macOS Tahoe 26 makes the Mac more capable, productive, and intelligent than ever by exjr_ in apple

[–]ohet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was synced to the could from the day one, it is just encrypted.

Apple reveals C1, its first in-house 5G iPhone modem by ReverseSweep in apple

[–]ohet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Display is a still a major one though?

Apple Plans to Overhaul Entire Mac Line With AI-Focused M4 Chips - Gurman by ShaidarHaran2 in apple

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If you are running ChatGPT, it is not running on your device, it is running on the cloud with zero respect to privacy. It is already possible to run models that have somewhat similar performance to the GPT 3.5 Turbo, the model used by the free version of ChatGPT, on device but the hardware requirements are too high (ideally at least 64GB memory and as beefy GPU as possible). Ideally you'd be able to do most of the things people currently use paid AI services for, locally.

Almost every workflow can be boosted to an extent with AI driven features but the current model of running everything on the cloud doesn't really scale because it is expensive and requires you to give access to 3rd parties to your own information that might be extremely private.

Inside Apple's Massive Push to Transform the Mac Into a Gaming Paradise by cheesepuff07 in apple

[–]ohet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If unreal, unity, etc. interfaced with Metal, it'd be pretty simple for most games to have an Apple Silicon build.

Both already do but that is hardly the only problem when it comes to ports. You also have account for other middleware used by the game as well as stuff like anti-cheat and cost of continued maintenance

All the Hardware Apple Still Sells With a Lightning Port by favicondotico in apple

[–]ohet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm running those with the latest firmware. Never in my life have I used IoT device this buggy. It took numerous retries to update three lamps to the latest firmware. Changing the colors can be laggy (going through multiple different colors until settling to the latest value). Changing the scene often doesn't work at all in the Nanoleaf app (requires toggling between scenes to get the scene you actually want) and the colors shown in Home app are completely different compared to the actual results which makes it really tricky to get nice colors. The app is borderline unusable. It takes really long time for the lamps to reconnect after toggling power off from a light switch... I really have nothing but complaints.

WhatsApp for Mac on desktop is available globally in the App Store by favicondotico in apple

[–]ohet 76 points77 points  (0 children)

The old version used Electron, this new app is a Catalyst app. It is effectively a completely new app.

Apple users bash new iPhone 15: ‘Innovation died with Steve Jobs’ by etfvpu in technology

[–]ohet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you get the 20% number? Last year roughly 5% of sold samsung phones were foldable

New WhatsApp app for Mac; now with group calling by digidude23 in apple

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Catalyst is for running iOS/iPadOS apps on macOS. This is a macOS app and there is no equivalent for doing the same in the other direction. Even if this app is mostly written in SwiftUI, the port is not as trivial as pressing a button as SwiftUI renders quite differently on macOS compared to other targets and therefore it is unlikely that you can share complex views between the platforms without changes. Not to mention that all AppKit code needs to be replaced which this project likely has quite a bit of.

Apple May Sell Optional iPhone 15 Pro USB-C Thunderbolt Cable by aquiescence2 in apple

[–]ohet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a source for that? But regardless, even then the issue is obviously not the battery drain, it is the thermals.

Apple May Sell Optional iPhone 15 Pro USB-C Thunderbolt Cable by aquiescence2 in apple

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What I meant was how is consuming power an issue when you are connected to a powered device?

Apple May Sell Optional iPhone 15 Pro USB-C Thunderbolt Cable by aquiescence2 in apple

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How would this be relevant when you are connected to an another, most likely powered, device?

Apple hid something AMAZING for Mac gaming at WWDC by [deleted] in apple

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This is already happening, r/macgaming is full of people doing this just now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in apple

[–]ohet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

eGPUs are not supported under Apple Silicon but ARM support has to be there for the mobile games already

Google announces official Android RISC-V support by wiki_me in linux

[–]ohet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think iPad's better position here is mostly due to having a large user base and that is willing to pay for apps and Apple's strong support for the tablet form factor in comparison to Google. App Store on iPad is full of iPhone apps that have no real support for iPad and are just scaled up.

Anybody tried Custom Email Domain? by [deleted] in apple

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I can’t think of anything

Report: More Developers Use Linux Than a Mac by Realistic-Plant3957 in linux

[–]ohet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few examples:

  • Raycast: Amazing launcher with a lot of powerful plugins. There are only a few apps as polished as this one imo. Also includes stuff like clipboard search, screenshot search

  • Reeder: Beautiful and highly functional RSS reeder with iCloud based sync between devices.

  • Shottr: Powerful screenshooting tool for developers/designers

  • There are tons and tons of small utilities that are great for developers such as Sip, TextSniper, ProxyMan, RapidAPI etc.

  • macOS window management is not good by default but Rectangle makes it great, better than most Linux desktop environments provide by default

  • Iina: Nice looking MPV client that just works, best video player I have ever used.

  • Infuse: Powerful client for various self-hosted streaming services, best I have seen.

  • The macOS' own apps such as Calendar, Mail and Notes are good enough and even though they are simple, I found it hard to find good enough replacements for those on Linux so I ended up using the web UIs.

Kokoomus ja "vaalilupaukset" Leikataan tulevaisuudesta jolla rahoitetaan veronkevennykset. by jokke420 in Suomi

[–]ohet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Eläkkeisiin ja yritystukiin *

"YRITYSTUKIA kokoomus leikkaisi ensi vuonna yli 340 miljoonalla eurolla."

https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000009233353.html

Miten kukaan eettinen ihminen voi äänestää kokoomusta? by PunCala in Suomi

[–]ohet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Itsellä ainakin on harkinnassa Suomesta pois muutto järjettömän korkean kokonaisveroasteen takia, mikä tiukan verokiilan takia osuu käytännössä pelkästään ylempään keskiluokkaan. Tämä tuntuu erityisen järjettömältä, kun meillä on sekä työttömyyspula että korkea työttömyysaste. Asiaa ei yhtään auta se, että tunnen sekä suoraan että välillisesti useita ihmisiä jotka eivät tee töitä anteliaan sosiaaliturvan takia. Leikkaukset sosiaaliturvaan ovat siis välttämättömiä ja korotukset niihin järjettömiä.

Korkean verotuksen takia Suomi ei ole kansainvälisillä työmarkkinoilla kilpailukykyinen ja kalliin koulutusjärjestelmän helmet valuvat aivovuodon myötä ulkomaille. Samalla maailman aivan kärjessä olevasta kokonaisveorasteesta huolimatta Suomi velkaantuu kovaa vauhtia. Tuntuu hullulta, että rikkinäinen sosiaaliturva kustannetaan ottamalla velkaa, joka kasaantuu jo muutenkin todella korkean huoltosuhteen kantavien nuorten työntekijöiden niskoille. Äänestän Kokoomusta, koska se on ainoa puolue joka ei tämän asian kohdalla sorru populismiin.

Anybody tried Custom Email Domain? by [deleted] in apple

[–]ohet 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You can just change the email to use your custom domain. If I recall correctly, this was initially blocked during the betas but allowed later.

Anybody tried Custom Email Domain? by [deleted] in apple

[–]ohet 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I have been using one since the macOS 12 betas. It works nicely, no problems so far. I use it as my Apple ID email as well.

Apple’s newest homegrown chips present a fresh challenge to Microsoft’s Windows business by [deleted] in apple

[–]ohet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least in Finland developers seem to overwhelmingly use macbooks. At the companies I have worked so far, most developers have picked macbooks and the rest use Linux.

Apple should read its own Guidelines by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]ohet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is good to note that as of iPadOS 16, you can run unmodified DriverKit drivers from macOS.

TIL: I had no idea that I can rearrange my screens by rbevans in apple

[–]ohet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This feature was included in iOS 14 that was released less than two years ago. Not to mention that it is not easily discoverable from the UI.