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Summary Game Mode is turned on automatically by putting a recognised game into Full Screen mode; there’s no alternative method. A game is taken out of Game Mode automatically by returning it from Full Screen mode, or (possibly) manually in its menu in the menu bar. Game Mode is controlled by gamepolicyd. Game Mode results in RunningBoard making some services, including gameconsole, critical, and suppressing other background servics. These could improve the game’s access to CPU cores, but this seems unlikely to have much effect on performance. Game Mode appears to increase GPU load by the game, although it’s not clear whether this is significantly greater than would be achieved by Full Screen mode alone. Game Mode puts Bluetooth into Low Latency mode, reducing input latency from game controllers, and audio latency to output devices.

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M2 MacBook Air has audio bug, Apple notified. WARNING loud audio at end

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Watch video linked from Mastodon to hear the difference due to the bug. Bug still exists in Sonoma Full thread: https://social.treehouse.systems/@marcan/111160426488046610

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We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN!

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TL;DR: a repair shop owner from Germany managed to create a tool to calibrate the display angle sensor (used to trigger sleeping on Macs when the lid is closed)

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Apple uses hidden watermarks on iPhone 15 boxes to verify authenticity

appleinsider.com

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Apple octalfudge • Now • 93%

Apple makes three arguments for lack of 10x optical zoom on iPhone 15 Pro Max

9to5mac.com

1. People hardly ever use 10x zoom 2. 10x optical zoom is hard to stabilize 3. Aperture trumps zoom

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Halide creators can turn iPad into an HDMI monitor for cameras and consoles with Orion

9to5mac.com

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Online Safety Bill passes in the UK w/o iMessage impact, but government not giving up

9to5mac.com

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iPhone 15 Models Finally Show Battery's Cycle Count

www.macrumors.com

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iFixit Lowers iPhone 14's Repairability Score Due to Apple's Parts Pairing Requirement

www.macrumors.com

Repair website iFixit today announced that it has retroactively lowered its iPhone 14 repairability score from 7/10 to 4/10 due to Apple's post-repair parts pairing requirement, just over a year after the device launched. "Although we enthusiastically awarded it a solid score at launch last year, thanks to its innovative repair-friendly architecture—of which we remain big fans—the reality for folks trying to fix these things has been very different," said iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens, in a blog post. "Most major repairs on modern iPhones require Apple approval. You have to buy parts through their system, then have the repair validated via a chat system. Otherwise, you'll run into limited or missing functionality, with a side of annoying warnings."

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