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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

Thx, but those are data only, and so no voice or text, like all other e-sim options that I’ve looked at.

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

george40422 wrote:

Last year (Sept.18 - Oct. 9, 2023) we visited Fran... (show quote)

Does Nomad esim include voice, text, and data or ONLY data? Thank you.

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

Schoee wrote:

Enjoy your time in Portugal. You will find free wifi is very common. You might be able to just use WhatsApp on Wi-Fi and not bother with an e-sim. Be careful in Lisbon for pickpockets. Particularly Rossio Square. Note in restaurants they bring you bread cheese etc before you even order but it is not free. You can say no and they will not be offended but some places try it on a bit with tourists.
Generally you will probably be surprised how cheap things are in PT.

Thank you.

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

capmike wrote:

We have found upon arrival in almost any foreign country, in the baggage claim area of the airport, there are several booths selling local sims. We buy one that will last the length of our visit, usually anywhere from $20 to $50. Have always worked well. When we return to the airport to depart, we go back to the booth and have then reinstall our old sim.

Yes, I have done that in past many times. I was trying to decide if I could use e-sim in lieu of the physical sim card. I found physical sim card little cumbersome especially when I have to take off my phone case which almost requires me bending the phone.

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

rcarol wrote:

Not all providers offer international service.

VZ does offer international service at $10/day. Just having your phone on without use, triggers the automatic daily charge. eSims are lot cheaper, but I am unclear about their limitations as per my original questions.

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

Longshadow wrote:

Why the e-sim?
Won't the phone work internationally?

Yes, it will work but not cheap

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E-sim on iPhone for international travel

In few days I will be traveling to Portugal and am trying to decide on phone connectivity. I am considering e-sim on my iPhone 15 Pro Max, such as AloSIM, AirALo, etc. But I am confused about e-sim capabilities and online search didn't really clarify this adequately for me. Here are my questions:
1. For e-sim card to be used during travel, is a wifi connection required?
2. Almost all if not all e-sim cards are data only. Would I be able to use text or voice functions to stay in touch? If so, how?
3. Which e-sim cards are recommended?
Thank you.

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Slow image display in LrC

CHG_CANON wrote:

Get back to us on what settings you are using. Ass... (show quote)

I did build Standard Size previews and it did improve the performance. Thank you.

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Slow image display in LrC

BobHartung wrote:

a. That is a very large catalog.
b. What usb generation are you using? the USB speed could be part of the problem.
c. Is the external drive spinning disks or SSD?

All good points, but it shouldn’t be related to that because it’s a recent slow down without any changes in your comments. I think that it was related to a change in a preview size section. I’ve changed to standard size previews and performance did improve. Thank you.

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Slow image display in LrC

IzzyKap wrote:

I did all the computer housekeeping and malware check, as I routinely do. I think that it has something to do with the choice of building previews. I think that it dates back to the PS 2024 upgrade when I was making a selection regarding the speed vs the size of the previews. I have changed it from my previous setting which probably resulted in the perceived slowdown. I wasn't able to find this setting to change it back. Thank you.

Sorry, I meant a LrC, not PD update.

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Slow image display in LrC

IzzyKap wrote:

Thank you. I haven't changed computers, catalog locations, or hard drives. I think that it has something to do with the choice of building previews. I think that it dates back to the PS 2024 upgrade when I was making a selection regarding the speed vs the size of the previews. I have changed it from my previous setting which probably resulted in the perceived slowdown. I wasn't able to find this setting to change it back.

Sorry, I meant a LrC, not PD update.

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Slow image display in LrC

robertjerl wrote:

Also, how long has it been since you ran your computer's cleanup and "housekeeping" apps? The caches could be full, and the whole thing loaded with lots of left over crud it has to run through before doing anything new.
How long since you ran your anti-malware and antivirus software - not having active care on, actually run the software?

I did all the computer housekeeping and malware check, as I routinely do. I think that it has something to do with the choice of building previews. I think that it dates back to the PS 2024 upgrade when I was making a selection regarding the speed vs the size of the previews. I have changed it from my previous setting which probably resulted in the perceived slowdown. I wasn't able to find this setting to change it back. Thank you.

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Slow image display in LrC

CHG_CANON wrote:

What is the status of your previews? Have you just... (show quote)

Thank you. I haven't changed computers, catalog locations, or hard drives. I think that it has something to do with the choice of building previews. I think that it dates back to the PS 2024 upgrade when I was making a selection regarding the speed vs the size of the previews. I have changed it from my previous setting which probably resulted in the perceived slowdown. I wasn't able to find this setting to change it back.

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Slow image display in LrC

I am experiencing a fairly slow display of images in a grid format in the Library modules of LrC. I am using the latest version of LrC (13.1) on iMac with fully updated 13.6.3 iOS. I do have a large catalog (~ 100K images) on an external drive. Images are within folders and folder images display slowly. I did Optimize the catalog, but display of images is still slower than I would expect. I think that there is a setting in LrC in terms how fast previews of images appear in the grid format, but I wasn't able to locate it. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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PS won't open on MacBook Air

burkphoto wrote:

Checklist:

Do you have at least 16GB unified memory?
Do you have at least 512GB internal storage (SSD)?
Is at least half of your internal storage completely empty, to allow room for memory paging operations?
Have you tried shutting down all other running applications?
Have you run Adobe's uninstaller for Photoshop?
Are you running the latest version of macOS (Sonoma 14.2.1 (23C71))?
Compare macOS versions on your iMac and MacBook Air. Which is newer?

Yes to everything except I am running the latest Ventura, not Sonoma. Actually, I just resolved the issue this afternoon. Yesterday, I contacted Adobe Chat support and they identified the problem with plugins and suggested that NIK was the culprit. They were correct that plugins/filters were causing the issue but it wasn’t NIK. It was an earlier version of ON1. It took me while to sort this out but everything is back to normal.
Incidentally, FYI, one can start PS without any plugins by holding down the SHIFT key while starting the PS and holding SHIFT down until the splash screen appears. At that point, prompt asks if you would like to start PS with or without plugins. Selecting without plugins, allows PS to start without plugins. This allows determination if the problem is with the PS or plugs ins.