I get that you were upset and that totally happened to you, not disputing that at all. Apple Music did weird, awful shit when it launched. Just found it funny that I was like "wonder what the comments say!" And lo and behold it was you right on top
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I get that you were upset and that totally happened to you, not disputing that at all. Apple Music did weird, awful shit when it launched. Just found it funny that I was like "wonder what the comments say!" And lo and behold it was you right on top
That's like low-key one of the best uses for them. Taking one out pauses whatever you're watching as well, it's perfect.
Hey, at least she's reaching out to Apple and getting some answers. I'm certainly not any more inclined to purchase a HomePod than I was before since it still won't play music from my Mac's ITunes except for AirPlay. And yeah, I still refuse to use iCloud Library because I don't want my music screwed with and don't want compressed audio on my iPhone.
That's so incredibly dumb. Like, I don't want to keep watching a series I started because it's just random interviews (Comedians in Cars) and I already watched the ones I wanted, so to get it off my Continue Watching list, I have to scrub through each one? Blech.
That doesn't seem to do it. If I hold select over it, it doesn't present me with any options. If I go into the show, I can see the option to "Add" to my watch list, but I never added it in the first place so I can't remove it, and if I do add it and then remove it, it's still there.. It just tells me I should continue watch on the last episode I watched.
Yeah that's excellent news and there shouldn't be any reason why it shouldn't work. I mean you could always change the video mode from the settings anyway so the software would only need to call mode switch according to video.
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ATV4 never had a 24hz mode. It was previously exclusive to the 4K
Man, my late 2013 rMBP is starting to show its age. I need to buy a replacement soon. For the first time I'm really tempted to get a windows laptop because of the HDR enabled screens, especially the new Lenovo X1 Carbon, X1 Yoga and the Dell XPS 13/15.
I was hoping Apple would upgrade the screens in some way with their last redesign on the Pro's, my sister ended up getting one last year and I don't see much difference with mine other than the touch bar which doesn't appeal to me.
Though I'd like Apple to release a HDR/Dolby Vision enabled MacBook Pro or an OLED(yeah right...) but I doubt either of these are coming in the next few years.
Sad face. Oh well.
I was hoping Apple would upgrade the screens in some way with their last redesign on the Pro's, my sister ended up getting one last year and I don't see much difference with mine other than the touch bar which doesn't appeal to me.
Though I'd like Apple to release a HDR/Dolby Vision enabled MacBook Pro or an OLED(yeah right...) but I doubt either of these are coming in the next few years.
Sad face. Oh well.
What makes you want to upgrade? I also have a 2013 rMBP and I'm kinda thinking about upgrading. Any particular software you're having issues with?
Keyboard is giving up
It's sarting to show off wear and tear as well
Power source while charging it doesn't charge at times, will have to unplug the mag safe and replug it. Battery life has gone down considerably
Occasional freezes while using the laptop
Not to mention 5 years of the same screen with the same resolution, colors, I'm kinda bored because there are some good advancements in the display tech recently. Few laptops have OLED screens and I've heard they're spectacular. Now couple more laptops that are announced this year have HDR displays. I spend a lot of time reading, browsing and watching videos, so laptop, tablet or phone, display is my priority.
Never had a laptop other than Mac and finally thinking of making the switch. Debating on it though.
I wouldn't. I can promise you your laptop will show its age a lot sooner than a MacBook Pro would.
Source me with a 2015 rog gaming laptop that is still good but my MacBook Pro 2012 which I just gave away still ran awesomely
I replaced the battery on my 2011 MBP and updated to an SSD. It's super fast and handles anything I need it to - granted I don't throw anything too complicated at it. I think I'm going to stick with it until they no longer support the OS because I'm kind of bummed with the small HD/no ports model they have gone with MacBooks. If that's the way we are heading I'm actually considering going with an iPad Pro with pen, because I really like it. I have a gaming PC, so I don't need a ton of power.
im looking forward to the next iPad iteration so I can pull out the iPad instead of my MBP for quick check on things
I like iPad but hardly have used it since getting iPhone 7 Plus and now iPhone X. The phone experience is so good and not small and zippy now. It is such a breeze that 95% of what I do is web browsing and that is now 95% done on my phone.
Not sure if I'll upgrade iPad any time soon but I do still want to upgrade my 2011 MacBook Pro, which is weird since I use that even less than iPad.
Not sure if I'll upgrade iPad any time soon but I do still want to upgrade my 2011 MacBook Pro, which is weird since I use that even less than iPad.
I wish there was a way to quick switch accounts in AppleTV like in Netflix, but since it would have to filter down into individual apps, it probably doesn't matter. I don't think Hulu has profiles, for example.
Edit: actually I'm wrong. Hulu does have profiles.
Edit: actually I'm wrong. Hulu does have profiles.
The wife needs a new computer for school.
We are now considering a large iPad Pro with keyboard.
Primary uses reading, office360, writing, stuff like that.
Is that viable? Anything to be wary of?
We are now considering a large iPad Pro with keyboard.
Primary uses reading, office360, writing, stuff like that.
Is that viable? Anything to be wary of?
If it came with a replacement AirPods case I MIGHT consider that. Otherwise ir seems completely unnecessary.
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Laptops remain miles ahead of iPads for productivity and extensibility. Don't over-think it.
I mean, I'm using purely an iPad Pro 10.5 for school right now. The pencil makes it crazy good for note taking and I have the majority of my textbooks splitscreened with GoodNotes. I type my papers in Word with the Smart Keyboard.
It's more than possible unless she's gonna need something specialized in the future that the iPad can't provide
I'm in a similar boat, but even Kaby Lake R is only starting to move the needle coming from a Haswell 13" MBP. My laptop is still holding up, so I'll hold out until Apple at least ditches the current MBP's keyboard. If I need a new computer before that time, I guess I can move to Windows. The XPS 15 does look pretty neat...
Very viable. The Pencil is fantastic for PDFs with PDF Expert, you can't beat the portability, and you don't have to take the computer into the Apple Store every time a speck of dust gets under the keyboard.
I'd recommend a Windows laptop long before I suggest someone try to go full iPad.
It may suit some edge cases but the likelihood of bumping your head against the walled garden of iOS at some point in the winding road of changable demands and needs in college is very, very high.
That poster mentioned that the computer was for their partner, so I assumed there would be a Windows/Mac for backup. While the iPad can't do every little thing a PC can, it'll do 80-85% of them. The poster asked for a computer that'll be used for notetaking, reading, and writing, and the iPad is great for that. The iPad is also far more likely to survive college than a laptop, especially Apple's current laptop lineup.
What you think you need from a computer in college is rarely what you actually end up needing. College and work are places for utility and not experimentation when it comes to gear IMO.
So I want some advice guys, I have a 2012 Retina MBP - I am conflicted about upgrading to a 2017 MBP, is it worth it? Would a 12" MacBook be better? I tend to do quite a lot of Excel work on my MBP and I'm worried the mobile processor on the 12" MacBook is just going to be too poor.
Now I have one less reason to hardly ever use my ATV instead of my Shield.
As for the Homepod....that never was going to happen for me. Too expensive (given I already have a decent home theatre for music playing), and it further tries to push people into Apple services only. But that's my general complaint about Apple and they will never change in that regard.
Nice! What model/specs did you get?
A laptop sleeve, some dongles (I dunno if it comes with some?). I'd also say an external hdd for backups (+ others/cloud for redundancy) if you don't have one already.
2017 13.3", smaller HDD (I have a 2 tb external I'll format for it), i5 with 8 gig of RAM. I've been eyeing them for a month or so, but now that they went on sale as I was getting my refund, I figured I'd pull the trigger. Bought two USB-C to USB 3.0 adapters on Amazon today so I can use the HDD and my mouse.
I have the same machine and it's working great even now. Back in June actually I took it in to get the keyboard replaced. Turned out it was the battery causing swelling. It cost me a TOTAL of $199 to replace the battery and the ENTIRE top case which includes the keyboard and trackpad. I got lucky. $200 for literally half of a 4 year old $2600 laptop replacement. It basically saved me a few thousand to upgrade. I'll be able to use this for at least another year or two.
I'd totally recommend taking it in and explaining the situation and seeing if they can do anything. You never know.
I never noticed any problems with my display resolution. I even keep mine set to 1920x1200 retina. (The maximum resolution setting) Sure it's not OLED or anything. But it looks fine to me.
I'm not really in a hurry to upgrade if I can wait for the next overhaul refresh. I'd have to get used to the new trackpad, keyboard and the touch bar which I like and am eager to play with (via BTT) but can wait since it's not a problem right now. I mean this machine is still pretty goddamn fast. I'm glad I went all out and got the top of the line model. I can see why one would feel their current offering is boring. I mean the jump from the previous designs with the optical drive and the thick casing to the super ultra thin and light models with their retina displays was really awesome. But then the most recent jump didn't do much for the display or the weight and just replaced the keyboard and trackpad with newer versions, added a touch bar and removed all useful ports in an effort to "courageously" push technology forward without completely thinking things through. Not that I'd care if I only had USB-C. I don't plug much into my laptop really. But my dad has already lost his USB to USB-C dongle once and had to buy another one.
I'd also never ever consider Windows personally. There's a really big difference between the two systems and Windows just does not do it for me at all.
So, I just had the icon pop up on my menubar that someone was sharing my screen. It showed a mac address as who was connected, but I have no idea why that would have been happening. Any ideas what that might have been?
Sounds maybe like malware. First thing I'd do is check in Preferences -> Sharing and see if Screen Sharing and/or Remote Login is turned on.
Both were turned on because I use them. They're off now. Only my account and administrator are listed as authorized users.
Edit: Malwarebytes picked up nothing. Currently trying Avast. I'm a little freaked out right now. Full system scan of Avast is going to take a day probably.
Edit: Is there a connection history/log I can look up to see any info on what might have happened?
Edit: Console only shows from midnight now, and this happened before midnight, so I can't search system.log for screensharing, or it is just coming up blank.
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Thanks everyone for the input.
Yea we have a MBP at home, whose battery is dead and needs power after 15 minutes so for anything fancy she can use that.
I think we will go with an iPad. :)
I'm trying to create an external copy of MacOS as my Macbook is bootlooping. Apple's complete inability to us a percentage counter and instead use absolutely ludicrously wrong time estimates is just embarrassing at this point. It's the sort of thing Mac users used to mock Windows for.