Apple iPads, MacBooks, and Apple Watches thread

Shirley Martin said:
@Yvonne Smith , Not an Apple brand but I thought this might be a good place to put it. Microsoft is going to stop supporting older Kindle Fires on May 30. Didn't you say one time that you had a Kindle Fire? I think they will stop supporting the ones made in 2011 & 2012. People will still be able to read books that they have on them but not be able to load any more.
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Do you mean Amazon, rather than Microsoft? I have a bunch of Kindles, including pre-Fire Kindles, a Kindle Paperwhite, and several Fires. I have come to prefer Kobo. Since I have so much loaded onto my Kindles, I will continue to use them, at least until I have read everything that I plan on reading, but will be buying new books on the Kobo instead.

If by Microsoft, you meant a Windows-based Kindle app, that may be; I don't know. I have a Mac Kindle app on my computer, which I use sometimes, but I wouldn't really miss it if it were to go away.
 
I don’t have any Kindles anymore. I had several, regular readers ones and also Kindle Fire; but it was much easier for me to just use the kindle app on my iPad Mini, and I use it for reading books that are fiction and entertainment books. When I am reading something that has photos, diagrams, or patterns, something I need to see closer up, then I use the larger iPad, so I can see photos in a larger size.
It should not affect my downloading books when amazon stops supporting the older Kindles, but it is good that you posted this, in case other people here are using an older Kindle, @Shirley Martin .
 
I bought us both a new watch yesterday, due to hubs ongoing health warnings ( AF ) the new ones are Series 11 out old ones are series 6 , we didn’t ask about trading the old ones in but the sales lady offered us $40 each due to the age ( 6 years old ) we said nah ….we may just use the old ones around the house and use the new ones when going out.

The battery life is much better then the older ones and of course the newer ones have updated Heath features like a warning of SUSPECTED high BP….

I like apples customer service they were so good at transferring all the information from one watch to the other ….actually they got us to do it ourselves while they instruct …. then we know what to do ….if we need to do it another time .
It didn’t clear the info from the other watch ⌚️….its just showed up as another device on our system. …our watches / iPad and phone
In future we may pass them on but for now just leaving them where they are ..they work perfectly …. I got hubs for his birthday …and he insisted I have one as well
 
The Apple Watch study that I was part of was doing some of the preparation for the suspected blood pressure warnings, @Kate Ellery . They had me wear 2 Apple Watches , one on each wrist, and take my blood pressure mornings and evenings, twice each time, and everything was recorded . The sent me an Omron BP cuff as well as 2 iPhones, and so everything from the watches and the BP cuff was recorded into the phones and sent directly to the study center every day.
It was interesting to be part of the study, and I will get Amazon gift cards for being part of it.

They had me sit quietly for 5 minutes (phones counted it down to be exact) before i took the first reading, and then one minute later, took the second BP reading. I had to sit in a straight back chair with my arm on a table or desk, so they made sure that everything was done the same exact way each time.
 
How interesting @Yvonne Smith so have you got any feedback on results

I found when I first started see the cardiologist during Covid …and I was getting a few spikes in my heart rate after a covid jab ( we bought the version 6 watches during covid) I told and showed the cardiologist and he said ….blah 😒 ….those things …..now he’s all for them 👍….and he’s the same doctor that asked hubs to email the ECG of his first attack of A.fib to him ….and commented he wished his online / phone consult was that easy with everyone ….as it was with hubs .

I was telling the lady who served us with our new watches about the AF ….I phoned our GP ….he in turn phoned the cardiologist …..who phoned hubs …and asked how he knew about the attack ect …..( his watch notified him of course ) then as mentioned…..he asked hubs to forward the ecg …..the cardiologist ….then phoned hubs back again ….and said he needs to have blood tests ….. so emailed the pathology a “ script” as I call it ……...this all happened in less than 1/2 hour …..


We don’t have any resident cardiologists where we live only one that visits once every 2 months ….so our cardiologist knew by the ecg if hubs needed any emergency treatment …...if it had been the case hubs would have been flown to the city via helicopter.

We’ve got our once a year check up with the cardiologist tomorrow
 
The smallest watch is now slightly bigger it’s 42 mm old one was 40 mm ( new one on left ) IMG_2646.jpeg

New one is much brighter / clearer with 6 years between buying the version 6 and 11

I see a couple of scratches on the glass but considering I wore it gardening / washing dishes and most jobs around the house it’s still pretty much good
My old one is a rose gold …as is the the new one , but it’s a lighter colour than the old one which I prefer

See our temp on top right …….brrrr 15 c that’s inside …59 F …...it’s bone chilling wind outside 🥶🥶🥶 it would be lucky if it’s 10c….50 F outside
 
Kate Ellery said:
The smallest watch is now slightly bigger it’s 42 mm old one was 40 mm ( new one on left ) View attachment 1351

New one is much brighter / clearer with 6 years between buying the version 6 and 11

I see a couple of scratches on the glass but considering I wore it gardening / washing dishes and most jobs around the house it’s still pretty much good
My old one is a rose gold …as is the the new one , but it’s a lighter colour than the old one which I prefer

See our temp on top right …….brrrr 15 c that’s inside …59 F …...it’s bone chilling wind outside 🥶🥶🥶 it would be lucky if it’s 10c….50 F outside
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Who's got the 63BPM heart rate? Must be all that cardio from dancing. ;)
 
I've been reading and watching vids about WIN11 (since it was just installed on my laptop) to protect myself from being spied upon, and am still deciding whether to go the Linux/Ubuntu route for a replacement main machine or to buy an Apple product. One video that discussed the WIN11 debacle completely ignored the spying issues, but focused on the "forcing you into the Microsoft online universe." Then the guy remarked "Google and Apple both tried this."

So what about Apple's history? Would I have to worry about being on the alert for my data/habits being harvested without my knowledge, or my being forced into Apple's online universe (or worse, having Apple put me there without my knowledge)? Do I have to be ever-vigilant? I just stumbled upon a place on my WIN11 machine where every single file/photo I opened so far was being logged "for my convenience," to be aggregated and later transmitted to Microsoft. I don't want that. I want everything to be local and in private, with the only communication to/from Apple being system updates.

So what has the experience of you long-time Appleheads been? Have you been through their phase of trying to force you into their online universe? Was the narrator of that video exaggerating?
 
The main reason I have opted for Apple products rather than a version of Linux is that I don't want to have to deal with a bunch of open-source, freeware applications that require more than I am able to give, these days, when it comes to tech abilities. The software available for Apple products seems more reliable and intuitive than the Linux alternatives.
 
I have a few machines running a couple of versions of Linux, and the OS is fine. The problem comes in when I want to do something beyond whatever is bundled with it. When I switched from Windows to Mac in 2008, I thought I'd need to keep a Windows machine running because there were a few Windows programs that I didn't think I could do without, and then I found the Mac equivalents. I've also found that Mac-native programs run much smoother than Windows programs that have been ported to Mac, for the most part.
 
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Ken Anderson said:
The main reason I have opted for Apple products rather than a version of Linux is that I don't want to have to deal with a bunch of open-source, freeware applications that require more than I am able to give, these days, when it comes to tech abilities. The software available for Apple products seems more reliable and intuitive than the Linux alternatives.
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No doubt. It's always been Apple's double-edged sword. 3rd party peripherals and software were locked out so you get better reliability, but you can't get the savings from competition. One guy I spoke with was high on Ubuntu, saying that the "Blueberry" office suite for it has the look & feel of MS Office...to include the obscure stuff like Publisher. But as you said, I've gone from putting together my own systems to carting my laptop off to a repair shop rather than taking the time to figure out how to roll back a WIN10 update.
 
John Brunner said:
@Ken Anderson So how do you feel about Apple's privacy? Can you keep Apple out of your business, or do you even worry about it?
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I don’t even worry about it. I have everything stored in the cloud, send any info that apple asks for, and share it with my family online. They have medical studies, and I join those, too, in case my health information can help someone else.

I don’t think I have ever had any problems from doing this. I think that if the government wants to spy on people, they are going to do it, regardless of how I hid anything, and I don’t do anything that I think anyone would want to spy on me for anyway.

So, I just use what I can to my benefit, and every thing seems to work fine, as far as I can tell. I don’t have anything that is not an apple device except for an old Chromebook that neither one of us use, but that I could use if I were doing a survey that required a laptop and not my iPad.
I do have google apps on my iPad, but have not had any trouble from that either.
 
There is no digital privacy any more. None. It doesn't matter which operating system you choose, if you are online your privacy is compromised. Like Yvonne, I don't care who watches me look at recipes as long as they stay out of my little bank account.
 
Beth Gallagher said:
There is no digital privacy any more. None. It doesn't matter which operating system you choose, if you are online your privacy is compromised. Like Yvonne, I don't care who watches me look at recipes as long as they stay out of my little bank account.
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I understand that browsing the web is never gonna be private, but I won't have my local files being scanned/read/analyzed. If "authorities" want to investigate me, they can go through the process. But I will resist some private corporation harvesting everything as a matter of routine.
 
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