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    Apple Daily Tech Support Thread

    Daily Tech Support Thread

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:00 AM PDT

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    iPhone missing for 1 year found after Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake recedes

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 06:07 PM PDT

    Independent Apple News site “Apple Terminal” officially disbands.

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:36 PM PDT

    TIL iCloud Photo allows you to automatically sync your photos and is a better alternative than backing them with your phone "Backups"

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 08:23 AM PDT

    I thought this post would help new users.

    This is something that wasn't explained and you need to dig deep in the menus so I'd argue that it's not clear.

    As part of the backup of your phone you can include your photos, which is what I did until today. However, that backup is only good for a phone and you won't be able to see your photos from the iCloud website or between devices.

    This is where iCloud Photos comes in.

    In Settings, Press on your Apple Id, then on iCloud.

    Under the section "App using iCloud" there's is "Photos" at the top, press on it. At the top toggle "iCloud Photos" on.

    On my device the label for "Photos" always said "On" even though it was actually off, that's misleading. Make sure to verify its settings.

    Your photos will be removed from your backup. The photo app will begin syncing to the iCloud. Start the app and at the bottom you will be able to check on the progress.

    I hope this help some people because I wouldn't have known something was wrong if I wasn't going through every settings on my phone.

    For the official documentation: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264

    This doesn't replace the need for a proper backup. Make sure to archive your data on a second location to be able to restore them in case of an accident. https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204055

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    Remember this? What happened to it?

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 03:00 PM PDT

    Right to Repair fundraiser raised over $450,000 in a week

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 02:21 AM PDT

    Apple's Quiet War on Independent Repairmen

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 11:25 AM PDT

    Leaving Apple and moving to Samsung - 1 month on

    Posted: 10 Apr 2021 01:17 PM PDT

    Firstly let me say I don't hate Apple. My first cell phone/mobile was the iPhone 3Gs back in '08. I had most of the new iPhone year on year after that.

    Recently I started to get bored with iOS. Everything was the same, it was clean but it was Apple's phone not mine. The things I wanted out of my phone I wasn't getting because it wasn't compatible with most things. Apple also became a victim of its own ease of use, getting a new phone never felt good. Everything transferred across in seconds and the feeling of having a new phone never lasted past opening the box - once you transferred your stuff across it was the same phone with all your dumb apps, pictures and notes but occasionally with a bigger screen. So I decided to make the change and I honestly don't regret it at all.

    First day or so was a little chaotic. Smart transfer took care of mostly everything, however there were teething problem as I had to get used to Android. However after a day or two this went away. Play with the settings, if you're missing a shortcut or some other function you had with Apple I guarantee you Android can replicate it, but you just need to look for it. Moving over to android my biggest consideration was the lack of iMessages, but realistically I now realise how ridiculous it was to be locked into a phone that I no longer found satisfying because of blue messages. If you're thinking about making the switch too and you're worried about this, trust me, you'll get over it quick.

    If you have a lot of money, and you can afford to buy every apple product possible by all means stick with Apple. The Apple ecosystem is great and everything works. However, if you have a windows PC the compatibility between the two was always lacking. Samsung's Ecosystem is just as good, if not better. You can install Samsung flow on any windows or Android device and bring all of your devices into one ecosystem, with Apple you can expect to pay thousands for the same functionality and have to deal with all the pitfalls, peculiarities and annoyances that iOS has to offer. Android phones work and functional like mini PCs - being able to do what I can on Android is a real productivity boost and it makes work, entertainment and file sharing across devices a whole lot less of a headache. Apple's OS is not curated, its closed. Its a marketing decision to make you buy more Apple products - don't believe me? Read Jobs' autobiography or watch the movie. It was a conscious decision to lock people in with end-to-end control and no cross compatibility.

    There are so many features with Samsung, so many ways for you customise your phone so it acts in exactly the way you want it to act, and does what you want it to. This isn't true of Apple. Apple's half-hearted attempt at introducing widgets are next to worthless, with Android widgets are amazing and incredibly functional.

    With the specs of the devices, Apple and Galaxy are pretty evenly matched, however Samsung usually has the edge over Apple - and always for a a few hundred $/£ less. Everything Apple can do Samsung does too, and in some cases it does it better.

    When I bought my S21 Ultra I got free Galaxy Buds and I recently bough a Galaxy Watch. I'm now fully immersed in everything Samsung and I don't miss Apple at all.

    Moral of the story is to not have blind loyalty to a brand and accept less than functionality because of it. If you're paying for something make sure it does what you want it to. Also, don't stay loyal to a brand because it has prettier emojis or blue messages - that's just dumb.

    Don't know if people will find this helpful or not but I watched a tonne of Apple to Android switch videos and read a lot of reddit posts before taking the plunge so I thought I'd put my 2 cents in too.

    Sincerely,

    A former AppleFanBoy/iSheep

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