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― calstars, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Curious about leather phone cases - are the cows killed just for the leather or is their skin used as a by product when theyrβe killed for meat?
― calstars, Monday, 26 April 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/83aOK8L.jpgGFY shit
― calstars, Monday, 3 May 2021 00:10 (three years ago) link
TURN IT UP FUCK IT UP
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 3 May 2021 01:20 (three years ago) link
Waiting for Libraries
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
i'm about to make my mac mini m1 (which RULES) 40% better one with 1 crazy trick
https://i.imgur.com/nLTHlCo.png
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YSWZNNW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A35D5ON3677H9N&psc=1
it's the bottom part, for $80, and it adds the things it should had in the first place, in the front so you don't have to be a jackass scraping up behind your desk to plug-in a goddamn headphone
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 7 May 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
prime reason for purchase is to fix the stupid SD omission. i mean, i can get a dongle, but fuck yoooooooou apple, you used to be the thing that was good for people doing stuff
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 7 May 2021 02:27 (three years ago) link
in fairness, how often are people still using flash cards and usb drives these days?
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2021 02:31 (three years ago) link
anyone with a camera uses an SD card
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 03:06 (three years ago) link
yeah. it's just annoying and kind of signals a shift away from a certain crowd. i wish they'd make an extension of their products that just put all the ports that everyone wants on the side.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 7 May 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link
I fucking hate Apple for so many reasons tonight piece of shit new M1 Mac and Adobe and bullshit reading of how full the disk is and USB dongles and disks telling me off for not ejecting them properly because presumably the dongle moved a millimetre and I can't log out because I have to wait for thousands of things to empty from the trash so I end up aborting that process like so many other things and all I want to fucking do is get the photos off my wife's full iPhone but the worst of it all was when her stupid 5kg old MacBook slid off the bed and on to my bare toes and Jesus it hurts.
― Alba, Friday, 7 May 2021 03:12 (three years ago) link
i can see the argument for dropping ports from a mac mini of all their machines. it's supposed to be small, and if you need the ports then connecting a dongle is less hassle on a non-portable.
my port complaint right now is that they put the two usb-c ports on the m1 macbook air on the same side. two is fine! but put them on either side! i assume this means they only need one usb controller, so it saves space/money etc. but the old macbook air managed usb-a ports on both sides.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:05 (three years ago) link
Is now the right time for somebody (the lovely Emma B) to upgrade to an M1 laptop? Just basic officey stuff, no real heavy lifting.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 08:09 (three years ago) link
The new Hello screensaver is a thing of beauty - but only available if you have latest Big Sur update, I think.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 7 May 2021 08:52 (three years ago) link
(that's a standalone observation, not offered as a reason to upgrade)
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 7 May 2021 08:53 (three years ago) link
I wish Apple would pay some consideration to how these things look IRL and not just in the sterile confines on an Apple Store table.
https://i.imgur.com/N68S1SQ.jpg
― pplains, Friday, 7 May 2021 13:20 (three years ago) link
The alternative there is β¦?
― calstars, Friday, 7 May 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
I have all my cords cleanly running underneath an ancient hairy rug, like a civilized fellow
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
The front would be better, for a start!
― pplains, Friday, 7 May 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
You know, I guess I could just turn this thing around 180ΒΊ.
lol
― calstars, Friday, 7 May 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
pplains Iβve tried that and the exhaust is too hot, kinda sucks.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 7 May 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
Maybe stand it on its face with its bottom flush against the partition?
― calstars, Friday, 7 May 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
I don't know if we've got a lemon or just a very bad install of Adobe CC, but our M1 MacBook Pro has been beachballtastic. If it doesn't improve when all the Silicon-native versions of Adobe software are out, I'm going to take it into an Apple Store.
― Alba, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
would a Macbook Air be a better bet than the Pro? Given the aforementioned lack of need for the serious horsepower etc. One thing I can already tell will drive her insane is the ports though.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
Wait til later in the year
― calstars, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
How come? Sorry, Iβm behind on all the goss
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
The MacBook Air is definitely better value than the Pro, and doesn't have the silly touchbar. I only got a Pro cause it was $100 off so thought the better screen and sound was worth it, even if the better performance is only slightly better.
― Alba, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Too many betters.
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/22/2021-macbook-pro-sd-hdmi-port-kuo/
― DJI, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
Last month, Kuo said Apple is planning all-new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with several changes, including the return of the classic MagSafe charging connector with a breakaway power cable, the removal of the Touch Bar, a new flat-edged design, and the return of more ports built into the notebooks for expanded connectivity.
so everyone was right to complain about all that. going back 6 years in time to get it right lol
i reckon the touchbar all usbc macbook pros will go down as the worst iteration of all time.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty happy with my 2019 MBP16, but I sure wish I wasn't so reliant on dongles and hubs.
― DJI, Friday, 7 May 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
cool got it guys. Will wait for more ports.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
macbook air is better than the current macbook pro. not just cheaper. it's better. it's lighter (and more ergonomic imo). it has no moving parts so it will last longer. it is 5% slower under sustained loads a casual user will literally never reach. there is no reason to buy a macbook pro.
i see no reason for a casual user to wait.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
(unless you want a massive laptop)
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
admittedly i've not been on the road since i got this, but two usb-c ports is enough for me. like i say, my only complaint is that they're on the same side of the laptop.
i'm not sure about the return of magsafe. it's a great design but everything goes into this m1 laptop (video, power, all accessories) goes in through a single cable. i don't want more cables.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
a new flat-edged design
reserving judgment but this sounds bad.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
not even close. the keyboard worked on that one.
thats part of the ones im talking about
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
ah you're right, the introduction of all usb-c was good, but it happened at the same time as the bad keyboard and the touchbar.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
I am waiting for a smaller MacBook Air, ideally in the new iMac flavors
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
*licks*
"the introduction of all usb-c was good"
i have to strongly disagree. dongle hell was just so backwards.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
if you're at a desk then using a dongle rather than lots of direct connections (i.e. one cable not lots) is *better*! the dongle is essentially a dock. it lives at the desk. you plug in one cable and you havepower, network, display, storage, audio I/O, etc. this wasn't possible until thunderbolt 3/usb-c (no power or display over usb-a). so it's still a newish way of working, and i feel like people haven't really got it yet.
if you're not at a desk then, well, what are you using that you can't connect to one of the four usb-c ports on a macbook pro? if it's old hard drives (or anything with a removable cable) then usb-a to usb-c cables are a few dollars.
the only port i object to them dropping is SD, and even then the set of people who need *mobile* access to SD is pretty small (but admittedly important). i'd like to see SD back more than magsafe.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
"so it's still a newish way of working, and i feel like people haven't really got it yet."
guess thats me. i have like 7 dongles, not just one. got a link to the one you're talking about?
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:25 (three years ago) link
i have this one
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QQ11BP6/
my one complaint is that the fixed cable that goes from this device to the macbook is too short (it's like 9") so i got one of these to make it a bit longer (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074K318JK/).
and i got a couple of these to replace the cables on a couple of old devices that shipped with removable usb-a cables (old hard drives mostly) so they could make a direct connection to the laptop.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012V56992/
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
if you need more ports then you might want a bigger dongle (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Docking-MCY-Displayport-Ethernet-Compatible/dp/B08L4RK1M7/).
if you need more power (as in literal watts of power, because you've got a lot of devices that draw power over USB) then you might need a dock (which has a power brick instead of using your laptop's power adapter, and costs a lot more, e.g. https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/docks/owc-thunderbolt-3-dock).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
btw did everyone know they make portable displays that with a direct usb-c connection that don't need a separate power brick?! https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-MB169B-1920x1080-Portable-Monitor/dp/B013XFJKGI/
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
i knew that possible in theory, didn't realize they were now available
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link