Actually, Time Machine runs every two minutes. You can see a countdown timer in the system preferences. Also, Time Machine is dodgy by itself. Apple confirms that after backing up about 10 GB of data, Time Machine may stop working. See here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306932
I've seen this story on several Apple/Mac related news sites yet, and the majority of the comments consisted of Apple apologists telling each other "nothing to worry about, because you still have to enter your admin password".
No hairsplitting intended, but the summary suggests we're talking about OS X (which is the OS for iPhone and iPod touch). Of course we are talking about Mac OS X, which is the operating system used on Macintosh computers.
No harisplitting intended, but the title and summary suggest we're talking about OS X (which is the OS for iPhone and iPod touch). Of course we are talking about Mac OS X, which is the operating system used on Macintosh computers.
-- The DMCA is only applicable in the USA, not in Europe or Asia or indeed any other part of the world.
-- In most European countries, locking mobile phones to providers is either illegal (Belgium) or limited to one or two years, after which it must be unlocked upon the user's request.
So, if you're an American and need a legal, unlocked phone with full Apple warranty, simply wait until it is released in Europe. (Nice chance to visit London, Amsterdam or Paris as well.)
Apart from the false statistics (Belgian beer OUTSELLS Bud!!!..... [small print]...in Belgium[/small print]) I also have at least 10 people in my direct group of friends / colleagues / family who ALL first doubted the Mac and Mac OS X, but then eventually after long long periods of thinking finally switched from Win XP to the Mac.
They are ALL saying things like "I should have done this earlier" and "I'm never going back". Of course this is anecdotal and proves nothing but it shows at least that Macs and OS X have some sort of appeal to many users as soon as they get them.
I can easliy see why this works even better on notebooks, because they are being carried around and shown to groups of people who have never even seen anything other than a Dell with XP. This might spark interest, which might spark a visit to the store.
"Some of us older folk don't run out to get the latest greatest model of everything. Some of us make periodic upgrades when there's truly a major breakthrough, but largely don't change devices until there's a pressing need."
Very true, however I have NEVER removed or replaced the battery of my now three year old Nokia 6230. (Apart from when accessing the SIM card). In fact I have never removed or replaced a cell phone battery in my life.
There are tons of rechargable products that have non-replacable batteries such as electric toothbrushes, razors, etc. Why would a cell phone or an MP3 all of a sudden NEED a replacable battery? Just because a lot of manufacterors do it?
I think Microsoft needs BOTH open, partly open, as well as proprietary competitors. It would be shallow to only ask for one type of competition. If you want to allow individuals to really choose, you should also include the choices you personally won't promote.
This is excactly why I direct everyone to the Apple store when people come to me and ask advice when they have doubts about Windows and want something else.
Having choice is good, having too many choices leads to confusion and self-doubt.
So, this guy, like in Taiwan, like, told me something like, that some company is making metal cases for Apple and stuff, and this is going to be like, some nano-based iPhone. You know, like it's TRUE!
STOP POSTING RUBBISH RUMOURS!
Oh and by the way, if the iPhone is successful, YES there will be follow-up and other models. Look at the iPod. What's new here?
Yes I am a happy Mac user but no, not a fanboi. I haven't tried Vista, still hang on to XP at work and in Parallels virtualisation.
The only reason why I dislike Vista in the first place is the HUGE amount of different versions you can buy.
As a consumer I get sick of all the different ISP's, cell-phone plans, insurance plans etc and now if I want to buy a new OS AGAIN I have to choose between 10 versions of Vista. Why? Why on earth? What do all these versions do and why do I need to do research into that before I can buy?
I guess this is much too confusing for non-savvy normal consumers.
Convergence devices combine loads of features into one, compromising quality and usability. Dedicated devices do less but they do it well. Every user has his/her preference, but I for one always select dedicated devices. Which is why phones will not kill anything other than... other phones.
I live in The Netherlands where we may have special laws about this, but when an electronic device breaks down within 4 days it is simlpy returned to the store it came from for a replacement (ie. NOT a repair).
The buyer has an agreement with the seller and the seller has to deliver goods that work properly. If they fail within 4 days, you simply return it and get another one. If it's an online store, you only pay for postage.
I fail to see why this guy puts up with Apple phone support, going to different stores, etc. Simply go to the store you got it from and demand your money back! Looks like 10 minutes of work to me...
It is of course always easier to file complaints and blame corporations (or the government) than to talk to your own kids and teach them about life, TV ads, fantasy and the real world. Oh and tell them to go to bed at seven.
Why? Because filing a complaint is much easier and more efficient than expressing love, giving attention and spending time to teach important things to kids. Time is money you know!
It uses psync (like rsync but with resource forks etc.) and is generally brilliant. I simply create an incremental duplicate of my entire hard drive to an equally sized other hard drive every day at 6 PM.
All fair and square but the iTunes Store directory does not display the indies. They can only be found by searching or by people who know the exact URL. I myself am having a hard time trying to get people to visit my CDBaby music in iTunes.
So if a regular iTunes visitor won't find indies, how can the indies be thriving?
Reminds me of lift-trashing (or indeed elevator-trashing) stories from the eighties where you book into a large hotel, and then at night use the elevators to visit each floor and then stuff anything movable (paintings, plants, furniture) from the corridors into the elevator until it's full. This also brings people together.
Apple has many patents, including this one. That does not mean that it immediately will be applied in any of Apple's products. Stop spreading rumours based on patents.
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he uses no interpunction puts a couple of spaces to indicate that a new sentence has started and always ends with thanks what a prat thanks
Actually, Time Machine runs every two minutes. You can see a countdown timer in the system preferences. Also, Time Machine is dodgy by itself. Apple confirms that after backing up about 10 GB of data, Time Machine may stop working. See here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306932
I've seen this story on several Apple/Mac related news sites yet, and the majority of the comments consisted of Apple apologists telling each other "nothing to worry about, because you still have to enter your admin password".
/. crowd will be any different.
I wonder if the
No hairsplitting intended, but the summary suggests we're talking about OS X (which is the OS for iPhone and iPod touch). Of course we are talking about Mac OS X, which is the operating system used on Macintosh computers.
No harisplitting intended, but the title and summary suggest we're talking about OS X (which is the OS for iPhone and iPod touch). Of course we are talking about Mac OS X, which is the operating system used on Macintosh computers.
Other things that everyone is forgetting:
-- The DMCA is only applicable in the USA, not in Europe or Asia or indeed any other part of the world.
-- In most European countries, locking mobile phones to providers is either illegal (Belgium) or limited to one or two years, after which it must be unlocked upon the user's request.
So, if you're an American and need a legal, unlocked phone with full Apple warranty, simply wait until it is released in Europe. (Nice chance to visit London, Amsterdam or Paris as well.)
Apart from the false statistics (Belgian beer OUTSELLS Bud!!! ..... [small print]...in Belgium[/small print]) I also have at least 10 people in my direct group of friends / colleagues / family who ALL first doubted the Mac and Mac OS X, but then eventually after long long periods of thinking finally switched from Win XP to the Mac.
They are ALL saying things like "I should have done this earlier" and "I'm never going back". Of course this is anecdotal and proves nothing but it shows at least that Macs and OS X have some sort of appeal to many users as soon as they get them.
I can easliy see why this works even better on notebooks, because they are being carried around and shown to groups of people who have never even seen anything other than a Dell with XP. This might spark interest, which might spark a visit to the store.
What is the deal with half of the world not spelling the various names of Office applications correctly?
iWork, not iWorks
Excel, not Excell
Word, not Words
Is this an inheritance of the "MS Works" suite?
You missed out the last step, which would be
Profit.
"Some of us older folk don't run out to get the latest greatest model of everything. Some of us make periodic upgrades when there's truly a major breakthrough, but largely don't change devices until there's a pressing need."
Very true, however I have NEVER removed or replaced the battery of my now three year old Nokia 6230. (Apart from when accessing the SIM card). In fact I have never removed or replaced a cell phone battery in my life.
There are tons of rechargable products that have non-replacable batteries such as electric toothbrushes, razors, etc. Why would a cell phone or an MP3 all of a sudden NEED a replacable battery? Just because a lot of manufacterors do it?
I think Microsoft needs BOTH open, partly open, as well as proprietary competitors. It would be shallow to only ask for one type of competition. If you want to allow individuals to really choose, you should also include the choices you personally won't promote.
This is excactly why I direct everyone to the Apple store when people come to me and ask advice when they have doubts about Windows and want something else.
Having choice is good, having too many choices leads to confusion and self-doubt.
So, this guy, like in Taiwan, like, told me something like, that some company is making metal cases for Apple and stuff, and this is going to be like, some nano-based iPhone. You know, like it's TRUE!
STOP POSTING RUBBISH RUMOURS!
Oh and by the way, if the iPhone is successful, YES there will be follow-up and other models. Look at the iPod. What's new here?
SlashDotters seem to get entangled in the n-millionth discussion on "Freedom" and open software.
Consumers / potential iPhone-buyers however just say things "I would like to own an iPod that can also make calls" and simply buy one.
Yes I am a happy Mac user but no, not a fanboi. I haven't tried Vista, still hang on to XP at work and in Parallels virtualisation.
The only reason why I dislike Vista in the first place is the HUGE amount of different versions you can buy.
As a consumer I get sick of all the different ISP's, cell-phone plans, insurance plans etc and now if I want to buy a new OS AGAIN I have to choose between 10 versions of Vista. Why? Why on earth? What do all these versions do and why do I need to do research into that before I can buy?
I guess this is much too confusing for non-savvy normal consumers.
So I guess Dell is finally ready for the desktop.
Convergence devices combine loads of features into one, compromising quality and usability. Dedicated devices do less but they do it well. Every user has his/her preference, but I for one always select dedicated devices. Which is why phones will not kill anything other than... other phones.
I live in The Netherlands where we may have special laws about this, but when an electronic device breaks down within 4 days it is simlpy returned to the store it came from for a replacement (ie. NOT a repair).
The buyer has an agreement with the seller and the seller has to deliver goods that work properly. If they fail within 4 days, you simply return it and get another one. If it's an online store, you only pay for postage.
I fail to see why this guy puts up with Apple phone support, going to different stores, etc. Simply go to the store you got it from and demand your money back! Looks like 10 minutes of work to me...
It is of course always easier to file complaints and blame corporations (or the government) than to talk to your own kids and teach them about life, TV ads, fantasy and the real world. Oh and tell them to go to bed at seven.
Why? Because filing a complaint is much easier and more efficient than expressing love, giving attention and spending time to teach important things to kids. Time is money you know!
...in a few days the MacWorld Expo keynote will be done and everyone will be writing and blogging about that, MOAB never to be heard again.
I always use Deja Vu and always keep returning to it: http://propagandaprod.com/
It uses psync (like rsync but with resource forks etc.) and is generally brilliant. I simply create an incremental duplicate of my entire hard drive to an equally sized other hard drive every day at 6 PM.
All fair and square but the iTunes Store directory does not display the indies. They can only be found by searching or by people who know the exact URL. I myself am having a hard time trying to get people to visit my CDBaby music in iTunes.
So if a regular iTunes visitor won't find indies, how can the indies be thriving?
Reminds me of lift-trashing (or indeed elevator-trashing) stories from the eighties where you book into a large hotel, and then at night use the elevators to visit each floor and then stuff anything movable (paintings, plants, furniture) from the corridors into the elevator until it's full. This also brings people together.
Apple has many patents, including this one. That does not mean that it immediately will be applied in any of Apple's products. Stop spreading rumours based on patents.