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On Apple Fitness+ Launches (#apple #services #fitnetsplus)
Benjamin Mayo on Apple Fitness+ Launches “They did a good job with this. It’s not a deeply technical proposition but sometimes simple ideas and good execution are all you need. Fitness+ is high quality and well produced workout videos overlaid with live metrics readouts from a connected Watch. Straightforward, technologically trivial, but effective.” I started to use the service since day one. For now, I’m doing treadmill workouts ranging from 10 min to 30 min. Continue reading →
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Was this lab setup real? (#apple)
In 2020, we started to get a better peek at Apple’s labs, at least, this is what Apple wanted us to believe. My question: was this setup a real lab or was it entirely made up? I tend to think they were real. If that’s the case, in this particular image, can you spot a very old Macintosh? Continue reading →
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My current Applications folder on my M1 Mac, what is yours? (#apple #m1chip #applesilicon)
I’m mostly done with the re-installation of all my most used and mandatory apps on my Mac mini. To give you an idea of my apps collection, here is a screenshot of my applications folder. Most are universal apps or Apple Silicon only. I’m curious, what is yours? Continue reading →
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I'm less and less using my Intel-based iMac. And that's ok. (#m1chip #applesilicon #apple)
As more and more applications get the universal binary treatment to support M1 Macs, my iMac usage outside of my daytime job has decreased significantly. The list of apps that I cannot use on my M1 Mac mini is shrinking every week. It’s a good sign. Things are moving faster than I initially thought. Yesterday, I decided to let go the weird idea of not installing Intel-only applications on my M1 Mac mini, and everything is really working just fine. Continue reading →
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What do you use as a shortcut menu utility on macOS? (#apple #macOS)
I’m currently writing a piece about the tools and services I use to help me be more efficient in my blogger workflow. Currently looking at Shortcut Bar - Instant Access on the Mac App Store. I had this utility in my list that I never bought but the features are exactly what I would like to get. Is there any alternatives to this utility? It’s a bit on the expansive side and is not yet updated for M1 Macs and Big Sur look and feel. Continue reading →
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My still pristine M1 Mac mini is a thing of the past 😔 (#apple #m1chip #macmini #rosetta2)
Can you believe it, up until today, I was still resisting the installation of any non-native applications on my M1-based Mac mini. I refrained myself from letting in any Rosetta-dependant apps to run. I shouldn’t have made a big story about this non-issue, but it’s was more psychological than anything else. The list of non-native apps is small, but it started to negatively affect my ability to complete specific tasks. Continue reading →
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On Apple's ProRAW: extending the range of possibilities (#apple #proraw #photography)
From “ProRAW Is Here!” By Austin Mann: I suggest turning on ProRAW when you are shooting in extreme conditions of any kinds (extremely low light, extremely high dynamic range with super bright highlights and dark shadows, mixed light temperatures, and so on). Also, use ProRAW if you plan on enlarging the images (on screen or in print). ProRAW is about extending the possible scenarios where you can take great looking pictures. Continue reading →
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The shear power of Apple on its install base (#apple #ecosystem #installbase #iPadOS #iOS)
Is this new? I mean the format in which Apple is presenting the current iOS and iPadOS usage? The last time I paid attention to this, Apple was using a pie chart. I prefer this level of details. A few thoughts about these numbers are in order. First, iPhone users are quicker to update their devices compared to iPad users. Second, Apple makes a clear distinction between devices recently introduced (in the last four years) from the rest. Continue reading →
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The big problem with Sign in with Apple (#apple #security)
Here is an issue that I ran into yesterday with “Sign in with Apple”. I suspect I’m not alone in that situation. The excellent website building tool, Universe, came out with an update that introduces Sign-in with Apple. After updating the application on my iPad, I launch the app. I’m welcomed with a sign-in screen. The Sign-in with Apple option is prominently displayed. I tap on it. I’m then presented with the typical panel to decide if I expose my real email address and my real name. Continue reading →
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My first contact with Apple’s Fitness+ 😍 (#apple #fitnessplus #service)
Yesterday Apple launched their latest service offering: Fitness+. I gave it a try, and I fell in love. The first step was to update all my supported devices: the iPhone, my Apple Watch and my Apple TV. After spending a few minutes glancing at the different type of workouts, I elected to do a twenty minutes treadmill workout using my iPhone and my AirPods Pro. For this session, Jamie-Ray was my coach. Continue reading →
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Thanks, Apple (#apple #privacy #privacyprotection)
Thanks to all the teams at Apple for putting this App privacy feature together. Just like food labels, application labels were long overdue. Apple is far from perfect, I wrote about that a few weeks ago, but at the very least they do move the needle quite a bit. Bravo. Continue reading →
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What happens when an M1 Mac starts up? Fascinating. (#apple #m1chip #applesilicon)
What happens when an M1 Mac starts up? – The Eclectic Light Company: You can learn a great deal from the unified log entries of a system startup, and that for an M1 Mac is even more fascinating for the insights it gives into the hardware in the M1 system-on-a-chip (SoC). These were obtained from an M1 MacBook Pro with 8 CPU cores and 8 GPU cores running macOS 11. Continue reading →
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Remember de Macintosh Quadra 700? (#apple #vintage #Mac #Macintosh)
Working from home at 25MHz: You could do worse than a Quadra 700 (even in 2020) | Ars Technica: The '040 was a substantial upgrade over the '030 that had previously been used by Apple. It featured 1.2 million transistors, over four times as many as its predecessor. This processor increased the L1 cache size by a factor of eight to 4096 bytes, and it was the first 68k processor to have an on-board floating-point unit (FPU). Continue reading →
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When no new features was a feature (#Apple #macOS #snowleopard #2009)
Published by BasicAppleGuy, a short survey of his experience with MacOS Snow Leopard, back in 2009. I remember Steve Jobs talking about this release of MacOS as a pause in new features introduction in order to build the foundations for the next decade of MacOS (now spelled macOS). In fact, I would argue that, no new flashy feature was a new feature in itself. Something Apple could do these days. Continue reading →
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The Apple Health Index (#apple #finance #marketplace #products #expectations)
For a while, I used to maintain a table of measures related to Apple that were in four categories: Finance, Products, Expectations, Market Landscape. Each attributes had his own ponderation. I wold give a scope from 0 to 10 on each of them. A formula would calculate something call the Health Index. I would revisit this table four times a year. It was obviously totally subjective but it was fun to do. Continue reading →
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Here is a throwback... (#Apple #iOS6 #iPad)
During my digital assets cleanup this weekend as I’m preparing a move to Synology, I came across this screenshot of my iPad running iOS 6. Looking carefully to this image, it’s fascinating to see all the things we lost since then. First, many of those apps no longer exist. Second, design. Enjoy in all its glory. Continue reading →
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Did you know... ? (#apple #iOS #tips)
When you get an update from the App Store stating a size of, let’s say 179.4 MB, this doesn’t represent the actual amount of data that will be downloaded. In fact, depending of your device, the size will be much smaller. If you want to see this in action, turn on Low Data Mode. Then, go to the App Store and download an application update and look at the actual size of the download in the alert box. Continue reading →
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A broken Apple timeline (#apple #history #myarchives)
I use to keep a time of all the news and announcements emanating from Apple, Cupertino. It was fun but time-consuming. I failed to find a good use of it, so I stopped updating it. Maybe I should have continued, as a blogger, it could have been really useful. Continue reading →
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Detailed Apple Maps comes to Canada 🇨🇦🗺! (#apple #applemaps)
At long last, Apple’s detailed maps is now available for Canada! Not only we get more details in maps and better driving directions, we also get guides and the look around which is, in my opinion, way better designed than Google’s street view. I wasn’t expected them but they are certainly nice bonuses! Detailed maps were first introduced in iOS 13, more than a year ago. Now, if only we can get rid of COVID-19, I may start to use Maps more frequently. Continue reading →
