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Apple to Linux Journal - Linux troubleshooting successes!

Today marks one month with Linux and I was glad to solve two of my three issues that have continued since install (connecting bluetooth devices and, separately, audio stutters when streaming). To be clear, these were obviously not deal breakers, just bothersome. Linux Mint is meant to be an easy way into Linux and it absolutely has been. Windows and macOS are not without their problems and...

#Linux #Apple
beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025

FYI, my iPhone just updated itself to whatever the newist iOS version is. Afterward, as I suspected, it had enabled Apple Intelligence, though before the update it was unchecked. Sneaky fuckers thought I wouldn't notice.

The apps setting for Apple Intelligence & Siri->Learn from this App remained unchecked, but I had to confirm that because you know on the next update they're flip that bit.

Lazy question - and I will sift through a search engine too. Is anyone who uses a lot of #Apple products backing up to an external hard drive instead of #iCloud? Just wondering about the feasibility and difficulty of that. My phone is fine but laptop is an old model so can’t have the Advanced Data Protection function so wondering about the best course of action. Of course then my phone and laptop no longer sync. Wondering what’s best for my data protection. Advice welcome 🙏🏼

So, here's my actually-planned-for-this-year #MARCHintosh project. Attached is a photo of four very dusty containers full of floppy disks. These are the actual disks from my childhood IIfx!

Most of these disks aren't original. The originals lived at Dad's workplace. He would periodically bring home software from work, make a copy of the disks, and return the originals to work. These were, I'm told, the "off-site backups", in case there was a fire at the workplace or something like that. But we also had all this software installed on the family IIfx so Dad could read any files that he brought home from work with him.

Of course, we also bought our own software for the home, and those are mixed in with these disks as well. And that stack of CD-ROMs in the top left are my MacAddict cover disks - those are already archived.

Anyway, because these are just consumer-grade diskettes, they degrade quicker than the professionally-manufactured original ones. I've already lost a few, so I want to get these archived! And of course, anything that doesn't already exist on the Garden will be uploaded there and shared on #GlobalTalk as well.

(expect this to be a long-ass foone-style thread with lots of updates over several days)

Dear Apple,

When you finally do deliver your new AI for the iPhone, it's really important that you make sure the off switch works. It's going to be the first and only feature I use.

Sincerely,
Mil ... SHUT THE HELL UP Siri! I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!

Ignore me at your peril (or at least the very real threat of a small economic boycott from the Chez Miasma household)

#Apple
#Siri
#Enshitification

Source: theverge.com/news/629940/apple

A hands-on photo of Apple’s iPhone 16E.
The Verge · Leaked Apple meeting shows how dire the Siri situation really isBy Chris Welch

@andyjennings Right. A 60 to 80% success rate is actually quite good compared to the current crop of LLMs, many of which get it wrong that much if not more. But it’s not close to the kind of performance you’d expect from a digital assistant that has access to your personal data and apps. #Apple did the right thing to pull the feature, but I’d be surprised if it’s ready any time soon unless they make a major breakthrough.

‘Absurd’

When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷

Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the UK government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy.

It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.

pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/a

#Apple decided to delay the functionality because of quality issues… ‌Siri‌’s new features were only working properly 60 to 80% of the time.” Not only is that bad, even with a dramatic improvement it’s still only going to meet expectations, say, 9 time out of 10. That’s not good enough for an application that’s dealing with your personal information. #AppleIntelligence macrumors.com/2025/03/14/apple

MacRumors · Apple Reassures Siri Team Members Feeling Disappointed and Embarrassed by Apple Intelligence DelayBy Juli Clover

@mcc @mhoye The #Apple #Newton #Messagepad 2100 was just an excellent device. I still miss certain features it had. For example, you could drag text/images with the stylus and drop it at any edge/margin of the application. You could drop as many snippets as you like. Even if you switch to another page, the snippets were still there and you could drop it.

Here is even an enhancement request for #LibreOffice that is inspired by it:
bugs.documentfoundation.org/sh

@libreoffice @libodesign

9to5Mac has some interesting speculation and recent examples for where #Apple’s rumored major redesigns will take #iOS

They cite four of Apple’s recent apps that exhibit various trends: floating shapes, navigation compacted into menus, and zero tab bars

Interesting stuff #iOS19

Side note: Know what trend sucks about Apple’s recent apps? None besides Image Playground (lol) have an iPad version.

Absolutely inexcusable

9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/apple-h

9to5Mac · Apple has been hinting at iOS 19’s new design, here’s what the clues say - 9to5MacApple is reportedly preparing a big new design for iOS 19, and by looking at its recent apps and updates, we get hints as to what’s coming.

"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"

The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.

The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.

Other services will be hit.

therecord.media/google-refuses

Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions

therecord.mediaGoogle refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK governmentU.S. lawmakers say Google has refused to deny that it received a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K. — a mechanism to access encrypted messages that Apple reportedly received.

@keithwilson.eu That said, I think #Apple’s strategy is the right one. Yes, #AI can provide some extra bells and whistles like summarising text or generating images, but automation of complex on-device tasks via a natural voice interface is a much more useful and realistic application of the technology. It’s just that nobody—including #Apple—has cracked how to make it work yet.