The Apple Watch family set up that this is the feature they launched back with the first Apple Watch SE a couple of years ago, where you could set up an Apple Watch for a family member without having a paired iPhone. And it has been so buggy for the last few years. We've had problem after problem with family setup. Most common problems are the the watch basically doesn't back itself up at all. It never actually is. Whatever your kid does on the watch, consider it very temporary data because it will be lost at some point. All the data on the watch is even more ephemeral and temporary than Apple watches usually are Because it doesn't back up to a phone. Even
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- Pre-show: Five K’s is just. not. enough.
- Follow-up:
- Solid-state buttons dropped from iPhones 15?
- A diversion about Apple Watch Family Setup
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- Do we run third party anti-malware apps? (via Xerxes)
- Does macOS allow for apps to keep keys and data private from each other? (via Jesse Wilson)
- If John/Tina hadn’t already gotten a Mac Studio, would they get an M2 mini? (via Trieu)
- Post-show: Hops is getting nervous. 😬
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