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Google released their Android News & Weather app today. If you frequent Google News, it'd be handy instead of going back to the browser. The weather is pretty basic and is more of a bonus add-on than a feature. Pulls from weather.com, high/low temp, graphs for temp change through the day and for precip chance during the day. No widget though which is really disappointing but I'm sure it'll get one eventually.
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The usual argument for Apple Maps v. anything else is that YMMV. It's generally accepted that Google Maps' POI is much more accurate but Apple Maps will still take you to the correct location if you have an address. Some people like Waze for its user-reported events. Some of these are imported into GMaps (since Google bought Waze).
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Nov 7, 2014 21:07
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StorrowS posted:The only way i found is to select them all and then click delete, which is the same as the recommended instructions: Note that this was really tedious as I could only select the photos that were cached on the current page. So I had to keep scrolling through thousands of photos (I couldn't just use the window elevator to go from the top to the bottom).
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May 29, 2015 17:34
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Zwille posted:How are you guys letting Google photos upload? I have to keep waking up the screen for it to continue uploading, which is a bit of a hassle. Or does it do that overnight when plugged in? It looks like it'll upload automatically when plugged in.
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Jun 2, 2015 21:58
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Shifting away from poop and bad websites, the app store is featuring the Netflix app with "Subscribe now on your iPhone" featured. Is this some kind of change in Apple's policy or has Netflix just bit the bullet and will give Apple a cut of subs made via the app?
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Sep 25, 2015 17:26
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Just a notice that Scanner Pro is only $.99 right now. It's easily the best scanning app I've ever used. It'll do paperwork and pictures and will upload them to just about every cloud service imaginable.
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Dec 21, 2015 15:13
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:My problem with Google Photos is I can't easily share it with my wife, for example. To share with her I would have to make a public shared album in Google Photos and add all photos to it, which is stupid. Are you sure about that? Don't the new Shared Album features only work if you've got the link to access it? quote:Also if new images are added you have to manually add them to the shared album. Why can't I just share everything with one specific person? This is where you are overthinking it. I've never heard of a service that essentially merges multiple user's camera rolls automatically. The only work around I could think of is: tuyop posted:If you specifically want to have all the photos on a computer as well, Dropbox is the way to go. Just open a familyphotos@gmail Dropbox account, download the app, log everyone into that account, turn on photo upload on every device, and sync it to your computer. Though you might have to cull a lot of lovely photos and you run the risk of seeing your uncle's mangina, I guess. Everyone you want access to this Mega Shared Camera Roll gets the new dropbox account info and you all turn on photo sync.
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Feb 25, 2016 19:48
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I also have the Shows app and see the same thing. I think it's an issue from their source as a number of shows are seeing weird updates or lack of updates.
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Mar 3, 2016 19:00
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Tenterhooks posted:I really like AnyList for grocery shopping. It'll automatically group things by category and lets you set favourites so you don't need to type out anything you buy regularly. There's a whole web / meal planning premium component too but I've never had reason to try it. Strongly seconded. Also, it offers list sharing that syncs instantaneously. Like, amazingly instantaneous. Oh and you can resort the grocery categories so that they match your own local grocery store and your normal path through it. It's one of those things that seems so small but now it's the (second, instant syncing is seriously phenomenal) best part of the app.
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Apr 6, 2016 18:20
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Anyone else have trouble getting iMessage apps to work? The Yelp and OpenTable apps just sit there with their logos for me and never go anywhere (iPhone 6).
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Sep 14, 2016 14:05
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Anyone have trouble getting new episodes to download from the Apple Podcast app? They just seem to get stuck in Preparing to Download.
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Sep 16, 2016 15:17
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The Apple Podcast app was more than capable for what I needed it to do. At times it could be glitchy but it worked most of the time.
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Sep 16, 2016 15:56
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I'm signed into my Google account with the default mail app but I don't use it. I just have everything setup so that if I must use the Mail.app, I can send a quick email. Otherwise, I've hidden the Mail.app and turned off all notifications for it. I use the GMail app for push notifications and every day email usage.
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Oct 11, 2016 18:25
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axolotl farmer posted:I have an old iPhone 4S. It works fine with one exception: the Podcasts app crashes. I've been noticing a lot of jankiness with the Apple Podcasts app. It stinks because I also just needed a no frills podcast app.
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Oct 20, 2016 17:52
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Just FYI but LastPass announced you can now access your password vault on your device for free via the LastPass app. It was previously restricted to the subscription tier.
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Nov 2, 2016 14:59
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baram. posted:don't use lastpass endlessmonotony posted:For laughing at. Little else. Might as well use a post-it note. [citation needed]
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Nov 2, 2016 18:54
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BoyBlunder posted:I have been using this too, and it's awesome. I actually can't believe it's free. I tried Email but it made me realize how much I enjoy GMail natively sorting my emails into Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates, and Forums. And while I didn't like the changes they made to GMail, I am slowly getting used to it. Look at that, a goon getting used to change.
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Nov 30, 2016 18:49
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I was just recommended PushBullet in the iPhone thread and I'll repeat here what I said there:Thwomp posted:This would be cool but it looks like push notifications are broken and have been since the last update in February or so. And it just seems buggy/full of little QoL issues. xzzy - I was looking for something in the exact same use case. Pushbullet works but just know that notifications are broken. Thwomp fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Dec 8, 2016 |
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Dec 8, 2016 21:26
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My only knock on Dark Sky is anything beyond 24-48 hours is just worthless forecasting. Wunderground's 5 days forecasts tend to be much more accurate. But I've seen Dark Sky predict rain coming to the minute so I keep it around.
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Mar 6, 2017 05:05
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Also, you can block ads with Safari.
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May 2, 2017 14:29
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Sounds like it's because those apps have been pulled from the app store, completely. It happens for a number of reasons. I'm sure we'll be hearing more about it after iOS 11 drops and no one will be able to re-download their 32-bit apps to their new iPhones in the fall. Now, if you had a local (encrypted?) backup in iTunes, it could've restored your missing apps from the local copies in iTunes. But iCloud just keeps a list of all your installed apps and when you restore, asks the App Store to re-download them. If the App Store doesn't have them anymore, you're out of luck.
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Jun 26, 2017 21:11
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Try again in a bit? I was having issues with Shared Albums on Google Photos yesterday and they just announced more sharing features today so there may be some upgrades/wonkyness going on lately.
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Jun 28, 2017 19:42
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cbirdsong posted:How does Instagram not even have a crappy iPad app yet?! No one remembers how long it took Facebook to put out an iPad app (a year and a half after the iPad was released. 6 months after the iPad 2 was released). And even then, it was still only barely optimized for the iPad screen.
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Sep 11, 2017 13:52
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Yeah, I was a staunch stock Podcast app user because I wasn't asking much from it. Now I can't tell how many episodes of a show I have downloaded and the Now Playing playing logic is mystifying (why won't it just play the next episode listed in Now Playing instead of stopping when I've listed to the last episode in that particular show?). Having a Podcast playlist helps restore previous functionality (include all unplayed podcast episodes from all podcasts, play oldest to Newest, don't group by podcast) but still. Also, I'm still unsure about how the stock Podcast app automatically goes back 5 seconds after you stopped listening for a while. I'm always a little taken aback when I hear something I remember I just heard.
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Oct 12, 2017 16:00
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Gonna poke the hornets' nest: Is there a weather app that has push notifications for precipitation like Dark Sky but isn't Dark Sky? I have and really enjoy Hello Weather but it doesn't (yet, it just updated and added a bunch of good stuff to their subscription tier) have push alerts. Carrot Weather appears to have a rain/snow alert but only if you have a Mac with the app installed (or an Apple Watch, how does that work)? Maybe I'll just stick with both Dark Sky and Hello Weather for now but I'd love just one app that does what each does.
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Nov 13, 2017 22:06
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Seconding AnyList. Absolutely worth it, even the small yearly sub. It’s amazing to have my grocery list in my Watch.
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Dec 11, 2017 05:03
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beefnoodle posted:I'm used to a grocery list in OneNote, where we have everything possible in the lists, and toggle checkboxes to mark needed/bought. Can AnyList do this, or does it just want you to add only the things you need each time you're going to shop? I guess I'm unclear as to how you setup your grocery list. So you have an entire list of everything you could possibly buy at the store, and just check off un-needed items? Do you then mass uncheck everything before each shopping trip and go through it all again?
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Dec 12, 2017 19:46
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Here's the apparent differences:quote:However, the several of the new features in Paprika 3 will not show up on the older versions:
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Dec 13, 2017 16:33
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AnyList just updated with support for SiriKit which is really cool. It’s, by far, one of my most used apps. (They previously had a Siri voice command workaround but this is much simpler) “Hey Siri, using AnyList, add Milk to Grocery List.”
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Jan 24, 2018 21:19
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Speaking of, I've seen several apps recently roll out support for iOS 11's Smart Inverted Colors mode. I wish Apple would just create a Dark/Night mode already.
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Mar 14, 2018 17:55
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I see the new 1Blocker hides all Facebook ad posts where the last on didn’t (or got worse at blocking them as time went on. I can’t remember exactly.)
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Apr 26, 2018 15:17
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I like Hello Weather. Pulls current conditions and upcoming rain from Dark Sky and uses Weather Underground’s data for forecasts. Presents everything simply. It also offers a lot of customization if you subscribe.
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May 31, 2018 14:54
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The Gillman posted:AnyList Seconded. It's outstanding and, if you have an Apple Watch, then ponying up for the AnyList Complete lets you get all your lists on your wrist (among a wealth of other really handy features).
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Jun 18, 2018 18:54
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I’ve liked Hello Weather.
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Jun 21, 2018 19:19
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You can disable it completely when paired to headphones but not when there’s nothing connected to the phone and you’re using Hey Siri. If you manually activate Siri (hold home button or the right side button on and X/XS), you can get it disabled completely.
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Sep 21, 2018 21:27
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terre packet posted:I've been using Wunderlist as a cross-platform grocery list app between myself and my SO, who's an Android user. She's probably going to switch to iOS with her next phone, and I'd like to replace Wunderlist with an iOS / Mac-centric app since some of Wunderlist's interface stuff is really bad, especially on the desktop side (it takes like three separate clicks to delete each individual item, with no key command at all 😑). Is there a recommended iOS / Mac grocery list-type app that is goon-approved? AnyList is also a great option.
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Oct 22, 2018 15:41
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Boris Galerkin posted:The whole point is I wanna send it from Mac to iPhone, so this doesn’t work. I still use Pushbullet between my work PC and my iPhone. The only wonky thing with it is the notification dismisses itself very quickly.
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Nov 14, 2018 18:27
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SeANMcBAY posted:I love that every app has weekly updates now that don’t state what changed in the changelogs. Awesome design. They've probably stopped caring since "Install app updates automatically" became a thing.
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Jan 10, 2019 19:14
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Soon iOS 14, are 3rd party devs able to create their own “new” widgets?
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I find Dark Sky still useful for the push notifications of participation.
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