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I had a lot of questions following my big news a few days ago. So I made a video answering a lot of the most common questions for the MacSparky Labs members …
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Testing the iPhone 13 Pro Cameras at Disneyland
Yesterday morning I spent a few hours testing the new iPhone 13 Pro camera system at Disneyland, particularly in Galaxy’s Edge (of course). A few takeaways were:
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The new wide lens is a big improvement and I’m going to be using that lens a lot more.
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3X reach is a lot more useful than 2X reach for zoom
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Cinematic Mode version 1 is a lot better than Portrait Mode version 1.
Here’s a video with all the details.
IOS 14 Back Tap for Camera and Flashlight
I couldn’t help myself and installed the iOS 14 beta on my iPhone. There are a lot of nice new features, but one obscure one is Back Tap. This new accessibility feature lets you trigger Accessibility functions by tapping the back of your phone two or three times. It also can trigger a Shortcut. So I made some simple shortcuts to trigger the camera and toggle the flashlight and added them to Back Tap triggers. Here is a video showing how it works.
Comparing macOS Voice to Text with Dragon for Mac (Video)
Apple is a year in with its voice to text system. I’ve been using it since release, but also continue to use Dragon for Mac which, while no longer supported, continues to work. This video demonstrates the differences and where Apple still has some catching up to do.