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My 14 pro was the first phone I was willy nilly with a phone, I will not be acting that way with this new one haha.

 

Just got the magic keyboard after work and breaking it in at the home setup. Got the folio and keyboard out of box, both half off and brand new. I use the Logitech cheap keyboard and love the key travel, but this rules. Very psyched coming from the 11 in M1 air.

 

I have never shattered the front glass of any of my iPhones, only the back glass on one. I've largely been without a case for the entire time I've owned iPhones, just can't stand them and it also makes my hand hurt because of a past injury (I have no surface feeling in my right pinky). As these phones continue to get bigger i find it more and more annoying to have a case. I always pay for Applecare+ with theft/loss protection as we've had one phone stolen and it was a quick process to get a replacement thanks to that. It's my case, so to speak.

I do have my Spigen on my 16 Pro right now. Had used the silicone case for a day before realizing that it wasn't flush next to the camera control button so back it goes. Wasn't nearly as sticky or collected as much lint as the past IMO. I would love to try a Caudabe but the price is a bit much when I don't always use a case. I've also always found that they don't slide out of my hand as much without a case as they do with a case. I feel like I've dropped this phone in the Spigen case more than I ever have before.

I started using a privacy screen protector on my 13 and have kept with it now for a bit.

 

It's funny how much bigger the new chassis MacBook Air feels compared to the old wedge design. Like it's .3" bigger screen but something about it feels bigger.

 

Spent some time debating between 16 and 24 GB of memory. Settled on Sky Blue 13" with 16 GB and 1 TB of storage as that could get delivered today.

 

How gd hard is it to play the next song in an album on Apple Music??? It basically refuses to do so. If I had previously clicked "play next" on a song or two.... then that day or next day I just want to play an album by selection any song in an album, it ALWAYS keeps playing the previously selected "play next" songs. I go in and clear the queue. I click every option available for the repeat options on the queue screen, but it just WILL NOT play the next song in an album without clicking "play next". Its infuriating. It use to not be this way. Maybe since about a year ago on whatever update that was. At some point it will just magically work like it used to and play whatever song comes next in an album(like it should).

Is there a trick to this?

 

I don't know how to help you because I've never experienced anything like that

 

Click the queue icon (top right on a Mac), to see what's in the queue, and clear the queue if needed.

 

That 12-inch Surface might actually be better than the the iPad Pro but it runs Windows.

 

I saw an update for Apple Invites. Totally forgot that was an app/service they released lol

 

Yeah I just use it on my phone. Regularly clear the queue and even then, after that, it still plays song previously(and recently) that were in the queue. Even after I have selected to play, for example, track 4 of an album wanting it to play the album from that point forward.

Today I had no problem with how songs played. I have no idea what’s going on lol.

 

After a week of heavy work use, video calls, reading, and watching shows I am all in on the iPad Pro setup. I thought the Magic Keyboard was a bit overblown, but it is literally perfect and I haven’t busted out my keyboard mouse setup once. Pro motion, the tandem oled, and the egregious brightness are all things I wouldn’t have known I was missing, but now that I have it would be so hard to go back. I think the price tag is offensive on apple products, but getting the iPad for 10% off, and everything else open box used saved me over $300. This being my one device coming from the M1 air is so sick. I imagine there wont be a need to update for 5-6 years with the outrageous hardware that came with this recent pro.

 

http://hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/apple-turnover

Apple, as embodied by its leadership’s decisions over the past decade or more, no longer seems primarily motivated by the creation of great products. Time and time again, its policies have made its products worse for customers in exchange for more power, control, and, yes, money for Apple.

The iPhone is a better product when people can buy ebooks within the Kindle app. And yet Apple has fought this feature for the past fourteen years, to the tune of millions of dollars in legal fees, and has only relented due to a recent court order (which they continue to appeal).

In the (Apple-mandated) absence of competition in the realms of app sales, payment processing, customer service, and software business models, Apple’s exclusive offerings in these areas have stagnated for years. What should be motivating Apple to make improvements—the desire to make great products—seems absent. What should not be motivating Apple—the desire for power, control, and profits—seems omnipresent.

And I don’t mean that in a small way; I mean that in a big way. Every new thing we learn about Apple’s internal deliberations surrounding these decisions only lends more weight to the conclusion that Apple has lost its north star. Or, rather, it has replaced it with a new, dark star. And time and again, we’ve learned that these decisions go all the way to the top.

The best leaders can change their minds in response to new information. The best leaders can be persuaded. But we’ve had decades of strife, lawsuits, and regulations, and Apple has stubbornly dug in its heels even further at every turn. It seems clear that there’s only one way to get a different result.

In every healthy entity, whether it’s an organization, an institution, or an organism, the old is replaced by the new: CEOs, sovereigns, or cells. It’s time for new leadership at Apple. The road we’re on now does not lead anywhere good for Apple or its customers. It’s springtime, and I’m choosing to believe in new life. I swear it’s not too late.

Damnnnnn. Siracusa goes in.

 

I have 3 days to finally decide if I want to shell out the money for Applecare+ on my MacBook and I cannot decide haha. Ahhh.

My 2010 MacBook Pro did get ruined by my cat knocking over water onto it, but my 2014 MacBook Pro is still alive and well

 

If I were you, I'd do it. My 2013 MBP screen glitched with lines in it when I had one month of college left. There was no way I could get it repaired and be without my computer so close to graduation, and despite having the AppleCare, I had to forgo the repair till after school, and paying full price for that repair sucked a lot.

 

Yeahh, fair point! I suppose I can just go with the monthly for now and can always cancel whenever I want. Only amounts to an extra $20 a year vs paying $99 all at once

 

Lol I guess I can't add my credit card to my apple wallet on my MacBook because I don't own an iPhone or iPad to verify it on. Lovely

 

Okay so I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but I've noticed for a while now that when I open the Calendar app on iOS, it immediately goes to open the next event listed in my calendar, instead of just showing the whole month calendar, if that makes sense. I hate that and don't want that lol, is there a setting somewhere to turn that off?

 

no way to turn off the woosh noise when sending a text using imessage if you have sound on for incoming texts. at least none i could find

 

There isn't. I hate it.

 

sound ... on ...?

 

I sometimes have to turn it on for audio with games when I'm not playing with my Airpods in.

 

Do I have to have my Photos Library display across all my devices? So I have my phone, a MacBook Pro, and now two iPads. Of course I have everything backing up to iCloud but I don’t want to necessarily open the photos app on my iPad and see everything that’s on my phone. I don’t necessarily care if it’s shared to my MacBook either and I remember you could turn off iCloud sharing but is it all or nothing or am I able to pick and choose what devices they appear on?

 

The most annoying part of my phone is how it auto-adjusts brightness, even when I have True Tone and night shift both turned off. I’m at a graduation and so I want it as bright as it goes, and even tho the slider is all the way up, it will auto dim and make it impossible to read.

 

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Auto-Brightness