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  • grafician-4

    • inNOvation Never Sleeps!utopian
    • He just said "Peninsula"AQUTE
    • more of a static cape_niko
  • AQUTE0

    Selecting text from an image is a pretty cool feature


    • Thanks Raymond KurzweilAQUTE
    • It worksnb
    • You can select text from photos in Preview on the Mac too. Saves me loads of hassle when shitty clients send me jpegs of copyIanbolton
    • my se2 does thisimbecile
  • Akagiyama1

    The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters. lol

    https://www.theverge.com/2022/10…

    • LOL!!
      "911 what's your emergency?"
      "SSCCRREEEAMMM!!!!"
      Projectile
    • So long as it doesn't call your wife while you're on your mistress, it should be ok.shapesalad
  • PhanLo13

    Steve Jobs showing Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf how to use a Macintosh computer that Sean Lennon received for his 9th birthday.

    It was October 9, 1984, and Steve Jobs was going to a nine-year-old’s birthday party. He’d been invited just a few hours earlier by journalist David Scheff, who was wrapping up a profile of the Apple Computer wunderkind for Playboy. Jobs was far from the highest-profile guest, however. Walter Cronkite, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Louise Nevelson, John Cage, and singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson were also in attendance. And Yoko Ono, of course—it was her son’s birthday, after all.

    Despite the last-minute invitation, Jobs had managed to bring along a gift for the young Sean Lennon. A few hours into the party—once cake had been served and the adults began to talk amongst themselves—Jobs asked Lennon if he was ready to open his present.

    It was, naturally, a Macintosh computer. Released in January of that year, the machine was the newest of Apple’s personal computing products on the market. Jobs set up the Macintosh on the floor of Lennon’s bedroom, demonstrating how to use the mouse by opening up MacPaint. The boy was enthralled by the program, initially sketching a few simple shapes with the paintbrush tool and then moving on to a sort of camel-lion hybrid.

    A few of the adult guests wandered in, including Warhol and Haring. Warhol took one look at the computer program and turned to Haring in wonderment. “What is this? Look at this, Keith. This is incredible!” A few minutes later, Warhol asked if he could take a turn in front of the monitor. Jobs explained how the mouse worked, but the artist instead lifted it off the floor and swished it through the air. Finally, Jobs put his hand over Warhol’s and steered it along until he’d gotten the hang of it.

    After a few minutes in concentrated silence, Warhol glanced up. “Look! Keith! I drew a circle!”

    That night, Warhol recorded the episode in his diary. He’d told Jobs that a man had been calling him repeatedly, trying to give him a Macintosh, but Warhol had never followed up. Jobs replied, “Yeah, that was me. I’m Steve Jobs.”
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    • Wow.ideaist
    • Imagine working on a 9 in screendrgs
    • Amazing story - thanks for sharing!antimotion
    • The first Mac I worked on looked like this - a 1991 Mac II SE. It couldn't run photoshop but it could run Pagemaker and Illustrator. The screen was greyscale.CyBrainX
    • Why wasn't I invited to this?CyBrainX
    • This is epicCalderone2000
  • SimonFFM2

    It often happens that my wife has different weather forecasts or temperatures than me. I finally figured out that my phone is displaying weather for "Frankfurt" while hers is "Frankfurt am Main" which basically is 100% the same city.

    • Proof that women live in a different universe?Chimp
    • LolSimonFFM
    • https://upload.wikim…nb
    • Maybe your phone thinks you live in Frankfurt (Oder). :PContinuity
    • No, it’s the same Frankfurt. You can’t even have both forecasts on your phone, Apple doesn’t allow that.SimonFFM
    • Waetheration Never Sleepsutopian
    • "You think you know better than me?"

      Sincerely,
      Tim Apple
      Wordsworth
  • bogue9

    I know this thread is mostly for shitting on Apple. But this is a pretty lovely site put together by Work&co in collaboration with LoveFrom (Jonny Ive's new company) who created the typeface.

    https://stevejobsarchive.com

  • NBQ000

    New M2 iPad Pro's and maybe some other stuff released today. But since no major redesign stuff there's no keynote.

    Press release could come any time now.

    • Bet it’s right around 10am Pacific!nb
    • Hashflag #takenotenb
  • NBQ00-1

    • "completely redesigned", lolNBQ00
    • At least more pro apps coming (DaVinci Resolve, Octane X, etc)NBQ00
    • "all screen display" ... "right to the edges"... except for that 1/2 inch bezel.akiersky
    • Not saying I don't want somewhere to hold the thing, but why do they make such a big deal when it clearly not true?akiersky
    • no one can afford one due to inflation and economic crisis, aside from boomers...shapesalad
    • get one while you still can

      if Apple leaves Chyna it's gonna be very hard to get the latest tech for a while
      grafician
    • "This is the best iPad we've ever made"utopian
    • Always cringe at the "best xxx we've ever made" gimmick. No shit... But I'm sure psychological studies prove that as dumb as this sentence is, it's mandatoryspl33nidoru
    • I dont get it... they are the exact same iPads as before?inteliboy
    • I made it to the keyboard before having to quit. Also that bezel.garbage
    • grafician, you mr. knowitall... Apple uses chip manufacturing in Taiwan, not Chyna.NBQ00
    • But where're the actual machines manufactured?Nairn
    • Ah yes I forgot Foxconn in China. But more and more in Vietnam, India, Brazil.NBQ00
    • @NBQ says right there on the machines "Assembled in China" but what do I knowgrafician
    • Their chips come from TSMC, but they're about to move to Japan and elsewhere, possibly in anticipation of China coming and knocking on the door.garbage
  • grafician-2

    anybody tried this workflow yet?

    • This is the best workflow we've ever made!utopian
    • was simply curious, but okgrafician
    • what is it? I have m iPad and m Mac do I need to do anything to enable this workflow?_niko
    • You need a hipster magazine job, where you put pink text on a yellow background to enable that workflow.shapesalad
    • I meant using ipad pro + external displaygrafician
    • anyway very confused, adding the external display makes ipadOS multitasking like that?

      that I was asking if anybody tried that
      grafician
    • Hipster workflows never sleep.Chimp
    • iPad OS with StageManager feature is only about to be released. It sure is more powerful now for multitasking.NBQ00
    • i use my ipad as external screen for my M1 MBP and it’s great. doesn’t require any additional apps and is a feature called sidecar, i believe.scruffics
  • mg338

    I got one of the new M1 Max 16" MBP's for work today. Fully maxed out and an upgrade from my 2019 MBP.

    Glad to see the MagSafe back and the magic whatever bar gone.

    • Yeah that bar was complete shit.Continuity
    • Using it for?
      Got the Pro and it's overkill for UI work

      But must admit, it's the most beautiful laptop I've ever used!
      grafician
    • UX work, Adobe XD, Photoshop. Overkill I'm sure, but I'll never turn down a fast machine.mg33
    • Fair, enjoygrafician
    • ironically those m1 max laptops are a bit shite for 3D/Motion. Too powerful for UI/UX/GraphicD... too weak for 3D/MotionG. And pricey for it.shapesalad
    • I have one too. Display is stunning. But I use it in clamshell mode with a Dell monitor 95% of the timenb
    • I’m really looking forward to my next MBP without a TouchBar.instrmntl
    • is the magSafe on both sides or just on one side?hotroddy
    • @hotroddy left sidegrafician
    • I have the base M1 Pro 16” and it’s amazing for UX and some light video editing work.Chimp
    • I've had one since launch, it's great for composing stuff in Blender on the couch.Jrdntnnr
    • I use mine with an external monitor in clamshell mode too. 27" BenQ monitor. But loving the bigger screen on the 16" when not connected.mg33
  • NBQ00-1

    Does anybody know what app that is he's using to shoot the scene at around the 1min mark?

  • nb0

    iPhone 14 Pro is the most ridiculous name for a product

    A phone for... pros? Do they mean like influencers? Professional tiktokers? People who answer support calls in a WFH setting? 911 operators? Who are these phone professionals?

    Nah, the Pro comes from MacBook Pro which made sense at the time. Pros for people doing professional creative work. And the i comes from iMac, right? That was the first mac with internet sorta built in?

    So, two of four parts of this name are just carried over from other products and have no relevance to the product. The two parts are “Phone” (like duh, but who uses the phone app anymore, maybe your elderly parents) and then “14”. 14? Lol.

    So, ok, products have dumb names. But come on, this Apple company is treated like marketing gods and for... this?

    • Maybe they’re marketing gods because they’ve managed to make a product called iPhone 14 Pro one of the most desired products in its categorynb
    • Definitely they should simplify the product line, focus and only go with iProduct and iProduct Prografician
    • ^ I mean...just look at the iPad line, it's a messgrafician
    • Pro callersjmckinno
    • Microsoft surface pro 7?
      lenovo thinkpad x12 detachable?
      asus vivobook 13 slate oled t330?
      comicsans
    • And that's just "best windows laptops"!comicsans
  • grafician-2
    • i hope this doesn't fuck up Ableton and all my plug insIanbolton
    • I didn't say to upgrade yet :))grafician
    • it will, don't be at it unless you're a devkingsteven
  • hans_glib1

    macOS Ventura Release Issues

    We've had an increase in support tickets this morning relating to users upgrading to macOS Ventura and encountering issues. We would recommend that you refrain from upgrading today. Historically an update occurs quickly, and the x.1 version is far more stable.

  • grafician-1

    ^

    LOL

    • i honestly don't get this urge to upgrade anymore. the "improvements" are little more than gimmicks that really add nothing to the experiencehans_glib
    • Yes, you can just buy a new machine and keep the original OS on it forever. Just add the security updates - but no main OS upgradegrafician
    • 10.14.6 was the best, is the best.... refusing to upgrade.shapesalad
    • Untick that automatically keep my Mac up to date!!!! That just enables a world of pain.shapesalad
    • i'm still rocking snow leopard on one machine and high sierra on the other and laptop. don't see any reason to update further, they all do everything i need.hans_glib
    • They are designed to slow down your machine.Chimp
    • fuckupdatesMrT
  • grafician-2

    "Rumor: Apple's M2 Max chip with 12 CPU cores (8 Performance + 4 Efficiency) and 38 GPU cores will debut with 14 & 16" MacBook Pros. The "M2 Ultra" & "Extreme" could have 24-48 CPU cores and 76-152 GPU cores and debut with the Mac Pro."

  • oey_oey0

    Is it safe to install Maverick?

  • _niko-3

    I think that new camera continuity feature is pretty cool, you can use your iPhone as a web cam on your desktop

    • That "solution" is in line with the mouse charging it upside down, the cringy touchbar, "you're holding it wrong" and other fiacos...grafician
  • Continuity1

    So, uh, yeah.

    If you use a Wacom tablet, don't install Ventura. It breaks the drivers, and renders the tablet useless.

    And — Wacom being Wacom — there aren't any new drivers for Ventura yet.

    Ask me how I know.

    • My old Graphire one finally stopped on the latest update. :-( Nearly 20 years it lastedPhanLo
    • I wouldn't care *so* much if I owned a mouse to use in the interim ...Continuity
    • Cos using the MBP trackpad when it's on a lift next to a full-size monitor is a real pain.Continuity
    • Wacoms still work well on Big Sur?

      Since the iPad pro arrived my wacom gathers dust...
      grafician
    • Problem solved-ish. Was a security thing in Mac OS, but still ...Continuity
    • await for whoever is behind this to update: https://github.com/t…shapesalad
    • I still use my Wacom on Big Sur. That0s why I refuse to install Maverick. That and because of Rane SL2 Serato Boxoey_oey
    • Wacom vs iPad...well, I prefer Wacom because it's not just the same display in small, I can use it with two displays and to work with vectors it's far betteroey_oey
    • ^
      And, it's generally a much more comfortable way of interfacing with the device, if you're not using it casually.
      Continuity
    • How to left click with wacom without it moving off a few pixels from where you intended to click?shapesalad
    • How do you knowdrgs
    • Because I did it!Continuity
    • The whole OS or app update breaks Wacom driver, update comes six months later thing happened back in the Mac OS Classic days!evilpeacock
    • Wacom just seem to abandon things now, rather than bother to update.PhanLo
    • My tablet quit too! I thought it was just mescarabin
  • nb0

    1, 2, or 3?

    Usage: photo editing and music production.

    Will keep this computer at least 5 years, using it less than once per week.

    1. MacBook Air Refurb M1 (previous gen) with 256GB and 8GB ram for $849

    2. Same refurb as above but 512GB and 16GB ram for $1189

    3. New MacBook Air M2 (current gen) with 256GB and 8GB ram for $1199

    The question comes down to: is a new M2 more valuable than the extra ram and storage?

    Which would you buy and why?

    • 2 for your needsspl33nidoru
    • if anything you need an external screen more than you need a M2spl33nidoru
    • Agree. I already have a very nice screennb
    • M2monospaced
    • This is interesting!! https://www.reddit.c…nb
    • 2grafician
    • 2 btwkingsteven
    • 2. I'd go for more RAM over the M2. You'll likely appreciate the extra HD space too.nocomply
    • I feel like the performance increase of the M2 is worth the less RAM and HD ...monospaced
    • Air has like zero ports though. Are using MIDI controllers? I have 8 USB ports used w/ my Mac mini (via thunderbolt adapters).section_014
    • Yeah ports are a concern. How many dongles or hubs will I neednb
    • I have 1 cable in my MBP charging over USB3 running a 4k monitor, 24in audio interface, 8 port Belkin hub with synths, iPad, drives and all sortskingsteven
    • i find the real problem is that if i don't have a hub with me i can't plug in any USB-A devices. so 3 USB-C ports doesn't solve muchkingsteven
    • Yeah 99% of the time I can keep it plugged into external display via usb-c thunderbolt which has plenty of ports on itnb