Prime Day had a pretty great deal on the watch so I finally got myself one - Series 8 with cellular. I mistakenly ordered the smaller band size which was literally a notch too small for my wrist and didn't feel like returning the whole thing or spending $50 on a new band, so I just cut a new hole in it.
I like it so far - nice to have the texts and the child screentime requests show up on my wrist so I don't have to pull out my phone every time, nice to have the time visible, and I'm looking forward to using it on runs so I don't have to carry my phone in one hand like a putz in order to see my pace/mileage/time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:20 (ten months ago) link
My nephew is too young for a phone or tablet but he has a Watch and now I want one so we can do the silly Watch-to-Watch messages.
― Allen (etaeoe), Thursday, 13 July 2023 17:37 (ten months ago) link
i still can't get into a comfortable zone with bookmarks and tab groups
anybody got a system they like?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 10:04 (nine months ago) link
For organizing tabs?
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 12:17 (nine months ago) link
Has anyone tried Arc yet? I believe tab management is its biggest selling point
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23802843/arc-browser-mac-ios-waitlist-availability
― Alba, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:01 (nine months ago) link
I am too tied in to Chrome at work to really consider it. My tabs management policy is just to have three pinned, open about 100 a day and then close them all with a keyboard shortcut every hour or so.
― Alba, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:03 (nine months ago) link
I don't use tab groups because whenever I have enough themeatically-related tabs to put into a group, it's more useful to save each as either a .webarchive or a PDF. Especially if it's at a URL that's likely to change or disappear.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:15 (nine months ago) link
yes
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:21 (nine months ago) link
I don't use tab groups because whenever I have enough themeatically-related tabs to put into a group, it's more useful to save each as either a .webarchive or a PDF.
Had to read this a few times before remembering that some people use tabs as bookmarks!
― Alba, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:26 (nine months ago) link
I can't think that way - I'm definitely in the "I cannot rest until my tabs are closed" mindset
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:53 (nine months ago) link
failsafe tab management strat: command-shift-w
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:55 (nine months ago) link
I like have some tabs grouped together that I can open all at once, sort of like a workspace
That said there are a few sites that are good to have as references for these workspaces, but which I don't actually need all the time (eg bookmarks) but at the moment bookmarks are entirely unrelated
I think what I want is a sort of combination of bookmarks and tab groups, so they relate to each other
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:55 (nine months ago) link
If nothing else, this exchange has been the kick up the backside I needed to organise my bookmarks. It was getting ridiculous: I was scrolling for a full minute down a flat list to get to the most recent ones. And yes, some of these are static references and could probably just be saved offline.
Also: colour-coded tab groups in Chrome. I remember to do this maybe once every two weeks and gain nothing from the exercise. It's less embarrassing if you're screen sharing on a call, like tidying your room.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 14:40 (nine months ago) link
Thanks for the link to Arc, Alba. I have downloaded - it's intriguing! I miss the days when browsers competed on features.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 14:47 (nine months ago) link
I use workona for exactly this, Tracer: you can create tab sets, with their own bookmarks (and notes and todos, but I don’t use those). And it has a nice command palette to switch between sets. It’s become indispensable pretty quickly.
― stet, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 22:32 (nine months ago) link
I tried to get on with Arc but it feels cramped. Workona much better. I may even pony up for the paid version.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 7 August 2023 14:46 (nine months ago) link
something really strange happened last night. hitting the sack about 12:40 in the morning, my phone’s plugged into the wall next to my bed, i’m reading, and out of nowhere it chirps a tone that i’ve not heard it make before. a loud single chirp, sort of like you might hear if you tried to close a window on a mac that couldn’t be closed, a kind of “hey!” or “nope!” sound. a few seconds pass, it happens again. i pick up the phone and look at it. no notifications. it chirps a third time. still no notifications. i unlock it, i can’t see anything untoward. after 11pm i have a sleep focus on which allows ZERO audible notifications from anything apart from my family. but there were no texts, whatsapps etc.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 August 2023 08:20 (nine months ago) link
and er this morning i have a security update. NOTHING TO SEE HERE
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 August 2023 10:09 (nine months ago) link
I cook a lot and I use my iPhone nightly to set timers for various reminders while I am cooking. I have been increasingly troubled by my seeming inability to correctly set the timer. I set the timer, time passes and I think, "that should have gone off", I check the phone and find that I selected the time I wanted but appeared not to have hit Start. This has been happening with increasing frequency and weighing on me for months to the extent that it (along with other getting older issues) has been making think that maybe there is something wrong with me (early onset alzheimers', whatever). I've joked with friends about it. Getting old sucks, eh?
I was cooking last night with my wife and I had her set a timer on my phone while my hands were full. The same thing happened to her! It's the fucking phone! WTF!? (I am seriously relieved).
From brief googling, it appears to be something where the lock screen might be shutting down the timer. Anyone encounter something similar?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 24 September 2023 11:58 (seven months ago) link
Yes, I've had exactly this problem while cooking and I suspect the lock screen is the cause. It's ridiculously annoying.
― Brad C., Sunday, 24 September 2023 13:46 (seven months ago) link
I do that all the time too. Alexa is more reliable cause I get the immediate feedback that I have indeed set it.
― Alba, Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:45 (seven months ago) link
analog dial timer built into the stove is low key goat cheesed with the sauce
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:47 (seven months ago) link
I haven’t had that happen, but it could be an accidental press on the timer lock screen pause/stop buttons. looks like it’s definitely a ui issue if you’re triggering presses on the lock screen in your pocket or w/eI guess you could just glance at the time and tell siri to set an alarm for that time? alarms don’t show on the lock screen
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 September 2023 14:52 (seven months ago) link
Phone is unlocked and sitting on a counter when the timer is set and I have now visually confirmed that it is counting down. At some point before the timer ends, the lock screen seems to cancel the timer instead of allowing it to sound. It doesn't happen every time but has started happening much more frequently.
Also, I have used the timer for cooking for years without issue, so much so that my phone frequently prompts me in the evening, "Do you want to set a timer for 5 minutes?". The problem only started happening within the last 6-9 months afaik. Really weird.
I just checked and I don't have any iOs updates that haven't been downloaded.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 24 September 2023 15:08 (seven months ago) link
weeeird
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 September 2023 16:09 (seven months ago) link
Do you have Focus or Do Not Disturb on?
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 17:30 (seven months ago) link
i got an old fashioned magnetic egg timer for my fridge. i hate being in the middle of cooking and needing to touch my phone. it's inconvenient and also gross
― budo jeru, Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:01 (seven months ago) link
Siri stopped speaking back to me when I set a timer, no amount of restarting and turning things off and on makes it come back.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:10 (seven months ago) link
alexa et al are are prob the best for timers, totally hands free, as long as you dont mind having a spy in your home
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:42 (seven months ago) link
Olde-timey manual kitchen timer sounds like the best option
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 18:57 (seven months ago) link
it has the benefit of being able to look at it and see where its at
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:00 (seven months ago) link
having a dial timer built into the stove is good cause its one hand operation
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:01 (seven months ago) link
the stove timer is always the first choice but sometimes there's a lot going on and you need multiple timers
― Brad C., Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:04 (seven months ago) link
I use the microwave timer
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:05 (seven months ago) link
With all their money I really want Apple to expand beyond tech. They should make mugs and sneakers
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:47 (seven months ago) link
remember when they were gonna make cars haha
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:49 (seven months ago) link
Yeah don’t want a car lolJust like little regular stuff but well made
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 20:07 (seven months ago) link
Like expand and define their design aesthetic beyond tech
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 20:12 (seven months ago) link
https://cdn.thecollector.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/apple-shoes-sothebys.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 24 September 2023 20:59 (seven months ago) link
Apple necktie Apple socksApple apples
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2023 21:21 (seven months ago) link
flashbacks to The Bear with this
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 September 2023 21:32 (seven months ago) link
https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/35530-65319-apple-car-porsche-xl.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 24 September 2023 23:45 (seven months ago) link
sick ride
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 September 2023 00:12 (seven months ago) link
Like
― calstars, Monday, 25 September 2023 00:19 (seven months ago) link
Backstory: https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/3017/the-real-apple-car
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 September 2023 02:05 (seven months ago) link
Some notes from the anecdotes: iOS 17.0.1 is absolutely crushing my normally reliable personal phone... The device was radiating an alarming amount of heat after a 30min FaceTime and battery life is absolutely degraded (eg, overnight charge on a typical Sunday would except to be about 30-40% by this time). I've had to top off charge it 2x from low battery mode.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 25 September 2023 03:26 (seven months ago) link
The usual is to let it run down to dead, charge it to full, do a reset while on charger, then switch it off and leave it on charger for a long period - the idea is to re-educate the system about the battery characteristics.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 25 September 2023 04:42 (seven months ago) link
I always do another full restart after a OS install. Total superstition but I’ve lucked out and avoided most problems. 17.0.1 on phone and pad now - going all in with Sonoma tomorrow.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 25 September 2023 07:42 (seven months ago) link
device going nuts after an OS update usually means the indexer or some other system service that kicked off is going nuts in the background
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 September 2023 13:19 (seven months ago) link
i'd been running the beta and def had worse battery performance; have the standard install now and haven't noticed phone getting hot but battery is still not great, but I'm inclined to think my battery may just need a replacement (this is an iphone 11 which I refuse to upgrade until I absolutely have to)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 25 September 2023 13:37 (seven months ago) link