I’m ripping my physical CDs one more time. Really, twice each. Once ripped to WAV for Plex, a second ripped to lossless for iTunes. I’m hedging my bets against Apple not letting me serve my collection locally any longer. ITunes continues to be iTunes. I can’t believe how slowly it all runs, aggravated by needing to use external storage—but it works. With Plex, I have a migration path to an open source OS and commodity hardware.
My biggest risk, with respect to long-term retention of any digitized or otherwise computer-based information, is myself. I repeatedly invent new scenarios from which I am unable to recover.
I had a small amount of angst about ripping CDs to WAV and not doing any conversion to a more compact format. However, seeing Plex push straight PCM to my AppleTV or DLNA to my receiver, I’m feeling better about the decision. Plex deals with metadata with a fair amount of grace.
Working to unsubscribe from good intentions and momentary interest. Working to a more sane and sustainable inbox. I’m ridiculous.
Apple still sells the USB SuperDrive. I’m using one with a USB-A to USB-C adapter on a Re-Rip project. I’m thinking I should pick one up as a spare.
I use Apple Wallet functionality almost every week day, both via phone and watch. I did not know that the “bank card” in my Apple Wallet would expire independently of the physical card expiration.
It does. Looks like a two-year registration that must be redone, and isn’t a simple matter of updating an expiration date and CVS.
Apple Wallet then sent transactions to a credit card and put me over my limit. I did not note any notification anywhere the preferred bank card had expired. I’m wondering if I missed something, somehow. And I’m feeling disgruntled.
I only noticed at all because I went to check a balance and it was not what I expected. In the Wallet app on my iPhone, the entry for the bank card had a red expired indicator. But there was no indicator on the Wallet app icon itself. Thankfully, nothing had been declined and that was the worst of it.
I was pleasantly surprised by accidentally discovering Universal Control just working on an old iPad at work. I had assumed this was one way, where the Mac controlled the iPad.
Tonight I discovered the trackpad and keyboard of my iPad case will also control my MacBook.
Currently reading: The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 📚
I am astonished by the detail I don’t remember while surprised how much of my recollection of the story is written over by the movies. I noticed this as well with another series.
To all who celebrate, I wish you a Happy New Year!
Have just finished being a right jolly old elf. Just about to settle in for a long winter’s nap.