Recent content by Jim Flannery K0UNX

I'm 77. Some of us list our ages on our profiles, which appears to the left of the messages. Many of our seniors not only have the time, but have already put our kids and grandkids through college, leaving more discretionary $$$ for hobbies.

I've ordered a quad of AirTags. Probably most useful for tracking dogs (which seek human companionship) and cats (which don't), than a "Drone In The Wild" that will probably not land near someone with an iPhone, but at that cost, I think the tags will be worth every penny. Plan to put one...

I have 4 on order. I'm hoping that it has a "LAST SPOTTED AT" feature, and not "Only In Real Time." So if it is in a place where it gets passed by by someone with an iDevice, it should at least get you into the vicinity. Then you just take a walk until your phone contacts it. At that point...

As long as it lands in a place where someone with an iDevice passes by from time to time, it will communicate the latest "spotting." With multiple passes, you can narrow it down. But if you lost your drone in an area where folks don't pass by, then it will be reporting "last spotted location"...

You live in a beautiful country. I've traveled along the Mekong up to Vientienne 55 years ago by motorcycle. Looking forward to seeing your videos!

I liked that. But no, I meant the USB standards. Just in the last couple of years, we've gotten PD (Power Delivery) over USB as a standard. I hope that APPLE switches to this standard. The latest laptops and iPad Pro have USB-C. I want to see it on iPhones too, but they'll likely do away...

Nothing like "having standards!"

That feature is called the "Somersault." I've done that with Mavics and Skydio 2. It is a really neat feat.

Do you wear glasses? If so, DON'T PURCHASE goggles without first trying them on to see if you can focus on screens that are a mere 2 or 3 cM from your eyes.

I was so unhappy with the quality of my videos on YouTube, that I got a channel at Vimeo. Really great videos now! Of course, I have to pay for it, but the price is quite reasonable even for terabytes of video, so I've been using it for storage as well. If you'd like to see the quality, my...

Darn! Well, I don't have one with the M1 chip, so that could be the issue. Maybe there are two problems, one with Big Sur and one with the M1 chip.

PROBLEM SOLVED: This is a bug in Big Sur. Here is how to get around the problem until Apple fixes it: 1. Insert the SD Card 2. Open DISK UTIL 3. You will see the card, but it doesn't display a name 4. Name the card 5. Eject the card 6. Once named, the card will be visible, and your...

I noticed that my 2 year old iMac running Big Sur wouldn't see the card either, but that the card would work when plugged into a hub with my iPad Pro (2018). Since I had a working solution, I had put checking this out on the back burner, but will be watching this thread with interest. I'm...

I've had a fully charged iPhone die from COLD whilst flying. The controller still worked though. Hit RTH and the drone came right back and landed.

That was GORGEOUS! The detail is stunning.