tech upgrade (new phone, new smart watch, new upgraded tablet), but found the experience a bit lacking with the more important stuff I use my tablet for, largely taking notes with OneNote, and very light mobile gaming (which I usually use my phone for, since it's right there).
I'm curious if anybody's got any advice for a non-dedicated Apple user with an iPad. I'm already thinking about synergy with my multi-platform apps like Microsoft 365, Google Drive (free tier) and Mega (which I use as a backup repo for large data that isn't documents like games, music samples, etc).
I'm thinking some music apps would be great to take advantage of the generally lower-latency audio capabilities of the iPad, but aside from that can't think of too much. Otherwise, due to the 64GB, it's going to be my cloud-oriented low-storage tablet.
I saved $70 on a black friday deal on Amazon, so I bought a pen to go with it, which isn't the Apple Pencil and would be curious to know if I'm missing out on a ton doing that as well?
Side question: I would be curious what the third-party app world is like as well, ideally something like iOS F-Droid.
16 votes -
Selfishness in AI
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Img_0416
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GSM-Symbolic: Understanding the limitations of mathematical reasoning in large language models
15 votes -
AAA gaming on Asahi Linux [Linux distribution ported to Apple Silicon Macs]
23 votes