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Article was stupid. Why anyone would get the source code from the build when they can get the source code for XNU right here for the last 20 years.

How long before there is a Kickstarter to build an adapter that plugs into the Lightning port and provides Lightning pass through and a 3.5 headphone jack?

You're assuming that Apple won't produce a 3.5" adapter itself. They already sell a device with that functionality that solves the "listen and charge" problem at home - although obviously you'd want something a tad smaller on-the-go.

The kernel is XNU which is open source: http://opensource.apple.com/so...

Darwin is the open source OS that is the Unix core of macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS. So that is to say, when you say "iOS", you're talking about some closed source additions to Darwin which is particular to iPhones and iPads.

iOS shipped unencrypted by default until v.8. The source code is freely available to view online: http://opensource.apple.com/so...

Lint from my pocket inevitably finds it way into the jack. The headphone jack then doesn't fit in properly. I need a needle to pull out the lint. Sometimes this causes my iphone speaker phone to be silenced because the software thinks a headphone jack is plugged in. I hate my 3.5mm jack https://discussions.apple.com/... I'm not suggesting that this is the reason that they are eliminating the jack, but it's an added benefit for me. Apple could provide a software option to override the sensor telling the OS that a headphone is plugged in when it really isn't. I don't know why they don't do that.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

That mouse has buttons on the size, it is called the squeeze button used to bring up the task switcher. It also had a ball for navigation, but no button on the ball like the Windows wheel mice.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

That mouse could be said to have infinite buttons, as it is touch enabled. It has only one physical button though.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

That mouse has buttons on the size, it is called the squeeze button used to bring up the task switcher. It also had a ball for navigation, but no button on the ball like the Windows wheel mice.

http://www.apple.com/shop/prod...

That mouse could be said to have infinite buttons, as it is touch enabled. It has only one physical button though.

So what you're saying is you want a law mandating that you have to buy AppleCare? Why not... just buy it if you want it?

You're already paying a premium for products that are purposely designed to be non-repairable. Why should I be forced to have to pay an extra warranty premium for products that are basically designed to fail (MacBook Pro anyone? *) that I then can't try to fix myself (or choose who fixes it)?

(* yes, I know they 'recalled' this and will fix for free - but only after really bad PR/threats of class action lawsuits finally forced them into it)

It's because most SIM cards supplied for use with iPads are data-only. SMS is not sent over a data connection. You need SMS explicitly enabled, which would normally be done only with a 'minutes+sms' package.

https://support.apple.com/en-u...

When did that change? iMessage on iOS is iMessage and SMS only.

Beacons

https://developer.apple.com/ib...

But they all have one thing in common: no one tests in Safari.

That became the case once Apple terminated development of Safari for Windows. This meant it suddenly cost $500 to $600 to buy a second computer on which to run a copy of Safari in which to test your site. And then you have to pay $500 to $600 more four to six years later when Apple stops porting new versions of Safari to your version of OS X or new versions of macOS to your Mac. For example, a 2009 Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" can't be upgraded past OS X 10.11 "El Capitan".

News Flash: Use a Mac, and you only NEED one computer for web development, because you can run all the OSes you'd ever want on it.

News Flash #2: Get over it. Sometimes work requires the purchasing of tools. Ask any mechanic how much he gives to the Snap-On or Mac Tools man. It will make the cost of ANY computer seem like a trivial expense.

https://developer.apple.com/li...

Safari’s IndexedDB implementation now fully supports the recommended standard.

But they all have one thing in common: no one tests in Safari.

That became the case once Apple terminated development of Safari for Windows. This meant it suddenly cost $500 to $600 to buy a second computer on which to run a copy of Safari in which to test your site. And then you have to pay $500 to $600 more four to six years later when Apple stops porting new versions of Safari to your version of OS X or new versions of macOS to your Mac. For example, a 2009 Mac mini running Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" can't be upgraded past OS X 10.11 "El Capitan".

From http://www.apple.com/swift/pla...: "Because youâ(TM)re working with real code, you can import and export directly between Swift Playgrounds and Xcode. So you can try out your ideas with the tool pros use to develop iOS and Mac apps."

So it looks like there is a path to a more sophisticated dev environment if you outgrow the iPad sandbox.

Now that's cool!

And they didn't even mention it.

The relevant section of the App Store Review Guidelines:

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#copycats

Also interesting:

5.2.5 Apple Products: Don’t create an app that appears confusingly similar to an existing Apple product

Now his app can be removed for the app store for being confusingly similar to the official app which came later!

Apple already noted that once the volume format is final, they'll open it up, so seems like third party implementations should be fine enough.

https://developer.apple.com/li...

Actually, Apple already commited to opening up the volume format:

https://developer.apple.com/li...

Yes, if only Apple had announced a new file system.

It's in Chelsea or maybe the Meatpacking District (if you read some of the signs in the area), but it definitely isn't West Village.

The reporter probably got confused because Apple calls it the "Apple Store, West 14th Street", but Apple says it's "in the Meat Packing District".

http://www.apple.com/retail/west14thstreet/

150MB out of 16GB, yeah, significant part..., less than 1%

From http://www.apple.com/swift/pla...:
"Because youâ(TM)re working with real code, you can import and export directly between Swift Playgrounds and Xcode. So you can try out your ideas with the tool pros use to develop iOS and Mac apps."

So it looks like there is a path to a more sophisticated dev environment if you outgrow the iPad sandbox.

It's very, very explicit.

https://support.apple.com/en-g...

There's now an Apple support document on the subject: https://support.apple.com/en-g...

Of note: Removing these built-in apps only frees up ~160mb, which isn't a lot.

Personally, I'm just happy to free up the home screen clutter.

Apple have announced an app that's going to show me how to breathe! I couldn't do anything without apple telling me how! /joke

Yes, if only Apple had been making something like that for the last decade. What a wonderful world we would be living in..

Try again.

The Airport Express does NOT solve the problem. It does not turn non-AirPrint printers into compatible ones by plugging into the USB port. You will need third party solutions to actually print to any non-AirPrint compatible printer attached to it. I actually own the hardware and have tried. Eventually I bought a third part print server (Lantronix xPrintServer) which solves the problem. It's ridiculous that any Mac cannot provide this functionality out of the box.

You, like most here, don't seem to understand the keynote is a 2-hour user-oriented publicity piece in a WEEK LONG conference. It covers the flashy highlights that Apple wants in the news. The rest of the conference covers the actual nuts and bolts.

There are multitudes of deeper changes that don't get mentioned in the keynote because they're not sexy and because 2 hours cannot possibly cover everything, including the new filesystem you made your first bullet point: Apple File System Guide (prerelease)

Agreed but what I would like to see is printing supported on iDevices properly. Yeah I know about AirPrint but guess what? Millions of printers don't have that (including all of mine) and Apple can't be bothered to make a simple way make existing printers compatible with AirPrint despite it being technologically trivial to do so. It could be done with a simple network attached print server or an app on any macintosh. I get if they don't want to support Windows but it's absurd that my mac can't provide AirPrint services right out of the box.

Yes, if only Apple had been making something like that for the last decade. What a wonderful world we would be living in...

First off : I would consider a $30 metal pin or a $1000 toilet paper sheet expensive. This is a stupid piece of hardware worth about 10 EUR, but since it's Apple it costs closer to 50EUR here. So yes : expensive. Not that it is relevant but if you must know around the Hanami, a good hotel room cost about 200EUR/day and the meal typically from 50EUR up to 250EUR. The thing is : they are worth it.

Second: for being able to write back : http://www.apple.com/shop/ques...

Thanks for the product reference, but now I've got the linux/arm box way. Easy, light, small, and I can do whatever I want with it.

Once again, a bunch more misinformation from the major Apple shill and liar macs4all. It really depends on which Mac. If you have a Macbook it better be from 2009 or newer, so when El Capitan came out in 2015 you've got... SIX years. Even if you count the iMac which is supported back to 2007 you've only got EIGHT years since El Capitan was released in 2015.

And besides, Apple is not a hardware company, at least any more. They barely make computers anymore anyway. They are all about skimming money off the top of their app stores and other rent-seeking services, which is why they want everyone running the latest version so they can push their app store harder. Exactly the same thing reason Microsoft pushes Windows 10 so hard.

You're right that I over generalized a bit. I should have linked to the list which does, however, extend back to 2007 on some models. In a hurry at work, sorry. Only time will tell how long the 2008 and 2009 models will be supported into the future; but I would expect that the internal edict from Apple is that those will be used as the baseline systems for compatibility, which is almost assuredly based on certain hardware (which I believe is mostly-based on 64-bit CPUs) being present in the design. The question is easily answered by looking at the list of Mavericks-compatible systems, which constitute the start of Apple's push to get the diehards off of Snow Leopard, with that same list for El Capitan. If the list grows, or at least stays the same, then Apple is likely planning on continued support for those systems for the foreseeable future. If the list shrinks, then expect those older systems will start to drop off of OS support. After looking at both lists, guess which is the case? Of course, all good things come to an end; but as I said originally, at least Apple is trying.

But of course, in your paranoid fantasy, you have rationalized that by saying "Apple just wants to keep you hooked for more services", disregarding the fact that some of those services are actually NOT AVAILABLE to older Macs running new versions of OS X, and the simple fact that Apple's own filings clearly show that HARDWARE sales are still, as always, "King" at Apple. What company would walk away from their biggest profit-center? That would be like MS discontinuing all sales, including "Cloud-based" of MS Office and Exchange.

So, you are REALLY saying that Apple shifting their business model from hardware-sales-based to a "services" based model is proven by the fact that they Killed-Off iAd, allow Mac users to d/l software from Anywhere, and recently announced a program to REDUCE their "cut" of App Store Sales, AND the fact that they CONTINUE to advertise and host many, many FREEWARE titles on all of their App Stores?

Yeahrightsure. Pass me that bowl...

Not that simple. You can't just suddenly wish a bunch of people smarter. That won't stop the pileup of toxic waste.

At least Apple is trying to DO something about the waste.

Is Asus? Howabout Samsung? Etc...

Apple? Well Snow Leopard stopped receiving even security updates in under 5 years.

Yes, but they also provided a FREE "way out" of that.

Essentially, Any Mac that can run OS X Snow Leopard can be Upgraded to the Current OS X Release, 10.11, El Capitan, for FREE. And it will run it just fine. May even be a little faster... Due to hardware limitations, some newer features may not be present; but the OS will run and install. And be supported...

In fact, that's what drove MS to make Windows 10 "Free". Apple had already been doing it for the past 3 Major OS Releases. (Since 10.9 "Mavericks").

https://support.apple.com/ipho...

Yeah they do not gather telemetry AT ALL.

I would say they are even worse than MS.

Care to post a link to something OTHER THAN the Top of the iPhone Support site?

How about THIS, for example? Simple, no legalese, all layed-out in one easy to read document.

Now, wanna compare that to Microsoft? Let me know when you get done chasing down all Links on that page...

https://support.apple.com/ipho...

Yeah they do not gather telemetry AT ALL.

I would say they are even worse than MS.

Care to post a link to something OTHER THAN the Top of the iPhone Support site?

How about THIS, for example? Simple, no legalese, all layed-out in one easy to read document.

Now, wanna compare that to Microsoft? Let me know when you get done chasing down all Links on that page...

https://support.apple.com/ipho...

Yeah they do not gather telemetry AT ALL.

I would say they are even worse than MS.

Many, many Google Software Projects get Shuttered before their time.

IIRC, Even Nexus Phones are only guaranteed 18 months of Android Support They could get up to 3 years; but might be as little as 18 months, depending.

Now this?

Meanwhile, my iPad 2 and iPhone 4s can load the latest version of iOS 9, and you can install the latest version of OS X, 10.11 El Capitan, on nearly any Mac from 2007-08 up.

Looks like the solution is to statically link function stubbs. Which means a smart dynamic linker could very easily undo this. And if they were brazen enough to add this to the compiler in the first place they are brazen enough to "fix" the binary with a smart dynamic linker.

But then there really is no solution as the exec dispatcher and dynamic linker could always implement some form of telemetry.

The real solution is an OS vendor that is not going to pull tricks like this.

Wait! I know of one who doesn't...

Some apps have offered subscriptions for some time now, e.g. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/lumosity-mobile/id577232024?mt=8 or https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/instapaper/id288545208?mt=8

Some apps have offered subscriptions for some time now, e.g. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/lumosity-mobile/id577232024?mt=8 or https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/instapaper/id288545208?mt=8

iOS has had python apps for quite some time, a few years ago Apple decided it was OK to let things like that on the store.

You can easily ship an iOS app with a python library...

Apple is either about to begin, it has already begun, requiring all iOS apps to strictly only support IPv6, so this is entertaining.

As I understand the news release, the App Store will require apps to support networks that provide only IPv6. The problem described in the featured article pertains to networks that provide only IPv4. Users of an IPv4-only ISP must use tunnels, such as those provided by Hurricane Electric, to reach IPv6 sites, and these tunnels are messing with Netflix's ability to geolocate the user's device.

It has caused huge problems for many Linux users, as evidenced by the many mailing list posts and bug reports describing serious problems with it. A recent example is how a systemd change broke tools like screen and tmux [slashdot.org].

What in the fuck us wrong with Linux devs?

systemd is nothing more than a bad cooy of OS X's launchd. Launchd has been an integral part of OS X since 10.4 (Tiger). That means that OS X had been happily using essentially the same concept as systemd for TWELVE YEARS. But even when that figure was 1 or 2 years, launchd didn't cause anywhere NEAR the problems with OS X or its Developer Community that systemd has caused in the Linux world.

So WTF is the problem? Are Linux System Devs REALLY THAT INCOMPETENT?

Maybe it's time to kick Pottering's code to the curb, take a clue from FreeBSD, and rally behind launchd. Afterall, Apple DID give it to you guys!!!

Real software?

I think this is what you're looking for: https://www.apple.com/osx/

Unless otherwise asked, the UI I want to use should never change. I make Windows 7 look like Windows 2000. I make Mint look like Windows 2000.

With Linux or FreeBSD anyone can continue to use their favorite Window Manager as they've always used it while continuing to upgrade the OS in the background.

Microsoft needs to make Windows the OS and Windows the Window Manager and make them separate products. We have enough legacy code that we're never going to fully get rid of some machines, but it'd be perfect if I could run some FreeBSD Jailed "Windows XP instances". No window manager needed, I just need to run ONE app in the background. But something that would completely break with a forced 10 upgrade.

It's what Apple has more or less done with OS X/iOS. It's all the *BSD/NeXT stuff they've had for a while with a new 'window manager' on top of it while the Core OS was separate. It's why OS X Server wasn't that difficult to make and is now just a $20 App on the Appstore

I disagree. 5K isn't meant to give a few more useful pixels. I is meant so that manufacturers can brag about having "more than 4K", which happens to be the maximum available on common standard interfaces (ie HDMI 2.0).

What content is in 5K these days? Games, none. Video, none. There is barely any 4K content. What content is likely to be in the future at 5K? None because if the industry moves beyond 4K, it will mostly likely go to 8K. So Apple designed, made, and sold hardware for which there is no real content just for "bragging" rights.

Let's look at the history of Apple displays. They have been used in the video production industry for decades. Decades. For these users, Apple has been making displays slightly larger than the content like:
Apple Studio Display 17" (2001) with 1280x1024 when most screens were at 1024x768
Apple Cinema Display (1999-2013) with resolutions (1600 × 1024, 1920 × 1200,1680 × 1050 ,1920 × 1200, 2560 × 1600) increasing from larger than 720 to larger than 1080
Apple Thunderbolt Display (2011-now) (2560x1440) larger than 1080
iMac with Retina 5K Display (2015 - now) larger than 4K

But according to you, Apple spent decades designing, making, and selling all these non-standard displays for just bragging rights. All these more expensive displays were marketed and sold to professionals and not to consumers so that Apple could boast on having the most pixels.

I bet those editing on 5K display play videos in full screen anyways.

By that statement are you admitting that you don't know the industry or that you've never seen the interfaces of video editing software? The two biggest players are Adobe Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro. So when I say "That they can see a 4K video in full screen while editing it for example" I mean they are looking at a full 4K video and using the interface to edit it. Why would they run it at 5K when the content isn't in 5K when they are trying to also edit it?

Or why do they even sell DVDs at all? Why aren't these media companies providing timely streaming or download options?

They are. Availability for purchase on iTunes Store on the same day as DVD release has been around for years. See Apple's eight-year-old press release. DVDs are still made available in the first place because parts of the United States still have satellite or cellular at $5 to $10 per GB as the cheapest home Internet option.

Maybe it would be free if Apple added some ads, taking our precious datas, etc. Oh wait...

Are you implying that Apple actually DOES that shit?

Sorry, no.

There only foray into the "Ad" world, iAd, is going away on June 30th of this year.

And as for "taking your precious data", Apple does WAY less of that, most, if not all, can be turned off with easy GUI switches, and as it says in this no legalese document, NO "Personally Identifiable Information" is shared with ANYONE.

So do some actual research before posting next time, willya?

How about a source for that? I'm seeing 2007 on Apple's specs at https://support.apple.com/kb/SP728?locale=en_US

Someone check my math, but I do believe that's 9 years?

I have fallen into the same hole as the grandparent. I'm not happy with the desktops on the major Linux distros, I could hack my own or use an off-brand distro, but then there is the issue of updates, and just spending time fiddling with it, when I have many other things to do. So, I went the OS X route because it is usable out of the box. Plus, I'm not liking the route MS is going with Windows, where they can do an update/forced restart anytime. That and the telemetry privacy concerns.

All and all, I get about 95% of what I like with Linux on OS X. Ansible, borg, xz, and other utilities install with little issue with brew, and with proper ACL setting, /usr/local can be kept owned as root, while letting an admin user do updates. XCode isn't bad, as I've had to write Objective C code to watch the thermal and memory pressure of a machine, and have it throttle an app before either got out of hand. OS X Server's git server is decent, and eventually I may just buy a Mac Mini for running a LDAP server and VPN server, although I have no clue if it can support 2FA, which is a must. Plus, since Mac Minis support ESXi, I can use it for another compute node if I need.

I'm no expert on 2FA; but a second on Google revealed this thread, which could be helpful.

OS X El Capitan and iOS 9 have also introduced 2FA through use of an AppleID; but I'm not sure if/how that applies to LDAP.

This Google Search may prove helpful on the LDAP on OS X front.

https://developer.apple.com/li...