Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Are you set to 0.5 focal length or 1x?

0.5 will definitely get your fingers in shot more often.

Don't both paying all that ££ for a belkin screen protector.

These are foolproof and take less than 45 seconds to fit.

1x. It's the camera towards the centre. Maybe they changed the order the cameras are placed in the module.

Anyone want a couple of screen protectors and a nice leather case for an iPhone 13 mini? Free / beer

There’s an emergency number? Where? How?

When you set up your iCloud, you give them another phone number as an emergency number in case you need to be verified - they send codes to it.

I'm a week and a half down the line and have still got no further towards a resolution.

I have a quad lock (non magsafe) and an otterbox (magsafe) if anyone wants

Yes please/beer

My M1 Max MBP is noticeably slower when my external monitor is plugged in. It's a Benq SW2700 which is not new tech (I got it in 2018).
Things like AE and C1 were running much slower when it is plugged in, but I need a good quality monitor for retouching and also editing. Will newer non apple monitors be better or do I need something that is designed specifically to run with the new M1 Macs?

It shouldn’t be slower and as long as the monitor is displayport (thunderbolt) or HDMI then a ‘apple specific’ monitor if such a thing exists shouldn’t be needed.
is it the BenQ calibration software? i’m an Eizo user myself and did not notice any slowdown with my (intel) MBP and Colornavigator calibration software.
your monitor isn’t even 4k so should not stress the graphics.

could be something like software or preferences issues which are notoriously difficult to track down.

Not noticed any issues with C1 or PS with my M1 studio/Eizo CG2730 apart from legacy filters like smart sharpen not being updated (it is now )

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iPhone upgrade question. Should I repair the screen on my iPhone XS for approx £250, or upgrade to a 13 pro for approx £700.
I don’t do contracts anymore so I’d have to buy a phone outright either refurbished or eBay.
Current phone is useable but now has green lines along the left side of the screen. Screen has been broken for as long as I’ve had it, it fell off the sink a couple of days after I brought it and I never got round to fixing it..

XS is pretty old now, if you have the money id upgrade even to a 11 or 12 pro.

Selling my 13 Pro Max if you're interested...

Depends on how much dollar you want for it. There’s probably too big of a gap between what I want to spend and how much you want to get for it.

But pm the spec and your price and we can discuss.

I was hoping for a 13 pro just for size, been trying to avoid getting the super sized versions for a while..

Only thing is, it’s still doing what I need it to do. If the screen hadn’t gone a bit haywire, I wouldn’t even be considering an upgrade..

It's a 13 Pro Max in blue, 128gb with a year of AppleCare+ left.
Comes boxed with case and screen protector.

Would take £750.

That's a good price! I'm after a 256gb, gotten used to having that much storage on my current phone.

Before I go off and buy a brand new apple pencil (1 gen), does anyone have one knocking around?
I know I asked before but final check and all that.

Is anyone interested in Apple Magic Keyboard + Magic Mouse set?

Came with the latest Mac Pro kit, black/grey.

Got to send my MBP away for repair, which I think means a factory reset.

What's the simplest way of making sure everything is safely backed up ?

Plug in a usb drive and fire up time machine

Calling again to see if anyone's got an old Apple TV box spare?
Went to sex (cex) the other day to buy one that they had in stock cheap but got there and the girl said oh thats apparently been in stock for a few weeks which means by now it's gone missing...

Ah yes, don't know how I forgot that.

Will Time Machine also remember passwords in safari, applications and all the other stuff that makes it my machine?

Yeah I think so. Have a search around for the exact details.

With numpad or without?