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Hi, Leander Caney, editor and publisher of CultOfMac.com, and welcome to another edition
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of Caney's Corner. One of my favorite Apple technologies is the company's use of magnets, and it's used magnets
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for a long time. The first one I can remember is in this, the old Apple remote control, which had a magnet
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in it and allowed you to stick it to the side of the iMac so that you wouldn't lose it
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And of course, Apple's been adding magnets to all of its products since then, the iPad
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the MacBook, and even the Apple Watch, which magnetically sticks to the charger
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And it's so elegant, it's such an old technology. They're just using physics, and it's put to such good use, like in the iPad, which has
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loads of magnets. You can stick a cover to it, but it also turns it on and off
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I think it's so elegant, so clever. Magnets have been known to mankind for maybe 5,000 years
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They were known to the ancient Greeks, and they were known to the ancient Chinese. In fact, the name magnets come from an old Cretan shepherd whose, the iron nails in his
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shoes stuck to a rock, and when he dug it up, he found magnetite, which is a naturally
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occurring magnetic ore, and his shoes stuck to it. But the Chinese built early compasses using magnetite, which they floated on water, and
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they would point to true north. So I'm sitting there the other day with my brand new MacBook
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This thing is a pricey bit of kit, and it doesn't have it anymore. The USB-C just plugs right in, like the lightning dock on your iPhone
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I'm sitting there, and my son comes by, and he grabs the cord, and the thing almost goes
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flying across the room. I'm like, Apple, come on. What happened? Why have you taken away the MagSafe
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Put it back. Come on, Johnny Ive, bring back my magnets! That was Cane's Corner, brought to you by Cult of Mac, and please check us out on the
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