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Sun Dec 31 09:06:13 CST 2023

My iPads are the best things I ever bought. Being retired, it sits next to me and is my window on the world , access to banking and a contact centre. It integrates with my iPhone which I rarely use but they are both so simple to operate and understand. My fingers don’t work well with mobile phones so the iPad ( 10 inch ) is just perfect.
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> On 31 Dec 2023, at 14:54, Philip Tyler via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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> Having been a life long user of Apple products, all I can say, in my own experience of using Apple products it has been a very good one.
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> I also came into contact with many Apple users in the music industry, and they have been more than happy with their reliability.
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> It is true the ability of getting “under the hood” of the Apple system is very limited. But then that’s why it is so stable a platform. Today you are limited to what you can install on your iPhone through the App Store. This is to avoid apps that don’t conform to the rules.
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> The majority of ‘problems’ on their desktop computers were down to third party software which undermined the system.
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> Similarly for the iPhone and iPad,  it was third party software causing problems. Hence now limiting access to apps via their App Store.
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> I started using a Mac Plus many, many years ago. It was at the BBC writing a guide to operating the Adams Smith Synchroniser in TMS. Along with general information on operations in TMS. Approaching some 49 years of Apple use.
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> Philip and Bee
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> https://www.flickriver.com/photos/philthebirdbrain/popular-interesting/
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>>> On 31 Dec 2023, at 14:26, Chris Woolf via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>> There is only a limited truth about the infallibility of Apple products. They mostly do "just work", but only by limiting the software used. As soon as you reach out further Apple stuff crashes as easily as any other device. No surprise there - they use the same parts in the same way - there's no magic, even though Apple likes to make you believe that.
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>> And yes, they are the world's worst company for pushing obsolescence - their reputation has been sullied many times in that direction. For some purposes I have old Windows machines running that are 10-15 years old - if they were Apples, the OS would have cut me out a long time ago.
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>> email groups are old-fashioned but easy to use since the content is pushed towards you - you don't have to fetch it from a web page.
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>> WhatsApp is an instant messaging service that runs over wi-fi links (unlike SMS messaging) and so costs nothing to use. The encryption isn't important to most people, but does indicate that even Meta can't see/use your content, though it does know who ~you~ are.
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>> Facebook etc are web pages that you need to visit to get content.
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>> They all have their uses, and paranoia needs to be kept in check, but it is always worth thinking about what the exchange is when you use these systems. With smart speakers and the like you get a very convenient supply of information and services.... but the services get to know an awful lot about ~you~. Do you mind? Many don't care, but not everyone is happy to share their world without any checks whatsoever.
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>> Chris Woolf
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>>> On 31/12/2023 13:06, Nick Rodger via Tech1 wrote:
>>> 1)  I totally agree with Graeme re. Apple devices and software. I use Apple because you buy a device, turn it on, and it works.
>>> Always.
>>> If you don’t like their software there are about a squillion alternatives out there that work on their operating systems.
>>> If I have one gripe with the world’s most profitable company it’s the way they try to encourage you to continually have to buy new cables, adapters, etc.
>>> But again, there’s gazillions of pattern parts available.
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>>> 2)  Having made the comments above, I’m not particularly tech savvy.
>>> What does an email forum give one that a WhatsApp group doesn’t?
>>> WhatsApp is supposed to be “end to end encrypted”
>>> Is that a fallacy?
>>> I’m on a few WhatsApp groups, for organising stuff like Pickleball and golf, they all do the job and work fine.
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>>> And while I’m on…….
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>>> A Happy and (particularly) Peaceful New Year
>>> to everyone 😊😊👍🏻👍🏻
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>>> Nick.
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>>> Nick Rodger
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>>> nickrodger at mac.com
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>>> Sent from my iPhone.
>>> Please excuse typos and auto~corruptions!!
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>>> Don’t blame me!!
>>> I voted Remain 😥😥
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>>> On 31 Dec 2023, at 12:02, Graeme Wall via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>>> Apart from Jobs being dead, there is nothing surreptitios about his programmes and apps, they are what you get with Apple devices. If you don’t want to use them get a Windows machine, oh angonamo…  As for Musk, he seems to be doing his best to drive people away from his app.
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>>>>> On 31 Dec 2023, at 11:56, Pat Heigham via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>> What annoys me is that guys like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, while no doubt being clever blokes are surreptitiously driving people into using their programmes and apps, which is a form of mass control.
>>>> Perhaps they are control freaks, making buckets full of dosh along the way.
>>>> Cynical - moi? Certainly. I don't like to be told what to do, although there seem to be lots of people that fall for it.
>>>> Most world 'leaders' no doubt would welcome these guys on their payroll, but maybe they are blinkered as well.
>>>> Bah
>>>> Pat (with his head in the sand!)
>>>> On 30/12/2023 21:11, techtone via Tech1 wrote:
>>>>> I too have a phobia about privacy on the internet, together with using my mobile phone. To that extent I use Duck duck go for online searching via the Brave browser. You may also notice that my emails are hosted via Proton mail. Bundled together, the basic components of these free applications appear to suit my purposes, and they do not seem to suffer any spam or unwelcome ads etc.
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>>>>> Whether any aspect of this could be useful when it comes to website hosting is beyond my tech abilities these days, but I throw them into the melting pot for those of you who hate social media, of which, like Pat, I do not join. But I do realise that they are so rooted in today's online activity that in order to interface with so may others, there are times when you find yourself forced into their use. We have a cheap laptop for this, with false names (nicknames that others know) and we only use on wi-fi off the premises.
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>>>>> Call me paranoid, but having worked in broadcasting, I hesitate to trust any of the self-appointed experts and pundits who claim that their handling of social platforms is perfectly safe/legitimate/legal/trustworthy, etc. etc. Stay safe out there,
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>>>>> TeaTeaFN - Tony
>>>>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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