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Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:17 pm
by Mafro
You can move the menu bar back to the top of the keyboard in the options.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 8:24 pm
by Johnny Ryall
Mafro wrote:You can move the menu bar back to the top of the keyboard in the options.



Yeah. It seems more ergonomic though so I’ll leave it to get used to it.

One thing I did read in the release notes was they were going to integrate authenticator functionality into the os. But I can’t find the option anywhere?

Would mean I could get rid of Authy for a more integrated option

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:46 pm
by rinks
Johnny Ryall wrote:
Mafro wrote:You can move the menu bar back to the top of the keyboard in the options.



Yeah. It seems more ergonomic though so I’ll leave it to get used to it.

One thing I did read in the release notes was they were going to integrate authenticator functionality into the os. But I can’t find the option anywhere?

Would mean I could get rid of Authy for a more integrated option

Settings - Passwords. Select the password you want to add authentication for, then Set Up Verification Code.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:52 pm
by Johnny Ryall
Ah cheers

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 3:21 pm
by jiggles
Mafro wrote:Can you post pics of it when it arrives? Every pic I've seen of the Dark Cherry makes it look lighter than the photos on the Apple store, and the "Midnight" actually looks more of a very dark blue rather than black, especially when side-by-side with last year's black leather case. I'm gonna have to have a look at them in store, I would just go for a red silicone case but those things are absolute dust magnets.


Took around some black stuff for comparison.

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Long exposure.
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Under warm white light bulb.
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It’s very black in person, basically. Only through low-light compensation (flash/long exposure) does it look blueish

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:20 pm
by Mafro
Oh I thought you were getting Dark Cherry :fp:

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:47 pm
by jiggles
No, "Midnight", I think is the official colour.

I will say that it's not as grippy as I wish it was, but maybe some wear and tear will give it some texture.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:55 pm
by Mafro
Aye the official leather covers I've had are a bit slippy at first but that goes away pretty quickly.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:15 pm
by Johnny Ryall
Some millionaires up in here buying official cases he says as the owner of the £80 iPad Air 3 Smart Cover that’s essentially cardboard and magnets covered in silicone

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:23 pm
by jiggles
All that extra cash just so I can see the ring on the screen flash up in the case colour when I clip it on. 8-)

Honestly, though, I thought the design was a full width cutout at the bottom like on the 12, for less impact on audio, but it’s somehow even less open than my current case (which has one cutout per speaker, left and right) in that there’s a cutout for each individual speaker hole.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:24 pm
by KK
I had an official cover for my iPad Air 2 but after just 2 years it broke (tore off from the magnetic spine).

I don't seem to have much luck with Apple accessories. A piece of my iPhone case just snapped off the other week pulling it out of my pocket:

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Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:37 pm
by Prototype
I love Apple stuff but would never fork out for their official accessories given similar quality stuff can be bought at a fraction of the price.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:05 pm
by Robbo-92
I got one Smart Cover with my first iPad (a 2nd gen one), it fell apart after probably a few months? Sure it was in the £40 region too, just resorted to using cheap knock offs off of Amazon until I got a new iPad :lol: Not worth the price at all in my opinion, I’d be wary about splashing out on one of their official smart keyboards or whatever they call them now as the same will probably happen with the edges down the line.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 7:45 pm
by jiggles
Holding the case in my hand to get a feel for how big the phone itself is.

Aye, it’s gigantic. Almost like an entire PS Vita. I might buy one of those Xbox pad clip-on things, actually because it would surely be great for the Arcade games and/or any cloud and streaming stuff.

Anyone any recommendations?

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:53 pm
by Mafro
jiggles wrote:
Mafro wrote:Can you post pics of it when it arrives? Every pic I've seen of the Dark Cherry makes it look lighter than the photos on the Apple store, and the "Midnight" actually looks more of a very dark blue rather than black, especially when side-by-side with last year's black leather case. I'm gonna have to have a look at them in store, I would just go for a red silicone case but those things are absolute dust magnets.


Took around some black stuff for comparison.

Under flash.
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Long exposure.
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Under warm white light bulb.
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It’s very black in person, basically. Only through low-light compensation (flash/long exposure) does it look blueish

It's pics like these that are making me want to switch to Midnight

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Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:36 pm
by jiggles
It’s sitting in a box that has my name written on it.

(Order shipped)

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:25 pm
by BID0
I got a "Caseology parallax" case last year and it's pretty good. First time not buying an Apple case. It even came with a couple of high quality glass screen protectors which I usually don't bother with.

jiggles wrote:Holding the case in my hand to get a feel for how big the phone itself is.

Aye, it’s gigantic. Almost like an entire PS Vita. I might buy one of those Xbox pad clip-on things, actually because it would surely be great for the Arcade games and/or any cloud and streaming stuff.

Anyone any recommendations?

I'm waiting on the Backbone One controller. It seems to get the best reviews for iPhone functionality for gaming.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:00 pm
by Prototype
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58665809

End of the line for the lightning port then. Thank God.

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:07 pm
by Moggy
Prototype wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58665809

End of the line for the lightning port then. Thank God.


That's the EU though. Britain's Apple products will be in pounds and ounces :x

Re: Apple Thread II | AirPods Pros Announced

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:32 pm
by rinks
Bet they try to get round it by keeping Lightning and bundling an adapter.