The Apple Thread - The Bear and Badger

afgavinstan

If only I could put into words the extent of my gf's screenshotting/storage problems. It's excruciatingly annoying.

Diluted Dante

One of the easiest things to do is scan through and look for black/single colour images. I found loads.

Then screenshots. You do not need any of those screenshots anymore. They served their purpose within minutes of being taken.

Syph79

b0r1s wrote:

Syph79 wrote:

It’s here. Very nice.

Impressions? You hooked up a mouse or trackpad?

I haven’t done either mate, because I’m a sucker for the pencil - and all I’ve done is used that.

I had a 2016 Pro and I have to be careful to be too over the top here, because there’s nothing really that I’ve done so far, that I wouldn’t be able to do on that.

However, it’s a lovely thing. The integration of the pencil into the Pad via the magnetic charging port is awesome and a much better solution that the old weird aerial way of charging on the older unit.

I also like the folio keyboard, but I had (or have) a Logitech one for the 2016 model and the keys on that are way better. I knew that going into the purchase though, as I wanted more of a case that was also keyboard, rather than a keyboard that doubles as a case.

No regrets at all.

b0r1s

Cool. Glad you are enjoying it. Have to admit switching to this Pro (2018 model) vs the old the new pencil is just a perfect implementation.

The magic keyboard case on I now treat the tablet differently. I now use it as a laptop that if I want I just whip the tablet off and use it to draw or take notes on. The cursor integration is very well done. Some apps obviously have to now update to take advantage of how the cursor can change shape depending on context but it’s a great idea.

Right now, beyond my work MacBook Air I can’t see me needing to use a real laptop again.

[Deleted User]

I don't think you need iTunes for photos. I believe that one of the few things you can actually drag and drop.

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JMW

Is there any way yet of changing the metadata of songs just in iOS? I’m still having to keep my MacBook around for that.

mrsmr2

I have a wife whose good to uesless photo ratio is about 1:6. There is no point in me trying to teach her discipline and delete the crap ones at the time.

So yes, there is a load of rubbish that isn't needed. But I'm not cleaning it up.

JMW

I’d forgotten I’d get a year’s free Apple TV with my new iPhone so I had another look - still almost nothing appealing. The Beastie Boys film was good though.

b0r1s

Yep Apple dropping Intel. Would love to see the effect on Intel’s share price. With AMD chips coming to more PC laptops Intel are getting squeezed on both platforms.

stellavista

They didn’t announce any news Macs but during the ‘Apple silicon’ bit at the end they seemed to show loads of new chunky iMacs with holes on the back like the new Mac Pro towers?

b0r1s

Thats the new Cinema Display. Been out a while. Costs about £5k

stellavista

Ah, scrap that then. My bad. Too eager for a new iMac for music making.

b0r1s

Next years your year mate. All those new chips. Cooler systems. Able to run iPad and iPhone apps natively on them too.

monkey

Bet they still don’t put touchscreens in their laptops though.

stellavista

Would appreciate my Moog iPad apps working direct on my Mac instead of plugging my iPad in and doing the annoying audio centre switch thing.

hunk

Moore's law is dead so it was only a matter of time before Apple dropped them. Apple's Arm chips are overlapping/surpassing Intel's core lineup so they might as well make the switch.

poprock

So Apple have basically dropped the idea of tightly controlled (and therefore simple) user interfaces now, right? Everything is to be customisable, widget-enabled, and messy.

g.man

hunk

They're copying Android, lol.

[Deleted User]

poprock wrote:

So Apple have basically dropped the idea of tightly controlled (and therefore simple) user interfaces now, right? Everything is to be customisable, widget-enabled, and messy.

As with Android, it’s as messy as... you want it to be?

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bad_hair_day

Always beneficial to have a choice.

pantyfire

After recently coming back from android I hope they don't go too far down that road.

Minnesänger

poprock wrote:

So Apple have basically dropped the idea of tightly controlled (and therefore simple) user interfaces now, right? Everything is to be customisable, widget-enabled, and messy.

As long as it comes through their store, it seems yes. It’s getting harder and harder to use non-App Store software in recent updates, and good services that don’t use IAP are being rejected more often.

Apple are getting real shitty. Just bought a new computer to replace my old MacBook Air and went surface pro.

b0r1s

bad_hair_day wrote:

Always beneficial to have a choice.

This.

The old Android vs iOS debates are becoming a bit pointless as both platforms are very close UI wise. Your choice should probably be on specific features (e.g. camera) or the ecosystem vs non-ecosystem approach you like to take.

Dinostar77

Chaps some advice please. Wife wants an ipad air (latest model). Is there a newer one being released this year?

b0r1s

Outside the Pro the new standard iPad gets the best reviews in tech press. I haven’t kept up on the release dates for a while but Macrumors buying guide is a good place to start. I’d at least wait until September event.

https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

tigersgogrrr

Get a Surface Book 3 and thank me later.

Though the battery on my SB2 seems to have been holding less charge than I would like...

tigersgogrrr

Just realised this is the Apple thread but they are whack nowadays so do what I said anyway. Thumbs up!

b0r1s

SB3 starting from £1600?? Lol

pantyfire

b0r1s wrote:

Outside the Pro the new standard iPad gets the best reviews in tech press. I haven’t kept up on the release dates for a while but Macrumors buying guide is a good place to start. I’d at least wait until September event. https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

iPads are often announced at the the September event.
This is sound advice

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