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    Ultimate iOS 9 Performance Guide for A5 Devices

    I have recently taken an interest in early iOS devices as nostalgic purpose-built tools to enhance both recreation and productivity, as well as primitive touchscreen-based prototypes for what would eventually become the Apple Silicon Macs. One device of note being an iPad 3 that I happen to own...
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    iPhone Read books 3 times or more faster

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1600259599?l=us Bookva is a speed reading book reader. How to learn to read quickly? Speed reading is very easy. First, we need to learn our reading technique. Unlike other techniques, you do not need to "reprogram" your brain with various Schulte tables...
  3. iAppleTom

    Mojave on Mac Mini Late 2012?

    Hello, I was just considering about upgrading the software on my Mac Mini Late 2012 from High Sierra to MacOS Mojave. I have a few questions to ask, if anyone would be kind enough to reply then it would be really helpful. 1. Will my Mac run faster, smoother, and more efficient being on OS...
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    Update ipad air 2 to ios 11?

    As the title says, should I update my iPad air 2 from ios 10.3.3 to ios 11.4? I'm always really sceptical about updating an older device to a newer firmware as i'm afraid the performance could be worse. Thanks in advance!
  5. Sovon Halder

    Why Macbook Pro 13" 2017 Charges Faster?

    I use iStatMenus which shows estimated time for charging/discharging. But each time I plug in the power adapter, the laptop charges faster than the estimated time. For e.g. If I take a reading of 1 hour 42 minutes to full charge at 12:37, it should complete at 2:19. But it completes in 1...
  6. MattJones

    Locking the iPhone X faster

    Anyone who has an iPhone X probably noticed there is a significant delay from when you push the lock button to when the device actually locks. This is because of it waiting for a potential second input to trigger Apple Pay. I found that if you turn off the 'double tap to activate Apple Pay' in...
  7. dprdoran

    HDD with similar read/write speed as an SSD = similar performance?

    Hello, I have a Mac Pro 1,1. (I know, time for an upgrade.) I have 2 dual core 2.33 processors and 16gb of RAM. I want to make my computer faster. I figured swapping out my boot hdd for an ssd would be a good option. After doing some research I realized that I am limited my the early Mac Pro's...
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    iOS 10.1 and iPad Air 2

    Anyone notice a speed increase (or maybe general snappiness) with the new update? I'm liking this :)
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    rMBP Late2013 Faster in Clamshell mode

    I think I stumbled upon something here, I wanted to check how much my CPU was Throttling under heavy load and I saw my CPU going down to 2.8 /2.9 Ghz while in Clamshell mode albeit at 99C Now, I wanted to test if opening the laptop would yield any different result due to improved thermals but...
  10. circatee

    More memory

    Since I'm still within my 'return' period with my iMac, I'm 'upgrading' it! New SSD (Samsung 256GB; will be upgraded to a 500GB SSD, later) has been cloned and running the OS. The 500GB SATA, will store data, etc. It will be interesting to see the speed when copying data between the SSD and...