A question about whether it was possible to connect a gaming PC desktop to Apple’s Studio Display came up in a recent discussion. Using Apple’s premium display with a gaming PC is a weird setup. Not only does the Studio Display lack in ways important to gaming, it also can only be connected via Thunderbolt. […]
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From Wesley Hilliard at AppleInsider: An engineer called “Technology Hunter” on Chinese social media site Bilibili attempted to redesign the 24-inch iMac with a uniform display bezel. He moved the chin to the rear of the display, enabling a Studio Display-like bezel. It’s an impressive mod, without a doubt, but is the resulting design better […]
The car I learned to drive on had a manual transmission. That was over two decades ago, but learning on stick was still relatively uncommon among my peers. Driving a manual was (and still is) harder than an automatic. You have to time the clutch just right to get going lest the car stalls or […]
This paragraph by Scharon Harding at Ars Technica made me do a double take. Regardless of what I put it through, the Spectre stayed surprisingly cool for its size. After an hour-long stress test, for example, the only part of the chassis that was too hot to touch comfortably was its underside, although the keyboard […]
A reader recently sent me a screenshot of macOS Ventura’s onboarding prompt to enable Stage Manager (as of developer beta 5). Here’s what it says: Stage Manager Stage Manager arranges your recent windows into a single strip for reduced clutter and quick access. Focus on one window at a time and create sets by mixing […]
Ron Amedeo over at Ars Technica put together an excellent overview of Google’s RCS, and why it’s not the same as standard RCS. Here’s what Ron had to say: Google tried to glom features onto the aging RCS spec, but if you consider those part of the RCS sales pitch, which Google does, now it’s […]
Nightly Time Machine is a small side project I have been working on for a few weeks to make Time Machine more usable with my laptop. From my Github: At its best, Time Machine is “set it and forget it” in that you should never really have to think about it until a backup is […]
Apple did something clever with how stacked windows in the strip are cycled. When clicking on a stack of windows in the strip, Stage Manager prioritizes keeping the outgoing window on top of the stack. Assuming you have window A on the stage, and windows B, C, D are in the stack in that order. […]
Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. In macOS 13 developer beta 3, I was elated to see that Apple had named Stage Manager’s dingus on the left a “strip”. Imagine my surprise and disappointment to find that name erased and replaced with “Recent Apps”. I have a few quibbles with this change. First of all, […]
John Gruber recently took umbrage with Wirecutter’s pick for best laptop. Here’s what he wrote: My longstanding complaint about The Wirecutter is that they institutionally fetishize price over quality. That makes it all the more baffling that their recommended “Best Laptop” — not best Windows laptop, but best laptop, full stop — is a Dell […]