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Szanowne i szanowni. Maja jest teraz w Portugalii. Ma ze sobą iPhone, który nie chce się połączyć z siecią. Roaming ma włączony. Ktoś ma pomysł, jaka może być przyczyna? #por tugalia #iPhone
Tomorrow, Apple will shut down My Photo Stream, after 12 years of service.
I wrote the code that ran the service on iOS devices back in 2010, and it has been faithfully syncing hundreds of millions of photos between iPhones and iPads and their respective macOS Photo libraries for more than a decade. It survived the introduction to iCloud’s Shared Photo Streams (I also wrote its client software), the shutdown of Aperture, and the introduction of iCloud Photo Library. And today, we finally bid it goodbye.
It’s been a good 12 years. 1000 photos, hosted for 30 days, for free, so you can save them on your Mac—those were the days, eh?
I’m daily amazed by just how bad the User Experience (UX) is for Apple’s #ScreenTime feature, as a parent or guardian. The whole process of synchronizing Downtime and App Limits across devices for multiple family members is incredibly broken.
I don’t know how they built it, but it acts like every device is broadcasting its current knowledge of limits to every other device. And whichever device broadcasts last, “wins”. And if the device that broadcasts last is out of date? It just overwrites everything newer, whatever limits you just changed.
Wild how we’re having conversations like “Android vs iPhone” or “Apple Maps vs Google Maps” in 2023. I thought this was settled ages ago.
Get what works for you. But for me personally, I’ll never choose a platform whose entire existence is predicated on collecting every ounce of user data it can ascertain. Android and Google Maps both suffer from the same problems: too busy, too impersonal, and too desperate.
I’m happy with my iPhone because it’s just me. I can make it become whatever phone I need in the moment thanks to Focus Modes controlling my Lock Screen and Home Screen. The apps and services I take advantage of show the relevant information I need based on that Focus. And let’s not even start on how polished Apple’s widget system is compared to Android.
I’ll happily argue iPhone and iOS is more personal, more customizable, and more private and secure than Android.
But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy an Android phone if you want one. 🤷♂️
If you own an iPhone and care to share photos with anyone, go ahead and switch off of the lamentably default HEIC image format back to JPEG, in the settings.
A few days ago I was complaining about my front camera getting a purple vignette around the edges. I just checked again now and it looks like this 😭 my front camera is well and properly screwed, and I’m not sure if something caused it or it’s just… died.
Silver lining? I guess it matches my latest website design I’m working on. 🧐
If you are an #Apple enthusiast and are a #Reddit refuge trying out #Lemmy or #Kbin, I moderate quite a few Apple communities over on #LemmyWorld. Come join in on the convos!
Pls BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse 🙏🏼