Photos will automatically categorize pictures by person, place, thing, etc… I never bother making folders or albums because I can just search by date or place or “black cat” or whatever. If the system can’t figure it out on its own you can easily multi-select a bunch of pictures and add keywords, which can then be searched. If you really don’t want to see the whole unfiltered camera roll ever you can just stay away from the library entry. If you are in “My Albums”, for instance, and quit the app, when you come back you’ll still be there.

I guess I don’t really understand what you’re looking for.

You can download lossless with Apple Music and listen to it with no data connection.

He technically didn’t. It was originally owned by George Lucas! But it was mostly just the cgi arm of his special effects. Jobs bought it off Lucas and turned it into the Pixar movie studio we think of today. (Jobs is credited as executive producer on the original Toy Story)

Pandora wasn’t only focused on stuff you haven’t heard though. It was a mix. It’s actually closer to the Apple Music “personal station”.

Sadly, it’s just an ancient tower PC that I put together to be a NAS before Synology existed.

I’m as deep in the ecosystem as you can be. I have multiple everything: phone, iPad, Watch, TV, HomePod, many Macs (I’m an Apple developer, it’s all business-related!). Subscribe to Apple One Premier for the family. Apple Pay, Apple Card, etc., etc… I’ll be first in line for Vision Pro next year.

Basically, if there’s an Apple version of something, I will use it over the competition, regardless of any other consideration.

I’ve been a tech nerd for 40+ years, and honestly, I love it. I built my own PCs for years. I can program assembly language if need be. I’ve got a Linux box in the closet acting as my home server. It used to do a lot of the internet router stuff, but I moved that to an Airport Extreme many years ago.

I just don’t want to mess around with that stuff anymore. For the most part, “it just works” is true. Yes, there are bugs and glitches and frustrating limitations, but show me a hardware/software system that doesn’t have them.

Since Reddit became unadulterated evil I’ve been using Apple News to fill my clickbait/doomscrolling quotient and it’s actually not too bad once you customize your following sources/topics list. I pay for News+ so I rarely run into a paywall. I’ve suppressed the sources that require additional subscription (sorry Washington Post). Did you know if you are reading a story in Safari that has a paywall, but that source is available in News+ you can click the share button and “Open in News” will take you to right to a version you can read?

I have a 14 pro max and it sits fine in the duo charger next to a 45mm watch

I love it. Clean, minimal, gets out of the way, does what I want. With the iCloud keychain password management, 2FA management, auto-fill-then-delete codes from message/email (iOS 17/macOS Sonoma), it’s a real time-saver.

If you’re on a laptop for any amount of time during the day the battery life is unbeatable.

I use the Apple News app and follow the Apple topic.

you can still view the generated codes in the settings app on your devices that are signed into your personal apple ids. not super convenient but possible.

it’s a deliberate choice. this way if you change your mind later and reinstall the app, all your settings & data are still there. you could argue that macOS should give you the option, but user choice isn’t really Apple’s way.

You’re posting this on an Apple forum so I have to ask: how is not convenient? If you use iCloud Keychain + Safari everywhere, it’s ridiculously convenient. I went through some contortions in order to migrate my Symantec VIP codes to iCloud Keychain just so I could have that sweet code integration.

I’ve used HTC Vive, Valve Index, Sony PSVR1 & 2 as a glasses wearer… It’s definitely doable but the inserts make the experience a lot nicer. The current VR lens insert market is around $50-100 depending on the vendor and your prescription strength. I’m guessing Apple will charge similarly for theirs.

I’m going to disagree with the other guy. I got the psvr2 at launch and I have been having a blast with it. I did have to work at it a bit though - I wear glasses so the first thing was getting prescription lens inserts. I also bought a comfort kit which adds a velcro top strap and counterweights for the back of the hoop. Once you get it all dialed in though, it’s super fun. Resident Evil 8 (Village) was one of the most amazing gaming experiences I’ve ever had, and I’ve been gaming since Atari in the 1970s.

VR gaming for sure will be better once these devices are much lighter and smaller, but I still think you can have a lot of fun with it right now.

It’s won’t just work everywhere. Each website that you’re logging in to has to support the automatic verification protocol.