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Apple Watch has been very convenient for Apple Pay, most places I go to now have Apple Pay because of Covid and using my watch for Apple pay just requires a double click of the side button and hovering my wrist over the CC terminal, no need to take my phone out of my pocket.
interesting. but still sounds like a hassle to make payments with apple pay.
Also i could never get my apple watch to unlock my Mac Mini, so I just turned that shit off.
Faster to type in the code than to wait every time for it to fail and then ask me for the code.
Yes I have had issues with unlock on my MBP, I can't even remember the last time it worked. Also on your Mac Mini it has to be on the same wifi network or at least have wifi enabled for it to work. That was my issue on my Mini, I had never bothered to enable the wifi since it was connected over Ethernet, Apple Watch unlock is more reliable on my Mini than my MBP. You'd imagine that the iPhone unlock would be more reliable since they're contstantly paired together.
Originally Posted by Whiskers
Just use the watch for apple pay, solved.
Watch is almost done with the update. This will be good.
I'm updating to 14.5 now. There's a watch update? I checked but it didn't show me one. Maybe I don't have the developer profile installed
This could be a huge quality of life improvement, I have a strong device password with alphanumeric characters so typing that in all the fucking time when I'm out in public is a real pain.
2 months later and it still hasn't been released to the public. The unlock feature has gotten better over time and is really solid at this point, I even notice it unlocking in situations where I'm not wearing my mask, for better or worse, where my face is partially obscured by an object in between my phone and my face.
One thing that I have had and still have issues with is the size of the phone and the position of the buttons. The way I hold it makes me always click both buttons and snap a picture.
That and a lot of typos because of the smaller keyboard.
That and a lot of typos because of the smaller keyboard.
Originally Posted by Mizouse
I still get alot of typos with my 12 Pro Max.
Also the damn thing keeps autocorrecting And to Abs. I get it, I'm fat, you don't have to keep reminding me.
You may already know this and it may not necessarily be convenient but if you turn your phone and hold it landscape vs. portrait, the keyboard is a lot bigger and you may be less prone to typos. This has nothing to do with the 12 as it has been around a while.
Oh and am right there with you both on the typos as I don't often turn my phone.
I like this new Apple that's been willing to add back things that they removed in the past that people liked. For example MBP keyboard, possibly mag safe and HDMI port.... now's they're bringing back the magnifying glass for text selection on iOS 15!
iOS now offers a choice between two software update versions in the Settings app. You can update to the latest version of iOS 15 as soon as it’s released for the latest features and most complete set of security updates. Or continue on iOS 14 and still get important security updates until you’re ready to upgrade to the next major version.
I’m not really feeling this new safari. Still getting used to it, it think most won’t like it in its current state. Let’s see if they tweak the ui before official release.
seems like all the buttons I hit often are harder to access for not reasons that don’t seem worth it
Finally was able update my series 3 watch to WatchOS 7.
It’s a PITA to update because of the 8GB of space, I have to unpair it then update and then pair it with my phone. (This takes for ev verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
Anyways, WatchOS 7 feels a bit more snappier and more responsive. Pretty damn annoying they got rid of force touch thou
iOS 15 has almost completely backed away from the Safari redesign. You can now switch back to the address bar at the top with Beta 6 so it looks like iOS 14. Almost every update since Beta 1 has rolled back changes. B1 safari was terrible like Windows 8 hide the Start button replace with start screen bad. Glad they figured it out before launch. I think default is still tabs on the bottom but there's a way out and it's nowhere as bad as it used to be.
Phone and watch are up for sale. You guys know what to do.
im probably going to upgrade my series 3 this year.
it really depends thou on what new feature the 7 will have.
if it’s lackluster and similar to the 6, then I may hold off for the series 8.
my 3 is still fine for me, but it’s annoying updating the software since it’s only 8GB. I don’t have anything installed and it has under 2GB free, so I have to restore it anytime I want to update the software.
