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Re:Apple News has a notification spam problem on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:44AM (#19727243)
That's not true for Apple's own apps. News can send notifications without you enabling them (like you have to for 3rd party apps). I've even submitted a bug report about this and it was closed as "working as intended".
Re:Reducing the size of iOS app binaries on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:33AM (#14617763)
I have built many large scale apps and have never used a library for autolayout, it's just not necessary. Using visual format language helps cuts down the code a lot.
Re:iMac Pro on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:14AM (#14495827)
Out of interest how do you use your iMac as an external monitor? I have a slightly older one, so it doesn't support target display mode (only available on 2009 macs and newer).
Re:Analysis of the Facebook app for iOS on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:23AM (#14086367)
Lots of apps are like this and I don't understand why. They should be using the caches folder and "the system may delete the Caches/ directory to free up disk space". However I have never seen this happen. When my phone runs out of space I have to manually delete these apps. Are they not using the correct folder, or is the system not deleting the caches?
Which version of iOS? As far as I can tell you can tap or swipe/slide the switches.
Re:Apple’s 2016 in review on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:17AM (#13307920)
I have Apple cables that old that still have nothing wrong with them. I think it was maybe about 4-5 years ago that they switched the materials, every cable I have had since then has started to disintegrate after a few months. In my office cupboard we have 5 mighty mice that have all worn through after 6 months use and we have stopped buying official Apple lightning cables.
Did you copy and paste the URL? It adds an id on the end, it doesn't track me when I remove the id.
Re:RIP Apple MacBook on Friday November 18, 2016 @05:01AM (#12985629)
It's a joke.
Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks? on Monday November 14, 2016 @07:44AM (#12949429)
This doesn't only happen with the two-prong adapters, I have noticed this on a few MacBooks, plugged in using the standard 3-prong UK plugs (sometimes with my phone too). An even weirder feeling is when someone else is touching the laptop, if you run your finger over their arm you'll notice the same bumpy feeling.
Re:How pure is the beer in Germany? on Thursday November 03, 2016 @12:06PM (#12865170)
Which is why it is blocked to people in the UK as they already pay the licence fee and therefore aren't allowed to be shown ads by the BBC. It's a bit of a weird situation.
Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:27AM (#12816939)
In Xcode 8 you can't. They briefly had it as a feature but it has never worked properly and is not supported. EDIT: It was also using Wi-Fi, not Bluetooth.
It totally depends on the situation, JPEG isn't always smaller, and it's lossy unlike PNG. Flat colour images like logos will be smaller as PNG, and look better too. PNGs also support transparency.
Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @08:30AM (#11953330)
Is there any evidence of this being possible on Macs made after 2008?
Re:Even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @08:29AM (#11953325)
That only works on pre 2008 Macs, I haven't seen any evidence about it being possible on later models.