The following support document makes life so much better for MacBook owners. Prevent a Mac laptop from turning on when opening its lid or connecting to power on apple.com To prevent startup when opening the lid or connecting to power: sudo nvram BootPreference=%00 To prevent startup only when opening the lid: sudo nvram BootPreference=%01 To prevent startup only when connecting to power: sudo nvram BootPreference=%02 ...
Jason Koebler in »Condensation Death Is Breaking $550 AirPods Max and Driving Users Nuts« for 404media.co: Apple’s $550 flagship headphones have a problem: They can malfunction, or suddenly stop working entirely, because of users’ sweat, or because of the condensation that can build up when people exercise in them or wear them for long periods of time. I’ve now had to buy new ear cushions for the AirPods because they’ve started to smell of sweat. I still hope the AirPods Max will last a long time. ...
Apple announced new products a few days ago. As always, stock in the stores is limited. If you’re smart, you check online whether the product you want is available at your local Apple Store. If you’re lazy, use the following Python script to automate that. Note: Pushover is required. #!/usr/bin/env python3 import requests import os import time def fetch_availability(product_number, store_id): payload = { "store": store_id, "little": False, "mt": "regular", "parts.0": product_number, "fts": True, } url = "https://www.apple.com/de/shop/fulfillment-messages" r = requests.get(url, params=payload) data = r.json() stores = data["body"]["content"]["pickupMessage"]["stores"] store = next(store for store in stores if store["storeNumber"] == store_id) avail = store["partsAvailability"][product_number] return { "store_name": store.get("storeName"), "available": avail.get("pickupDisplay") != "ineligible", "store_pickup_quote": avail.get("storePickupQuote"), "pickup_search_quote": avail.get("pickupSearchQuote"), "pickup_display": avail.get("pickupDisplay"), } def assemble_availability_text(product_number, store_ids): avail_text = "" for store_id in store_ids: avail = fetch_availability(product_number, store_id) avail_text += f'{avail["store_name"]}: {avail["store_pickup_quote"]}\n' return avail_text def create_file_if_not_exists(filepath): if not os.path.exists(filepath): with open(filepath, "w") as f: f.write("") def do_it(part_no, store_ids, **kwargs): availability_text = assemble_availability_text(part_no, store_ids) create_file_if_not_exists("/tmp/cache.txt") with open("/tmp/cache.txt", "r+", encoding="utf-8") as f: if f.read() == availability_text: print("No Changes", flush=True) else: print("Changes detected", availability_text, flush=True) if kwargs["pushover_enabled"] == "1": requests.post( "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json", data={ "token": kwargs["pushover_token"], "user": kwargs["pushover_user"], "message": availability_text, "title": "CHANGES DETECTED", }, headers={"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}, ) f.truncate(0) f.seek(0) f.write(availability_text) if __name__ == "__main__": while True: do_it( os.environ["MONITORED_PART_NO"], os.environ["MONITORED_STORES"].split(","), pushover_enabled=os.environ["PUSHOVER_ENABLED"], pushover_token=os.environ["PUSHOVER_TOKEN"], pushover_user=os.environ["PUSHOVER_USER"], ) time.sleep(int(os.environ["POLLING_DELAY_SECONDS"])) The script is in the repository dprandzioch/apple-store-notifier on GitHub. ...
The YouTube channel Bad Lip Reading redubs footage to create funny videos. This week it’s Apple’s turn with its product presentations. Very entertaining. Thanks Stephen The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (TENAA) requested technical information from Apple about the current iPhone models. The new phones have 4 GB of RAM Model Battery RAM iPhone XS Max 3,174mAh 4GB RAM iPhone XS 2,658mAh 4GB RAM iPhone X 2,716mAh 3GB RAM iPhone XR 2,942mAh 3GB RAM iPhone 8 Plus 2,675mAh 3GB RAM Source: Benjamin Mamerow on 20. September 2018 The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...