Clearing out the drawer of my new desk at work, I found a mystery
iPhone. Wasn't sure what model, it's rounded and only has one camera -
must be relatively old.

It had a password on it, I was able to wipe it and install a new version
of IOS on it. Turns out it's an iPhone XR (which I learned from YouTube
is pronounced TenAr, not XR". The internets appear to like it because
it's the last of the curved iPhones, has a decent screen, is easy to
hold and it can run IOS 18.

Apparently the one camera is better at some things than the older
dual-cam models. It's got 128GB of storage, which is a nice touch.

I'm going to swap the SIM card from my Android phone into it and play
in the Apple world for a couple of weeks.

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I'm going to swap the SIM card
from my Android phone into it and

Check out Muffinterm and iSH apps.



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PHIGAN (21:3/193) wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I'm going to swap the SIM card
from my Android phone into it and

Check out Muffinterm and iSH apps.

Muffin term is ipad :(


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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

Apparently the one camera is better at some things than the older
dual-cam models. It's got 128GB of storage, which is a nice touch.

I'm going to swap the SIM card from my Android phone into it and play
in the Apple world for a couple of weeks.

If you ever get tired of something like that, or the sound doesn't work
or something, let me know! We use Switcher Studio at church to stream.
The control box is an iPad and the 'cameras' are two donated iPhones. I
know one of them is older than an XR, so would be an upgrade. ;-)



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Re: Re: Apple-ing
By: Jimmy Anderson to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 06 2025 07:43 pm

If you ever get tired of something like that, or the sound doesn't work or something, let me know! We use Switcher Studio at church to stream. The control box is an iPad and the 'cameras' are two donated iPhones. I know one of them is older than an XR, so would be an upgrade. ;-)

Do you think there's something about Apple devices that make them good for streaming? I've been going to church with my wife for the past couple years now, and the church we go to has a Mac Mini set up for streaming the service online. There are a couple cameras (one of which is an AI tracking camera) connected to an ATEM Mini Pro (used for selecting which camera you want the video to come from), which is then connected to the Mac via USB. It uses the ATEM software to stream onto YouTube.

It seems the pastor's own laptop is a Macbook, so maybe it's because he likes Apple and Macs.

It just seems like a lot of video editors & media creators tend to use Macs, but I'm not sure there's anything that makes Macs better than Windows or Linux machines for video editing. Maybe there isn't as much video editing software for Linux, but it seems there's plenty for Windows.

There's a YouTube channel I've been sometimes watching recently where the person who does the channel says she uses a Windows laptop because that's what she prefers, and she said she heard a lot of her media creator friends say "You need to use a Mac, you don't know what you're missing for media tools!"

Nightfox
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Muffin term is ipad :(

WhatchootalkinboutWillus?

I have it on my iPhone X and iPhone SE.



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Re: Re: Apple-ing
By: Jimmy Anderson to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 06 2025 07:43 pm

If you ever get tired of something like that, or the sound doesn't work or something, let me know! We use Switcher Studio at church to stream. The control box is an iPad and the 'cameras' are two donated iPhones. I know one of them is older than an XR, so would be an upgrade. ;-)

Do you think there's something about Apple devices that make them good
for streaming? I've been going to church with my wife for the past
couple years now, and the church we go to has a Mac Mini set up for streaming the service online. There are a couple cameras (one of which
is an AI tracking camera) connected to an ATEM Mini Pro (used for selecting which camera you want the video to come from), which is then connected to the Mac via USB. It uses the ATEM software to stream onto YouTube.

It seems the pastor's own laptop is a Macbook, so maybe it's because he likes Apple and Macs.

Could be. We use them becasue when I was asked to find a streaming 'solution' Switcher Studio seemed to be the most user friendly. I had planned to get it going then hand it off, but... LOL

Switcher runs on iOS, and the 'remote cameras' are iOS as well. So what I
do is use an iPad as the 'master' unit. Run a sound output from the soundboard to it. There are two iPhones for cameras. We use DJI 'stands' for them that also have on screen tilt, pan and zoom. Then we have a MacBook Air connected
to the televisions that show the PowerPoint from the pastor (he now has a MacBook
Air also and Keynote, but his 'sermon software' exports as PowerPoint). There's a desktop app that will 'share' the screen to Switcher Studio, so we can
show PiP, split screen, whatever.

Feel free to check it out! beechgrovebruceville.org

(I'm also the big guy behind the rail with the guitar in my hand - my wife is playing bass (still learning) - pastor's wife/my wife's best friend plays the cajone)

It just seems like a lot of video editors & media creators tend to use Macs, but I'm not sure there's anything that makes Macs better than Windows or Linux machines for video editing. Maybe there isn't as much video editing software for Linux, but it seems there's plenty for
Windows.

Not to bash on Windows, but Apple does have a tendancy to be 'it just works.'
I used to use Windows all the time, and you CAN do stuff, but historically, from my experience, Mac has been DTP and media centric and Windows more business... Even the local newspaper used Macs back in the OS9 days for
their stuff.

There's a YouTube channel I've been sometimes watching recently where
the person who does the channel says she uses a Windows laptop because that's what she prefers, and she said she heard a lot of her media
creator friends say "You need to use a Mac, you don't know what you're missing for media tools!"

Could be. :-)



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Re: Re: Apple-ing
By: Jimmy Anderson to Nightfox on Wed May 07 2025 12:57 pm

Not to bash on Windows, but Apple does have a tendancy to be 'it just works.' I used to use Windows all the time, and you CAN do stuff, but historically, from my experience, Mac has been DTP and media centric and Windows more business... Even the local newspaper used Macs back in the OS9 days for their stuff.

I've heard that.. I've been using Windows a long time, and in the past I'd occasionally have an issue, though in recent years (especially since Windows 7 onward, I think), I can't really think of a time I've had a significant issue.

I've used Macs before, and they have their issues too. I don't think Macs always "just work".

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Nightfox wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

Not to bash on Windows, but Apple does have a tendancy to be 'it just works.' I used to use Windows all the time, and you CAN do stuff, but historically, from my experience, Mac has been DTP and media centric and Windows more business... Even the local newspaper used Macs back in the OS9 days for their stuff.

I've heard that.. I've been using Windows a long time, and in the past I'd occasionally have an issue, though in recent years (especially
since Windows 7 onward, I think), I can't really think of a time I've
had a significant issue.

I used to work in a school district that was all Windows. You couldn't
just 'migrate a user' and expect it to work. You couldn't clone a device
unless all the hardware was the same. Etc. That's what I mean by 'it
just works,' and note I said TENDANCY. :-) Nothing works 100% all the
time. :-)

That being said, when I was in the Windows world exclusively, I had
no desire to work or own a Mac. Now that I'm there, I love it! :-)

I've used Macs before, and they have their issues too. I don't think
Macs always "just work".

You're right - they do. But MOST of the time, I can get them to do what
I want with less effort. :-) Being built on UNIX is a plus, too. :-)



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