A week with Apple ...

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Dolby said:
I’m not sure asking things like ‘can these mails be deleted’ , ‘why do I get video stutter’ or ‘is there a way to properly share’ is really trolling?

Likewise, the ‘advice’ (or rather workarounds to the limitations) isn’t always a satisfactory answers.

In my opening post I mentioned that my old Face ID had the option of direct to phone or unlock screen, so it was a pity that Apple didn’t have. The reply was posts long about the workflow and Apple was right in what they were doing. I need to adjust or leave the ecosystem.

Really? Can’t just say that it can’t be done?
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The thing is that people feel that you're being 'snarky' when they share their lived experiences with you ie after many years of using an iPhone there are things that iPhone users just shrug off and move along with since those things are irrelevant in our context, and you then dismiss their feedback/input with an obviously Android-centric response.

iMessage is a good example - when I first switched it irritated me no end (for about 3 days) then I realised that hardly anyone in SA uses iMessage, even other iPhone users since there are simply too many non-iPhone users to make it a useful messaging platform compared to Whatsapp in South Africa.

Once Apple introduced the feature to filter SMS out using the "Unknown" switch (as explained in one of the earliest posts in this thread), it became a genuine non-issue since all the 'spam' sms is now sitting under Unknown and separated from known users/iMessages. It's also very convenient that if you iMessage someone who doesn't have an iPhone it automatically converts it into an SMS on their side.
 
Spizz said:
I used Tapatalk for years, lifetime sub, twice, monthly payments etc until about 6 months ago when I dropped it for good. The continued problems with attachments really got to me in the end and decided to ditch it. I'm used to Safari now and it's not too bad.

But why Tapatalk always felt the need to tinker with something that worked perfectly 8 or 9 years ago and ultimately deliver a worse product with every update is beyond me.
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Me and Tapatalk have had an on again off again thing since the days of Symbian S60, but somewhere in 2019/2020 I completely stopped using it and stuck to Safari.

Tapatalk was great for the older devices especially if we go back to Galaxy S2/iPhone 4S days where websites were still not taking the mobile responsive revolution seriously, I found Tapatalk to be less resource intensive.

At this point, most websites are mobile responsive and these devices are not only power efficient but are capable of handling even the most bloated websites with easy especially if you have an Ad blocker with whitelisting, I think all of this has made Tapatalk less and less necessary and of course their own sabotaging of the app, lol.
 
capd said:
What does converting Gmail contacts to iCloud entail and what are the reasons and benefits in doing so?

And are we talking about this?

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Moving your data from one cloud to the other.

Somewhat pointless unless you suddenly plan to stop using Google everywhere.

And quite painful as the migration dropped a lot of data for me…and was impossible to know which data only that I had a random 34 contacts affected.

Only real benefit is not having to configure an extra thing on a new Apple device or sign into anything.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Moving your data from one cloud to the other.

Somewhat pointless unless you suddenly plan to stop using Google everywhere.

And quite painful as the migration dropped a lot of data for me…and was impossible to know which data only that I had a random 34 contacts affected.

Only real benefit is not having to configure an extra thing on a new Apple device or sign into anything.
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Yep, and that extras thing to sign into is a very minor effort too
 
SauRoNZA said:
Moving your data from one cloud to the other.

Somewhat pointless unless you suddenly plan to stop using Google everywhere.

And quite painful as the migration dropped a lot of data for me…and was impossible to know which data only that I had a random 34 contacts affected.

Only real benefit is not having to configure an extra thing on a new Apple device or sign into anything.
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Yep, and that extras thing to sign into is a very minor effort too
 
BBC said:
@Dolby

Haven't heard from you in a while......How's it hanging or did you ditch the iPhone?
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I've still got it - no intention of getting rid of it.

I just know that most replies are going to be 'you're doing it wrong' ;)

 
My kids have started going to school and they use an app called Childcloud to upload achievements, events, gallery and general child management.

Guess what? You can’t save the pictures from the cloud to the gallery like I did on Android …

I mailer the developer and no option on iOS. Have to go to the website and save from there.

Eish
 
Dolby said:
My kids have started going to school and they use an app called Childcloud to upload achievements, events, gallery and general child management.

Guess what? You can’t save the pictures from the cloud to the gallery like I did on Android …

I mailer the developer and no option on iOS. Have to go to the website and save from there.

Eish
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Eish indeed.

Paid or free app?

Edit: Ah, I see it's one of those apps aimed at schools like Edana and that horrible thing that schools here in the WC used to use (something something communicator). Bliksem but all those developers should be tarred, feathered and run out of town for writing such kuk, user unfriendly, cramped UX's built on outdated crap subsystems that they manage to con schools into signing up for.

Edit 2: It really, really sucks when you switch ecosystems and realise that apps that you're used to have developers who concentrate their efforts on the other ecosystem. I for instance really, really wish that the developer of Drafts https://getdrafts.com/ would release a version of it compatible with Windows - it is hands down the best text handler I've ever used - probably one of the apps that would prevent me from switching to Android if I think about it.
 
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Mine uses something called Class Dojo which is pretty nice but the push for the paid for IAP extensions has become ridiculous.

Problem is last year I paid an annual sub for it expecting new content and it never happened…so why would I pay for it again if there’s is nothing that requires the active sub to actually gain value.
 
I’d be pretty bleak if they charged me for access, especially if there were no new features or anything of value.

It’s at these times I wish I’d followed a different path in life as I’m sure I could make a better child management app AND sell it on to schools with relative ease ;)

On the saving issue, as a workarounds I now log in via the browser. I still find it weird that something as simple as saving from a gallery can’t be done easily
 
Oh no they don’t charge you for access.

There’s just a Plus package option and the push to upgrade to it is a bit annoying.
 
I can’t reply to the other thread as the mod has an iPhone and I’m muted from replying ;)

Not ignoring intentionally

Anyway I’ll stick to topics. I just learned I can change the intensity of the flashlight, which is cool
 
Dolby said:
I can’t reply to the other thread as the mod has an iPhone and I’m muted from replying ;)

Not ignoring intentionally

Anyway I’ll stick to topics. I just learned I can change the intensity of the flashlight, which is cool
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For such an objective soul as yourself, you do get banned or muted from many apple threads.
It will probably be a first if you get muted from your own thread.
 
Dolby said:
I can’t reply to the other thread as the mod has an iPhone and I’m muted from replying ;)

Not ignoring intentionally

Anyway I’ll stick to topics. I just learned I can change the intensity of the flashlight, which is cool
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Skating on thin ice as usual.


You were muted there for misbehaving (again) not because the mod uses an iPhone.
 
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