They have been. Face ID + Touch ID is 2-factor biometric authentication and much more secure than single factor.
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Gurman: Face ID on the Mac Coming Within a 'Couple of Years'
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About time, looks like my M1 Mac will be hanging around until Face ID is ready. 😃
Can't stand the useless Touch ID on Macs, always having to re enter my fingerprint every few days. 🤦♂️
Can't stand the useless Touch ID on Macs, always having to re enter my fingerprint every few days. 🤦♂️
If you ain't happy, you always have windows and android tablets. 😂🤷♂️
Apple isn't forcing you to stay.
Actually, I have been using both for years and I am aware of how powerful they are. I don’t see them going away anytime soon. In fact, Hazel 5 has native M1 support.
Your comment confirms a common case on this forum: if someone disagrees with you, they must not know what they are talking about, they are not “pro users”, etc. Though, I don’t expect anyone using the term “sheep” unironically to respect the opinions of others.
Anyway, Apple has a very clear path for the Mac and nothing they did with the platform in recent years suggests they will stop apps like this from working.
iPad is, of course, not as complex or open as a Mac, but it is an awesome companion device that offers a lot for certain workflows. Calling such a great device “a computer with diapers” seems childish. Not every device is good for everything, and iPad is not a Mac and it’s not supposed to be. This is why you shouldn’t worry about the fate of certain Mac apps by looking at the iPad - these are different platforms intended for different things, with some things overlapping.
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They are probably saving it for the "pro" models. They need differentiating features to justify the "pro" moniker and price.
Thank you and several before you… a bit tired of those comparisons.
To exaggerate, it feels a bit like: “Yeah, well, Henry Ford already had ‘cars’ with wheels and a steering wheels decades ago… these Teslas are just too late in the game”, or “well, Intel already had Pentium 4 at 4.2GHz… these M1s are nothing new”. Or “my snapdragon Samsung has 12 cores and 8GB of Ram while yours has 4 cores and 2GB of RAM, higher effective benchmarks on iOS doesn’t count”.
Same with the 1080p cameras from 6 years ago and today’s Apple’s 720p. Heck even today’s comparisons on the Max Tech YT channel between competing M1 Air like laptops: their supposed higher tier 1080p cams and microphones pale in comparison to Apple’s outcome.
Exactly.
I like rumors when they are based on something tangible... leaks from manufacturing, info found inside beta software, etc.
But a lot of these stories are just plain guessing, "Apple could do this, sometime, maybe..."
the fact that you think this is about the chips calls into doubt everything you are saying..
Not convinced on a ARM MP in 2022. IMO it will be the 32” iMac with the M2, but not as a “Pro iMac.” The M2 will be a Frugal, Cool Headed Monster.
I would love FaceID. I hate TouchID. I was always having it fail and to retrain. I suffer from very dry hands and eczema. All my id woes went when Face ID came along.
Getting new iMac soon and concerned if Touch ID stresses return. I just hope unlock with watch stays!
Can’t understand why iMac cannot do it given my iPad Pro and iPhone pro max both manage it in small form factor displays. Can’t they just put the iPhone or iPad camera in an iMac?
Getting new iMac soon and concerned if Touch ID stresses return. I just hope unlock with watch stays!
Can’t understand why iMac cannot do it given my iPad Pro and iPhone pro max both manage it in small form factor displays. Can’t they just put the iPhone or iPad camera in an iMac?
Because iPhones/IPads are better selling items than iMacs/MacBooks/Air’s are.
And getting new processors into their Laptop/Desktop line is a higher priority than FaceID is right now. Yes they could probably do both, but introducing multiple physical features seems to be limited to IOS products.
I don’t believe it. They’ll stick with TouchID as it provides a more secure interaction. With TouchID, you have to intentionally and physically interact with the machine which is a single interaction. If they did FaceID, you’d have to present your face and interact physically with the machine (ie double press a button like with your iPhone or iPad) which is more complex.
you are right, but like the philosophers The New Kids On The Block said : Step by step, mmmmh baby when all had a 1080p we was still with a 720p for 3k pc.
I will clean it up for you.
If you had a socket wrench and apple decided the only socket sizes you could use are the ones they choose for you, yes you are correct, that would be an S tool.
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Again you go with the assumptions. No, it’s not about the chips or hardware capabilities, it’s about business decisions. This was an example to show you that “life goes on”. The developer clearly believes in the sustainability of their business, we just got a new version that works great on new Macs, and things are the same as they always have been - even with the biggest change for the Mac since the Intel transition, at the height of Apple’s power, capability and, in some ways even hubris. If things change down the line, there are no signs of that happening at the moment and you even have Apple publicly saying they have no intention of changing how things work in this regard.
The fact is, and I keep repeating this, Apple hasn’t done anything to indicate things will change on the Mac, unless you have some preset narrative that you want to push, while dismissing other people as sheep.
Also, how you sidetracked the conversation to this gloom & doom scenario just based on the rumor Macs are getting Face ID is beyond me. Macs will be fine.
As stated many times by senior Apple execs, publicly.
At this point, what does it matter what some internet anon says?
other than the fact your response focused on the M1.. quit bloviating to impress and just make your point.
That would’ve been bad forecasting if you did this several years ago. The 2016-2018 MacBook Pro are some of the worst Macs Apple has ever made with terrible keyboards and display backlight issues.
They sell Apple Watches to unlock, but they don't sell faces. Smart move.
