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Apple Discontinued These Four Products This Year, But One Will Return
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I just used my SuperDrive two days ago! I’m sad to see it go but understand the decision. It’s the most aesthetically pleasing external drive I’ve seen.
I’m quite happy with my old SuperDrive. Great for downloading the music CDs I buy - especially the ones NOT in iTunes.
Is there a replacement or is this just to force us to use their online whatevers???
Is there a replacement or is this just to force us to use their online whatevers???
I purchased a SuperDrive early in the year. I only use it for ripping CD's. I was rather surprised that is still had a USB A plug on it, now I know why. It is interesting to note that it was recognized as a Yamaha drive. I purchase albums unavailable on the Apple Music. I can almost always find what I am looking for on Discogs, or it will tell me the reason why it is not available.
I doubt it - not when Apple can force us holdouts into using iTunes or whatever where you no longer own the music you “buy” and can only play with their devices. I’ll be playing CDs till they wear out! And LPs forever!!
I have two pairs of Powerbeats and I've owned a few more over the years - they are great for working out, good sound quality with some basic Siri interaction and they stand up to moisture and sweat well. However, the charging case was an abysmal failure. About 50% of the time, on any of the many pairs I've had, one of the earphones will not be charged due to poor contact with the case. There's no light or indication of poor contact, because as long as one makes contact the red charging light comes on. So, you either work out with one or you wait 5-10 minutes to get enough power to go ahead. Also, about 50% of the time when you put them on, only one will chime and connect to your device, which requires you insert them back in the case for 5 seconds, then try again until both connect and chime in stereo. It's the most aggravating thing considering the price I paid. And its not one pair, they all behave identically, so I know other people have experienced these issues.
I remember this, it wasn't a problem isolated to Sony but the Sony model was bad. It was an easy fix to just add a read-ahead buffer so the music could continually play while the friggin laser beam figures it out.
Save some chicks for the rest of us.
You do realize that it’s just an external CD drive. You don’t need to buy the Apple branded one. You can get one for $20 or less on Amazon. If you want one get it soon because it’s already outdated technology so it’s going to get harder to find a quality one. For example it’s impossible to find a quality audio cassette player that’s new. To my knowledge, there’s only one cassette player assembly made and it’s cheap junk.
I always will laugh when I saw all the fine woven cases with scratches and marks on display in my local Apple Store. Glad they wised up to that mistake and pulled the plug on production.
Haven't checked other countries but for US and Canadian sites, it also appears that the 30-pin dock cable might be going away as well. RIP, you served us well.
I ended up purchasing a few leather cases out of China direct for my 13 mini
Honestly, not sure if they are knock off or not, but they worked fabulously, including with all my MagSafe, so I’m happy.
I just admitted to myself this week that I can no longer use AirPods Pro 2 for working out lol. they just won’t stay in my ears.
so I’m gonna need the Powerbeats Pro 2 asapppp.
so I’m gonna need the Powerbeats Pro 2 asapppp.
Not being funny but why? I've found 3rd party items to be faster and far more capable.
I still have one of those early external webcams Apple offered. ;-).
Same as my old SuperDrive, which I haven‘t used in ages (despite some elder relatives sometimes gifting me Audio CDs for Christmas).
Things change and your former tech turns into the same kind of old dead media as your Zip drives and Syquest drives.
Except for the very old, very non-digital stufff, which strangely enough is becoming more expensive and still finds use. Old hifi, watches, toting tools especially. Because they all still work beautifully and they ARE still beautiful. Which says a lot about our digital culture.
Same as my old SuperDrive, which I haven‘t used in ages (despite some elder relatives sometimes gifting me Audio CDs for Christmas).
Things change and your former tech turns into the same kind of old dead media as your Zip drives and Syquest drives.
Except for the very old, very non-digital stufff, which strangely enough is becoming more expensive and still finds use. Old hifi, watches, toting tools especially. Because they all still work beautifully and they ARE still beautiful. Which says a lot about our digital culture.
Yeah they were shockingly bad cases where it was clear very little testing was done on durability before releasing to market. The fact they were charging £59 for them arrogantly knowing people would buy them because they are Apple was really poor. Someone I know is using one and when I saw it at the 6 month mark, it was fraying on the edges!
Not by any chance. There are plenty of options available for few 100s of people who want one.