New MacBook Pro Announcement Surprising announcement from Apple this week: new MacBook Pro released! Full press release available here. Take a few minutes to glance the press release then come back. Do you notice something weird? I did. All the MacBook Pro are pictured in such a way that we don’t see the keyboard. Why?... Continue Reading →
On MacBook Keyboard Flaws
Ouch, just stop everything and head to this Reddit post: MacBook Pro Keyboard Failures: Why Apples dust excuse is bullshit! [Teardown + Explanations]. Another damaging article for Apple on Apple MacBook keyboard flaws. The MacBook keyboard is over engineered. Plain and simple. The internet is full of stories about this keyboard. And I'm part of... Continue Reading →
Un méli-mélo
Épisode #11 - Plusieurs sujets au menu de cet épisode: Apple News+ maintenant disponible au CanadaLe désastreux clavier des MacBookFlickr, ça bouge... un peu.Plusieurs nouveautés en photographie numérique dans l'écosystème Apple Références My Review of Apple’s News+ service: https://numericcitizen.me/2019/04/25/my-review-of-apple-news-service/ Was The MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Over Engineered? https://numericcitizen.me/2019/04/21/was-the-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-over-engineered/ Pixelmator Photo for iPad: a Capable Photo... Continue Reading →
Fix for MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Issues? Maybe
Because I care about those MacBook users with their butterfly keyboard not working as expected, here is something that may help. Introducing Unshaky. This could be a fix for MacBook butterfly keyboard issues. As described: Unshaky tries to address an issue on the butterfly keyboard (Macbook & MacBook Pro 2016 or later): Double Key Press So... Continue Reading →
Was The MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Over Engineered?
Casey Johnston writing for The Outline: Apple still claims that only a “small percentage” of people experience trouble with their keyboards. But having now heard the idea of a “sensitive” keyboard, I’m not sure I will ever get over it. No one has had to think this hard about keyboards in decades, at least before... Continue Reading →
An Airplane, an Apple World
While on the plane to Cancun, Mexico, Apple devices were all over the place. iPad were everywhere: from older iPad Air to the latest 13” iPad Pro. A few years ago, people were using laptops for media consomption. Besides the iPad domination on this flight, the next popular device was the iPhone followed by AirPods... Continue Reading →
The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks
From DHH writing for SvN The fact is that many people simply do not contact Apple when their MacBook keyboards fail. They just live with an S key that stutters or a spacebar that intermittently gives double. Or they just start using an external keyboard. Apple never sees these cases, so it never counts in... Continue Reading →
Devastating Story About Apple’s Butterflies
We are in 2019 which is four years after the first appearance of the infamous butterfly keyboard from Apple. With recent MacBook update we are at the third generation of this keyboard. There are countless stories of failures with this design. Apple fucked up big time. And the worst seems to be that they refuse... Continue Reading →
On 2019 iPad Line Up
Following the announcement by Apple with press releases of the latest iPad models, first this useful summary by MacRumors: Summary The new iPad Air starts at $150 less than the 10.5-inch iPad Pro and thus has some tradeoffs: two speakers versus four, no ProMotion display, and a lower-end 8-megapixel rear camera with no LED flash... Continue Reading →