Mac OS Ken: 05.26.2021

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

- Reports: Intricate Shortcuts Noticeably Faster on iOS 14.6 - Tidal Follows Spotify Into Offline Playback to Apple Watch - Canada's Telus Health Launches 24/7 Apple Watch Fall Detection Service - US ITC Agrees to Investigate AliveCor Claim Against Apple Watch - Apple Sued for Patent Violation Tied to iBeacon - WSJ: Insider Says Apple Really Looking Into the Car Thing - Apple Arcade Sweetener to Verizon "Unlimited" Deals - Apple TV App for Xbox Series X/S Gets Dolby Vision Support - 2021 Apple Watch Pride Bands Now Available - Elisabeth Moss to Direct Some Episodes of "Shining Girls" - Headspace - Meditation made simple. Get a FREE one month trial at Headspace.com/macosken - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:06.8	Talk of shorter shortcuts.
0:11.0	I pee trouble for Apple. And there's some rumor about Apple and Cars.
0:17.0	It's Wednesday, the 26th of May 2021.
0:20.6	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from Macawesken brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by
0:29.2	Head Space. Meditation made simple. Simple.
0:33.0	Get a free one month trial at headspace.com slash Maco-West Can.
0:40.0	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:46.4	Find out more and at your support at Patreon.com slash MacOS can.
0:55.0	It's not something that Apple advertised but at least one report says
0:59.5	shortcuts or even shorter since the iOS 14.6 update.
1:05.0	9 to 5 Mac actually highlights reports from people on Twitter and Reddit.
1:10.0	They indicate that actions in the shortcuts run faster with iOS 14.6 and the iOS 14.7
1:17.7	beta.
1:18.7	According to the piece, one of the reports mentions that a shortcut with 700 actions
1:25.0	A shortcut with 700 actions used to take about 30 seconds to run on
1:30.7	iOS 14.5 but now it runs in just 13 seconds with iOS 14.6. Other users
1:39.6	report that the speed got slightly faster with the update but nothing significant.
1:46.0	700 actions. That sounds like the Rub Goldberg machine of shortcuts. Now not content to rely on the great unwashed.
1:56.3	9 to 5 Mac ran its own shortcuts tests. While they did notice speedier performance,
2:02.3	the piece says this only becomes more noticeable
2:05.0	when it comes to shortcuts with dozens or hundreds of actions.
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