OS 13 Ventura
I upgraded to this from OS12 Monterey 1.5 days ago and have been having a few issues, though nothing too bad, more glitchy than anything. What is noticeable is battery usage has gone up, though again i'm aware that as the new system beds in in the background extra power will be used for a few days. Anyone else experiencing the same ?
One of the new features is an improved search facility using Spotlight for the computer's disk(s). You can now type 'people flowers house' for example and all photos/images on the disk matching the words will be shown. I find that both impressive and a bit disconcerting . Only a year ago Apple released a feature that scanned all photos on an Apple device for possible images of pedophilia and if so found to alert the authorities. All well and good (I abhor child abuse and several other forms thereof), but it was revealed by some journalists and supposedly shelved after a backlash. The new feature in Ventura seems to be the same thing, but sold as a tool to help the user. Surely if EVERY image is scanned, recognised by the AI and categorised then that negates any privacy for the user ? Or am I misunderstanding the feature ?