Apple Daily Tech Support Thread - [February 28]

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• Daily Tech Support Thread - [February 28]
• Panicked selling of AAPL lets Apple buy back billions cheaply
• Disney World Returns Fully Working iPhone 11 to Family Weeks After Device Sank to Bottom of Seven Seas Lagoon
• New Apple ad in Japan highlights MacBook appearances in anime
• Smartphone sales 2019: Apple took all the top five spots in North America
• Apple Says Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Is Violating Its Rules: Clearview AI’s app for iOS violates Apple’s rules to distribute its apps to law enforcement agencies and other customers.
• Apple monitoring the Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy, South Korea
• MI5 chief asks tech firms for 'exceptional access' to encrypted messages
• Current state of Mac docking stations - guide
• Apple Watch saves 13-year-old boy’s life
• MacBook Pro 16 Review - Over 3 Months Later!
• Rare Pair of ‘Apple Computer Sneakers’ Are Hitting the Auction Block in March
• CarPlay on an Android Tablet!
• Does the iPhone need to clear the backstage? This should not have been controversial

Daily Tech Support Thread - [February 28] Posted: 28 Feb 2020 07:12 AM PST Welcome to the daily Tech Support thread for /r/Apple. Have a question you need answered? Ask away! Please remember to adhere to our rules, which can be found in the sidebar. On mobile? Here is a screenshot with our rules. Join our Discord and IRC chat rooms for support: Discord IRC Note: Comments are sorted by /new for your convenience Here is an archive of all previous "Tech Support" threads. This is best viewed on a browser. If on mobile, type on the searchbar [title:"Daily Tech Support Thread" author:"AutoModerator"] (without the brackets, and including the quotation marks around the title and author.) submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Panicked selling of AAPL lets Apple buy back billions cheaply Posted: 28 Feb 2020 09:15 AM PST submitted by /u/chrisdh79 [link] [comments]

Disney World Returns Fully Working iPhone 11 to Family Weeks After Device Sank to Bottom of Seven Seas Lagoon Posted: 28 Feb 2020 03:29 PM PST submitted by /u/gulabjamunyaar [link] [comments]

New Apple ad in Japan highlights MacBook appearances in anime Posted: 28 Feb 2020 12:49 PM PST submitted by /u/CheeseheadDave [link] [comments]

Smartphone sales 2019: Apple took all the top five spots in North America Posted: 28 Feb 2020 03:56 AM PST submitted by /u/JamesNNYC [link] [comments]

Apple Says Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Is Violating Its Rules: Clearview AI’s app for iOS violates Apple’s rules to distribute its apps to law enforcement agencies and other customers. Posted: 28 Feb 2020 01:14 PM PST submitted by /u/gulabjamunyaar [link] [comments]

Apple monitoring the Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy, South Korea Posted: 29 Feb 2020 12:05 AM PST submitted by /u/raaj420 [link] [comments]

MI5 chief asks tech firms for 'exceptional access' to encrypted messages Posted: 28 Feb 2020 04:18 AM PST submitted by /u/gulabjamunyaar [link] [comments]

Current state of Mac docking stations - guide Posted: 28 Feb 2020 12:59 PM PST Background I began searching for Mac docks a while ago and discovered it's a huge rabbit hole. On top of that there's plenty of misinformation around different forums, including Apple Support. After days of research I came up with this is, sort of a guide / market research, in order to find a good dock for a Mac which: Has 2+ video outputs Charges the computer Fully works with macOS TL;DR: there isn't any. Show me the list! I compiled the following list after extensive googling and reviews reading. I wasn't able to find any more products which support 2+ video outputs, which was the main search criterion for me: Model Video Out Video Tech Charging 1Gb RJ45 USB-A USB-C Other ports Remarks Price Kensington SD2400T 2x DP 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP 85W Yes 3 (3.0) 1 3.5mm Audio --- $280 Kensington SD4500 2x DP 4K@30Hz MST** No Yes 3 1 3.5mm Audio --- $100 Kensington SD4000 2K DVI-I, 2K HDMI or DP DL* No Yes 3 0 3.5mm Audio --- $200 Belkin TB 3 Dock Mini HD 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP No Yes 2+2 (3.0/2.0) 0 --- Bus-powered $140 Belkin TB 3 Dock Plus 2x DP 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP 60W Yes 3 (3.0) 2 3.5mm Audio --- $250 Belkin TB 3 Dock Core HDMI 4K@60Hz, DP 4K@60HZ TB-3 DP 60W Yes 2 (3.0) 0 --- "Coming in 2020", PSU not included $170 Dell D6000 2x DP 4K@30Hz, 1x HDMI 4K@30Hz DL* 65W Yes 4 (3.0) 1 3.5mm Audio --- $210 VisionTek VT5000 2x DP 4K, 1x HDMI 4K, 1x VGA 1200p (pick 2) MST** 87W Yes 2 (3.0) 0 --- --- $300 VisionTek VT4500 2x DP 4K@60Hz, 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz (pick 2) DL* 40W Yes 4 (3.0) 2 --- --- $220 VisionTek VT200 DP, HDMI, VGA (4K only w/1 screen) TB-3 DP See remarks No 2 (3.0) 2 (1 w/PD) --- PSU not included, charging not supported on upstream port $80 StarTech TB3DKM2HD 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP No Yes 1+1 (3.0/2.0) 0 --- Bus-powered $170 StarTech TB3DK2DPPD 1x DP 4K, 1x TB3 passthrough TB-3 DP*** 85W Yes 2 1 3.5mm Audio --- $350 CalDigit TB 3 mini 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP No Yes 1+1 (3.0/2.0) 0 --- Bus-powered $130 CalDigit Pro Dock 2x DP 4K@60Hz TB-3 DP 85W Yes 3 (3.2) 1 SD reader (UHS-II), 3.5mm Audio Backward-compatible with USB-C $200 CalDigit TS3+ 1x DP 4K@60Hz, 1x TB-3 (see remarks) TB-3 DP 87W Yes 4 (3.1) 3 (1 w/TB) 1x TB-out, 3.5mm Audio, SPDIF Out Supports passive TB3->DP/HDMI cables $250 Wavlink UG69PD1 2x DP 4K@60Hz, 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz (pick 2) DL* 60W Yes 4x (3.0) 2 3.5mm Audio --- ~$160 OWC TB 3 Dock 1x mDP 4K@60Hz, 1x TB3 passthrough TB-3 DP*** 85W Yes 5 1 1x TB-out, 3.5mm Audio, SPDIF Out --- $300 Targus QVHD 4x HDMI (4x FHD@60Hz or 2x 2K@50Hz) DL* No Yes 4 1 --- --- $280 Targus DV4K 2x DP 4K@60Hz, 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz (pick 2) DL* 60W Yes 4 1 --- --- $250 Lenovo ThinkPad TB 3 G2 2x DP 4K@60Hz, 2x HDMI 4K@60Hz (pick 2) MST** Yes Yes 5 1 (w/TB) 3.5mm Audio No charging power specified $290 Remarks: * DL: See "Appendix A"; ** MST: See "Appendix B"; ***: Dock supports dual display as long as one display is a native Thunderbolt-3 screen BUT WHAT DO I PICK?! Pretty much the only choice the only two choices priced in an accessible range are the CalDigit Pro Dock & CalDigit TS3+. CalDigit is a company which is rather known in a pro-space and Apple actually carries couple of their products in their stores, but....... ...I bought CalDigit Pro Dock. It's a clusterfuck. Yes, THE ONLY choice THE ONE OF TWO choices on the market doesn't work as expected. It's a solid choice, when it works it's amazing. However, it requires cables connection/disconnection almost every time laptop goes to sleep. Sometimes after sleep or after connecting the cable only one display works... or none. I contacted CalDigit about that and the behavior "fit the use case of several other users", and they're "currently aiding Apple in investigating and we estimate that they will come out with a fix for this in a matter of months" (emphasis mine). /The curtain goes down, the show is over./ Edit: According to the manufacturer it's not the problem with their dock but with macOS and affects other docks from multiple manufactures and even screens directly connected to the computer. Choosing TS3+ may be better (yet they didn't state that directly but people report it works). Appendix A - what's wrong with DisplayLink? For those uninitiated DisplayLink is a white-label technology offering display (and other peripherals) streaming via USB 2/3. The technology uses a pripriatery technology and requires pretty invasive drivers. The issue is these drivers are hacky, which means they break often on many OSs, and are full of unsolved issues. On top of that the company sometimes takes MONTHS to fix issues rendering the hardware completely non-operational. Appendix B - what's wrong with MST macOS? The MST is an abbreviation from "Multi-Stream Transport". In short the technology allows for independent channels of video in a single Thunderbolt stream (see more technical description). MST is used to connect a single 4K+ display OR multiple displays. macOS (10.15.3) does not fully support MST This is a problem known for years and reported by many. Under macOS MST can be used to: Connect a single titled display Connect multiple displays in mirroring mode As of now only Windows & Linux fully support MST. Appendix C - why not USB-C but (expensive) Thunderbolt 3?! USB-C is a wonderful and complex ... standard for a connector. Besides being a normal USB bus which we know for years it can be can be switched to so-called "alternative mode". As of today two of the modes which are often used by display dongles are single DisplayPort stream OR a single HDMI stream. This means it's impossible to create a true dual-display dock without technology like DisplayLink. submitted by /u/kiler129 [link] [comments]

Apple Watch saves 13-year-old boy’s life Posted: 28 Feb 2020 10:17 PM PST submitted by /u/thestudentechblog [link] [comments]

MacBook Pro 16 Review - Over 3 Months Later! Posted: 28 Feb 2020 09:39 AM PST submitted by /u/xeneral [link] [comments]

Rare Pair of ‘Apple Computer Sneakers’ Are Hitting the Auction Block in March Posted: 28 Feb 2020 01:25 PM PST submitted by /u/dghah [link] [comments]

CarPlay on an Android Tablet! Posted: 27 Feb 2020 04:11 PM PST https://vm.tiktok.com/boD3cE/ I'm writing up this tutorial on how I got wired + wireless CarPlay working on my tablet mounted in my car Why did I do this? - My bmw navigation is quite outdated (2013) and I find that a tablet with CarPlay mounted in the car is a perfect solution - Enjoy seeing CarPlay screen as its nice and clean Steps: 1. Get the required hardware listed below 2. Download the apk (link written on the box of the adapter) 3. Plug into tablet and open app 4. Connect by wire or: 5. Wireless by bluetooth Tablet: - Amazon Fire 8 HD Tablet ($55 USD - on sale) - Any other android tablet (even cheaper Android Fire 7) will work - https://amzn.to/2T5OFBn CarPlay Adapter: - Carlinkit Wireless Carplay Adapter for Android Head Unit - https://amzn.to/2TqhkzS Wire: - Micro usb to OTG - The second usb wire is to charge the tablet while your phone is also connected - https://amzn.to/2TiquhU Mount: - I spent a long time trying to figure this one out as having a screen already in the car it's difficult to find a clean setup for another screen. I found that my best option was to use a 360 degrees magnetic vent mount. This works perfectly for me as its tiled towards my direction while driving - https://amzn.to/2TzFSH1 Overall Review: 5/5 Pros: - Hands-free with Voice Commands and Siri - Can use Google/Apple maps - Easy to change music, enter an address - Necessarily no need to touch your phone while driving - Notifications - CarBridge works! Cons: - Inconvenient having to charge the tablet (I usually take out of car after trip and plug into a wall charger) can just plug into car to charge or a portable charger - Not a very "clean" setup for me as wires are visible and quite odd having two navigation screens in the car - Wireless CarPlay is sometimes laggy (same with cars that come with CarPlay) Tips: - When using wireless, I have my iPhone connected to the cars bluetooth and to the CarPlay box. I usually need to switch the audio playing which starts playing on the tablet to the car's bluetooth submitted by /u/uhdimzyy [link] [comments]

Does the iPhone need to clear the backstage? This should not have been controversial Posted: 28 Feb 2020 11:19 PM PST submitted by /u/nickyam [link] [comments]

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