Yesterday night I got one of my macOS feedback answered by Apple. It was about the Mac Appe Store app Reload menu item not being enabled which prevented me to reload and refresh apps with pending updates. It was fixed in macOS 26.1 beta 1. I can’t remember when was the last time one of my feedback reports being processed.
The M4 iPad Pro battery health after 18 month of use and 127 cycle count: 87%. I consider this to be bad. Battery life on this device is not good at all to be frank.
I guess I was right to call the Apple Vision Pro a failure in my recent piece on Apple Failures.
On the Mac, I consume Apple Music via music.apple.com. Lighter. Faster. Better design. Trustable. 🤷🏻♂️
Another item added to my wish list… 👀
Is ChatGPT enshitification about to begin? It certainly looks like it. Fuck.
How many ways can you write that the iPhone 17 is an improvement compared to last year’s iPhone 16? 🤨
I have a deep feeling that AI and Apple Intelligence are consuming a significant amount of development resources at Apple, which could explain why this year’s releases are so buggy.
In the article “Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI,” Edward Zitron discusses the unsustainable financial model of generative AI companies, highlighting that they are consistently unprofitable due to high operational costs and escalating expenses associated with model inference.
In other words, AI is a money pit.
I’m concluding that without an external screen, multitasking on the iPad is best experienced with Stage Manager. It’s a more controlled experience (hence requiring less management). With an external monitor, then going all in with windowing is the way to go. That’s my conclusion anyway.