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Issue 23: diff visionOS - Vision Pro M5: One Week Later

One week with the #VisionProM5 — sharper, faster, and more comfortable. New M5 chip = 10% more pixels, smoother passthrough, 50% faster Apple Intelligence #visionOs
Not a must-upgrade, perfect for first-time buyers & devs.
Dual Knit Band, huge comfort win it-guy-technologies.kit.com/posts/issue-...

Selling An Apple Vision Pro: A Practical Guide - iT Guy Technologies 🇨🇦 After recently upgrading to the Apple Vision Pro M5, I began researching how to sell my previous Vision Pro M2, which I purchased in February 2024. For Canadian owners, resale options remain limited —...

Selling your Apple Vision Pro?
Apple doesn’t offer trade-ins yet, and options like Swappa are US-only. The original box adds almost 8 lbs, so shipping can run $50–$130+.
More details in my full post. #AppleVisionPro #Resale #Canada #visionPro

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New Vision Pro M5 persona. Pro tip: make sure you trim your beard before you make your persona.

Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (2nd Generation) on left. Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (1st Generation) on left.

Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (2nd Generation) on left. Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (1st Generation) on left.

Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (2nd Generation) just arrived.

Curiously, it has some more more metal near the connector on both sides, and is just a bit visible on the right.

#visionOS

Yes, you just unclip the battery and knit band. The AnnaPro slides off. When I travel, I’d just take the Dual Knit band. Previously I would pack the Belkin strap for travel. No need now!

It might be perception but with my Zeiss inserts, the AVP M5 seems to render text for me better.

M5 is really crisp. The Dual Knit Band makes AVPM5 super comfortable by itself. I do like to work without the Light Shield, so the AnnaPro 2 makes that possible. I wore the combination of head gear for 5+ hours last night.

I’d get a Dual Knit Band for my AVP M2 if I planned on keeping it.

Apple Vision Pro M5 with Dual Knit Band and AnnaPro 2, for practically no face pressure. #visionPro #visionProM5

YouTube video by Tim Mitra MTJC SpockCast Unboxing Apple Vision Pro M5

Unboxing Apple Vision Pro M5
#visionPro #avpm5 #visionProM5
youtu.be/4slp8Y_qpuo

New Apple Vision Pro Developer Strap (optional). Compatible with AVPM5 and AVPM2.

I don’t currently own one but I have used them in the past. IMO it’s only needed if you need it for big transfers or you work on a network where wireless tethering is blocked, like on an enterprise network or hotel.

Apple Developer Hello and welcome to the official Apple Developer YouTube channel.

Apple's visionOS-focused cozy-WWDC, "Create immersive media experiences for visionOS", will be streamed live on YouTube next week.

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I recall downloading it before the Vision Pro was officially available in Canada. However I wasn't able to login to the native app, maybe because we use a Canadian account.

is the Paramount+ app native in the US? It's an iPad app here. 🇨🇦

I Want My 3D Movies — Paramount Has Removed 3D Movie Assets From the Canadian iTunes Store - iT Guy Technologies 🇨🇦 TL;DR: Paramount has removed some of the 3D versions of its movies from the Canadian iTunes Store, so you can no longer play them in 3D format — no matter when you bought them. I love watching movies ...

I made a blog post so that this issue does not disappear

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Paramount has removed the 3D versions of every movie I bought from them on the Canadian iTunes Store! These movies will no longer play in 3D. #visionPro

Hugo
Mission Impossible - Fallout
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Into Darkness
World War Z

#BoycottParamount

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I’m sure it’s the Canadian rights holders who decide. I have Denis Villeneuve’s Dune part 1 in 3D but Dune Part 2 has never been available in 3D, even if it is elsewhere. Oh look they are both #Paramount movies.

As you can see here on my Vision Pro, the movie no longer has the 3D icon.

I’m on the Canadian store. They were 3D when I bought them in Nov & Dec ‘24. No longer show as 3D on the Canadian store either.

Nope. This is in the TV app on my Vision Pro #visionpro #visionos

PSA: 3D movies on the iTunes Store can be removed after you purchase them. I bought Mission Impossible: Fallout and Word War Z in 3D and watched them on my Vision Pro in 3D. Both of those movies will only play in 2D now. The 3D versions are gone! #WTAF.

House Republicans are saying that they are doing all of this work, but they are twiddling their thumbs and refusing to negotiate.

I have never seen people who hate working this much. They need to pick up the phone.

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

Apple Vision Pro upgraded with the M5 chip and Dual Knit Band Apple introduced the upgraded Apple Vision Pro, featuring the powerful M5 chip, the Dual Knit Band, and innovative features with visionOS 26.

Apple Vision Pro M5 stealth release

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Issue 21: diff visionOS - They're Making a Movie

diff visionOS Issue 21 is out.
visionOS 26 features. Shared Visions the movie. Step Into Vision's Office Hours, newsletter and labs. The Green Spurt On App Store. MotoGP Tour De Force must-see Immersive video. The amazeballs Metaballs and Raven vision

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Another day. Another reboot

I have to reboot it daily. Apps freeze and HomePods go rogue.