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Anyone have a fix for #iCloud #Mail not #syncing across devices? Messages, Contacts, Calendar etc all work. Read or delete mail on iPhone and the changes don’t appear on Mac or iPad. Delete a message on Mac and it deletes on iPhone and iPad. Delete on iPad or Mac and both see the change.

Sent test mail from outlook to iCloud and if deleted on phone, changes don’t show. Delete on Mac and iPad shows change. iPhone not.

Any ideas?

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So I'd #sequence parts via #MIDI to various external #synths and #DrumMachines, then record those onto #tape (specifically 1/4" reel-to-reel) and sample off the tape in realtime (three-head decks are the best). Some of those got used as is, some got cut up to some degree, and/or mangled with additional effects. I did a similar thing with the #modular, #syncing and #sequencing via #CV rather than MIDI.

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@gentlemangeek @pluralistic Let me push back on the all smart homes/cloud syncing options "violate privacy all the time." I personally use services that don't.

For #syncing, there's #Syncthing (doesn't even need a server), #Nextcloud (you can self-host or pick a cheap, ethical host), etc.

For smart homes and #HomeAutomation, use #HomeAssistant with #ZWave or #ZigBee and you get a better feature set than the commercial options and complete control.

Ok, so Ive had my #PineBook Pro for almost a week now, and I'll be completely honest, it's fucking #brilliant!

While there are definitely shortcomings, I can see myself using this as my daily driver for the foreseeable future. Here are the good and bad points I've come up with so far.

The Good:

- Screen #resolution and sharpness is awesome
- #Keyboard has excellent travel and key rebound, and practically no deck flex
- #Charging over USB-C makes for amazing #versatility. I can charge it with my Phone Battery Bank
- The outer shell is strong and is beautifully simple
- It's so slim and small, it fits in the Tablet pocket of my backpack
- The passive cooling never makes the base too hot to touch
- It's more than #powerful enough to write #documents and #spreadsheets on
- #Video in #Firefox is fine, but anything over 480p starts dropping frames
- Writing documents will only sip at the #battery, making it last for hours upon hours
- #Syncing with the #PinePhone via #KDE Connect works pretty well

The Bad:

- The plastic surround of the screen feels loose and bends easily
- The plastic deck heats up quickly just from body heat, and makes your hands feel sweaty
- The keyboard isn't exactly aligned, and a couple of the arrow keys catch on the deck, making it feel like the keys are stuck
- The #webcam has no software controls, and is very dark. If you increase the brightness, or shine a light on your subject, it works, but saturation is far too low. Driver issue maybe?
- Video in Firefox can drain the battery very quickly
- #Graphics #corruption can get quite annoying on the default #Manjaro #ARM #KDE edition, be sure to install #mesa-git, but it only marginally improves the situation

Conclusion:

If you're #writing a ton, like scripts; articles; reviews; websites etc, it is the perfect portable #tool, with a comfortable keyboard, and all the utils you need to get going.

If you're writing web #code like HTML and CSS, it would also work out really well as a tool to take with you to clients, or on the road.


This is great way to get your thoughts out and into the digital realm. It might be a great utility for accessing #Social #Media, Chat protocols like #XMPP and #Matrix, or just doing online tasks.

For its price, it has already proven its worth to me, I do NOT regret my purchase. #PineTime is on the way! w00t!

Helped friend get their iPhone data synced to their Mac. They had #iCloud turned on, so I tried rolling with that even though I've never used it before. Nope. Didn't work in many, many obvious & non-obvious ways & after a couple hours, I ended up setting them up to sync directly with their computer. I thought this was supposed to be the easy way to do it! Apparently the #syncing problem is still unsolved, even by The Cloud.