Well, at least with Apple that's pretty much your problem not everybody's problem like FB is. The decision to have only a single USB-C port for both devices and charging on some of those computers is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of. It's going to get a ton of wear and tear because it's not just peripherals that get plugged in, but the charger as well.
If it is the 15" MacBook Pro, it has FOUR identical USB-C Ports, and even if we're talking about a 13" MBP, it has TWO identical USB-C Ports. SURELY another one hasn't "worn out" yet...
My less than one year old macbook pro has usb-c ports that are wearing out and a keyboard that sounds like I spilled soda all over it a week ago. I'll get back to you when I find out how much Apple 'cares' about me.
Well, the USB-C ports wouldn't be wearing out if you didn't have your cat hang by the cables, and yank them out obliquely like weeds.
And your keyboard wouldn't sound like you spilled soda all over it a week ago, if you, er, hadn't poured soda all over it a week ago.
Google Being the default search engine (which you can change) is a FAR CRY from Apple handing over data THEY collect to them. So, is that the best you can do? Change your search to use DuckDuckGo, and STFU, Hater. You can do that in iOS and macOS.
Mr. Cook complains about Google's evil, privacy-invading practices, while collecting billions of dollars to enable Google's evil, privacy-invading evil practices from Apple's own customers. That is the best I can do because hypocrisy has never been done better than that.
So, do YOU want to answer all the Tech Support calls complaining about having DuckDuckGo being the default Search?
Didn't think so.
This is likely the same reason they switched back from Bing to Google a couple of years back. Sometimes giving the users what they DO want outweighs giving them what they SHOULD want.
Of course you'll have some snide remark; but we both know I'm right.
How dark and dank a world you must live in, where everything is a conspiracy, and all people and corporations have no other motivation other than to see how much money and information and advantage they can gain on you.
June 2, 2015: Apple's Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy - "Cook lost no time in directing comments at companies (obviously, though not explicitly) like Facebook and Google, which rely on advertising to users based on the data they collect from them for a portion, if not a majority, of their income."
January 22, 2016: Google Paid Apple $1 Billion To Keep Search Bar On Iphone - Secret Sum Surfaced in Transcript of Court Proceedings From Oracle Corp.'s Copyright Lawsuit Against Google
That was likely a fake/forgery. Notice on the 4th "Powerpoint Slide", Apple is by itself WAY off to the side, and doesn't just show a date, like the rest of the entries. It looks to me like someone was desperately trying to "convince" the reader that this was "True".
No sorry, it wasn't. If you look at any of the documentation that was leaked, they used to have a copy on Cryptome you would have seen that Apple was on the list of corporations who took money for access. If it is any consolation M$ sold out before Apple.
I didn't mean that particular site's "proof" was forged. I submit the "original" PowerPoint "document" that ALL these "sources" cite is the SAME FORGERY.
Show me some actual, official documents (not some fakey PowerPoint thing), and I might consider believing you.
#1 is a given that the display in question is a drawing tablet with HDMI input only. #2 only applies to USB display adapters using a DisplayLink chipset. #3 doesn't apply to a late 2015 iMac with a grand total of 0 USB-C ports. It exhibits the same issue with the native HDMI port on the 2014 retina MBP (no adapter, also no USB-C), Apple's DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter on the iMac (no USB-C) and the 2012 MacBook Pro (no USB-C), and with Apple's USB-C-to-HDMI adapter on the 2016 MacBook Pro. That rules out the computer itself, as it happens on multiple machines; the adapter being used, as the issue persists when with different adapters, and no adapter is used; and the monitor itself, as the issue persists across all affected systems with several different monitors (as previously stated).
Regarding Bluetooth issues, been there, done that. One of the first things I try when a Mac is acting up is to nuke the NVRAM/PRAM, reset the SMC, and nuke preferences. Needing to do that, by the way, is the antithesis of "Just Works".
Any model iPad I've ever seen (more or less all of them) will happily (if slowly) charge on a 1A charger and a Mac's USB ports will happily supply 2.4A. An iPad not even registering that it's plugged into a power source when connected to a USB port capable of providing in excess of its minimum charging current of 1A is certainly not working as intended.
I would buy the proximity excuse for AirDrop except that it requires that you are connected to the same wireless network in order to function, not that you are simply nearby; in fact, proximity doesn't even play a part in AirDrop functionality. The same wireless network can span multiple buildings; but as long as you're both on wireless with the same SSID, it'll work just fine. It's certainly not making a peer-to-peer connection without dropping you off the network with a single radio (see: early 2011 MacBook Pro, which predates AirDrop, has a single 2.4GHz radio, and works just fine without dropping off the network), or from two buildings over (not my use case here, but one I've encountered) where the two devices are not within range of each other (or even the same access point). There's no reason it can't work over ethernet and, in fact, it can, but not reliably. I couldn't get it working for the iMac, but that method works wonderfully on the 2011 MBP.
Likewise for the Apple Watch; it uses Bluetooth for proximity detection, so why does it need WiFi to unlock?
I think the issue is that you're running such an old OS on such old hardware that you are quite out of touch with how the Apple products of today function. You're running Mavericks, which means the system you are using is, at best, an early 2014 model. Believe me when I say a lot has changed in 4 years. Or don't; you can always buy a new Mac and find out for yourself.
Hey man, just trying to help. No need to beat me up.
I wasn't sure if the DisplayLink Driver might "accidently" fix the issue. Sometimes stuff like that happens. Plus I didn't know for sure what adapters, etc. might be involved.Ok, so this OBVIOUSLY needs to be fixed.
I didn't realize until After I clicked "Submit" that your wife's iMac was a 2015 model, and thus no USB-C, sorry!
Using Macs for so long myself, I just automatically expect to hear someone suggest trashing Prefs and/or NVRAM/PMC/SMC Reset. BTW, those "fixes" have been common for Macs since 1984; so, that hardly supports your argument of "things USED to 'Just Work' ". And get off your high-horse; computers on ANY platform are pretty complicated hardware/software systems. We are a LONG way from computers that NEVER misconfigure themselves, have a hw/sw hiccup, or require an experienced hand to get them right side-up.
I would like to know if the charging issue is at the iPad or Mac-end. plus, it also sounds like you ASSUME that, since earlier iPads charge at 1A, then this one MUST, too.
Which likely means Facebook didn't want to pay Apple's price for allowing them to steal Apple's customers' privacy then. It seems Google is still happily paying that price, to the tune of billions of dollars a year.
Wrap another layer of tinfoil on that hat, buddy
How dark and dank a world you must live in, where everything is a conspiracy, and all people and corporations have no other motivation other than to see how much money and information and advantage they can gain on you.
Because marketing and legal binding agreements are two different things.
Then you'll just shift
Nope. Firstly it's much harder to shift a legal agreement without informing all users expressly of it. Secondly I don't shift goalposts or build strawmen. I just call it like I see it. So far we have nothing but "marketing" something which Apple is very good at. but no substance, something which Apple as of late also seems sadly good at.
So, after yesterday's revelations about Apple, regarding their "in your face" Privacy Policies when first-running a version of any of their OSes, and the ability to download and DELETE any/all retained personal info (admittedly spurred-on by EU Edicts), don't you think those count as "Actions", legalese or not?
The brokenness of multi-display support in the last two releases of macOS her her biggest issue. It's a battle to get her late 2015 5k iMac to wake her 2nd display after the machine sleeps, which has only been an (widely [stackexchange.com] reported, mind [avid.com] you [luminous-landscape.com]) issue [macrumors.com] since [reddit.com] Sierra [cnet.com]. It's not the Mac, either; nor is it the display. Every Mac we have with Sierra or newer (2 personal laptops, 1 business laptop and the iMac) exhibits this issue when this, or any other display is connected. These are Macs and displays which worked together just fine prior to Sierra.
...and...
Here you go, directly from her:
My itemized list of other “barely works” issues:
- if the Bluetooth keyboard disconnects itself while the computer is asleep, you can’t log back in unless you have a usb keyboard to type your password. Plugging the keyboard in with the lightning cable does not reconnect it (specifically, Apple's own keyboard exhibits this issue)
- non-Apple Bluetooth keyboards and mice won’t always connect until you log in after restarting, which is a problem when you can’t log in without a keyboard (this happens intermittently but often enough to make me go back to apples god awful carpal tunnel inducing keyboard)
- I have to have WiFi turned on for air drop and unlocking with my apple watch to work (even though the Mac is connected via ethernet to the same LAN as the other devices)
- none of the USB ports put out enough power to charge my iPad (this might be a problem specific to my iMac, I haven’t tried it anywhere else)
- the charge port for the mouse is in the bottom so you can’t use it while it’s charging
I’m sure there’s more that I can’t think of right now
Ok, let's address the multiple Displays issue:
I will agree that that is ridiculous. Macs have had multiple display support since at least 1985, LONG before Windows supported multiple monitors. I run Mavericks, and so haven't experienced this "wonderful new feature"...
After Googling a bit (which I assume you and/or your wife have already done), I came up with three general fixes:
1. Try to force your Monitor to be set to the Input you are actually using (i.e. HDMI) on the Monitor itself, rather than allowing the Monitor to do AutoDetect.
As for the Bluetooth Issues, I don't know for sure; but I would try trashing your Bluetooth Prefs and Re-Pair the BT Keyboard. If that doesn't work, then I'd trash the SMC Prefs. and see what happens...
As for the USB Power output issue: That is likely working as intended. Apple gave you a nice power adapter for your iPad. Use it.
AirDrop and Unlocking: Again, working as intended. The idea is to insure that your Mac and IPhone/iPad are in close proximity. IIRC, those Services use a Peer-Peer WiFi connection, likely on a different subnet than your LAN. That is on purpose.
Charging Port on bottom of Mouse. Lazy design. I'm not even going to try and justify that one!
Too late, recall PRISM. Information was leaked by CitizenFour showing that Apple, amongst others was on the dole from the Feds selling access to its user base.
That was likely a fake/forgery. Notice on the 4th "Powerpoint Slide", Apple is by itself WAY off to the side, and doesn't just show a date, like the rest of the entries. It looks to me like someone was desperately trying to "convince" the reader that this was "True".
As much as I loathe Apple fanboy-ship, I have to admit that if there are a handful of companies that I trust relatively more about my privacy and data, it's Apple. They actually go out of their way to separate what lives on your phone versus is uploaded to cloud (and they don't want to be in the business of uploading certain data).
Makes me think that they at least have a team on it, versus like a goddamn Verizon-built phone, or HTC, Huawei, or even a Google Pixel or Samsung (and their wild-west-it's-all-good use of Android).
Apple also takes money from Google (billions per year to make Safari the default search engine) and likely Facebook (for deep IOS integration). So Apple doesn't take your data - they let others do it for them, and they receive a rich reward to let them do it.
Apple kicked Facebook and Twitter Integration OUT of iOS 11.
As an Apple user, I'm honestly surprised by this and don't expect it to continue for much longer.
To be fair, Apple sells actual products and provides services for those products. Facebook just provides a service "for free". Apple doesn't need money from your data while Facebook depends on it. The value of Apple depends on the value their products provide to you. The value of Facebook and their service depends on the value of your data - to you and others.
Have you ever even met somebody who is in business selling products? Retail markup + box + packing + manuals + shrinkwrap + media (CD/DVD) + sales processing (credit card 2% tax) and finally marketing & product placement all take a sizable chunk out of a product's price. The general recommendation I've been told JUST for marketing overhead is 30% of the budget!
Now 30% might seem at the high end of the classic business model but it depends on the market. Apple wants to keep all the gains of going online for themselves rather than for the publishers (who often take an undo share while developers... like everywhere else the value creators often get the least in the chain of leeches.) The App store has a massive exposure with the promise to move much higher volume -- like how major brands PAY for shelf placement in the isles. Apple doesn't yet do a version of this but makes everybody pay more to be in the store.
I don't know if 30% is a good deal. It doesn't sound all that bad if you price accordingly and are clever in selling direct at a lower price-- where it is likely that the App store sales beat your own website... I've noticed more apps going on their store exclusively. They must have done the math for their situation.
Not to mention there are a LOT of FREE Apps on the App Store that Apple earns exactly ZERO percent on. That 30% from Paid Apps partially subsidizes the FREE Apps.
But no one ever stops to factor THAT in.
If it wasn't clear from my original post, my point was Apple charges 30% for In-app purchases... Most of those "free" apps subsidize their development with in-app purchases of which Apple taxes those customers 30%. Don't get me wrong, there's lots of good crippleware in the app stores, but everyone has mouths to feed so there must be some paying customers (or deep pocketed VCs)....
1. Doesn't some of that go down to 10 or 15% after a bit?
2. Some App Developers really DON'T want/need to monetize every single thing that comes out of their brain.
3. Google and MS charge the same percentage (I think MS tried to play the race-to-the-bottom game by charging 25%. Big whoop!). So, Apple's calculations must not have been TOO greedy, right?
I'm speaking less in terms of product direction and more in terms of release quality at this point. Yes, bugs happened under Jobs; no, passwords being stored plaintext in log files didn't happen. "Just Works" was true under Jobs; it's still true today, though the definition of "just" has changed from "only" to something more closely resembling "barely". Those aren't my words, I'm paraphrasing my wife, a life-long Apple fangirl.
Well, the list of bugs fixed in iOS 11.3, for example, clearly shows they are on a "Bughunt"; so give that a point-release or so to get better.
And I would imagine that macOS is getting the same fine-toothed-comb treatment.
I'm not sure what your wife's definition of "Barely" is; but I don't have ANY kind of experience that I would call "barely working". I'm pissed-off that the last-most-recent version of TVOS seems to have somewhat broken AirPlay from Safari on my ancient, iOS 9-equipped, iPad 2 (Mirroring still works, though), even though it still works from the YouTube App; but other than that, I report a pretty solid "Just Works" experience.
Apple has driven off a cliff, my friend. Just because it's a long way to the bottom doesn't mean they're not falling or they'll never splatter on the ground below. You don't see it because, from your perspective, they're still hovering in the air cartoon-style, but you surely must recognize the lack of ground beneath them and understand what that means; they haven't built up too much momentum yet to be able to reverse course, but Cook seems to be trying as hard as he can to destroy the Apple experience.
Apple was far from perfect under Jobs, but you could tell they were at least trying to provide the best possible experience. It really doesn't seem like they're even trying anymore.
How can you say that?
Apple surely stumbled around a bit after Jobs "left"; but it does look like they are truly trying to regain their footing. The release of the iMac Pro shows that they still understand what relatively serious users are looking for in a Desktop computer. Even most, if not all, of the "Unix-y" functions that have been eliminated from macOS can be explained as an attempt to "harden" the OS, and besides, anyone who wants those things "back" can easily do so.
In fact, I was VERY glad to see that Apple is not engaging in a "Race to the Bottom" with the new iPad's pricing. In fact, I would have been a bit happier to see the Education price a little MORE "loss-leader-y"; but the addition of Pencil-support shows they don't have "Product-class" blinders on, and are willing to break their own marketing rules occasionally.
And no, I don't think they are hovering in mid-air, Wile E. Coyote-style. I think they are standing quite safely on a mountain of cash, and have PLENTY of time to do course-corrections and adjustments without causing them to auger into the ground!
I am waiting to see what becomes of the Modular Mac Pro, and to a lesser extent, the Mac mini; to see what their course will be for the next few years, Mac and macOS-wise.
But you DO realize, of course, that people have been predicting the Demise of Apple for oh, about FORTY years now, right? I know it doesn't mean it CAN'T happen; just that they have an AWFUL big pile of CASH to slow their fall...
The point is, is it does look like their usual modus operandi...
And every slashdot user will say that every time MS does anything that doesn't involve them making something 100% proprietary. They are evil for being incompatible, and they are EEEing when they are compatible. It's a wonderful double standard.
But we're talking about Microsoft; so a little bit of skepticism is likely warranted. Not as much as the Slashdot crowd typically heaps upon them; but some, yes...
Have you ever even met somebody who is in business selling products? Retail markup + box + packing + manuals + shrinkwrap + media (CD/DVD) + sales processing (credit card 2% tax) and finally marketing & product placement all take a sizable chunk out of a product's price. The general recommendation I've been told JUST for marketing overhead is 30% of the budget!
Now 30% might seem at the high end of the classic business model but it depends on the market. Apple wants to keep all the gains of going online for themselves rather than for the publishers (who often take an undo share while developers... like everywhere else the value creators often get the least in the chain of leeches.) The App store has a massive exposure with the promise to move much higher volume -- like how major brands PAY for shelf placement in the isles. Apple doesn't yet do a version of this but makes everybody pay more to be in the store.
I don't know if 30% is a good deal. It doesn't sound all that bad if you price accordingly and are clever in selling direct at a lower price-- where it is likely that the App store sales beat your own website... I've noticed more apps going on their store exclusively. They must have done the math for their situation.
Not to mention there are a LOT of FREE Apps on the App Store that Apple earns exactly ZERO percent on. That 30% from Paid Apps partially subsidizes the FREE Apps.
People deride Apple for having high margins. But that is exactly how a company removes temptation to misuse data.
Tim Cook was asked what he would do in this position, and he said "well I wouldn't put myself in this position". In a lot of ways Tim Cook feels the same about the cross tracking ads and things that most of the people on Slashdot does - he doesn't like them, doesn't participate in things like that, and furthermore has had Apple altering browsers to help block cross site tracking...
Apple has a clear path to making money, when a company doesn't you can be sure there is SOME path to making money from you even if you are not paying directly.
Apple users are 'the product' because Apple delivers them to their limited number of sanctioned accessory makers. They've spent years making sure their connectors for add-ons are proprietary, to restrict who is allowed to sell add-ons to their customers.
Apple also restricts who is allowed to sell apps that run on their mobile gadgets. They 'sell' those people to the app developers who they choose to allow in their market.
WTF are you bleating about?
You make about as much sense as the moron Hater you are.
No one forces Apple users or developers to do ANYTHING.
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Well, at least with Apple that's pretty much your problem not everybody's problem like FB is. The decision to have only a single USB-C port for both devices and charging on some of those computers is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of. It's going to get a ton of wear and tear because it's not just peripherals that get plugged in, but the charger as well.
If it is the 15" MacBook Pro, it has FOUR identical USB-C Ports, and even if we're talking about a 13" MBP, it has TWO identical USB-C Ports. SURELY another one hasn't "worn out" yet...
My less than one year old macbook pro has usb-c ports that are wearing out and a keyboard that sounds like I spilled soda all over it a week ago. I'll get back to you when I find out how much Apple 'cares' about me.
Well, the USB-C ports wouldn't be wearing out if you didn't have your cat hang by the cables, and yank them out obliquely like weeds.
And your keyboard wouldn't sound like you spilled soda all over it a week ago, if you, er, hadn't poured soda all over it a week ago.
Google Being the default search engine (which you can change) is a FAR CRY from Apple handing over data THEY collect to them.
So, is that the best you can do? Change your search to use DuckDuckGo, and STFU, Hater. You can do that in iOS and macOS.
Mr. Cook complains about Google's evil, privacy-invading practices, while collecting billions of dollars to enable Google's evil, privacy-invading evil practices from Apple's own customers. That is the best I can do because hypocrisy has never been done better than that.
So, do YOU want to answer all the Tech Support calls complaining about having DuckDuckGo being the default Search?
Didn't think so.
This is likely the same reason they switched back from Bing to Google a couple of years back. Sometimes giving the users what they DO want outweighs giving them what they SHOULD want.
Of course you'll have some snide remark; but we both know I'm right.
Wrap another layer of tinfoil on that hat, buddy
How dark and dank a world you must live in, where everything is a conspiracy, and all people and corporations have no other motivation other than to see how much money and information and advantage they can gain on you.
June 2, 2015: Apple's Tim Cook Delivers Blistering Speech On Encryption, Privacy - "Cook lost no time in directing comments at companies (obviously, though not explicitly) like Facebook and Google, which rely on advertising to users based on the data they collect from them for a portion, if not a majority, of their income."
https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/apples-tim-cook-delivers-blistering-speech-on-encryption-privacy/
January 22, 2016: Google Paid Apple $1 Billion To Keep Search Bar On Iphone - Secret Sum Surfaced in Transcript of Court Proceedings From Oracle Corp.'s Copyright Lawsuit Against Google
http://adage.com/article/digital/google-paid-apple-1-billion-search-bar-iphone/302287/
Google Being the default search engine (which you can change) is a FAR CRY from Apple handing over data THEY collect to them.
So, is that the best you can do? Change your search to use DuckDuckGo, and STFU, Hater. You can do that in iOS and macOS.
That was likely a fake/forgery. Notice on the 4th "Powerpoint Slide", Apple is by itself WAY off to the side, and doesn't just show a date, like the rest of the entries. It looks to me like someone was desperately trying to "convince" the reader that this was "True".
No sorry, it wasn't.
If you look at any of the documentation that was leaked, they used to have a copy on Cryptome you would have seen that Apple was on the list of corporations who took money for access. If it is any consolation M$ sold out before Apple.
Also here:
"PRISM/US-984XN Overview
I didn't mean that particular site's "proof" was forged. I submit the "original" PowerPoint "document" that ALL these "sources" cite is the SAME FORGERY.
Show me some actual, official documents (not some fakey PowerPoint thing), and I might consider believing you.
Until then, it didn't happen.
#1 is a given that the display in question is a drawing tablet with HDMI input only. #2 only applies to USB display adapters using a DisplayLink chipset. #3 doesn't apply to a late 2015 iMac with a grand total of 0 USB-C ports. It exhibits the same issue with the native HDMI port on the 2014 retina MBP (no adapter, also no USB-C), Apple's DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter on the iMac (no USB-C) and the 2012 MacBook Pro (no USB-C), and with Apple's USB-C-to-HDMI adapter on the 2016 MacBook Pro. That rules out the computer itself, as it happens on multiple machines; the adapter being used, as the issue persists when with different adapters, and no adapter is used; and the monitor itself, as the issue persists across all affected systems with several different monitors (as previously stated).
Regarding Bluetooth issues, been there, done that. One of the first things I try when a Mac is acting up is to nuke the NVRAM/PRAM, reset the SMC, and nuke preferences. Needing to do that, by the way, is the antithesis of "Just Works".
Any model iPad I've ever seen (more or less all of them) will happily (if slowly) charge on a 1A charger and a Mac's USB ports will happily supply 2.4A. An iPad not even registering that it's plugged into a power source when connected to a USB port capable of providing in excess of its minimum charging current of 1A is certainly not working as intended.
I would buy the proximity excuse for AirDrop except that it requires that you are connected to the same wireless network in order to function, not that you are simply nearby; in fact, proximity doesn't even play a part in AirDrop functionality. The same wireless network can span multiple buildings; but as long as you're both on wireless with the same SSID, it'll work just fine. It's certainly not making a peer-to-peer connection without dropping you off the network with a single radio (see: early 2011 MacBook Pro, which predates AirDrop, has a single 2.4GHz radio, and works just fine without dropping off the network), or from two buildings over (not my use case here, but one I've encountered) where the two devices are not within range of each other (or even the same access point). There's no reason it can't work over ethernet and, in fact, it can, but not reliably. I couldn't get it working for the iMac, but that method works wonderfully on the 2011 MBP.
Likewise for the Apple Watch; it uses Bluetooth for proximity detection, so why does it need WiFi to unlock?
I think the issue is that you're running such an old OS on such old hardware that you are quite out of touch with how the Apple products of today function. You're running Mavericks, which means the system you are using is, at best, an early 2014 model. Believe me when I say a lot has changed in 4 years. Or don't; you can always buy a new Mac and find out for yourself.
Hey man, just trying to help. No need to beat me up.
I wasn't sure if the DisplayLink Driver might "accidently" fix the issue. Sometimes stuff like that happens. Plus I didn't know for sure what adapters, etc. might be involved.Ok, so this OBVIOUSLY needs to be fixed.
I didn't realize until After I clicked "Submit" that your wife's iMac was a 2015 model, and thus no USB-C, sorry!
Using Macs for so long myself, I just automatically expect to hear someone suggest trashing Prefs and/or NVRAM/PMC/SMC Reset. BTW, those "fixes" have been common for Macs since 1984; so, that hardly supports your argument of "things USED to 'Just Work' ". And get off your high-horse; computers on ANY platform are pretty complicated hardware/software systems. We are a LONG way from computers that NEVER misconfigure themselves, have a hw/sw hiccup, or require an experienced hand to get them right side-up.
I would like to know if the charging issue is at the iPad or Mac-end. plus, it also sounds like you ASSUME that, since earlier iPads charge at 1A, then this one MUST, too.
I must admit I
Which likely means Facebook didn't want to pay Apple's price for allowing them to steal Apple's customers' privacy then. It seems Google is still happily paying that price, to the tune of billions of dollars a year.
Wrap another layer of tinfoil on that hat, buddy
How dark and dank a world you must live in, where everything is a conspiracy, and all people and corporations have no other motivation other than to see how much money and information and advantage they can gain on you.
Why?
Because marketing and legal binding agreements are two different things.
Then you'll just shift
Nope. Firstly it's much harder to shift a legal agreement without informing all users expressly of it. Secondly I don't shift goalposts or build strawmen. I just call it like I see it. So far we have nothing but "marketing" something which Apple is very good at. but no substance, something which Apple as of late also seems sadly good at.
So, after yesterday's revelations about Apple, regarding their "in your face" Privacy Policies when first-running a version of any of their OSes, and the ability to download and DELETE any/all retained personal info (admittedly spurred-on by EU Edicts), don't you think those count as "Actions", legalese or not?
Replying to both of your posts:
The brokenness of multi-display support in the last two releases of macOS her her biggest issue. It's a battle to get her late 2015 5k iMac to wake her 2nd display after the machine sleeps, which has only been an (widely [stackexchange.com] reported, mind [avid.com] you [luminous-landscape.com]) issue [macrumors.com] since [reddit.com] Sierra [cnet.com]. It's not the Mac, either; nor is it the display. Every Mac we have with Sierra or newer (2 personal laptops, 1 business laptop and the iMac) exhibits this issue when this, or any other display is connected. These are Macs and displays which worked together just fine prior to Sierra.
...and...
Here you go, directly from her:
My itemized list of other “barely works” issues:
- if the Bluetooth keyboard disconnects itself while the computer is asleep, you can’t log back in unless you have a usb keyboard to type your password. Plugging the keyboard in with the lightning cable does not reconnect it (specifically, Apple's own keyboard exhibits this issue)
- non-Apple Bluetooth keyboards and mice won’t always connect until you log in after restarting, which is a problem when you can’t log in without a keyboard (this happens intermittently but often enough to make me go back to apples god awful carpal tunnel inducing keyboard)
- I have to have WiFi turned on for air drop and unlocking with my apple watch to work (even though the Mac is connected via ethernet to the same LAN as the other devices)
- none of the USB ports put out enough power to charge my iPad (this might be a problem specific to my iMac, I haven’t tried it anywhere else)
- the charge port for the mouse is in the bottom so you can’t use it while it’s charging
I’m sure there’s more that I can’t think of right now
Ok, let's address the multiple Displays issue:
I will agree that that is ridiculous. Macs have had multiple display support since at least 1985, LONG before Windows supported multiple monitors. I run Mavericks, and so haven't experienced this "wonderful new feature"...
After Googling a bit (which I assume you and/or your wife have already done), I came up with three general fixes:
1. Try to force your Monitor to be set to the Input you are actually using (i.e. HDMI) on the Monitor itself, rather than allowing the Monitor to do AutoDetect.
2. Download this new Driver:
http://www.displaylink.com/dow...
Note the Smile of Success from many Users:
https://discussions.apple.com/...
3. Use the Apple USB-C "AV" Adapter.
As for the Bluetooth Issues, I don't know for sure; but I would try trashing your Bluetooth Prefs and Re-Pair the BT Keyboard. If that doesn't work, then I'd trash the SMC Prefs. and see what happens...
As for the USB Power output issue: That is likely working as intended. Apple gave you a nice power adapter for your iPad. Use it.
AirDrop and Unlocking: Again, working as intended. The idea is to insure that your Mac and IPhone/iPad are in close proximity. IIRC, those Services use a Peer-Peer WiFi connection, likely on a different subnet than your LAN. That is on purpose.
Charging Port on bottom of Mouse. Lazy design. I'm not even going to try and justify that one!
Hope this helps!
Apple believes privacy is a fundamental human right
If they believe it they should have no problem updating their legally binding privacy policy to state that fact.
Actions not words Mr Cook, actions, not words. ... err or at least legally binding words rather than marketing soundbites.
Why?
Then you'll just shift to the "Well, that COULD change." strawman.
Too late, recall PRISM.
Information was leaked by CitizenFour showing that Apple, amongst others was on the dole from the Feds selling access to its user base.
Seifert D. (2013, June 6). Secret program gives NSA, FBI backdoor access to Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft data.
That was likely a fake/forgery. Notice on the 4th "Powerpoint Slide", Apple is by itself WAY off to the side, and doesn't just show a date, like the rest of the entries. It looks to me like someone was desperately trying to "convince" the reader that this was "True".
As much as I loathe Apple fanboy-ship, I have to admit that if there are a handful of companies that I trust relatively more about my privacy and data, it's Apple. They actually go out of their way to separate what lives on your phone versus is uploaded to cloud (and they don't want to be in the business of uploading certain data).
Makes me think that they at least have a team on it, versus like a goddamn Verizon-built phone, or HTC, Huawei, or even a Google Pixel or Samsung (and their wild-west-it's-all-good use of Android).
Exactly!
At least SOMEONE has a brain around here...
too bad apple is a walled garden mess full of proprietary garbage that never really works the way you expect it work.
do you still need itunes just to copy a file from your phone to your computer?
If you are talking about iOS, it hasn't truly been a Walled Garden since iOS 8, FOUR years ago.
You can "sideload" any number of Open Source iOS Apps if you have a Mac and XCode.
You can "sideload" any number of Closed Source iOS Apps as ".ipa" Files using the FREE Cydia Impactor. Runs on all major Platforms. And Linux.
Both methods are officially supported by Apple.
Please DO try to keep up, Hater.
Apple also takes money from Google (billions per year to make Safari the default search engine) and likely Facebook (for deep IOS integration). So Apple doesn't take your data - they let others do it for them, and they receive a rich reward to let them do it.
Apple kicked Facebook and Twitter Integration OUT of iOS 11.
Do try to keep up.
"Apple takes your money, not your data"
(Then again vendor lockin with photo software.)
WTF is your snarky parenthetical comment supposed to mean?
... for now.
As an Apple user, I'm honestly surprised by this and don't expect it to continue for much longer.
To be fair, Apple sells actual products and provides services for those products. Facebook just provides a service "for free". Apple doesn't need money from your data while Facebook depends on it. The value of Apple depends on the value their products provide to you. The value of Facebook and their service depends on the value of your data - to you and others.
Exactly.
I got your back Fake Tim Cook :-)
Thanks!
Have you ever even met somebody who is in business selling products?
Retail markup + box + packing + manuals + shrinkwrap + media (CD/DVD) + sales processing (credit card 2% tax) and finally marketing & product placement all take a sizable chunk out of a product's price. The general recommendation I've been told JUST for marketing overhead is 30% of the budget!
Now 30% might seem at the high end of the classic business model but it depends on the market. Apple wants to keep all the gains of going online for themselves rather than for the publishers (who often take an undo share while developers... like everywhere else the value creators often get the least in the chain of leeches.) The App store has a massive exposure with the promise to move much higher volume -- like how major brands PAY for shelf placement in the isles. Apple doesn't yet do a version of this but makes everybody pay more to be in the store.
I don't know if 30% is a good deal. It doesn't sound all that bad if you price accordingly and are clever in selling direct at a lower price-- where it is likely that the App store sales beat your own website... I've noticed more apps going on their store exclusively. They must have done the math for their situation.
Not to mention there are a LOT of FREE Apps on the App Store that Apple earns exactly ZERO percent on. That 30% from Paid Apps partially subsidizes the FREE Apps.
But no one ever stops to factor THAT in.
If it wasn't clear from my original post, my point was Apple charges 30% for In-app purchases...
Most of those "free" apps subsidize their development with in-app purchases of which Apple taxes those customers 30%.
Don't get me wrong, there's lots of good crippleware in the app stores, but everyone has mouths to feed so there must be some paying customers (or deep pocketed VCs)....
1. Doesn't some of that go down to 10 or 15% after a bit?
2. Some App Developers really DON'T want/need to monetize every single thing that comes out of their brain.
3. Google and MS charge the same percentage (I think MS tried to play the race-to-the-bottom game by charging 25%. Big whoop!). So, Apple's calculations must not have been TOO greedy, right?
I'm speaking less in terms of product direction and more in terms of release quality at this point. Yes, bugs happened under Jobs; no, passwords being stored plaintext in log files didn't happen. "Just Works" was true under Jobs; it's still true today, though the definition of "just" has changed from "only" to something more closely resembling "barely". Those aren't my words, I'm paraphrasing my wife, a life-long Apple fangirl.
Well, the list of bugs fixed in iOS 11.3, for example, clearly shows they are on a "Bughunt"; so give that a point-release or so to get better.
https://www.macrumors.com/2018...
And I would imagine that macOS is getting the same fine-toothed-comb treatment.
I'm not sure what your wife's definition of "Barely" is; but I don't have ANY kind of experience that I would call "barely working". I'm pissed-off that the last-most-recent version of TVOS seems to have somewhat broken AirPlay from Safari on my ancient, iOS 9-equipped, iPad 2 (Mirroring still works, though), even though it still works from the YouTube App; but other than that, I report a pretty solid "Just Works" experience.
Apple has driven off a cliff, my friend. Just because it's a long way to the bottom doesn't mean they're not falling or they'll never splatter on the ground below. You don't see it because, from your perspective, they're still hovering in the air cartoon-style, but you surely must recognize the lack of ground beneath them and understand what that means; they haven't built up too much momentum yet to be able to reverse course, but Cook seems to be trying as hard as he can to destroy the Apple experience.
Apple was far from perfect under Jobs, but you could tell they were at least trying to provide the best possible experience. It really doesn't seem like they're even trying anymore.
How can you say that?
Apple surely stumbled around a bit after Jobs "left"; but it does look like they are truly trying to regain their footing. The release of the iMac Pro shows that they still understand what relatively serious users are looking for in a Desktop computer. Even most, if not all, of the "Unix-y" functions that have been eliminated from macOS can be explained as an attempt to "harden" the OS, and besides, anyone who wants those things "back" can easily do so.
In fact, I was VERY glad to see that Apple is not engaging in a "Race to the Bottom" with the new iPad's pricing. In fact, I would have been a bit happier to see the Education price a little MORE "loss-leader-y"; but the addition of Pencil-support shows they don't have "Product-class" blinders on, and are willing to break their own marketing rules occasionally.
And no, I don't think they are hovering in mid-air, Wile E. Coyote-style. I think they are standing quite safely on a mountain of cash, and have PLENTY of time to do course-corrections and adjustments without causing them to auger into the ground!
I am waiting to see what becomes of the Modular Mac Pro, and to a lesser extent, the Mac mini; to see what their course will be for the next few years, Mac and macOS-wise.
But you DO realize, of course, that people have been predicting the Demise of Apple for oh, about FORTY years now, right? I know it doesn't mean it CAN'T happen; just that they have an AWFUL big pile of CASH to slow their fall...
Cook claims Apple doesn't sell data about its users...
Then again, they sell tracking data via their ad network... [typo corrected]
... which is data about its users.
What is this "Ad Network" of which you speak? They killed-off iAds nearly 2 years ago.
The point is, is it does look like their usual modus operandi...
And every slashdot user will say that every time MS does anything that doesn't involve them making something 100% proprietary. They are evil for being incompatible, and they are EEEing when they are compatible. It's a wonderful double standard.
But we're talking about Microsoft; so a little bit of skepticism is likely warranted. Not as much as the Slashdot crowd typically heaps upon them; but some, yes...
Have you ever even met somebody who is in business selling products?
Retail markup + box + packing + manuals + shrinkwrap + media (CD/DVD) + sales processing (credit card 2% tax) and finally marketing & product placement all take a sizable chunk out of a product's price. The general recommendation I've been told JUST for marketing overhead is 30% of the budget!
Now 30% might seem at the high end of the classic business model but it depends on the market. Apple wants to keep all the gains of going online for themselves rather than for the publishers (who often take an undo share while developers... like everywhere else the value creators often get the least in the chain of leeches.) The App store has a massive exposure with the promise to move much higher volume -- like how major brands PAY for shelf placement in the isles. Apple doesn't yet do a version of this but makes everybody pay more to be in the store.
I don't know if 30% is a good deal. It doesn't sound all that bad if you price accordingly and are clever in selling direct at a lower price-- where it is likely that the App store sales beat your own website... I've noticed more apps going on their store exclusively. They must have done the math for their situation.
Not to mention there are a LOT of FREE Apps on the App Store that Apple earns exactly ZERO percent on. That 30% from Paid Apps partially subsidizes the FREE Apps.
But no one ever stops to factor THAT in.
People deride Apple for having high margins. But that is exactly how a company removes temptation to misuse data.
Tim Cook was asked what he would do in this position, and he said "well I wouldn't put myself in this position". In a lot of ways Tim Cook feels the same about the cross tracking ads and things that most of the people on Slashdot does - he doesn't like them, doesn't participate in things like that, and furthermore has had Apple altering browsers to help block cross site tracking...
Apple has a clear path to making money, when a company doesn't you can be sure there is SOME path to making money from you even if you are not paying directly.
Again, right on!
So, you're saying Tim Cook just saved Apple?
Oh, come on!
Apple HARDLY needs "Saving"!!!
Apple users are 'the product' because Apple delivers them to their limited number of sanctioned accessory makers. They've spent years making sure their connectors for add-ons are proprietary, to restrict who is allowed to sell add-ons to their customers.
Apple also restricts who is allowed to sell apps that run on their mobile gadgets. They 'sell' those people to the app developers who they choose to allow in their market.
WTF are you bleating about?
You make about as much sense as the moron Hater you are.
No one forces Apple users or developers to do ANYTHING.
Grow up, Hater.