OOOH hey, so here’s the map of all of the places I’ll be visiting in UAE. Total of 9 days with 7 As a tourist (in BMW’s marketing / press tour group) then 2 days in meetings as delegate for North American BMW Owners at the International Council of Clubs: …
Well, I just gave the UAE government $50 and praying they approve my drone for entry into their airspace by this weekend. Up to 10 days to approve drones so I’m hoping they can do it in 3 days because that’s when I fly out.
I have Mail on iPadOS set to download “no limit” on how much mail to sync and now this issue that began on iOS 17 unfortunately has not been fixed on iOS 18. My email inboxes are iCloud and Office 365 and yet I can’t search my inbox. Here’s Mail on iOS 18 versus Outlook’s search. So frustrating that …
Yo!
Old Article (2013) https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-store-buying-tip-you-can-get-pricing-matching-up-to-10-percent/ but recent posts on Apple Discussions & macRumors forums confirm Apple will still price match a brick & mortar store up to 10% off but Best Buy's free AppleCare …
Here's an article from 2012 (LOL) talking about Apple's advertised price rules retailers have to follow: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/12/04/apple-among-brands-in-pricing-tension-with-retailers Clearly something changed.
On the day of release for new Macbook Pro’s. BestBuy.com: $50 off for the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro (10-core/512GB), available at $1,549.00 for My Best Buy Plus/Total members. 16-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro (16-core/1TB) for $3,849.00 for members, down from $3,999.00. So $50-$150 off a brand new computer …
Caveat, M4 Max MacBook Pro 24 hours of battery is the 16" model. It's only 18 hours for 14" Price difference between the 14 and 16" with a similar top-tier config is $300.
Looks like I can get $1850-$2200 for my M1 Max MacBook Pro with 2TB SSD and 64GB of RAM. New model configured is just under $5,000 to replace it or about $3,000 upgrade price. Pretty compelling but I'm going to wait for official benchmarks and maybe for it to appear on the Apple Refurb store …
2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max: Great refresh for what is probably one of the last refreshes of this design. If you're an M1 Max owner, 1.9-2.3x speed increase from your machine, 70% faster memory bandwidth, 400 more nits on the screen brightness (1000 SDR), 3 hrs longer battery life, nano-texture …
@mjtsai Apple adding Qi2 pads to the bottom of their accessories is a great idea. these are premium priced components. I'd drop my trackpad or mouse on a Qi pad once a month for an hour.
I can't wait for Best Buy to price the M4 Mac Mini base model at $450 next Black Friday and scoop one up for home automation / plex usage.
@gruber ---Anxiously awaiting the ability to create a Chef's Kiss emoji in iOS 18.2
Honestly, it’s just been this incredible year probably my best ever which is saying something. I can’t believe how much I achieved this year
Heading to Dubai in 6 days. Thinking back on 2024 which isn’t even over yet. I turned 38, went to Miami for a week long rave, went to the Arctic Circle on my motorcycle, spent 2 months in NH/VT/ME riding around in the woods, lost 50 more pounds this year, camped 40+ days off the motorcycle, earned 3 …
Stars are aligning.
M1 Max MacBook Pro is still performing well for me. Mid-December, AppleCare will expire and I'd like more than 2 terabytes of storage while 64GB of RAM has been more than enough rarely have I gotten close to max utilization. I should wait another year because a replacement will likely cost …
Next week, I’ll be riding a #BMWGS around Dubai for 5 days. Here is the route for a week of riding. I can’t wait to share photos & videos back here.
@kolin have you tried an ebook? Might be easier
Matilda is one year old.
@mjtsai I recently had Time Machine issues on Developer beta where I wasn’t getting successful backups. I tried everything and finally disabling the MacOS Firewall fixed it for me. MBP wired Ethernet to Synology using SMB on x.1 developer beta.
@oliverames as a work challenge, my team and I reset our cellular usage one month ago and here’s my data usage since 9/20. iPhone is a utility for me since I don’t really do any social media and can’t imagine watching video on a tiny screen.
At Duke today (rode over on the motorcycle) for an executive training course. I’ll be here all week. I’ve heard of Duke. Have never been here.
Heading to @dukefuqua’s Executive Leadership Training this week in #DurhamNC. I only needed a couple of things so I just used my @greenchileadv straps to put the @tumitravel roller on the tail of the #r1250gsadventure. Lots of cotton on display in the back roads of NC today and 75 degrees.
The older I get, the most things randomly crack when I move.