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\nTurns out it was my wife’s old iPod.
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This surveillance tech has got to go. Get the flock out!
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\n*minor metadata issue (that I cannot reproduce) where the reviewer can’t install the watchOS app.
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\nIf only I saw this yesterday before ordering a Mini to replace my MacBook 😉
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