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I've personally seen issues where a phone was restored and the software issue reemerged with using the iCloud backup since an iCloud backup is the OS and data less the applications. It's very rare that there are issues related to this, but it can happen.

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If Android didn't exist as a viable alternative to iOS the smartphone world would be a miserable place.

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And if iOS didn't exist as a viable alternative to android, Google would be facing anti-trust proceedings :lol:.Android needs Apple to remain viable much in the same way Microsoft needed Apple to remain viable in the early 2000's.

But also Apple has forced Android to be proactive with encryption and security (if not necessarily user privacy) and be more considerate about software design and user experience.

If it's white and looks like a Mac Mini it's the first gen, second and third gen are almost indistinguishable (the little square black pucks). If it is a second gen, it is technically capable if it hasn't been upgraded past a certain firmware version (I forget which), while the third gen isn't possible to install kodi on.

The best program that I have used is handbrake LINK. Any external bluray optical drive should be compatible and you could just check the amazon descriptions to make sure that is the case. Good luck, ripping that many disks is tedious task.

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Do we have any Mac developers on the board?

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Yep and I will load it up on my machines when I get an opportunity, but the biggest changes for me probably won't be included until Beta 2

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a case like this or wallet cases you can't access the phone without opening it so i don't know if you'd like that.. this one does have a 6s plus version



but yeah one like this

i don't know that i would fully trust keeping a key in it..

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I had this one... don't buy it, it broke within two months

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New File System too.

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Huh?

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Will probably happen at the Fall event

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Most likely, that was an incredibly dense 2 hrs. and Apple saves a few key features to unveil at the September event.

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I wonder if they will bump the 5 GB free storage in the fall to get more people on board.

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My guess is they will bump the free tier up to 20 GB and make changes to the paid tiers. The seamlessness of iCloud is key.

As a developer this keynote was super interesting, but a little light on the technical details which have been present in years past.

watchOS - Better functionality and I really like the merging of glances and app launch screens, but I don't do any development here and I'm not sure if watchOS only needed polish vs. a full makeover.

tvOS - Unified login :nana: was all I actually cared about seeing as a user, everything else is a happy surprise like slingTV finally coming to Apple TV (the Sling UI looked like garbage though) and Fox Sports. As an aside I've been tooling around with an App for this for one of my company's clients.

macOS - the Intelligent storage and the actionable Siri searches are interesting. Apple Pay for websites looks promising and I love the implementation of PIP. As a dev I wanted to see updates to the Mac app store (though I don't have anything there currently) and I was expecting the Apple Music refresh to extend to iTunes. Oh and that cross device copy and paste looks great as well.

iOS - The new and improved actionable notifications seem interesting and without a hands on the notifications, widget slide out, control center with home kit integration look like great improvements. I think I took iMessage a bit for granted as aesthetically it hadn't changed much since iOS 7, but the features and improvements actually look like dramatic improvements, though I am a bit disappointed that there is no Android port, but the potential add-ons that can be sold through iMessage could make it a profitable freemium app there.

Integrating third party development into Siri is absolutely massive to compete with Alexa, but Siri has several advantages that Apple looks to be cleverly leveraging: developer base, language support (Alexa only supports English), and multiple regions (Amazon Echo only works in the US). In addition, I really like the concept of using Maps, Photos, and iMessage as development platforms where smaller apps or promotional plug-ins that would be lost in the app store can be curated.

TL;DR There were a ton of little features announced that seem promising or are at least good attempts at catching up where other apps/services/platforms had distinct advantages.

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I put a Samsung 850 pro in my wife's MacBook and it has been great. I have heard the Evo's have issues for some people.

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I did that on my 2010 Mac that I handed down to my father :lol: which is running like a champ.

A standard SATA SSD only works when you are replacing a SATA hard drive or an optical drive in an older Macs and Mac Pros, but since the body redesign of the Macbook Air and the Retina MacBook Pros they have used a proprietary PCIe SSDs (which have been ludicrously fast) but there have been no after market options to replace or upgrade these until recently (and even then there is a small performance penalty from the stock SSDs)

TL;DR OP didn't specify his rig so I gave the broadest solution for all 2012 Macs.