Someone having a general idea does not constitute prior art. By that measure almost nothing would be patentable. (I'm not saying that would necessarily be a bad thing.)
Doesn't that fall afoul of the "non-obvious" restriction? If something has already been "postulated" in popular culture, e.g. Dick Tracy's Watch, The Jetson's, well EVERYTHING (seriously!), etc, then how is a physical embodiment of that well-known idea then "non-obvious"?
I know, this is stupid. Making calls? Making video calls? Ever see 2001: A space odyssey? Im sure there are older examples of video calling. Isn't that prior art? What the fuck?
Forget 2001. That didn't come out until 1969. "The Jetsons" cartoon featured video calling ALL the time, and that predated 2001 (at least the movie) by at least half a decade.
Not only that, but when I was a kid back in the 1960s, our local museum had a WORKING videophone exhibit by Bell Labs/Western Electric!!!
The supposed "Document" that "proves" that looks to be a forgery. Plus we have Apple's categorical Denial (FWIW).
Notice it is the ONLY name on that PowerPoint "slide" that suspiciously does NOT have a REAL Date. I believe there were other differences too; but I can't remember offhand.
There's a lot wrong with your argument and I was about to write up something, until I saw who was posting it. Everyone above and below me just stop. This man/woman/shill can not be reasoned with. His username says it all.
Actually, if you can come up with an argument based on reason and facts instead of my username, I'm all eyes...
Anyone who has argued with me (other than ridiculous ACs) would tell you that I do, in fact, readily concede "defeat" when it is obvious that I have made a wrong assumption, or don't have the facts.
But, since you have dismissed me outright, rather than responding to the assertions in my OP, it is you that apparently "cannot be reasoned with". Or rather, choose not to be reasoned with.
But it's the nature of a 'personal assistant' to tie it to a search engine. In Apple's case, these days, it's Bing, Do you think that's any more private than competing services - just because the searches originate from Apple?
I don't know if it's any more private; but I do know that any "personal identifying information" does not leave Apple; so, in that sense, maybe so.
But I don't remember this discussion specifically being about Siri, or "Digital Assistants". However, I do know that you can always ask Siri to "Search for [Search Term] on [Search Engine]", and it will, regardless of the Default. I wonder if the same works with "Hey, Google"...?
So, with that in mind, you actually can make searches "more private" with Apple's "Digital Assistant".
Google needs to say, "NO" you ship a clean android and your add on crap is in the application world that CAN BE UNINSTALLED by the end user. They also need to demand that at least all updates to the OS be pushed to phones within 30 days of release, none of this bullshit like AT&T pulls with security updates showing 6-12 months later.
I'm pretty obviously no Google fanboi; but I've been saying this for several years now.
But the FOSSies keep saying that "Android is Open Sores! Google CAN'T Control it!"
Bullshit. You can put ANYTHING into an OEM Contract you want, and believe me, those handset makers and Carriers will sign-off on it; because the alternative is that they actually have to MAINTAIN a Fork of Android THEMSELVES, and not even Slamdung wants THAT headache!
So, the only conclusion to be drawn is that Android is the steaming pile of fuck that it is, PRECISELY because that's the way Google wants it.
Think about it before you try to defend the indefensible.
Only if you count all the out of date crap. I dont count ANY phone not running Android 6 as being a part of the "market" The crap level phones that run 4.x and 5.x just dont count.... unless we want to count all the apple phones stuck at out of date OS releases.
Sorry, that $49.00 prepaid tracphone running android 4.x is not an android phone in the market. It's an embarassment.
Why would Apple ever care about your privacy more than their profits?
Two reasons:
1. They really DO have a longstanding corporate culture of NOT selling-out their customer base. That is because they have always fancied themselves as a Hardware company (which they are), who's profits are based on sales of Hardware, not Customer-Data.
2. Because they have (rightly) sensed that they are getting a reputation for being one of the few (or maybe only) large tech companies that does value their Customers' privacy, and as a result, there is no disconnect between that stance and increased profits. In fact, the more the national (and international) mood swings against the Panopticon, the more attractive Apple looks to a lot of people.
that would mean google betting on videos not violating copyright, if they keep it up after being told it is violating copyright they risk being sued for hosting copyrighted content, if they take it down immediately they can't be sued; the "safe harbour" part of the DMCA
Right. I had forgotten about the Safe Harbor provision when I wrote my OP. Hazards of Posting While Distracted (by work).
Your username is "Macs for all" for fucks sake, and *I* was talking about iOS, you know, an Apple product.
MACS.4.ALL
Go away you dozy bastard
As usual with these ad Hominem attacks based on my username, you spend so much vitriol on that, you never get around to addressing the SUBSTANCE of my question.
o be wired (ethernet or HD video), not wifi or OTA video
o if data, be connected locally only, via LAN
o if data, not be hooked to "the cloud" ("cloud" is a synonym for "I have no privacy or security... or clue, but I digress")
o if data, never be accessible from outside the LAN
o if data, be behind a dedicated firewall (ideally, multiple firewalls) or on a completely isolated network
o be recording locally (DVR or equivalent) on a physically secure DVR/etc.
o utilize armored, hidden cabling and armored, difficult to access camera mounts
Skip any of this, and you're just inviting unauthorized use of your video feeds.
I "pass" all of those in my home security system. Even though my cameras have WiFi, it is disabled (and the antenna removed and plugged-off), and the feed is through shielded Cat 5e. The cable exits out the back of the camera-bracket and straight through the wall of my house. The camera is 30 ft. in the air. It would take someone several minutes of ladder-hauling and setup (all in plain-view of my neighbors) to get physical access.
Oh yes: I most definitely have a password.
If I ever go on vacation, I will find a way to (semi) securely make my cameras accessible through my router, probably with a Port-Trigger or similar.
I think that is sufficient for a home security system.
Why are Universities implementing garbage like this? This is just a webcam search engine mashed together with a police database. Universities are supposed to be doing novel research, not re-implementations of existing ideas.
Because it's civil forfeiture: you're not innocent or guilty, it is your video that is presumed guilty, and videos/property have no rights. They charge the video for being an illegal copy and take it away. Just like driving with a large amount of cash for purpose of attending an auction is presumed to be carrying drug money.
According to this site, even though the DMCA is not strictly in 18 U.S.C., violations of the DMCA are both civil and criminal in nature.
But I understand how slippery Persecutors can be with Civil "forfeiture" laws (e.g. United States v. 1997 Buick Skylark (made-up case name)) etc., and amazingly, the frickin' Supremes have completely disregarded the nonsense "logic" of this concept, and even UPHELD this unconstitutional skulduggery that completely sidesteps the constitution by "suing" an inanimate object. So, maybe you're right. Afterall, whether it's a Pirate Ship, or a stack of cash in the trunk of your car, neither had the sentience nor the independent will to commit a crime.
Now all we need is a brilliant attorney to make that argument stick.
All I know is the whole concept of Civil Forfeiture makes my brain hurt!
and just refuse to take down the ALLEGEDLY "offending" video until a COURT ORDER is issued.... I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says. The Constitution trumps all.
Sure, but then you lose your safe harbor protection under DMCA. Youtube would be getting prosecuted for copyright infringement rather than the video poster. Youtube is not going to take on that liability for any reason.
I actually forgot about the Safe Harbor provision when I wrote my OP.
That really DOES take the "fight" out of the "Content Provider's" hands, and puts it right where it belongs; between the "aggrieved parties".
That is probably the ONLY semi-reasonable thing in that damnable piece of legislation.
And also Microsoft. Remember that MS-DOS was a renaming of Seattle Computer Products' QDOS, which itself was an API clone of CP/M.
If the jury rules for Oracle, that means Microsoft will owe billions to the estate of Gary Kildall.
And that SCO will rise from the dead once again...
Because instead of brainlessly taking down any video because of a DMCA request they could run it through a sanity check first, but that would take a little bit of effort, so its just easier not to piss off the people with money to sue you.
Or, howabout they just follow the longstanding and bright-line Doctrine of "Innocent until PROVEN guilty", and just refuse to take down the ALLEGEDLY "offending" video until a COURT ORDER is issued?
Anything else (and any law to the contrary) is blatantly Unconstitutional, and void ab initio. I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says. The Constitution trumps all.
No Court could find differently; and it's HIGH-TIME that that was Tested...
Android boomed because it could do what iPhone couldn't. Like copy&paste.
Boy, you really had to dig-deep for THAT one!
Let's see: How long was it before iOS included Copy & Paste?
Well, the first iPhone was actually Released for sale in June or July, 2007. iPhoneOS 3.0 (it wasn't even called iOS yet!) introduced Copy/Cut/Paste/Undo/Redo in March, 2009. So, essentially, there isn't an iPhone "alive" today that doesn't do Copy & Paste. Not for a long, long time.
Now, let's talk about something a little more important, like Android and its Permissions Model, vs. iOS'...
Apple staunchly block access and configuration to ALL kinds of things, it's "Apples way or the highway" with a SHITLOAD of their devices and software. It's why Android boomed at the start.
To try and defend them of this, on the semantics of one thing is laughable. You're fighting a battle which was lost years ago.
Who was talking about Android?
Apple doesn't often actually "Block Access" to stuff in OS X. They don't provide a nice GUI way to configure for a lot of things; but if you're willing to edit a.plist file, you can usually "get there".
But, we're talking about OS X, not iOS, and especially not talking about Android. YOU brought THAT into the conversation as a strawman.
Now, if you care to back-up your bald assertions of "block[ing] access and configuration to all kinds of things" vis-a-vis OS X, give me some examples. Otherwise, STFU.
Thank you for these tips on making my Mac less obnoxious.
It's also reassuring that you don't think I need to replace it.
While I do appreciate your suggestions, I do think that you need to work on your mentoring style. It seems more appropriate to the Marines than us more gentle civilians. Perhaps if you were less strident people might like you better.
LOL! I DO apologize for my "strident" (I would say more like "spastic"!) "mentoring" style! I'm really NOT like that!!!
But I am glad you saw through my drubbing to extract the few nuggets of information I provided in amongst the un-called-for insults!
Sometimes, after battling with some truly uncivilized Anonymous Cowards on here, I tend to get "trigger-happy".
Again, please accept my apologies, and if you have any further questions, please let me know. I promise not to bite off your head and sh** down your neck! (Quoting "Gunny" in Full Metal Jacket)...
I truly was serious that I think you don't need to replace your Mac. Having said that, I don't know how much RAM you have in that MBA, and if it is only 4 GB, it is almost guaranteed to be a little slower overall than a machine with more RAM. That's just a fact of life, regardless of the OS. Having said that, I only have 4 GB in my MBP, and have done some fairly resource-heavy stuff such as 16 simultaneous tracks of Multitrack Recording/Editing in Logic Pro, Editing Video in Final Cut Pro X, DVD Authoring in iDVD, etc. And I can't think of a time when I felt like I was in "Swap-File Hell" like with my work's Windows 7 laptop.
If you think you'd like to try out Linux to see if you REALLY like it better than OS X, you can certainly either setup Linux on a USB Drive and boot from that, or use Disk Utility to (non-destructively) Partition an (unused) area of your Hard Drive into another Volume and install a Linux on that. Then, you can hold down the "Option" key on Bootup, and be presented with a "Bootloader" that will easily let you start up in either Linux or OS X.
I think it's a terrible hotkey, backspace? It's an awful idea, pretty sure I use ALT back as well. That being said, when people fuck with your workflow, it's frustrating.
Chrome loves to not give a shit about standards or let people customise things. They are as arrogant as Apple.
I have a 2010 Macbook Air.
Performance did get worse with each update of OSX and I was told that El Capitan would be better but I didn't notice an improvement. Lately, Chrome has been burning up the machine which goes to 100% and full fans when opening more than a few tabs... some weird stuff there so I switched back to Firefox.
My UI comments are in comparison to Linux (I haven't used Windows for 15 years). My reference to toy UI refers specifically to the "skeumorphic" UI which I find childish and counterproductive.
Now I KNOW you're lying!
For the last two or three major revs., OS X has almost completely removed the skeumorphic and "lickable" 3-D-ish design elements. In fact, Scott Forrestal was basically fired over the design war between his love of skeumorphic UI and Jonny Ive's love of "minimalism". Ive won. So, unless you are talking about certain design elements in Logic Pro, you will be hard pressed to find many skeumorphic applications in El Capitain.
I did enjoy Spotlight at first but for some reason later updates to it have made it almost useless. I used iMovie occasionally but, again updates made it confusing and difficult. I avoid iTunes like the plague but it (and iCloud) keep intruding.
You aren't very smart, are you?
Spotlight has actually gotten better, and they have improved the interface in El Capitan. But apparently you can't handle ANY change whatsoever.
As for iMovie, I disliked the new UI at first, but they actually SIMPLIFIED it. Once I messed around a little, and did a little online searching, I found that it is, overall, a little better than before. Having said that, I was pretty glad that Apple still offers iMovie HD 6 for download. Install that, and you will be right back to that old familiar iMovie.
Don't like iTunes? DELETE IT. Done. And the only time iCloud "intrudes" for me is at startup, when it prompts me for a password. I click "Cancel", and that's the last I EVER see of it. But, if you find even that too "intrusive", you can completely tell it to go away:
Now wasn't that hard? It took me about 30 seconds on Google...
I appreciate OSX Unix roots but the substitution of the "Command" key for the standard Control key for some (but not all) functions is something that just keeps irritating me.
If you are referring to Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo/Redo, as a person that goes back and forth between OS X and Windows, that is the hardest thing to retrain. HOWEVER, you have it exactly backwards; those concepts ( and the keyboard shortcuts therto) actually ORIGINATED ON THE MAC in 1984 (and in fact, might even go further back to the Lisa). It is the OTHER OSes that COPIED THE CONCEPT, but didn't have the Mac's Command Key; so THEY Substituted the Control Key for Apple's Command Key.
Next time, learn some history...
And although you CAN reassign MOST keyboard shortcuts in OS X in the Keyboard Preference Pane in System Preferences, the shortcuts above are a bit more "intrinsic". HOWEVER, the last time I tried to do that was in OS X 10.2, so they might be more well-behaved at this point. having said that, the tool "Keyboard Maestro", while not free, could even reassign the "editing" keys; so you might want to check it out.
And actually, it is INDEED much easier now. You don't need Keyboard Maestro at all...
The "Finder" program has been inexplicably crashing since El Capitan. I just don't understand how they can screw up a simple basic file list.
Maybe because it is much more than that. You really ARE dull, aren't you?
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Someone having a general idea does not constitute prior art. By that measure almost nothing would be patentable. (I'm not saying that would necessarily be a bad thing.)
Doesn't that fall afoul of the "non-obvious" restriction? If something has already been "postulated" in popular culture, e.g. Dick Tracy's Watch, The Jetson's, well EVERYTHING (seriously!), etc, then how is a physical embodiment of that well-known idea then "non-obvious"?
I know, this is stupid. Making calls? Making video calls? Ever see 2001: A space odyssey? Im sure there are older examples of video calling. Isn't that prior art? What the fuck?
Forget 2001. That didn't come out until 1969. "The Jetsons" cartoon featured video calling ALL the time, and that predated 2001 (at least the movie) by at least half a decade.
Not only that, but when I was a kid back in the 1960s, our local museum had a WORKING videophone exhibit by Bell Labs/Western Electric!!!
Apple already participated in Prism.
Prove it.
The supposed "Document" that "proves" that looks to be a forgery. Plus we have Apple's categorical Denial (FWIW).
Notice it is the ONLY name on that PowerPoint "slide" that suspiciously does NOT have a REAL Date. I believe there were other differences too; but I can't remember offhand.
See? That's what the same breathless stories about Apple amount to.
We are impressed that you know so much about Android and can lend your wise and impartial opinion to this discussion.
Funny that you didn't bitch about the GP. Why's that?
How do you know it doesn't leave Apple? Because Tim told you so?
Can't prove a negative. That is an illegal debate tactic.
Since it is you that have challenged my hypothesis, it is you that has to prove that it does "leave Apple" (with identifying information included).
But of course, being an ANONYMOUS COWARD, you can't be bothered to back up your counter-argument.
There's a lot wrong with your argument and I was about to write up something, until I saw who was posting it. Everyone above and below me just stop. This man/woman/shill can not be reasoned with. His username says it all.
Actually, if you can come up with an argument based on reason and facts instead of my username, I'm all eyes...
Anyone who has argued with me (other than ridiculous ACs) would tell you that I do, in fact, readily concede "defeat" when it is obvious that I have made a wrong assumption, or don't have the facts.
But, since you have dismissed me outright, rather than responding to the assertions in my OP, it is you that apparently "cannot be reasoned with". Or rather, choose not to be reasoned with.
Good job!
But it's the nature of a 'personal assistant' to tie it to a search engine. In Apple's case, these days, it's Bing, Do you think that's any more private than competing services - just because the searches originate from Apple?
I don't know if it's any more private; but I do know that any "personal identifying information" does not leave Apple; so, in that sense, maybe so.
;-)
But I don't remember this discussion specifically being about Siri, or "Digital Assistants". However, I do know that you can always ask Siri to "Search for [Search Term] on [Search Engine]", and it will, regardless of the Default. I wonder if the same works with "Hey, Google"...?
So, with that in mind, you actually can make searches "more private" with Apple's "Digital Assistant".
Now, aren't you glad you brought that up?
Just because Apple isn't rolling out more advanced features doesn't mean they aren't spending on R&D privately.
Heck, they're not even being "private" about it. The SEC takes care of that...
Google needs to say, "NO" you ship a clean android and your add on crap is in the application world that CAN BE UNINSTALLED by the end user. They also need to demand that at least all updates to the OS be pushed to phones within 30 days of release, none of this bullshit like AT&T pulls with security updates showing 6-12 months later.
I'm pretty obviously no Google fanboi; but I've been saying this for several years now.
But the FOSSies keep saying that "Android is Open Sores! Google CAN'T Control it!"
Bullshit. You can put ANYTHING into an OEM Contract you want, and believe me, those handset makers and Carriers will sign-off on it; because the alternative is that they actually have to MAINTAIN a Fork of Android THEMSELVES, and not even Slamdung wants THAT headache!
So, the only conclusion to be drawn is that Android is the steaming pile of fuck that it is, PRECISELY because that's the way Google wants it.
Think about it before you try to defend the indefensible.
Only if you count all the out of date crap. I dont count ANY phone not running Android 6 as being a part of the "market" The crap level phones that run 4.x and 5.x just dont count.... unless we want to count all the apple phones stuck at out of date OS releases.
Sorry, that $49.00 prepaid tracphone running android 4.x is not an android phone in the market. It's an embarassment.
This. This. A Thousand-Times This!
Why would Apple ever care about your privacy more than their profits?
Two reasons:
1. They really DO have a longstanding corporate culture of NOT selling-out their customer base. That is because they have always fancied themselves as a Hardware company (which they are), who's profits are based on sales of Hardware, not Customer-Data.
2. Because they have (rightly) sensed that they are getting a reputation for being one of the few (or maybe only) large tech companies that does value their Customers' privacy, and as a result, there is no disconnect between that stance and increased profits. In fact, the more the national (and international) mood swings against the Panopticon, the more attractive Apple looks to a lot of people.
that would mean google betting on videos not violating copyright, if they keep it up after being told it is violating copyright they risk being sued for hosting copyrighted content, if they take it down immediately they can't be sued; the "safe harbour" part of the DMCA
Right. I had forgotten about the Safe Harbor provision when I wrote my OP. Hazards of Posting While Distracted (by work).
Your username is "Macs for all" for fucks sake, and *I* was talking about iOS, you know, an Apple product.
MACS.4.ALL
Go away you dozy bastard
As usual with these ad Hominem attacks based on my username, you spend so much vitriol on that, you never get around to addressing the SUBSTANCE of my question.
And WTF does "dozy" mean, anyway?
Security camera systems should:
o be wired (ethernet or HD video), not wifi or OTA video o if data, be connected locally only, via LAN o if data, not be hooked to "the cloud" ("cloud" is a synonym for "I have no privacy or security... or clue, but I digress") o if data, never be accessible from outside the LAN o if data, be behind a dedicated firewall (ideally, multiple firewalls) or on a completely isolated network o be recording locally (DVR or equivalent) on a physically secure DVR/etc. o utilize armored, hidden cabling and armored, difficult to access camera mounts
Skip any of this, and you're just inviting unauthorized use of your video feeds.
I "pass" all of those in my home security system. Even though my cameras have WiFi, it is disabled (and the antenna removed and plugged-off), and the feed is through shielded Cat 5e. The cable exits out the back of the camera-bracket and straight through the wall of my house. The camera is 30 ft. in the air. It would take someone several minutes of ladder-hauling and setup (all in plain-view of my neighbors) to get physical access.
Oh yes: I most definitely have a password.
If I ever go on vacation, I will find a way to (semi) securely make my cameras accessible through my router, probably with a Port-Trigger or similar.
I think that is sufficient for a home security system.
Why are Universities implementing garbage like this? This is just a webcam search engine mashed together with a police database. Universities are supposed to be doing novel research, not re-implementations of existing ideas.
One word: Indiana.
Being an Indianan myself, I can say that.
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Because it's civil forfeiture: you're not innocent or guilty, it is your video that is presumed guilty, and videos/property have no rights. They charge the video for being an illegal copy and take it away. Just like driving with a large amount of cash for purpose of attending an auction is presumed to be carrying drug money.
According to this site, even though the DMCA is not strictly in 18 U.S.C., violations of the DMCA are both civil and criminal in nature.
But I understand how slippery Persecutors can be with Civil "forfeiture" laws (e.g. United States v. 1997 Buick Skylark (made-up case name)) etc., and amazingly, the frickin' Supremes have completely disregarded the nonsense "logic" of this concept, and even UPHELD this unconstitutional skulduggery that completely sidesteps the constitution by "suing" an inanimate object. So, maybe you're right. Afterall, whether it's a Pirate Ship, or a stack of cash in the trunk of your car, neither had the sentience nor the independent will to commit a crime.
Now all we need is a brilliant attorney to make that argument stick.
All I know is the whole concept of Civil Forfeiture makes my brain hurt!
and just refuse to take down the ALLEGEDLY "offending" video until a COURT ORDER is issued.... I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says. The Constitution trumps all.
Sure, but then you lose your safe harbor protection under DMCA. Youtube would be getting prosecuted for copyright infringement rather than the video poster. Youtube is not going to take on that liability for any reason.
I actually forgot about the Safe Harbor provision when I wrote my OP.
That really DOES take the "fight" out of the "Content Provider's" hands, and puts it right where it belongs; between the "aggrieved parties".
That is probably the ONLY semi-reasonable thing in that damnable piece of legislation.
And also Microsoft. Remember that MS-DOS was a renaming of Seattle Computer Products' QDOS, which itself was an API clone of CP/M. If the jury rules for Oracle, that means Microsoft will owe billions to the estate of Gary Kildall.
And that SCO will rise from the dead once again...
Because instead of brainlessly taking down any video because of a DMCA request they could run it through a sanity check first, but that would take a little bit of effort, so its just easier not to piss off the people with money to sue you.
Or, howabout they just follow the longstanding and bright-line Doctrine of "Innocent until PROVEN guilty", and just refuse to take down the ALLEGEDLY "offending" video until a COURT ORDER is issued?
Anything else (and any law to the contrary) is blatantly Unconstitutional, and void ab initio. I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says. The Constitution trumps all.
No Court could find differently; and it's HIGH-TIME that that was Tested...
Android boomed because it could do what iPhone couldn't. Like copy&paste.
Boy, you really had to dig-deep for THAT one!
Let's see: How long was it before iOS included Copy & Paste?
Well, the first iPhone was actually Released for sale in June or July, 2007. iPhoneOS 3.0 (it wasn't even called iOS yet!) introduced Copy/Cut/Paste/Undo/Redo in March, 2009. So, essentially, there isn't an iPhone "alive" today that doesn't do Copy & Paste. Not for a long, long time.
Now, let's talk about something a little more important, like Android and its Permissions Model, vs. iOS'...
Talk about semantics, lol.
Apple staunchly block access and configuration to ALL kinds of things, it's "Apples way or the highway" with a SHITLOAD of their devices and software. It's why Android boomed at the start.
To try and defend them of this, on the semantics of one thing is laughable. You're fighting a battle which was lost years ago.
Who was talking about Android?
.plist file, you can usually "get there".
Apple doesn't often actually "Block Access" to stuff in OS X. They don't provide a nice GUI way to configure for a lot of things; but if you're willing to edit a
But, we're talking about OS X, not iOS, and especially not talking about Android. YOU brought THAT into the conversation as a strawman.
Now, if you care to back-up your bald assertions of "block[ing] access and configuration to all kinds of things" vis-a-vis OS X, give me some examples. Otherwise, STFU.
Thank you for these tips on making my Mac less obnoxious. It's also reassuring that you don't think I need to replace it.
While I do appreciate your suggestions, I do think that you need to work on your mentoring style. It seems more appropriate to the Marines than us more gentle civilians. Perhaps if you were less strident people might like you better.
LOL! I DO apologize for my "strident" (I would say more like "spastic"!) "mentoring" style! I'm really NOT like that!!!
But I am glad you saw through my drubbing to extract the few nuggets of information I provided in amongst the un-called-for insults!
Sometimes, after battling with some truly uncivilized Anonymous Cowards on here, I tend to get "trigger-happy".
Again, please accept my apologies, and if you have any further questions, please let me know. I promise not to bite off your head and sh** down your neck! (Quoting "Gunny" in Full Metal Jacket)...
I truly was serious that I think you don't need to replace your Mac. Having said that, I don't know how much RAM you have in that MBA, and if it is only 4 GB, it is almost guaranteed to be a little slower overall than a machine with more RAM. That's just a fact of life, regardless of the OS. Having said that, I only have 4 GB in my MBP, and have done some fairly resource-heavy stuff such as 16 simultaneous tracks of Multitrack Recording/Editing in Logic Pro, Editing Video in Final Cut Pro X, DVD Authoring in iDVD, etc. And I can't think of a time when I felt like I was in "Swap-File Hell" like with my work's Windows 7 laptop.
If you think you'd like to try out Linux to see if you REALLY like it better than OS X, you can certainly either setup Linux on a USB Drive and boot from that, or use Disk Utility to (non-destructively) Partition an (unused) area of your Hard Drive into another Volume and install a Linux on that. Then, you can hold down the "Option" key on Bootup, and be presented with a "Bootloader" that will easily let you start up in either Linux or OS X.
I think it's a terrible hotkey, backspace? It's an awful idea, pretty sure I use ALT back as well. That being said, when people fuck with your workflow, it's frustrating.
Chrome loves to not give a shit about standards or let people customise things. They are as arrogant as Apple.
Right. those arrogant bastards at Apple won't let you configure ANYTHING like Keyboard Shortcuts....
I have a 2010 Macbook Air. Performance did get worse with each update of OSX and I was told that El Capitan would be better but I didn't notice an improvement. Lately, Chrome has been burning up the machine which goes to 100% and full fans when opening more than a few tabs... some weird stuff there so I switched back to Firefox. My UI comments are in comparison to Linux (I haven't used Windows for 15 years). My reference to toy UI refers specifically to the "skeumorphic" UI which I find childish and counterproductive.
Now I KNOW you're lying!
For the last two or three major revs., OS X has almost completely removed the skeumorphic and "lickable" 3-D-ish design elements. In fact, Scott Forrestal was basically fired over the design war between his love of skeumorphic UI and Jonny Ive's love of "minimalism". Ive won. So, unless you are talking about certain design elements in Logic Pro, you will be hard pressed to find many skeumorphic applications in El Capitain.
I did enjoy Spotlight at first but for some reason later updates to it have made it almost useless. I used iMovie occasionally but, again updates made it confusing and difficult. I avoid iTunes like the plague but it (and iCloud) keep intruding.
You aren't very smart, are you?
Spotlight has actually gotten better, and they have improved the interface in El Capitan. But apparently you can't handle ANY change whatsoever.
As for iMovie, I disliked the new UI at first, but they actually SIMPLIFIED it. Once I messed around a little, and did a little online searching, I found that it is, overall, a little better than before. Having said that, I was pretty glad that Apple still offers iMovie HD 6 for download. Install that, and you will be right back to that old familiar iMovie.
Don't like iTunes? DELETE IT. Done. And the only time iCloud "intrudes" for me is at startup, when it prompts me for a password. I click "Cancel", and that's the last I EVER see of it. But, if you find even that too "intrusive", you can completely tell it to go away:
Adjusting iCloud Settings in El Capitan
Now wasn't that hard? It took me about 30 seconds on Google...
I appreciate OSX Unix roots but the substitution of the "Command" key for the standard Control key for some (but not all) functions is something that just keeps irritating me.
If you are referring to Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo/Redo, as a person that goes back and forth between OS X and Windows, that is the hardest thing to retrain. HOWEVER, you have it exactly backwards; those concepts ( and the keyboard shortcuts therto) actually ORIGINATED ON THE MAC in 1984 (and in fact, might even go further back to the Lisa). It is the OTHER OSes that COPIED THE CONCEPT, but didn't have the Mac's Command Key; so THEY Substituted the Control Key for Apple's Command Key.
Next time, learn some history...
And although you CAN reassign MOST keyboard shortcuts in OS X in the Keyboard Preference Pane in System Preferences, the shortcuts above are a bit more "intrinsic". HOWEVER, the last time I tried to do that was in OS X 10.2, so they might be more well-behaved at this point. having said that, the tool "Keyboard Maestro", while not free, could even reassign the "editing" keys; so you might want to check it out.
And actually, it is INDEED much easier now. You don't need Keyboard Maestro at all...
The "Finder" program has been inexplicably crashing since El Capitan. I just don't understand how they can screw up a simple basic file list.
Maybe because it is much more than that. You really ARE dull, aren't you?