I HATE APPLE

What is this bug

http://www.macworld.com/article/158968/2011/04/bugsandfixes_font_problems.html

that article is wrong in a few particulars. the bug doesn't just happen with PDFs, it happens with EVERY app that uses the apple printing system (because the printing system uses PDF as an interim step in creating a print job). the only apps exempt from the bug are apps that use their own printing system (like some adobe design apps). it also appears not to be just limited to postscript opentype fonts, as the article says.

if you want to live dangerously you can try this hack:

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/04/21/possible-fix-for-font-issues-in-10-6-7/

oh man. guess i'll wait for 10.6.8.

the apple i phones are pretty good

apparently you can also convert OT PS fonts to get around the issue:

It's been confirmed by many now that the security patch relating to fonts in the 10.6.7 update is the cause of the Opentype Postscript font issue, particularly in the fact that 10.6.7 will no longer render the glyphs correctly in Opentype Postscript fonts for PDF creation, printing, and in screen display using certain programs. For those who have had issues with other fonts they are likely related to corrupt font cache, which tends to occur over time and/or with system updates like this one. For those without this problem, you are either lucky as **** or you aren't using an OT PS font in the manner which causes the issue. Regardless, this problem exists and is directly related to the 10.6.7 security path to fonts.

If you absolutely do not want to revert to 10.6.6 and you must be able to create PDFs or print with Opentype Postscript fonts from applications other than Adobe (minus Flash Pro), use the free workaround of X11 and Font Forge. We have used Font Forge to convert needed OT PS fonts to TrueType format to work around this issue until Apple provides a fix. Install X11 from your Mac OS X install disc or download from Apple's website, then install Font Forge (just Google it!). Open the fonts you need converted from OT PS to TrueType and then select File>Generate TTC... This will easily convert your font to TrueType and it will then work in ALL applications with PDF creation and printing. I'm as ticked as many others since YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS! However given the fact that Apple has not addressed this issue yet and there's no word on a fix coming soon, this will solve your issue for now. Hope this helps!

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/896/cpsid_89637.html

Fucking bug; Portal 2 needs 10.6.7.

the font bug is fixed now:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377

Providing mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy has raised some very complex technical issues which are hard to communicate in a soundbite. Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education about these issues to date.

/pr/library

Seems reasonable. Broadcom and Atheros (WiFi chipset makers) also maintain databases like this for AGPS (assisted GPS) functionality. Everyone is trying to avoid paying SkyHook big licensing fees.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

It's actually paint on glass!

Apple acknowledging that Apple doesn't communicate properly? Did I wake up in Lindsay Lohan's head?

Gruber will be such a smug arsehole this morning. No I'm not going there to check.

so why was it delayed?

The two cited reasons I've seen were both related to quality control and the white paint. Apparently the appearance was so-so, and the original batch had an issue where light could actually leak through the paint and cause the proximity sensors to malfunction. Or so they claimed.

From Apple's Phil Schiller:

"It was challenging," Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller said during a joint interview with CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday. "It's not as simple as making something white. There's a lot more that goes into both the material science of it - how it holds up over time... but also in how it all works with the sensors."

i would imagine that white shows stress cracks more over time. w/black you don't see it.

That mlb.tv crap is STILL all over my Apple TV. Not impressed.

It's like if you buy a bag of carrots and it goes carrot-carrot-carrot-carrot-JUSTIN BIEBER DOLL-carrot-carrot

http://www.macstories.net/news/inside-apple-reveals-steve-jobs-anecdotes-apples-little-known-facts/

hey everybody, guess what, steve jobs is a control freak

also apple is going to shit after jobs leaves

Not surprised by the MobileMe hiding tbh, that thing was a disaster.

I imagine anybody executive who fails gets the Darth Vader treatment a la empire strikes back

i am going to go out later today to see if the new issue of fortune w/ the big apple story is out

\(^o^)/

also, the new new yorker has an article about pixar in it. i might get that too

you can get it on your ipad, nerd.

shaame

full disclosure: i had the same two thoughts

http://i54.tinypic.com/scb0wi.gif

http://uk.gizmodo.com/5801275/you-cant-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-the-new-imacs

thats what external drives are for i guess. as a mbp user i have 3 external drives - 1 500GB, 1 1TB and I just got a new 1TB. its pretty ridiculous but it does get you in the habit of saving your docs externally so if the thing dies im not going to cry over lost data.

i should back stuff up one tof these days.

nothing shocking in that macstories / fortune article to me, that just sounds like how a successful company should be run, frankly.

Really need to stop listening to Gruber's podcast. This week he "doesn't get" why a Google Chromebook costs $20 a month to rent, he's "never heard" of the iFlow iPhone app and he's "really surprised" Steve Ballmer is still CEO of Microsoft. Co-host Dan Benjamin "doesn't get" how you copy music onto an Android phone. It's amazing how these technological savants managed to adapt to iOs after being raised on Macs.

Gruber is a zombie best ignored. If ever he announces anything of worth all the tech sites pass it on anyway.

Daring Fireball is still in my RSS feed (mainly cuz it mostly consists of quickly read one-liners) but yeah it's getting increasingly cringeworthy

It's just told-ya-so posturing and a level of arrogance that makes Jobs look humble.

i have my first appointment with a genius tomorrow. hard drive died. i've already replaced it myself, but i want them to pay for the new drive, so i'm putting the dead one back in for my genius date. i think this is actually my first hardware problem in the post apple store era. any tips for getting what i want given i know the problem and fix?

Dan benjamin's even worse imo

make goo goo eyes at the genius xp

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How long did your hard drive last? I've got a 4 year old iMac that I'm dreading dragging to the Genius desk when the HD fails. (I'm a pedestrian)

9 months?

love it when a paranoid backup strategy comes together. mechanical hard drives are like parking on the hard shoulder imo.

Not too sure how the long-term life of SSDs is going to pan out, either. Lots of reports of failures from people using them in servers, so maybe there'll be a rash of laptop SSD deaths in a few years.

I've encoded all my data into a vat of self replicating DNA

Thanks to threads like this I have min. two backups of everything now. Where travel photos are concerned I've put in place redundancy up the goona — two backups at home, one in the spare room, one in the car and one at the wife's office. Six copies, not counting highlights on the ipad, P's facebook &c.

^^^ knows what's up

didn't know that about SSD hds. they were my great hope.

ive thought about making an I HATE JOHN GRUBER thread many times.. the dude is so fucking insufferable. someone needs to make an rss feed that strips out any of his commentary and just passes on his links

And yet we're all still reading DF...

I unsubscribed last year sometime, but I enjoy watching you guys grouse about it.