fizwidget (u/fizwidget)

fizwidget commented on Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android ios-countdown.win/... · Posted by u/ozzyphantom

ntoskrnl_exe · 3 days ago

Do you mean that new action button thingy above the volume controls? You can reassign to perform something else in the settings. Only a few options to choose from, but it's totally possible.

As for powering off, you can tap the ⏻ symbol in the upper right-hand side corner of the control center.

fizwidget · 3 days ago

You can assign the action button to run a shortcut, which opens up thousands of possibilities for what it can do.

fizwidget commented on Bugs Apple loves bugsappleloves.com... · Posted by u/nhod

ryandrake · 25 days ago

The problem is there is only one little button on the screen that actually stops the alarm. Everything else you can tap or do to the phone while the alarm is sounding will "snooze" it. It's infuriating.

fizwidget · 24 days ago

Surely that’s by design? If stopping the alarm was “easy”, a half-awake person could accidentally stop it rather than snooze it.

fizwidget commented on Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe? eclecticlight.co/2026/01/... · Posted by u/chmaynard

duped · a month ago

How is allowing the user the power to disable software on the device they own "disastrous" for anyone

fizwidget · a month ago

It opens the door to tech-illiterate users being tricked into disabling security features, doesn’t it? Not saying I agree with it but I imagine that’s the motivation.

fizwidget commented on iCloud Photos Downloader github.com/icloud-photos-... · Posted by u/reconnecting

reconnecting · a month ago

This works because you had synchronised your iPhone with your Mac previously. If you start with an empty Photos library and phone, it is impossible to put all the photos on the phone and thus transfer them to your Mac.

fizwidget · a month ago

No, I’ve downloaded the entire library to a new Mac. It worked fine.

fizwidget commented on iCloud Photos Downloader github.com/icloud-photos-... · Posted by u/reconnecting

reconnecting · a month ago

Someone gave me a new iPhone (120GB) and a new MacBook Pro and asked me to download all their photos from iCloud. Long story short, after 120GB of photos were synchronised to the iPhone, the MacBook Pro refused to copy them, and now there's no storage left on the iPhone.

Also, Photos on Mac doesn't have an option to download photos directly, so the only valid option Apple offers is to download them through the web interface (max 1,000 at a time).

There is no official way to download iCloud library that is over phone capacity. Period.

fizwidget · a month ago

That doesn’t sound right. My photo library is larger than my iPhone’s storage yet downloads fine on my Mac. Just need to make sure “optimise storage” is enabled on the iPhone and disabled on the Mac.

Once everything’s downloaded on the Mac, you can either export through the Apple Photos menu or just copy the “originals” directly from the Photos bundle.

fizwidget commented on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban reuters.com/legal/litigat... · Posted by u/chirau

yfw · 2 months ago

If we are so concerned about the materials make the platforms moderate them like they used to do. Banning them reeks of favoring the murdoch outlets which are free to spread misinformation

fizwidget · 2 months ago

The ban is being enacted by the Australian Labor Party, which the Murdoch media is certainly not friendly with. If it ends up favouring Murdoch, it won’t have been deliberate.

fizwidget commented on I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon blog.joinmastodon.org/202... · Posted by u/Tomte

polynomial · 3 months ago

It also glosses over or ignores the fact that Discord is low key crushing it, and is hardly a "capitalist hellscape"

fizwidget · 3 months ago

When I opened Discord recently a popup appeared explaining how to earn “Orbs” and trade them for rewards. I’d say that’s pretty consistent with “capitalist hellscape”.

fizwidget commented on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework simonhartcher.com/posts/2... · Posted by u/deevus

worble · 5 months ago

While I don't deny that suspend is an issue on Linux I've just never seen this as a major problem? I simply turn off my laptop and turn it on when I need it - boot times are less than a minute so it really isn't a issue for me, just flick the power switch, wait for a bit then I'm good to go.

fizwidget · 5 months ago

“Less than a minute” is going to feel horribly slow to people that are used to instant-resume and not having to think about shutdown vs. sleep.

You might be okay with it, but I suspect most consumers today won’t be.

fizwidget commented on Maps.me co-founder tries to close down Organic Maps open-source fork github.com/orgs/organicma... · Posted by u/0x457

fnfjfk · a year ago

I’ve used this app as an offline maps tool for travel for a long time, when I got it I thought it was just a fine OSM client.

Then years later I hear it was running crypto nonsense (what) and was involved in FTX (what), but out of laziness I’m still using the thing because it can’t do any upsells when I am offline anyways.

Any recommendations for a good iOS offline map app that’s just a map app?

fizwidget · a year ago

By “this app” I assume you’re referring to Maps.me.

I can recommend Organic Maps. It has none of those crypto shenanigans and is a great offline OSM-based app.

fizwidget commented on OpenStreetMap Is Turning 20 stevecoast.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/gemanor

bdjsiqoocwk · 2 years ago

Which one is better? Coming from someone who doesnt know much about OSM, what I immediately notice is that accoridng to the play store osmand has in-app payments whereas organic maps doesn't.

fizwidget · 2 years ago

I’d summarise it like this: * Organic Maps: simpler, nicer, more intuitive UI. Better for most general use cases. * OsmAnd: a somewhat clunky UI, but more powerful and flexible. Better for advanced use cases.

Organic Maps is a better starting point IMHO.

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