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    Friday, January 12, 2018

    Apple FBI security expert: Apple are “jerks” about unlocking encrypted phones

    Apple FBI security expert: Apple are “jerks” about unlocking encrypted phones


    FBI security expert: Apple are “jerks” about unlocking encrypted phones

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:36 AM PST

    Apple Delays iPhone 6 Plus Battery Replacements Until March-April Due to Limited Supply

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 07:22 AM PST

    Just because it doesn't say it supports Apple Pay, does not mean it doesn't support Apple Pay.

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 08:18 PM PST

    I decided to do an experiment today and try to use Apple Pay everywhere, regardless of whether or not there was an Apple Pay/Android Pay logo, or whether there was an obvious contactless payment section of the terminal.

    I went to the grocery store near me (Shop-Rite, Philadelphia suburbs) and I have never used Apple Pay, because it had never indicated it supported it and the card readers did not look like they had NFC. For yucks, I held up my phone and was immediately prompted for my fingerprint and the payment went through.

    Then I went to get gas, and held up my phone to the credit card slot on the pump and once again I get prompted for my finderprint and the payment goes through, even though there is no indicator on the pump that it does contactless payments.

    The one store that *$#@!! drives me nuts is CVS. Those terminals clearly support cotactless payments, with the giant piece of plastic sticking out of the top with the wireless logo, and CVS disables it on purpose. This is one of the reasons I tend to go to Walgreens now.

    We have a chain of convenience stores here called Wawa, and they never accepted chip. Up until recently, they only accepted swiping a card. When I asked an employee why they don't do chip, he said, chip takes too long. They need to get customers in and out as fast as possible. They do a huge volume in the morning of people just buying coffee. And chip would more that double the wait times of their customers, which would lead to checkout lines snaking throughout the store. Well, they still don't accept chip, but now they do ApplePay.

    The three big plusses for me with ApplePay is:

    1. For things I will never return (20 oz soda at Wawa, etc), I don't need the receipt. i can just look on my phone and see how much I spent.

    2. When I get gas, when I check my online banking, I see the gas station's charge for $1.00 as a pending transaction for when they verify the card. The actual charge for the full amount of gas I bought will show up 24-48 hours later. With ApplePay, it's right there on my phone.

    3. Restaurant charges will often show the amount of the meal minus the tip as a pending transactions, and then 1-2 days later, the pending transaction drops off and the full charge with meal+tip shows up. With Apple Pay, the full charge is on my phone. Another receipt I don't need to keep.

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    How an Apple intern and her mentor created Apple’s first 500 emoji

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 12:41 PM PST

    iOS security: updated for iOS 11, Face ID and more.

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:10 PM PST

    PSA: Do not throw away your old batteries

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:14 AM PST

    In light of the recent battery conundrum, people are getting them replaced. For those who replace their own batteries at via the iFixit kit or someone like me who just gets the part via eBay, please remember to properly dispose of your old battery.

    Lithium-Ion batteries are, by definition according to the U.S.A gov, are not toxic to the environment and can be thrown away. Technically speaking this is true but at the same time the metals within the batteries can get into the water stream when disposed of improperly.

    Also if you're replacing your battery "just because" and it's still holding 90% if it's charge, recycle it, he'll donate it. Don't let e-waste continue to rise.

    EDIT: Check your local government for e-recycling days. I know not every town has them but you can mail them into certain places or even take them to a store. If I recall correctly, bestbuy now has cable and battery recycling bins as soon as you walk in.

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    Apple Maps requiring me to have Yelp to view reviews/photos is idiotic

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 07:53 AM PST

    I don't like Yelp and I don't want to be forced to download another app to view photos of a restaurant or read more than one sentence in a review. It essentially forces me to look for a different maps app or service to give me the same all in one package, even though Apple Maps is by far my favorite. If they want to offload the reviews and photos aspect to Yelp, at least allow me to see it in the app without having to create another account I don't want.

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    What is the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone 7 made of?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 02:27 PM PST

    I've had my iPhone 7 for a few months now and I always carry it in my pocket, sometimes alongside other objects. I have a case on it but it has a circular cutout for the Apple logo, so that part of the iPhone is exposed and unprotected.

    When I look at the logo with a light source reflecting on it, I can see that it currently still remains absolutely scratch free and in pristine condition.

    So I've been wondering, purely out of curiosity, what glossy material is this that seems to be so resistant to scratches?

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    Apple putting pinch on worldwide OLED supply, Chinese vendors looking to mini LED in 2018 phones

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 05:44 AM PST

    FYI - you can now order a replacement battery through AppleCare (1800-275-2273)

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:13 AM PST

    Sorry if this is a repost, but just an fyi: Apple advisors can now test and create an order for your battery entirely remotely.

    Depending on which phone you have and where you're located, it will likely be a few weeks or more before it's in, but since many stores have low or no stock, this may save you a lot of time and stress.

    Finally, not every phone or battery needs to be replaced - have them run diagnostics, and then listen to their suggestions to decide whether it's worth the $29 to replace or not.

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    Ultra thin & transparent iPhone X cases?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 04:37 PM PST

    Hey,

    Just got my Silver iPhone X today and the case I bought with it is way too bulky to me (0.75mm), it ruins the design of the phone IMO.

    I've been searching for super thin cases on the web but can't seem to find the perfect one. Some are 0.3mm which is great, but either are not completely transparent, (tiny "grid" on the back) or only come in opaque finish. Has anyone found a really thin, almost invisible & transparent case for their X?

    Thanks in advance :)

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    Apple's China iCloud data migration includes international users whose country setting is set to China, raising concerns among users living temporarily in China

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 12:41 PM PST

    If you buy an episode of a season, will the season cost subtract that amount?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 08:12 PM PST

    As the title says I am about to buy an episode ($3) and want to see how it is before I get the season ($20) and was wondering if ya'll knew if the season price would be deducted the episode cost ($17)?

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    Anyone have insight as to why the iPad is not IP67 rated and excludes the haptic feedback home button?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 01:15 PM PST

    Wasn't sure if there's some complex engineering that's not worth the cost when scaling the IP67 rating up to that size of a device.

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    iPad Air 2

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 07:27 PM PST

    I have an iPad Air 2, I owned it for almost a year and a half now, since upgrading to iOS 11, battery life has been horrible, I mainly use it for heavy YouTube, and lite gaming, from 100% to 35% in 5 hours (YouTube Only)

    Any tips or settings to make the battery life a little better?

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    iPad Pro email app with better attachment handling?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 07:12 PM PST

    I've got an iPad Pro 12.9" and am trying to love it. And i do in many ways. However I'm blown away with how bad most apps are in not releasing a more "desktop" or "full featured" version of their app for iPad pros.

    Email is one area I'm struggling with.


    Apple Mail:

    1. Forces all attachments in-line
    2. no attachments list at top of email header for quick access
    3. Other than that it is perfect

    Outlook:

    1. search is terrible
    2. no tri-pane view so you can not see folder list for quicker navigation on big screen
    3. no drag and drop so moving attachments or emails around is a pain
    4. adding attachments from a new email into a reply (not new) email chain is a pain in the ass without drag and drop or clipboard support (have to scroll through recent attachments list)

    Spark:

    1. Can not disable "conversation/threaded" view
    2. Can not select multiple attachments in an email to act-on (drag, download, save, attach, etc)
    3. Can not drag attachment from email to draft icon (instead it wants to attach to a new email instead of draft i already started)
    4. Attachment widget would be awesome if it could be used with composing email (new/reply/forward) but it can not, so what's the point?
    5. Can not view in tri-pane mode (folder list - message list - message)
    6. Can not drag to file message from message list to folder (likely due to #5 above)

    **I've tried so many others that have one or two nice features, but lack so much more. The above 3 are closest i found but hoping I'm either doing something wrong or don't know about a great new app.

    Is there any email app that:**

    1. can handle attachments not in-line (critical)
    2. can handle moving attachments from one email into a reply draft easily (critical)
    3. can disable threaded view (not critical)
    4. can support tri-pane view (not critical)
    5. can support drag and drop (not critical)
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    KNL studio achieved this with an iPhone X and commodity mocap suit

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 07:20 AM PST

    video here

    Would have cost millions of dollars for a studio to do this just a couple of years ago.

    Amazing to see how powerful iPhone X is and the opportunities it is offering.

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    Would getting an iPhone through the Apple website unlocked be a good idea or is it better to get it through the carrier?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:10 PM PST

    Like the title says, would it be a good idea to get it unlocked, or get it through the carrier? I want to buy the iPhone 7 as my first iPhone and I was just wondering which one is a good idea. I have Cricket wireless, and I do know they take unlocked phones, as I did previously had an unlocked phone and took it to Cricket wireless. I'm sorry if my question comes as dumb but I'm totally new at this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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    iOS 11.2.5 dev beta 5 is out

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:05 AM PST

    Why was MobileMe a flop?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 11:39 PM PST

    Why did it suck compared to Microsoft Exchange, and to what extent was it fixed by iCloud?

    submitted by /u/refine_and_refine
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    Why don’t I have the new Snapchat redesign?

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 10:49 AM PST

    Sorry if this is the wrong place I looked online but couldn't find any help so I'm asking here. I'm on iPhone 7 iOS 11.1.2 and the update was supposed to come out on December 8th was it delayed or something?

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    iOS voicemail needs a "mark unread" feature

    Posted: 11 Jan 2018 09:05 AM PST

    EDIT: Title should read, "mark read," not "mark unread"

    Multiple times a week, I'll receive voicemails that I don't need to listen to, either because I know what the content of the voicemail is, or because I'm able to quickly read the message from tje transcription. In fact, MOST of my voicemails I just quickly read, unless the transcription is too poor. Yet, there is no way to mark voicemails "read" without listening to them, so I find myself pressing 'play' and trying to swipe the playhead to the end of the message (which is oddly clunky and doesnt work half the time), so that I dont have badges staring me in the face for voice messages I've already looked at.

    Apple should implement a "swipe-to-the-right" gesture to mark voice messages "read."

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