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Apple Update Monday Ping!
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Posted on 09/17/2018 9:43:00 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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Will Siri work better? She definitely doesn’t translate well. Maybe I’ve said she’s stupid a few times too many. Or that I ask her to translate pro-Trump commentary.
Well, Sword, this one makes my 4S a fossil of the small iphone days.
Wish there was an iphone that fit in a pocket.
Is the iPhone SE too big? It was just discontinued this week, but I bet you can find one. It would be a significant upgrade processor-wise, and it supports Apple Pay. I’d look into it quickly if you’re interested.
This upgrade doesn't do my 5C much good, either.
The closest to our phones was the iPhone SE, but those are no longer made, and are hit or miss to find.
I am not happy!!!
I noticed that too. 😀
Definitely updating the family devices to iOS12 simply so I can put limits on my kids’ usage (i.e., time-wasting).
I hear that the clever kids can get around the usage limits by setting their iPhone clocks back.
Thanks for the heads up.
Summary: deeper, wider, better data mining about you and your family and friends! We’re watching you!
There is. The iPhone 7 or 8 both with 4.7" screens are still on sale and measure only about 5.44" X 2.65" #X 0.33" (7 — $449) or 5.45" X 2.65" X 0.29" (8 — $599) which can easily fit in a shirt pocket.
Your iPhone 4s measures 4.5" X 2.33" X 0.37" with a 4" screen. . . and is far slower and is insecure. No Secure Enclave. No encryption Engine. No fingerprint sensor. No Retina display. Anyone can get into it in five minutes with online tools now.
iPhone SE dimensions: 4.87 x 2.31 x .30 inches. Same problems with security as the iPhone 4s. It's too old a design to hold onto for long. . . but the price is probably right. I think you might find a new one for around $349. . . but you'd have to go to Best Buy or Walmart or one of the carriers. Apple doesn't offer it now.
Go into the App Store and do the App updates. A lot of them need to be updated to work again with the new iOS. Seemed to work for me and fixed the problems with misbehaving apps. Just installing the new iOS does not update all the apps that need to be brought up to date. If you have autoupdating turned on, they will eventually catch up over the next couple of days, but they're not in a hurry to do it for your schedule, so if you have some that are important, you can prioritize in the App Store update and force the ones you want updated NOW instead of waiting for them.
Well, it does still take some active parenting. . .
Nice try, but Apple isn't in the data selling business like Alphabet/Google/YouTube/Android/FaceBook/Twitter are. Apple doesn't collect such data. If you allow Google and their browsing ads on your devices, that's your fault. There are alternatives. Apple sells privacy. . . and does not even have access to your data. Only YOU have your password to your encrypted data.
That being said, anything you send, email, or phone in the clear is open to the government via the carriers.
Apple's proprietary Messaging app, however, is end-to-end encrypted to a 256 bit AES standard, so that is safe.
I appreciate your reassurance, but now that Apple has messed with both of my ad blockers with the new update, I have no choice but either to 1) give them my credit card data and buy one of their blocker apps, or 2) put up with ads.
It’s been horrible today since I updated Safari — every site except FR is full of ads, and I get frequent reminders onscreen from Apple that AdBlockPlus is slowing down my browser, which I PREFER, since it used to keep the ads away. But it no longer does now that Apple’s update has crippled AdBlockPlus and removed UBlock entirely from my computer.
As a user, I am like a singer who does not want to have to learn how a piano is constructed in order to have accompaniement; and I do not want to have to get a degree in computer architecture just to use a laptop without constant aggravation from dancing ads and pop-ups.
Any ideas?
And ps: I avoid Google in every possible way except actually viewing YouTube. I use an alternate search engine based outside the U.S.
iPhone 8 works fine for me and has all the up to date benefits. And they dropped the price.
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