Allegedly Tim Cook does the same thing. Can’t imagine what he’d be doing 16h a day, but I’ve heard he’s almost always at Apple Park

Maybe I’m in the minority, but I treat my phone like an old school digital camera. I routinely use Image Capture to export my photos/videos to my computer and/or external HDD. I’ve got a 256GB phone, but I’m never using more than 1/5 of its storage space at any given time

Assuming you’re referring to Apple Store credit, I’ve run into this exact scenario before in a somewhat related way. Accidentally claimed a gift card I meant to send to someone else (be careful with that redeem button in the email lol, it’ll instantly apply the balance to your account with one click, so don’t fat finger it like me 🥲). Apple support wouldn’t (or couldn’t) undo that action. In other words, it’s a one way street. Once the credits enter your account, they can’t be used anywhere other than the Apple Store/icloud/App Store/etc

Honestly glad I went with the 15" M2 MacBook Air when it came out. This is a very modest spec bump over the M2 Airs.

This. And if you really want to install something, I recommend a good adblocker (ads are sometimes a vector for malware distribution)

• Safari: AdGuard (free tier is fine)
• Firefox: uBlock origin
• Chrome: uBlock origin

Not surprised. Building cars is a high overhead, low margin business. Not to mention being difficult… like very difficult. Furthermore, if the rumors are to be believed, the initial version of this car would have been priced around 100k US, which is totally unaffordable for your average consumer. Apple is better off sticking to something that they know, like building software for other peoples’ cars

does not let me read news

This isn’t always an issue with your adblocker. When it comes to bypassing paywalls, I can’t recommend 12ft.io and archive.is enough.

Anyone that has done software/hardware development knows that more new features usually means more bugs/broken stuff. I’m always glad to see stability/minor updates

+1 for Adguard, link for convenience. No need to pay either, the free tier is more than adequate.

I use this one; works great for both peripherals and external hdds.

probably to avoid cannibalising sales on the steam/gog side

Blackhole: Allows you to split/duplicate/route audio between apps on your Mac.

One of the first things I always install is an Adblocker.

• Safari: AdGuard (free tier is fine)
• Firefox: uBlock origin
• Chrome: uBlock origin

Is Mac better with Steam and games now?

It could be soon. Apple just dropped their Game Porting Toolkit last month.

I use Safari with the AdGuard (free tier) app. Haven’t seen a YouTube ad in months.