Recent content by peanutismint

Yeah, I heard Beeper was basically just utilising server farm racks full of Mac Minis, possibly also virtualisation to run multiple instances of MacOS per machine, one per user....! Aside from the security risks of operating like that, I do actually have a Mac Mini at home that I leave on 24/7...

Yeah I guess you're right, it is that way around. However I am surprised there's not even a way to remote into an iPhone to easily access some of its apps/features like I can on my Mac. New MacOS has iPhone screen sharing (something I'm sure they 'invented' despite Android having it for...

I agree! :(

Right, everything you say made sense, but it's still frustrating (and somewhat surprising from the Android side, honestly) that there's not a way around this, even in the admittedly 'janky' method I'm describing of opening up my iOS device to remote access/control and just leaving it plugged in...

Thanks, I agree with what you said about accessing iCloud via browser not being an appropriate long-term solution, for multiple reasons (authentication, but also the clunky nature of accessing features via browser). To help you understand why people might want to have an Android device in...

Thanks for these suggestions; I don't really see how my post came across as facetious, but perhaps you didn't quite understand what I was asking. I know there are apps/services out there like what I'm describing (remote access software), I'm just trying to find out if there are any that are...

I'd love to jump ship from my ageing iPhone 12 to Android (I bought a similarly old Galaxy S10e and even that's faster/better user experience than the iPhone) but there's a bunch of iPhone features I'm not ready to give up (too locked into the dumb Apple walled garden ecosystem of iCloud photos...