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I’ve come across images of this thing in the past, but Quinn went on a deep dive on one of the most unusual Macintosh accessories ever made:

Don’t worry, I’ve already called dibs on that Portrait Display.

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This week on the show:

Everyone’s a real Federico, but only Stephen could disrupt the show document in such a profoundly useless way. Myke takes on the form of those around him.

Topics include MacBook Pro batteries, Spotify and Siri getting cozy, the iPhone 12 mini and more.

On Connected Pro, I explained what an ice storm is.

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I’ve used DEVONthink for about a year to hold all of my research and gathered materials relating to tech history. As of this writing, I have 22,197 items in the application, across ten databases. Its search features make quick work of crawling all of these bits of information, letting me find anything I have on a certain topic across a range of PDFs, text documents, web archives and more.

DEVONthink on the Mac is solid, but the mobile app has felt left behind, with version 3 of DEVONthink To Go, that’s changed.

The new iOS and iPadOS app brings support for modern mobile features like dark mode, iPad cursor support and even multiple windows. Searching is much faster, and now OCR can done on-device, as opposed to having to wait until you get back to a Mac.

I sync my databases with Dropbox, but this new version also introduces CloudKit sync, if that’s your jam.

The app is a free download on the App Store and comes with a one month free trial. After that, pricing looks like this:

• Monthly subscription: US $1.99
• Yearly subscription: US $14.99
• One-time purchase: US $39.99

If you had DEVONthink to Go already installed, that one-time price is $19.99, but the new version will run for free until July.

I’m really happy to see DEVONthink to Go become a more modern and performant counterpart to the Mac version. While I tend to do this type of work while at my desk, doing so from my iPad or even iPhone just got a lot more enjoyable.

Apple Support:

In February 2006, Apple introduced the Intel-based Mac mini (Early 2006). This model and models of Mac mini through 2009 use a different power adapter than models of Mac mini released before 2006.

The two power adapters are not interchangeable, and should only be used with the model of Mac mini they shipped with. Read on to learn how to identify which power adapter to use with each Mac mini computer.

When Apple redesigned the Mac mini in 2010, the machines went to internal power supplies.

The update addresses an issue that may prevent the battery from charging in some 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models. It also patches a nasty root access bug. Update: It seems that the battery issue is part of a bigger deal.

This week on Ungeniused:

During World War I and II, the U.S. and Royal Navies turned to camouflage as a way to protect their ships and planes. One such method was a little more … exciting than the others.

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Today on Twitch, I took a look at five of the Mac minis in my collection, and took apart two of them. It was a lot of fun, and is up for rewatching now.

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This week on Mac Power Users, David and I get back to the basics, and check on how calendars, contacts and tasks can be effectively managed across a range of devices and apps.

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I’ve seen a lot of reports from people with the Series 3 Apple Watch having trouble trying to update to new versions of watchOS, but Dr. Drang’s tale may be the worst I’ve read yet:

A few days ago, I updated my Apple Watch Series 3 to watchOS 7.3. It was, as many Series 3 owners would have predicted, a nightmare. The worst Apple experience I’ve had in the 35 years I’ve been a customer.

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