Hello everyone. With more than 15k subscribers, I’m sure the Apple community has some great experiences to share with others. My question this week is, “What was the most clever way you’ve ever used an Apple product to solve a problem?”
My wife and I were planning our wedding. Everything was paid from our own pockets. No help from parents or family. It wasn’t like they weren’t there, just wanted to do it ourselves since it’s our wedding.
By the time we’ve booked the venue, catering, photographer, budgeting clothing & decorations, we had no money to hire a DJ. And if we did, we didn’t want some “Top 40” DJ (we’re from the alternative subculture)
I rented some audio equipment, hooked it up to my MacBook, and used iTunes as the DJ. I’ve made a few playlists based on the wedding’s schedule. One playlist for the dinner, one playlist for the “walking down the aisle” moment, one playlist for dancing/post-ceremony. Having the playlists allows me to “play and forget” I’ve had certain songs setup at the end of the playlists in case we’ve overran a certain wedding function and I’ll know the playlist is near the end (most of the playlists were loaded with hours of songs so I wouldn’t have to worry) The walking down the aisle song was on it’s own playlist with the length trimmed down to how long it would take my wife to walk down the aisle (the song would just fade out & nothing else would be playing) It worked out pretty well, with me changing the playlist a few times. All MacBook sounds were turned off and Do Not Disturb was on to avoid unwanted notifications. It was connected to a public wifi (provided by my ISP) if I needed to do any remote controlling or downloading additional songs.
I agree. I love A24 for the independent movies. Movies that would’ve never gotten a chance anywhere else.
At the very least, it could tarnish the A24 brand and end up like Blumhouse, producing these “legacy sequels” to movies that didn’t really need a (another) sequel to begin with.
Authorities have caught two Ho Chi Minh City-based firms printing more than 15,000 pirated copies of books and 2024 calendars, with a combined weight exceeding 15 metric tons....
I had no idea this was a thing. So say someone has the proof document of an out-of-print book, could that person go to some company who could reprint the book for the person to be in their personal collection?
I’m curious if this will sour the partnership between Blumhouse and Universal. The Halloween sequels didn’t do as good as 2018’s Halloween, and now this new Exorcist legacy sequel not meeting box office expectations.
Backstory/Context: My wife is an aspiring writer and wants to self-publish a novel that she's been writing. Currently she's typing on my old Asus ROG gaming laptop that I no longer use. It's (barely) running Windows Vista, it was built with Crysis in mind (really shows you how old it is), it's bulky & heavy, and the battery is...
I'd love to extend the life of the Asus laptop, give it a new battery and install a better OS. But she'll have to deal with the weight & bulkiness, especially going on trips. Need something more practical where she can take it wherever like a coffee shop or on a vacation trip.
Chromebook might a good idea. I've also thought about an iPad with the keyboard cover. Both are very practical.
From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook’s spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you’re not even on the platform: simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platf…
One thing that really bothers me is Instagram “hearing” conversations. I swear the app is listening in, even with the microphone being disabled for the app. My wife & I would talk about a certain product or restaurant and sure enough, we see ads for it on Instagram the next time we’re on it. Very disturbing.
Boiling down a film like Catching Fire into a two-minute piece of music is a unique art form. The guys at Immediate Music have been pumping out high-adrenaline scores for 20 years.
Totally agree. They made a lot of epic sounding trailer music. Their "Freedom Fighters" track for the Star Trek (2009) trailer still gives me goosebumps. Well fitting.
Wasn’t there issues during production of this movie? I love Eli Roth’s work, but honestly, he’s not the director I would’ve picked for a Borderlands movie.
Follows a motor-mouthed outsider (Anthony Mackie) offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland....
So I’ve been torrenting for over a year now (just in time to get attached to RARBG and get my heart broken) and mostly loving it. Now that I have access to actual high quality files I’ve been looking to improve my home setup. I was wondering what setups people have and what I should aspire to....
I have a 7.1 home theatre setup with a 4K 55” hooked up to AppleTV.
I use the Infuse app. They have a free trial version in the App Store. Tried it, the setup was easy for me and the player did exactly what I wanted: play media files from a local network drive. Supports a wide range of encodes, audio codecs, 1080p, 2160p, HDR, and so forth. I bought the lifetime subscription after that, which is good for all future versions including the big updates.
For setup, I have a small PC with 2 x 5TB HDDs shared through my local network. Both the PC and the AppleTV are connected via Ethernet (no wireless or you might experience playback issues from time to time)
Mine has to be Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime, a DS spin off of the Dragon Quest series that sees you playing as a slime operating a tank and rescuing the people from your town. You run around the overworld, collecting items to use as ammunition and saving money to upgrade your tank. The art and music are just as great as you’d...
Favorite obscure game?
Panther for Commodore 64 - The music is awesome!
Rez for Dreamcast/PS2 - not everyone talks about this game but the audience is a lot larger now than it was back when it came out for the Dreamcast and PS2 now that Rez Infinite is available in almost every current platform including the PSVR2.
I would’ve also said Another World (aka Out of this World) for the PC and SNES. But this game is also not-too-obscure like Rez. There are articles about it & the creation, re-released in almost every platform including the PS Vita, spiritual successors, copycats, and so on.
From what I've read, not as great as Fallout but still a good Mission Impossible movie. If it's just as good as the last few movies (Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, Fallout), I'm happy and will definitely see it in the theatres.
Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!...
Hello everyone! Recently I posted in this community about my thoughts on migrating my mails over from google to apple, as I am already paying for iCloud. Thank you very much to everyone who commented, it was really interesting and helpful to read through!...
Log off iCloud from your iPhone and then re-login. After that, go back to create your iCloud email.
I had the same problem a few days ago with my wife’s iPhone. Logged off iCloud/AppleID and then logged back in. No problems in creating an iCloud email.
Question of the week: What was the most clever way you’ve ever used an Apple product to solve a problem?
Hello everyone. With more than 15k subscribers, I’m sure the Apple community has some great experiences to share with others. My question this week is, “What was the most clever way you’ve ever used an Apple product to solve a problem?”
A24 Expands Strategy From Arthouse Gems to More Commercial Films (www.thewrap.com)
Non paywalled link: archive.ph/IKzXb
2 companies caught illegally printing over 15,000 books, calendars in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (tuoitrenews.vn)
Authorities have caught two Ho Chi Minh City-based firms printing more than 15,000 pirated copies of books and 2024 calendars, with a combined weight exceeding 15 metric tons....
‘Exorcist: Believer’ Gets Horrifying Reviews After Studio Gambled $400 Million for Rights (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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Need Suggestions: MacBook or Windows Laptop?
Backstory/Context: My wife is an aspiring writer and wants to self-publish a novel that she's been writing. Currently she's typing on my old Asus ROG gaming laptop that I no longer use. It's (barely) running Windows Vista, it was built with Crysis in mind (really shows you how old it is), it's bulky & heavy, and the battery is...
Exposed: Facebook's Corrupt Spyware is Tracking you OFF the platform (monero.town)
From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook’s spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you’re not even on the platform: simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platf…
Meet the Musicians Behind (Almost) Every Movie Trailer Score (www.thedailybeast.com)
Boiling down a film like Catching Fire into a two-minute piece of music is a unique art form. The guys at Immediate Music have been pumping out high-adrenaline scores for 20 years.
The Borderlands movie comes out next year (www.theverge.com)
Twisted Metal [trailer] - release: July 27 (www.youtube.com)
Follows a motor-mouthed outsider (Anthony Mackie) offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland....
Home Theater Setup
So I’ve been torrenting for over a year now (just in time to get attached to RARBG and get my heart broken) and mostly loving it. Now that I have access to actual high quality files I’ve been looking to improve my home setup. I was wondering what setups people have and what I should aspire to....
What's your favorite game you never hear anybody talk about?
Mine has to be Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime, a DS spin off of the Dragon Quest series that sees you playing as a slime operating a tank and rescuing the people from your town. You run around the overworld, collecting items to use as ammunition and saving money to upgrade your tank. The art and music are just as great as you’d...
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review Thread
Movie InformationMission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One:...
Lemmy.world grew by about 40% on the first day of reddit migration (lemmy.world)
Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!...
Problem creating new iCloud Mail (i.imgur.com)
Hello everyone! Recently I posted in this community about my thoughts on migrating my mails over from google to apple, as I am already paying for iCloud. Thank you very much to everyone who commented, it was really interesting and helpful to read through!...