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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by Ma8ee on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:24AM (#33316296)
On the other hand, it’s hard to make great innovative leaps with a mature product. The iPhone is something like 15 years. And I’m happy that they don’t change things just because they think they should.

And it looks like their laptops actually found the path again.

Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by js2 on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:26AM (#33317065)
At the same time, they keep adding useful features. I noticed something new in the Notes app the other day. I had entered a recipe as a note and all the recipe quantities (e.g. "1 tbsp", "5 cups", etc) had a faint underline. I tapped it and got an overlay with the units in a bunch of variations: liters, CCs, gallons, pints, etc.

Sometimes Apple products just have these really nice touches. Other times, it infuriates me where the gaps are. I have two garage doors that I've HomeKit enabled and if I tell Siri "close the garage door" I get asked which one, even if only one is open. Even if I say "close both garage doors" or "close all garage doors" I still get prompted.