Comfort Zone Sorry, Danielle
Nov 20, 2025
The hosts dive into bold laptop setups and nostalgic tech, reminiscing about the iPad Pro's ten-year journey. Niléane shares her modified MacBook Air and external SSD pouch innovations, while Chris showcases a unique Gulf-themed mouse. The discussion also explores music library growth and the transition from SMB frustrations to reliable local SSDs. They dissect the latest iPadOS features, debating multitasking changes and desired improvements. There's even a fun challenge involving plain-text task management, making for a lively tech talk!
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Colorful Pulsar Mouse, Partial iPad Support
- Christopher bought a Pulsar Gulf-livery wireless mouse and tested it with his iPad, finding scrolling works but side forward/back buttons do not on iPad Safari.
- He pairs the mouse via a USB dongle through a hub and uses the Magic Trackpad for gestures, combining both to work around limitations.
Portable SSD Pouch For Storage Pain
- Niléane described mounting a slim adhesive pouch with a 2TB Samsung T7 SSD on a MacBook Air inside a clear shell case to solve constant storage issues.
- She backed the mounted drive with a docked 2TB drive and an rsync cron job so her music library exists in three places for redundancy.
Local SSD Beats Network Drives For Music
- Niléane found networked music libraries on macOS via SMB/AFP are unreliable and cause mounting, duplication, and sleep-wake problems.
- She concluded local attached fast storage plus automated rsync/backups provides a far more stable music workflow than network shares.
