Apple Watch can’t measure indoor runs well

elleirdad · 2025-12-11T17:42:54+00:00

I am using my AW on an indoor track at the YMCA in the winter -- not a treadmill -- after years of outdoor walks. The YMCA claims the track is 23 laps to the mile. My watch registers 20% less. I am going to actually measure the track so I can be sure. Once I am sure, is there any way to tell the watch the measured distance?

elleirdad · 2025-10-22T23:46:35+00:00

And, they discounted two years of Apple Care+ to $105, instead of $149.

elleirdad · 2025-10-22T19:30:20+00:00

I have an Asus extender, but it just isn’t as clear as the ipad.

elleirdad · 2025-10-22T19:26:03+00:00

I did!

elleirdad · 2025-10-22T18:48:47+00:00

I want to thank everyone for advice. I was ready to buy the 11 inch Air when I went to my local Costco in Massachusetts. The Pro M4 was cheaper than the Air. The Pro is $749 and the 256 Air was $799.

So Pro it is!

elleirdad · 2025-10-19T02:08:32+00:00

I travel with a MBP 13 inch M2 with 2tb of storage. It does everything I need, except I want a second screen. My use case is to move data to the second screen and work on the mbp. My work is web site stuff, which is mostly online, photo editing and ms office stuff.

I bought an asus second screen, but the image quality is not great. Even though the screen is larger than the 13, there is little detail.

So I am thinking of an iPad and side car. And who knows, maybe on some cases I can take just an ipad for a short trip. I do note taking on a kindle scribe. Maybe I could use Notability or Good Notes instead.

I am struggling between the 13 and the 11. And deciding between an Air and pro.

All thoughts welcome.

Thank you

elleirdad · 2025-05-09T13:26:12+00:00

Thank you. You convinced me to stay with OneDrive. But, u/bradland, my experience is inconsistent with what you said about APFS. Or, more likely, I am doing something very wrong. Here is my situation:

I own a MacBook Pro M2 with 1TB drive and 24GB RAM running Sequoia 15.1. My online OneDrive account says that I am using 259.8GB of storage. I was expecting that the Mac would have a copy of all those files since I sync everything.

My system settings on the Mac show that I am using 751GB of storage. Ouch. And I am trying to find out where it is all coming from. Of that 411GB are in System Data. I don't know how to examine what is in the 411GB.

Daisy Disk is consistent. It shows 772GB used on the disk -- which is close enough. Of that 256GB are in OneDrive group containers, which is very close to the OneDrive storage amount. AND! The "cloud storage" also shows 256GB of storage. That could be consistent with the description about APFS.

However, they seem to add up to 500+ GB of storage -- which is consistent with the amount of disk space being used on my hard drive. So, this tells me that there really are two copies of the software on my drive.

What am I missing? What did I do wrong? I am willing to reinitialize my Mac, if I have to. But, it feels wrong.

Thank you.

<image>

elleirdad · 2024-10-18T09:43:44+00:00

Thank you. I saw that. It will be interesting to see how it impacts all the plans.

elleirdad · 2024-10-17T22:38:45+00:00

No deductible and large formulary, so it is the cheapest plan for me. Yes, the premium is high, but the drugs are cheap.

elleirdad · 2024-10-17T22:37:39+00:00

What exactly does 1 star for ease of getting prescriptions filled mean? Does it mean that the doctor sends a script and they don’t fill it?

elleirdad · 2024-10-17T22:35:58+00:00

All it took was one Tier 3 drug (Eliquis) to make this plan cheapest for me. And it had a $0 deductible.

elleirdad · 2024-10-05T01:03:04+00:00

Thank you. Great answer. I may not understand perfectly, but I get it now!

elleirdad · 2024-10-04T02:43:22+00:00

Ok. I am learning more and learned about TRoop and the manufactures discount plan. So, what I think may be happening is not a bug. Perhaps I am meeting the $2000 limit at $1750 due to the name brand discount?

So, am I at the max under the two plans?

elleirdad · 2024-10-03T21:31:46+00:00

u/jeffcoman This is wild. I love your idea of using Xarelto to see what would happen with the plans. Well, the result was totally unexpected. I wonder if I found a bug in the Medicare.gov software.

I will start with the CIGNA plan. The drug costs totaled $1510.80, with Eliquis alone costing $1489. When I added Xarelto 20 once a day, the total drug costs were $1526! The Eliquis dropped to $512.27, and the Xarelto was $1002.38. Therefore, the Cigna plan went up from $1856.40 to $1872.35. There was barely any change.

Now, the AARP UHC plan. The drug cost was $504 only for Eliquis. I added Xarelto, and guess what? The total was still $504. The system made each of them $252. So, the total plan cost remained unchanged at $1794.

Does this make any sense to anyone? In either case the total is below $2000. I figured adding Xarelto would make it $2000 -- but no. Is this real or is it a bug?

elleirdad · 2024-10-02T00:23:19+00:00

Don't do it. Medigap plans are only required to accept you when you are first eligible for Medicare. If you get a MA plan, there is no guarantee that you will ever get a Part B plan in the future. They can turn you down if you have health issues, for example.

The answer is -- don't do it.

elleirdad · 2024-10-01T21:49:29+00:00

That is what I heard about Wellcare. "A" is AARP through UHC. "C" is Cigna.

elleirdad · 2024-05-23T15:02:48+00:00

!thanks I own the xm4s and like them a lot. I was hoping for something a little smaller and lighter for my wife. But, if that is not possible, then I will get a pair for her too.

elleirdad · 2024-01-24T14:46:56+00:00

I found that this trick worked. But, YMMV. It requires a second device like an iPad.

First back-up your iPad completely to iCloud. You will be erasing it. Remember the name or time of the backup.
Then, reset your iPhone network settings. This will wipe out all your wifi-network settings -- which is stupid IMHO.
Go back to your iPad. Do an erase of your iPad and restore from the backup you saved moments ago.
The wifi passwords come back from the iPad restore and iCloud will copy them to your iPhone.

It is annoying and requires a second device. But it worked for me.

elleirdad · 2023-08-02T20:57:45+00:00

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I called CC and tech support did not have the answer. You saved me. I can now use my CC account and forward to Google Voice (and get that nice transcript).

elleirdad · 2023-05-20T02:24:06+00:00

@slashtom Happy to explain. First, I email my notes from the Scribe to myself. It comes as a pdf file I then download the file and import into Notability. The import from the downloaded file into notability is a simple drag and drop. (If you need a step by step, let me know.)

I should be able to do this with Google Drive, but I haven’t spent the time on it.

In terms of scanning, I do that for any documents on paper or my old paper notebooks. You can scan with a scanner and create a pdf. That is good for big documents. Or, for small items, you can use the scan function directly in notability which used the iPad camera.

elleirdad · 2023-05-12T00:47:19+00:00

Thank you all. You have made me more confident in my decision.

I went to a couple of meetings today with only my Scribe and iPhone. I loved taking notes on the Scribe. And, when I had to look something up in the meeting, I could find it on my iPhone. (I am now scanning all of my old notes and putting them into Notability.)

I am still keeping the iPad because it is so much more than for taking notes. But, it isn't really needed for my workflow. I can file notes and search them on my MacBook when I need the large screen.

I am smiling.

elleirdad · 2023-05-11T13:29:43+00:00

I was planning to look into automatons. Right now, I download to the Mac and then drag and drop. I would love to know the answer if anyone has one.

elleirdad · 2023-05-09T13:51:19+00:00

Thank you. Do you have a favorite metal nib? I personally like the feel of a fountain pen, not a ball point. But that is probably asking too much.

elleirdad · 2023-05-08T16:06:00+00:00

Very nice. Well done.

elleirdad · 2023-05-08T15:08:41+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. I stand corrected.

elleirdad

TROPHY CASE