Apple

I am in the market for a new MacBook to replace my old 2017 13” Pro. Based on budget, I have been looking into the M2 air and the 15” interests me a lot. I always felt the screen on my 13” pro was a little small, and I rarely take it out of the house so portability isn’t too important.

I am fortunate enough to have an employer who provides an Apple EPP scheme so Macs are generally 6% off. However, Apple recently started delaying the availability of the discount post-launch (whereas it used to be available day one). I am aware new iPhone models can take nearly a year to be eligible for discounts, but Macs I’m not so sure about and think it might only be a few months - the M2 mini is available for discount and that was less than a year ago. The 15” is still “new” on the Apple website and thus the discount is not available.

Does anybody know how long it takes before new Macs become available on EPP? It has been quite a few months since the 15” launch so I’m wondering whether it might be soon. Should I wait or not?

Hi all,

this is the status of the screen of my 2015 macbook pro. I have always put a lot of care into the screen, cleaning it on a daily basis with microfiber cloths, but the result is still this, probably I did something wrong in these years. I will soon buy a new macbook pro and would like to prevent the screen from the same end.

How do you take care of the screen?

Thank you

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Left to right: Sport Band in Abyss Blue (came with the watch), Nike Sport Loop, Nike Sport Band in Blue Flame, Amazon special sport band, Amazon Milanese band, 22mm leather band with adapters and Amazon steel link band. Watch is an alu series 7 in blue.

I'm currently a Google Chromecast user and thinking about getting an Apple TV.

What I currently like to do, is to open the YouTube App on my phone to check for new videos and cast it to the TV when there is something I like to watch.

Is this possible?

Hey guys , I feel compared to Android , iOS is kinda addicted to use , especially the apps, interface and overall ecosystem of Apple. Does anyone ever felt like the same ?

Is it too small? I tried the 41 mm in store but it seems to be a little too small for me. But now I’m rethinking about if I should go with smaller size. Btw my wrist size is around 170 mm.

I want to start taking more pictures on my phone, normally I would get the lowest but I don’t think that will be enough. Thanks

So apparently I was wearing it wrong too close to the wrist. This is the corrected area .

you just need to position it correctly on the apple watch app. I hated the background apps that need money and drain your battery. Download on my behance

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Title says it all. After the update to watch OS 10 my heart rate complications quit updating on my Ultra 2 and series 8. I was hoping 10.1.1 would fix that. Nope. Now while doing a workout on bike trainer the apple watch ultra 2 was sometimes 15 bpm faster than on a Polar H10 chest strap. Today the ultra was 10-12 bpm slower. The Polar H10 is considered by some to be the gold standard for HR monitors so I'm pretty sure it is accurate. So disappointed with Apple this time around with the OS10.1.1 and the IOS 17.1 updates. If I didn't have so many Apple products I think I would jump ship and go back to Samsung. I know Apple will get it all sorted out out eventually, but damn

What popular apps and/or functions does an android have, that is not on an IPhone?

2023 version

just for context just crowd sourcing for mindset and info. not really for trying to compare which is better. I think both are good in their own ways ☺️

I know cellular data is off BECAUSE I TURNED IT OFF STUPID.

Hi All, just wondering if there were any recommendations for 14-15" portable monitors that will work purely via the USB-C cable from an iPhone 15 Pro.

On previous research of this topic it seemed potentially the Arzopa 15.6" works, but I haven't been able to find any further proof this works. There was also another post on here which seemed like maybe the Viewsonic would work?

It's very hard to determine from the specs of a monitor whether it'll work with the lower power output from the iPhone 15 Pro via USB-C.

As an example I have a Asus MB16AH, which will work with the single USB-C cable on an iPad Pro, but the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 Pro doesn't quite provide enough power to do the same thing.

I can use the micro HDMI port of course, but I'm trying to find a monitor that I can use just the one cable with.

Hey AW community, been an AW user for going on 7 years now and never had this issue before.

Updated my watchOS to 10.1 and now I’m unable to install any of my apps onto my watch… every time I click install it get a loading icon for a few seconds and then it just goes back to an install button. No way of getting Spotify back onto my watch at this stage 🥲

Anyone else experienced this and any suggestions on how to fix it? Have tried the usual of restarting my watch, haven’t tried resetting to factory settings yet but that’s my next call if needed.

Coming from an iPhone 11. Can't use OLED screens as they give me headaches and eyestrain.

My iPhone 11 is really beat up and slow. Just want a snappy phone for use when I am out and about. At home I am mostly on my iPad/Mac.

How much smaller are the text on the SE? Which app is the most difficult to adjust to on the 4.7" screen? Is it video based apps like YouTube/Netflix, or something else? Do you ever find yourself squinting at the small screen trying to read or decipher something?

Hey! I’m currently wanted to make a webhook that says my current heart rate, as I want to learn more about Apple’s API’s and their language. Does anyone know a way I could (in real time) send a POST/GET request to another website? The interval doesn’t have to be that often, but I’d prefer every 10-15 minutes max. Thank you!

My friend has an IPhone with "IPhone not available message" when you open the screen. I've read that this happens when you make too many wrong attempts to unlock the phone to the point it permanently locks itself but I don't think this is what happened to them. Anyone knows how to fix this? They went to the Apple store but apparently said they can't help. Ideally they don't wanna reset the phone as it has pictures on it that are not backed up on Icloud so they'll be lost.

Hi!

So, my MacBook Air 2018 13 inch displays this pink glitch screen each time it turns on (please see photo).

A 2 days ago, it only showed this when I moved my screen a certain way but if I moved it forward a bit, it displayed normally & also connected to my external monitor.

Today, I made the mistake of bringing my laptop to work with me and now it’s stuck on the pink glitch screen no matter what I do. It won’t display anything on my external monitor either. I’m not sure if it got worse because I moved it around today but either way, I’m sad lol

I’m going to bring it into Genius Bar for a look, but I also want to avoid an expensive fix or getting a whole new laptop if possible because money is a little tight right now…but I would prefer getting it fixed rather than buying a new once if this can be fixed even!

I just wanted to see if anyone else had any experience with this or if there is anything else I should know? Thank you!

My $40 xiaomi "smart band" could automatically detect when I went to sleep and track it. For my series 9 Apple Watch to track my sleep I need to manually put it in sleep mode every night. Why? How can Apple not do it automatically?

I know that I can set a sleep schedule for it to track automatically but I don't sleep at the same hour everyday lol

I can’t seem to get rid of the caution on the messages icon. A few weeks back, I missed out on auto subscription. We cannot add our credit card yet in my country, so I missed out on adding funds to the wallet. I have cleared that now but the bug seems to be still there.

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