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The batteries in the older 5s phones are reaching end of life. I've replaced several of them for clients. It's a really simple battery swap if you're good with tools, but check here first to be sure you're not covered for a free battery: https://www.apple.com/support/...

I concede that they don't have to release, that wasn't really my thinking. AC didn't say they had to release because of license, for all I know it may be some corporate charter or warm fuzzies that compels them. I genuinely don't know.
I guess I am trying to say I don't know why this is news. As far as I am aware, they have released all previous versions, like AC said. The page https://opensource.apple.com/ seems to imply such.

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You know how I know you don't know what your'e talking about? Because OS X does it exactly how you say you want it to be done.

When I plug in my DV camera it doesn't *do* anything. But when I open iMovie or FCP or any other app that should access the DV camera it Just Works. I don't have to find drivers it doesn't throw permissions errors.

as a raw file

Want to know the fastest way to do that through the GUI? iMovie.

they ask what you want to do and one of the options is to 'Do nothing' which is usually what I pick.

You mean like this? https://support.apple.com/libr...

The difference between OS X and Windows is that when you plug something in it does Just Work. Windows almost always just goes "Hey no drivers no clue".

I don't get it, this is the first time Apple does something like that. I have paid twice out of pocket to have my iPhone 4 and 4s replaced (there was one more replacement but within warranty), because of a well known issue (search about iphone 4 / 4s wifi grayed out) that Apple refused to acknowledge - their website instructions said "reset network settings" like that could do something about what we knew was a malfunctioning heat-sensor that disabled the wireless module (and was only actually enabled in firmware from a specific iOS version and on - you were fine if you never upgraded the original iPhone 4!). They have even voided the warranty of a 6 month Mac Mini with a failed motherboard, because the found "dust" (no cat hair or smoke, as it was a smoke/pet free home), and the owner of the Mac Mini just accepted that it was his fault!
So how come it is their fault for the first time? Are we not holding the battery wrong? Do we not have our central heating set too high? Are Apple sales slowing and they actually have to start behaving like other companies instead of treating their customers like they are lucky for the privilege of owning Apple products? After having seen the $300 "Designed by Apple" book come out just last week, I wouldn't have thought so...

Has this changed, and do other routers support Time Machine these days?

Yes, the latest version of macOS (Sierra) supports Time Machine backups to SMB 3 volumes. This opens the door to a number of devices, and once Samba fully catches up (and they're almost there), it will be even more. It's also a welcome replacement from NASes and other devices having to support AFP, as their support has always been a bit funky.

Dang, broken link: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/technotes/tn2313/_index.html

This is a terrible idea. The iPad Pro is not a computer. It's severely limited to what it's "allowed" to do. It's a consumption device. And Linux as an app? Are you serious? Given Apple's restrictions, I doubt they'd allow an OS in an App. They don't even allow emulators and even if they did, they severely limit access to the file system. Are you referring to this App:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/ap...

Buy the iPad Pro if you want an nice tablet for entertainment, but for Linux, absolutely not. And jailbreaking a device this expensive is just stupid, it really defeats the purpose of why people like Apple's ecosystem -- and of course you're now fighting Apple's updates. You can buy a real computer(notebook, desktop, etc.) that's better speced with none of the limitations for less if you want to run linux. You can buy a gaming level PC for less than an iPad Pro.

I routinely run Windows on my Apple hardware. Bootcamp works reasonably well. The only penalty is the graphics/video drivers. You get whatever driver was available when that Mac came out, and you'll never get another until you buy an updated Mac. This usually isn't an issue unless you're doing hardcore gaming or video production.

Paying to fix a defect?? and $150 USD to boot?

New to Apple, eh?

Apple may have conceded the problem, but their statement has been very carefully worded to avoid even implying any responsibility on their part for a "defect":-

Apple has condeded that

“Some iPhone 6 Plus devices may exhibit display flickering or Multi-Touch issues after being dropped multiple times on a hard surface and then incurring further stress on the device.”

Note Apple’s careful wording.

The first bit makes the specific claim that the problem starts off (allegedly) with the phone being “dropped multiple times on a hard surface”. They don’t need to point out that this- we can all agree- would be the user’s responsibility, not something that can be blamed on Apple.

However– note that they’re not claiming that those clumsy users dropping their phones are sole cause of the problem. Rather, that it’s caused by this “and then incurring further stress on the device.”

What they don’t actually mention is what that vague “further stress” might specifically consist of!

The original- and most commonly-believed- theory, that flexing of the iPhone 6’s case leads in turn to bending of the board inside, straining and then breaking the solder connections between that and the Touch IC chips- would certainly fit the definition of “further stress”. However, given the “Bendgate” controversy surrounding the iPhone 6’s case, this would- unlike the phone dropping- be more likely considered to be Apple’s fault and responsibility.

This is, of course, speculation. However, given how specific and committal they were on the supposed “phone dropping”- that would obviously be the user’s fault- one might ask why a company as careful as Apple would choose to be so vague and nonspecific on those “further stresses” unless they were seeking to avoid admitting- even by implication- that the responsibility lay with them.

In short, while Apple has admitted to the existence of the problem- that’s as far as it goes. They haven’t even implied- let alone come out and said- that the problem is caused by a design flaw in the iPhone 6, and they’re not offering a free repair service for what many people consider their manufacturing fault.

With iCloud enabled calls to your iPhone are also routed to iPads or Macs so you can answer via FaceTime. Apple is "integrating" with your phone service provider.

What's your point? Once the call is over with it can't be routed to your Mac or iPad, so there's no reason to keep a log of a call once it is completed.

"Move seamlessly between your devices with Handoff, Universal Clipboard, iPhone Cellular Calls, SMS/MMS messaging, Instant Hotspot, and Auto Unlock."
https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Plus as the AC mentioned there is also calling someone back using the Mac or iPad at a later date.

And that's a fair point. Apple already does quite a bit to try and educate their users about the security and privacy of their devices, but the industry as a whole needs to be doing an even better job, as I'm sure you'd agree.

Even so, the details were readily available to anyone who was interested in them, and Apple's white papers are fairly easy reading as far as technical breakdowns go, so the headline's claim that Apple was secretly collecting the data is clearly false, which is highlighted by the fact that the article itself refutes the headline.

Don't buy. "Pro", my ass.

To audio pros, the single most important feature in a pro laptop is knowing that when the logic board s**ts itself, you can take the thing in for repair, and you'll get back a machine that still has all your software on it. Without that, you get to experience the joy of spending several weeks on the phone with a hundred different software vendors trying to convince them to give you another device activation because your old machine no longer exists and you can't deactivate the existing installation.

The other design screw-ups in the new "Pro" were obnoxious, but survivable. This one, however, represents a level of epic fail that is simply beyond acceptable. When you've had a long string of GPU-related logic board failures like Apple has experienced lately, soldering the non-volatile storage to the main logic board is just too incompetent for words.

This is a show-stopper. This is not a pro machine. It is a disposable toy.

+ 5 Informative??? Are you KIDDING me?!?

If you are TRULY an "Audio Pro" (or ANY kind of person who DEPENDS on their computer and its Applications and Data) and you DON'T have a Time Machine/Other BACKUP, then you absolutely DESERVE what you get! And ALL the "Removable" Storage in the WORLD isn't going to help "fix Stupid"!

Have you ever restored a drive from a TM Backup? It's a thing of beauty. Every single thing comes back. It. Just. Works. PERFECT Fidelity!

And since you can actually Restore a TM backup on an External Drive to ANOTHER External Drive, all you have to do is (ideally) carry a Spare Drive, pre-loaded with a recent TM backup of your System and Applications (because you ARE already keeping your "work files" on an External Drive, right?), so you can simply Plug-in that (Emergency) Drive, Reboot, and Go! Or, if you don't have a pre-loaded spare drive, then go to your nearest Walmart, purchase an External Drive, and Restore your TM Backup to it. Again, Reboot, and you're Good To Go!

So, next FAKE Objection?

And with the massive amount of I/O bandwidth on the new MBPs (80 Gbps!), booting/running Applications from an External (especially a TB 3 one!) should be pretty-much indistiguishable from an internal drive.

So in that case where the logic board died and the drive was full, what would have happened if the drive had died instead? Hard drives fail far more frequently than logic boards... There really is no excuse for not keeping backups, on any system.

ESPECIALLY on macOS!

I've never bought a computer that I didn't upgrade. I've maxed Ram and HD on countless ones. I had an iBook G4 that I opened 3 times to upgrade stuff and it was torture to open that case. The HD though is a serious matter. I've had one computer logic board die on me with a hard drive full of stuff. A lot of it not backed up so I just pulled the HD and installed it in an external case. No problem. If you buy one of these new models you'd better be religious about backing up the system.

And how is one to do that, when, ever since OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple makes it so hard to do backups? [/sarcasm]

Maybe, find someone who has already downloaded it before in their Mac App store account. It'll still be in their Purchased list. Then they can download the installer app. Then use the command line utility hidden inside the app, to create a bootable installer on a USB stick.

Much easier for El Cap. It's still available! https://support.apple.com/en-u...

I know you are joking, but...

A few months ago I came across what is probably Apple's cheapest product - the $9.99 MagSafe-to-MagSafe2 converter. It's actually quite handy if you've got any older Mac power supplies and don't want to spend $70 for a backup MagSafe2 adapter.

I had an iPhone6 that would do the same thing, die with a 30-40% charge, then show the charge again and work after plugging it into a charger for a minute. This problem has been known for a while. A quick search shows the following thread on the apple discussion boards. There is a fix posted on payetteforward. I used that fix and my iPhone6 never had that battery problem again. I'd forgotten how I fixed it but 5 secods of a Google search for "iphone 6 turns off at 40" turned it up again.

If you go to FinalCut Prop website, the reviewer mentioned in the post and his company are featured in their splash page ad: http://www.apple.com/final-cut...

ProRes 4444/4444XQ are higher bitrate than ProRes422/422HQ, but they are lightly compressed and not especially demanding on the CPU provided you have the disk throughput. I can edit 1080p 4444/4444XQ on a 2013 macbook air.

Read this whitepaper. It shows that a mid-2014 macbook pro can decode 2 streams of 4444XQ 4K p24 and 16 streams of 4444XQ 1080p24.

The more highly compressed codecs (eg H.264/AVC based codecs) demand more processing power to encode or decode.

Most pro editors/DITs use RED rockets if they need to handle R3D files.

16GB for $449 is way too expensive for a refurbished item, especially an electronic device. You could get a new 6s with twice as much storage (32GB) and you would pay only $100 more dollars.

roman_mir excretes:

> There shouldn't be any income, any corporate, any wealth taxes at all. Your insane collectivist governments will eventually fall once there are no more jobs left for the collectivists and all the jobs move anywhere where the collectivists cannot get them.

You're highly delusional. On this side of the Atlantic we pay our taxes and we like it.

When we're ill, unemployed, disabled, homeless etc. the government steps in to help us. That's the unwritten contract we have with our European governments.

Compare and contrast with the US where you have a large underclass of people, who if they're not in prison, cannot afford proper healthcare, food or housing. I'll take the European approach, thank you very much.

Apple, by paying less than 1% of their European profits in tax force everybody else to pay more tax. If I set up business in Ireland, do you think I'll pay less than 1% on my corporate profits?

Answer: No, because I couldn't afford the backhanders to get such a deal.

The self-serving retard that is Tim Cook doesn't seem to understand that concept.

BTW, Tim Cook is toast. Just a matter of time until the street realises he hasn't produced anything useful during his reign. On the contrary, he's turned some good stuff into garbage eg. Macbook Pro, OSX.

Adapters are required because the USB-C connector is too new, not because it is proprietary.

Apple's whole strategy around ports is an inconsistent mess at the moment, the fanboys defend it as Apple being "ahead of the curve" but that is untrue, this is just Apple going against their traditional strategy of minimalist design with products that seamlessly work together. Travelling on the plane I couldn't use bluetooth headphones so I took wired ones, I couldn't take the lightning earpods that came with my iPhone7 because the Macbook Pro inexplicably still doesn't include a lightning port so I had to take ones with a 3.5mm jack and take an adapter just so I could plug it into the iPhone. If I were to upgrade to the new MBP I need an adapter to go from the iPhone USB cable (and thumbdrives, USB mouse) to USB-C, HDMI adapter, thunderbolt 2 converter so I can plug in my thunderbolt hard drive and either another thunderbolt converter (for my ethernet thunderbolt adapter because of OSX's wifi connectivity issues - software, because no issues when using Windows with bootcamp) or an ethernet to thunderbolt 3 converter and I've got to take the 3.5mm to Lightning adapter for my phone so my headphones work on both devices.

So I need:
1x HDMI adapter to support my external display.
2x Thunderbolt 2 -> Thunderbolt 3 adapter to support my existing thunderbolt 2 devices.
1x USB -> USB-C adapter to support plugging in my iPhone or thumbdrives or USB mouse. Or a USB hub.
1x 3.5mm to Lightning so I can use the same headphones on my iPhone and Mac.

It's a mess.

Adapters are required because the USB-C connector is too new, not because it is proprietary.

Apple's whole strategy around ports is an inconsistent mess at the moment, the fanboys defend it as Apple being "ahead of the curve" but that is untrue, this is just Apple going against their traditional strategy of minimalist design with products that seamlessly work together. Travelling on the plane I couldn't use bluetooth headphones so I took wired ones, I couldn't take the lightning earpods that came with my iPhone7 because the Macbook Pro inexplicably still doesn't include a lightning port so I had to take ones with a 3.5mm jack and take an adapter just so I could plug it into the iPhone. If I were to upgrade to the new MBP I need an adapter to go from the iPhone USB cable (and thumbdrives, USB mouse) to USB-C, HDMI adapter, thunderbolt 2 converter so I can plug in my thunderbolt hard drive and either another thunderbolt converter (for my ethernet thunderbolt adapter because of OSX's wifi connectivity issues - software, because no issues when using Windows with bootcamp) or an ethernet to thunderbolt 3 converter and I've got to take the 3.5mm to Lightning adapter for my phone so my headphones work on both devices.

So I need:
1x HDMI adapter to support my external display.
2x Thunderbolt 2 -> Thunderbolt 3 adapter to support my existing thunderbolt 2 devices.
1x USB -> USB-C adapter to support plugging in my iPhone or thumbdrives or USB mouse. Or a USB hub.
1x 3.5mm to Lightning so I can use the same headphones on my iPhone and Mac.

It's a mess.

Adapters are required because the USB-C connector is too new, not because it is proprietary.

Apple's whole strategy around ports is an inconsistent mess at the moment, the fanboys defend it as Apple being "ahead of the curve" but that is untrue, this is just Apple going against their traditional strategy of minimalist design with products that seamlessly work together. Travelling on the plane I couldn't use bluetooth headphones so I took wired ones, I couldn't take the lightning earpods that came with my iPhone7 because the Macbook Pro inexplicably still doesn't include a lightning port so I had to take ones with a 3.5mm jack and take an adapter just so I could plug it into the iPhone. If I were to upgrade to the new MBP I need an adapter to go from the iPhone USB cable (and thumbdrives, USB mouse) to USB-C, HDMI adapter, thunderbolt 2 converter so I can plug in my thunderbolt hard drive and either another thunderbolt converter (for my ethernet thunderbolt adapter because of OSX's wifi connectivity issues - software, because no issues when using Windows with bootcamp) or an ethernet to thunderbolt 3 converter and I've got to take the 3.5mm to Lightning adapter for my phone so my headphones work on both devices.

So I need:
1x HDMI adapter to support my external display.
2x Thunderbolt 2 -> Thunderbolt 3 adapter to support my existing thunderbolt 2 devices.
1x USB -> USB-C adapter to support plugging in my iPhone or thumbdrives or USB mouse. Or a USB hub.
1x 3.5mm to Lightning so I can use the same headphones on my iPhone and Mac.

It's a mess.

Adapters are required because the USB-C connector is too new, not because it is proprietary.

Apple's whole strategy around ports is an inconsistent mess at the moment, the fanboys defend it as Apple being "ahead of the curve" but that is untrue, this is just Apple going against their traditional strategy of minimalist design with products that seamlessly work together. Travelling on the plane I couldn't use bluetooth headphones so I took wired ones, I couldn't take the lightning earpods that came with my iPhone7 because the Macbook Pro inexplicably still doesn't include a lightning port so I had to take ones with a 3.5mm jack and take an adapter just so I could plug it into the iPhone. If I were to upgrade to the new MBP I need an adapter to go from the iPhone USB cable (and thumbdrives, USB mouse) to USB-C, HDMI adapter, thunderbolt 2 converter so I can plug in my thunderbolt hard drive and either another thunderbolt converter (for my ethernet thunderbolt adapter because of OSX's wifi connectivity issues - software, because no issues when using Windows with bootcamp) or an ethernet to thunderbolt 3 converter and I've got to take the 3.5mm to Lightning adapter for my phone so my headphones work on both devices.

So I need:
1x HDMI adapter to support my external display.
2x Thunderbolt 2 -> Thunderbolt 3 adapter to support my existing thunderbolt 2 devices.
1x USB -> USB-C adapter to support plugging in my iPhone or thumbdrives or USB mouse. Or a USB hub.
1x 3.5mm to Lightning so I can use the same headphones on my iPhone and Mac.

It's a mess.

did you forget it requires an adapter to connect an iphone

No, it doesn't. You just get the appropriate cable.
http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

Did you forget that Apple could easily release a USB-C-to-lightning cable that will obviate the need to use a dongle with an existing USB-A-to-lightning cable?

What do you mean "could"?
http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

Buy a used MacBook Pro.

This gives you the connectors you want.

The used MacBook Pros are almost as fast as the new ones. Trivial difference.

The cost of the used ones is about 50% of the new ones.

Buy used and you save. Of course, Apple doesn't make any money off of that transaction which is your way of voting with your pocket book. Apple will pay attention to this when Mac sales crash due to them releasing machines people don't want. They will pay attention and notice the sales of the used machines are doing well. They'll figure it out.

Lastly, leave Apple feedback here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/...

They do read the feedback and that is your conduit to change.

There is apparently no longer any way to manually turn the new MacBook Pros off and on. The removal of the "Mac startup sound" is apparently because they now automatically boot when opened. Or something.

Sure there is: plug it in, or open the lid. That's now your "physical power button" - think of it as a physical gesture, rather than a physical button-press.

I've routinely had to force-shutdown Macs or reset NVRAM simply to get the display working again.

Yeah, if only there was a way to reset NVRAM - like rebooting and pressing Command-Option-P-R, as Apple's support pagewas updated to indicate.

As far as force-power-off, you will press the soft start button and hold it for ~5 seconds to force the power off, just like you used to do with the physical power button. It's also possible for a physical power button to break, as well - I had an old MBP where the spring broke under the power button, and it wouldn't power off unless I shut down the OS successfully, or ran down the battery and crashed it. As long as the touchID sensor is "at least as" reliable as a physical button, why do you care whether or not there's a moving part that powers the system down?

No, you misunderstand me. I'll admit I wasn't entirely clear, but the power button is a software button in the sense that it's displayed by software and not a physical button in any fashion. Here, take a look at the developer page for the Touch Bar. See the power button there? No? Because there isn't one. It's entirely software driven.

The "power button" apparently would be displayed on the right end of the "touch bar" where the Touch ID sensor is. In fact, apparently you can't even use this to turn the new MacBook Pro on, Apple had to create a support article explaining how you turn the new MacBook Pro on: you either open the lid, or plug it into power. There is no "on" switch.

How do your force a reboot when macOS isn't responding? Who even knows. I haven't been able to find that on Apple's support site.

Where did you get the idea that the TouchBar MacBook Pros don't have a Power Button? It is simply integrated with the TouchID Sensor, much like the Home Button on an iPhone. And it is every bit as "real" a Power-Button as on previous models.

This Support Article might help.

No, you misunderstand me. I'll admit I wasn't entirely clear, but the power button is a software button in the sense that it's displayed by software and not a physical button in any fashion. Here, take a look at the developer page for the Touch Bar. See the power button there? No? Because there isn't one. It's entirely software driven.

The "power button" apparently would be displayed on the right end of the "touch bar" where the Touch ID sensor is. In fact, apparently you can't even use this to turn the new MacBook Pro on, Apple had to create a support article explaining how you turn the new MacBook Pro on: you either open the lid, or plug it into power. There is no "on" switch.

How do your force a reboot when macOS isn't responding? Who even knows. I haven't been able to find that on Apple's support site.

Where did you get the idea that the TouchBar MacBook Pros don't have a Power Button? It is simply integrated with the TouchID Sensor, much like the Home Button on an iPhone. And it is every bit as "real" a Power-Button as on previous models.

This Support Article might help.

No, you misunderstand me. I'll admit I wasn't entirely clear, but the power button is a software button in the sense that it's displayed by software and not a physical button in any fashion. Here, take a look at the developer page for the Touch Bar. See the power button there? No? Because there isn't one. It's entirely software driven.

The "power button" apparently would be displayed on the right end of the "touch bar" where the Touch ID sensor is. In fact, apparently you can't even use this to turn the new MacBook Pro on, Apple had to create a support article explaining how you turn the new MacBook Pro on: you either open the lid, or plug it into power. There is no "on" switch.

How do your force a reboot when macOS isn't responding? Who even knows. I haven't been able to find that on Apple's support site.

Where did you get the idea that the TouchBar MacBook Pros don't have a Power Button? It is simply integrated with the TouchID Sensor, much like the Home Button on an iPhone. And it is every bit as "real" a Power-Button as on previous models.

This Support Article might help.

did you forget it requires an adapter to connect an iphone?

No it does not. You can use an adapter if you need to but it is not required.

WTF? Your link points to an adapter. The iPhone 7 ships with a cord to connect the lightning port to the USB-A power adapter.

No, you misunderstand me. I'll admit I wasn't entirely clear, but the power button is a software button in the sense that it's displayed by software and not a physical button in any fashion. Here, take a look at the developer page for the Touch Bar. See the power button there? No? Because there isn't one. It's entirely software driven.

The "power button" apparently would be displayed on the right end of the "touch bar" where the Touch ID sensor is. In fact, apparently you can't even use this to turn the new MacBook Pro on, Apple had to create a support article explaining how you turn the new MacBook Pro on: you either open the lid, or plug it into power. There is no "on" switch.

How do your force a reboot when macOS isn't responding? Who even knows. I haven't been able to find that on Apple's support site.

No, you misunderstand me. I'll admit I wasn't entirely clear, but the power button is a software button in the sense that it's displayed by software and not a physical button in any fashion. Here, take a look at the developer page for the Touch Bar. See the power button there? No? Because there isn't one. It's entirely software driven.

The "power button" apparently would be displayed on the right end of the "touch bar" where the Touch ID sensor is. In fact, apparently you can't even use this to turn the new MacBook Pro on, Apple had to create a support article explaining how you turn the new MacBook Pro on: you either open the lid, or plug it into power. There is no "on" switch.

How do your force a reboot when macOS isn't responding? Who even knows. I haven't been able to find that on Apple's support site.

did you forget it requires an adapter to connect an iphone?

No it does not. You can use an adapter if you need to but it is not required.

unless you've real work to do. the future is swell until i need to transfer files to a dead server in the datacenter at 4 AM.

We can all contrive made up situations where having the wrong ports is a theoretical problem. Has this actually happened to you in real life? If not then I'm not sure what you are complaining about.

did you forget it requires an adapter to connect an iphone?

No it doesn't. You can use a normal USB-C to Lightning cable, no adapter necessary.

Perhaps you're annoyed that when you bought your iPhone, you got a USB-3 to Lightning cable in the box, and that needs an adapter. Go into an Apple shop and explain you can't connect your new Apple phone to your new Apple laptop because they gave you the wrong cable. I bet they'll swap it out on the spot for the cable you want.

Having four USB-C ports is awesome.

unless you've real work to do.

Fuck off with the "if your needs are different to mine, you aren't doing real work" bollocks. I've got real work to do and I can do it fine without any legacy ports. If you do need legacy ports, then it's fine to complain about it, but that doesn't magically make everybody else's needs not "real work".

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod... $49.95

Look at that thing.

You've got this thing sticking halfway out.

The $50.00 dollar Mac Accessory on apple.com sits out what looks to be at least 2 inches, if not 3. WTF kind of design is that Sandisk?

Someone should invent an electronic box that I can attach to the bottom of my Macbook Pro. I would open the box, insert an SD card reader, DVD drive, whatever into the box, close the box, and plug it into a universal port on the laptop. The box would take care of converting to/from USB-C.

A box that contained only ports would be simpler. But a box that contained peripherals would be better, because then I wouldn't have to carry the peripherals separately from the laptop, plug them in, and find a place to put them. (Ok, my laptop's on my lap. I guess I'll put the external DVD drive on the chair next to me.)

When I used my MacBook, there would need to be a way to raise it a couple of inches above the box, to help keep it cool.

All for the sake of a handful of laptop users compared to the total market [...]

The "total market"? Who are these people in the "total market"?

Guess what? The "total market" has a pretty large share of professional photographers who are willing to shell out $3000 for a laptop. Remember, this is the "Pro" market--people who make a living off their computers.

Every single port is USB-C with Thunderbolt 3 support,

True. But if you actually want speed, you should only use the ports on the left-hand side.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod... $49.95

Have you seen the screenshot for that product? Talk about "cumbersome". I wouldn't want to have to use this accessory with a Desktop. A SD card slot is so minuscule. Apple is so weird.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...
$49.95

It's trivial to install Samba on OS X.
Step 1. Install Xcode
Step 2. Install MacPorts
Step 3. sudo port install samba3 or sudo port install samba4

Apple can't include Samba out of the box with OS X due to issues linking to GPL v3 libraries and issues due to foregoing patent lawsuits if using GPL v3 code, but there's nothing stopping you from adding it yourself.

I was going to say it isn't really news- but it sort of is. The new part is that Apple is using their stance as a defense in emails to powerful people. The old part is that (a) Apple has metadata that is available to them and (b) Apple shares everything that they can with any government that asks. Apple will deliver, when given a lawful order, metadata, anything that isn't encrypted, and anything that they can decrypt. This includes everything in icloud.

This should, frankly, not be a surprise, but if you just glanced at the stories from last year, you'd be forgiven for thinking that. If you instead looked at the documents that Apple provides for law enforcement ( https://www.apple.com/legal/pr... ), or law enforcements own documents (which I can't easily google at the moment, but they are out there), you'll see that Apple basically hands over every single thing, every single time. For the older phones that weren't encrypted with a user key, they would unlock the entire phone. Every thing that they are technically capable of unlocking, they do. Since forever!

I also doubt they are in any way unique in this. It *is* the law, after all. It's also probably a big part of why Apple has added more and more user-only accessible parts to their phone, such as encrypting it in such a way that they can't read it (the phone itself, iMessage). Meanwhile, every piece of metadata is duly handed over, as they have access to that.

Basically, this is only a surprise if you didn't ever bother to look into it much, which, I mean, not everyone would. The new part is the email where they defend themselves to the Clinton campaign.

Because the summary and both articles are ambiguous, I was confused what was meant by "latest system updates." For anyone else wondering, this vulnerability was patched in Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra -- not just Sierra. See under "System Boot" heading here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207275.

and no special wireless chip.

Only the airpods and the new Beats wireless headphones have the chips. The Watches, iPhones, and various MacBooks don't, because they don't need them. Any machine running one of the supported OSes (iOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra) will work, including things like the iPhone 5 and Macbooks from 2009 onward. Apple says so itself (under "system requirements" and "compatibility").

I mean, really.

Apple pay does not REQUIRE touchid as many have said, from apples support site:

Apple Pay is safer than using a traditional credit or debit card. Every transaction on your iPhone or iPad requires you to authenticate with Touch ID or your passcode. Your Apple Watch is protected by the passcode that only you know, and your passcode is required every time you put on your Apple Watch.Oct 12, 2016
About Apple Pay - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-u...

Use touchid or your passcode.

You have to scroll to the bottom of their "MacBook Pro" page, click on the lower-end 13" laptop (e.g. the one this submission is talking about), and then scroll down again... but Apple is still listing and selling the previous version, complete with MagSafe, two full-size USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt 2 ports, and an SD card slot. The base price ($1299) has a 128GB drive, but you can configure it with more storage.