I HATE APPLE

Apple replaced my new iBook's motherboard while I was in Japan. That's hundreds of dollars worth, at no charge to me. Of course, it shouldn't have failed within six months in the first place...

That's why they charge you double upfront!

Because I don't believe in a company making you pay for a warantee that should be offered for free upfront. I was under the impression that a one-year warantee meant that if something goes wrong in the first year, they actually fix the thing, not put you on the phone with several douchebags who are trying to sell you additional warantees.

Shit, when the first warantee doesn't seem to work, why would I want to buy another one?

But it does sound like you have a problem with your serial number, Jay.

tho when i was waiting there, i did see todd oldham.

My tech experience with Apple has been sensational. A friend called me today to tell me that his mini iPod was replaced in less than five business days, and he also got the new generation mini in place of his old one that had died. No charge.

I've dealt with Dell and Gateway and their CSRs are no better than Apple's. HPs can blow me, they've sucked.

the desktop I have at work running XP has been up and alive for 2 years with barely any reboots. It does everything I want it to do, does it quickly, and I can navigate painlessly without ever touching the mouse if I feel like it.

I was raised on Apple and my first job was DTP on a Mac, followed by audio editing on a Mac, more DTP, and so on. OS 7+ had more than its share of problems and stupid quirks but the hardware was rock solid and at least its behavior was predictable.

Since getting my latest-edition powerbook I've put it through little more than I ever tried to do with my old OS

...OS

My old Quadra used to have a TV Tuner in it and be able to do image captures from live cable broadcasts, then I could import them into my cheap, incredibly easy to use paint program and do whatever with them. I believe it cost approximately half of what my laptop did! My laptop lets me chat and surf the internet. And rip CDs.

Well today it decided it wasn't going to wake up again, ever, as I'm being greeted with a totally white screen.

What's funny is that like doing searches on my own to try to figure out wtf this computer is doing right now (I mean not even the sad face x-eye Mac or the question mark Mac! NOTHING AT ALL! WHITE SCREEN! I know how to handle the other things!), everyone who is reporting similar issues to me is like bitching about how they have all this important blah blah blah they were doing with the Mac prior hand. Is it that no one who has this failure who is only using their Mac for chat, porn, and MP3s can be bothered to get in on the discussions, or is it because they don't die if that's all you use it for? Because yeah, it seems like my sleep problem increases tenfold whenever I've been using my iBook more for writing or photo work. If all I've done on the damn thing is use iChat for two weeks, no problems whatsoever with starting it up, back when it, uh, started up.

What does this imply??? Is there like some inherent instability in the majority of the "native" programs that come bundled with OSX or is this just really fucked up coincidence?

Also it seems that this particular issue with the iBook G3 was so bad they threw the whole "your warranty is expired, give us $500" shenanigans out the window, and searching on this same issue with "Powerbook" has not given me the same results--ARE IBOOKS PIECES OF SHIT? wtf?

*with the exception of my ancient PowerMac that I had when I was 14-15-16, which only died because my sister is a dick.

I am pretty close to deciding to become the female Punisher, except murdering computer firms, instead of bad guys.

And then kind of ran away????

That was pretty funny.

If Apple store in Clarendon cannot do anything for me worthwhile like, I will be coming back up to NYC and hitting u up on the favor, though. I like desperately, desperately need this to work ASAP.

Graphics are nonsense; I had that system and just customized the entire thing with graphics of my choice. Of my choice, since I was like 14 at the time, was like a bunch of lame ass Monty Python cartoons and/or Madonna album covers but what the fuck ever.

You know what else? This lamp-shaped iMac is stupid. There's no reason the screen needs to be this adjustable, and in fact with an LCD screen that has color-shifting problems, it's best if it doesn't move at all. It's only to make the computer more anthropomorphic, more... cute. So people will fall in love with the computer like it's a kitten. Crafty to the point of being kinda evil.

I have thought, on a few occasions, that OS7/8/9's desktop was more customizable than OSX's.

Maybe they are trying too hard to make things look pretty or cute and not spending enough time on making things sensible and working, anymore.

When I've been put off the G5 iMac as my next desktop computer because I hear too many stories about the power supply overheating thanks to them shoving everything in a thin white IKEA slab, it's time to reconsider the role "award-winning design" plays in your product development.

I kind of hate the OS X desktop. I have a menu bar, and a hard drive icon. I don't want a fucking DOCK, I never asked for a fucking DOCK, the whole rest of the computing world gets by without a DOCK. take that shit away and let me pick my own fonts. Dickholes.

In an office where multiple people are using the same computer and there's limited desk space the lamp iMacs have been terrific.

Hold down the trackpad button on startup.

I will be at a loss forever, though, as to why pressing F12 (the eject button) worked to eject The Marriage of Maria Braun not ten minutes earlier, but refused to work just now.

Any suggestions on the other stuff, besides setting the thing on fire?

massive xpost

Font management/selection/preview is atrocious in OS X. I got Suitcase but all that does is move fonts into and out of your Font folder, rather than you going and doing it yourself. Uh alright thanks I guess.

You know what I've never understood about computers? Why should anyone have to "save" anything, ever? Why isn't it just all on there all the time? I spent 3 hours working on some document, you tool, you think I don't want to "save" it? I mean really now.

xpost: you could try shooting it.

Also, today I had a small charge applied to my Apple Wallet for TuneIn radio, which I don't remember ever having to pay for in the past and don't currently have installed on any devices. So now I find out what's going on with that. It's possible that my dad's phone has it installed in my name or something?

A very good customer service person in TuneIn fixed this for me. I don't remember signing up for a new premium subscription, but it seems I did, except it was through my Apple ID, so the real email address was hidden from TuneIn (which is why she couldn't find me) and it didn't show up on my ordinary list of subscriptions. I had to go into Settings - My Name - Apple ID, iCloud Media & Purchases - iCloud - Hide My Email in order to find it. How very annoying.

you can't cmd-tab out but not back again.

you *can* cmd-tab out but not back again.

> if you have two browser windows open and you fullscreen one of them

i just had a thing where i was trying to share a maxed browser window on Teams but it wasn't showing up in the list of shareable windows, like it didn't exist

Dumb ass company can’t even come up with a good charging solution. Gotta grab this fuckin cable on the literal floor or else this hockey puck on my desk in the way of other shit

just wondering ...

on my iphone's lock screen, post update, i now get an intensely colorful/intricate summary of whatever media i have just been playing, whether it's youtube or streaming music or whatever. is it possible to change this?

Press and hold the Lock Screen and you’ll get the customisation options. I changed mine to the weather.

lost my airpods today. second pair i was on. ffs. location tracking was on, but the case battery was flat. i guess it's in the business model, isn't it... airpods do sound incredible to me, but in half a mind to buy decent wired sennheiser earphones, instead. the mic on the airpods is trash and i never made calls with them, anyway...

i have a 10 yr old ipad that i basically only use for youtube. by now the youtube app doesn't work with my old version of ios. looking for fixes online ppl said you could delete the youtube app, go to the app store and download the last supported version. once i do this, the youtube app works for a day or two before i have to go through the same process again. i wonder why this fix works but only for a day or two, does anyone know?

tim apple wants you to buy a new apple ipad

dastardly tim apple has won again, i will have to buy a new one as that workaround doesn't work anymore

Does youtube work in safari? Is upgrading the OS an option or have you reached the supported OS limit?

upgrading the os not possible, after os 12.something my ipad stopped being supported. youtube might work in safari but the ipad had become so slow, each page takes so long to load that it's not worth the hassle. at this point it was just the youtube app that worked. it had a good 10 year run, i can't complain. a new ipad will feel insanely fast once i go ahead and buy one

I run Plex off a horribly old computer running Windows 8.1. I made the mistake of updating my iPad Plex app, which now tells me I need to update my server (which my ancient computer is incapable of).

Is there any way to downgrade my iPad Plex app to the version that actually worked for me a few days ago?

i'm guessing the answer is no, and i'm honestly seething about this

it's not even like it helps apple to make me buy a new windows computer

Isn’t that a plex choice and issue and not an apple one?

i'm switching to infuse to use as my plex client (still using plex server), hoping that will resolve some codec issues i've been having

Infuse absolutely rules. You need the pro subscription for Dolby Atmos decoding I think. Very much worth an annual fee to me.

I imagine there's not an LG client.

I'm kind of annoyed at Plexamp for just not working anymore for me outside my local network but that's another thread probably.

did you switch ISPs, or did your ISP switch to using carrier grade NAT? that'd do it. there are some ways around it.

hgnghgghghhhhhhhghhh

Isn’t that a plex choice and issue and not an apple one?

mostly? but neither of them told me the ramifications of updating and it's apple who never ever lets anyone downgrade

yeah, sucks all around. sounds like Plex made a breaking change to their client software that didn't let it work with older server versions, Apple aggressively wants you to keep your apps up to date, mostly with good reasons, and nobody wants to support old versions of software forever

OK, I really fucking hate Apple suddenly.

Last night I installed the latest Sequoia update, 15.4.1, and now all of a sudden metadata on streaming radio stations doesn't work. I click on WFMU and it shows the station but not the song currently playing. I can click the Favorite star next to the station name and metadata suddenly shows up, but it doesn't update dynamically. If I click away to a different station, no metadata. If I click back to WFMU, metadata is gone and I have to click the star again.

I just got off a tech support call and they said they're phasing out support for metadata on iHeartRadio stations. I said "I don't use iHeartRadio" and he said that was the backend for all internet radio where you get there initially via "Open Stream URL." This is to get people to subscribe to Apple Music and access their internet radio stations that way -- metadata will still be supported there.

So, sorry if this has been covered before, but can the hivemind direct me to their preferred music apps for the Mac? I have an 18,000 track library and a collection of ~40 internet radio stations that I keep up with.

Sorry when you say you “click on WFMU” - are you doing this inside Apple Music?

Yes. I have a bunch of internet radio stations in the desktop Music app that I've accessed via "Open Stream URL" under File, and gathered together in a My Radio playlist. No Apple Music subscription required.

I'm still running Monterey because I'm afraid of losing a whole bunch of software that I regularly use. I may soon have to upgrade to OS...more and more sites are no longer supported by my outdated versions of Chrome and Safari (the best I can run on Monterey) and I can't even buy tickets on my computer anymore, I have to use my phone which is extremely bad with high demand shows. (I already lost out on great seats to at least two shows due to the awkwardness of trying to grab them on the phone.)

*upgrade the OS

WmC it’s going to become more difficult to access IP radio and the metadata that goes with it by methods like this, but that’s going to be an iHeart decision I think - they want you to use their app. I don’t know for sure but it’s likely they’ve done a deal with Apple where if someone accesses iHeart stations via a paid subscription to Apple then you also get the metadata. Either way, the old “open a URL” method - whether via Apple Music or some other way - is going to work less and less.

boooooo

yeah I kind of wonder if that has anything to do with Apple or if Clearchannel's own app doesn't support older macOS, so they're still letting the metadata slip through on platforms their app doesn't support

birdistheword have you tried Firefox? Seems to receive updates on older systems still.

I have not! I will give it a try - thanks matt!

I recommend the “Headphone Accommodations” setting

The move circles in the Fitness app don't take cycling into account!

Okay, if I bike uphill slowly enough it thinks I'm walking ...

What would be nice is multiple instances of music apps. Like I’m in the middle of a long playlist but I want to quickly listen to this other unrelated song but not lose my place

They should also put out an e-ink iPad

I totally agree with the playlist thing. I especially hate if I accidentally click on sample .wav or whatever and it stops the music to play it, as well as copying a hi hat sound etc to my apple music library on all devices lol.

e-ink cannot refresh / be a touch screen quick enough for that kind of thing to work. ever use a touch screen eink kindle? good enough for flipping pages only really. maybe they're alot better now though. I'm all in favor of a return to black and white screens for many tasks though.