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.

Download Yasu, let it run everything.

http://www.laptops4me.com/images/pict/SNY-TR3AP1_LG.jpg

I overpaid for the Apple 27” monitor - bought a 4K with good reviews and returned it, years of a 27” iMac make it impossible to go back.

The Apple is good but a little too glossy/reflective (and the nano glass diffused version was visibly less sharp to me in a store), but the only other 5K option was the LG that’s also expensive and even more reflective.

there’s a samsung 27” 5k that regularly goes on sale for about $8-900

and a dell 32” 6k but thats like lol $2500

Best screen most of us can afford is the one in a MacBook Pro

I shelled out for an Eizo cs2740

This appleId stuff is quite tricky, it turns our my id isn't active (or is possibly reset). This means I'm not currently able to use it.

I don't mind too much about that I can just setup a new account, but it says "unable to create new account at this time". I used a different email but the same phone number as the one on the inactive account. Would that be the reason I can't set up a new account? Do I need to get a new phone number?

The other reason I thought it might be is because I'm signed in with my appleId already, though if I try and sign out it asks me for a password. If I enter the password thats when it says my appleId isn't active. So even in the off chance I'm successful in setting up a new appleID I'm not sure how to sign out of system preferences with my current id that isn't active

I'm trying to update from Monterey to Sonoma but midway through it says the Mac couldn't be verified. I thought that might be because I wasn't signed in, so I only set this account up yesterday.

Presuming I can't update the Mac is there a way of getting older Xcode releases? Its asking me for my appleID to access previous versions

There's older Xcode distributions here if you have an Apple Developer account: https://developer.apple.com/download/all/

anvil’s posts are confusing because to use Xcode you have to be technically proficient but they sound like a neophyte with their Apple ID questions

Coding is a very different propositon to navigating through confusing or broken auth systems I would argue.

I'm relatively ok with things like javascript or ruby, but I'm not great with Apple stuff.

if you have an Apple Developer account

I tried that but my password is incorrect. I tried to reset it but it turns out it isn't active. It won't let me set up a new one I think because of the phone step. I think my phone is tied to my existing Apple ID, but that isn't active. I would get a new phone but in my system preference I'm in a limbo world where its asking me for a password not only to log in, but also to log out

> confusing or broken auth systems

and undocumented

my iphone battery is being resistant to charging ... do i need to get it replaced? Do I have to go to the dumb apple store to have that done? I don't think I have been to an apple store in like 20 years maybe?

1. what does Settings > Battery > Health say?
2. and how old is the battery?

or do you mean "sometimes i plug it in and nothing happens"? if so you probably just need to clean the dust out of the charing port with a cocktail stick.

or take it to a FixIt booth in the local shopping centre and pay them £15 to clean it out with a 'special cleaning tool' (which is probably a cocktail stick)

(it worked, phone went from being unchargeable and is like new again. there was no visible gunge in the socket so i was sceptical but...)

Koogs otm

Sometimes the charging cable can be the problem too what with corrosion.

I have several charging cables… one definitely had gone bad. I think I will try the stick method! Thanks ilx

be persistent with the stick method if it's not working. many a time charging hasn't worked and i've thought "there can't be any lint in there, i've scraped and scraped" but i just needed to scrape more.

Yeah the lint gets a tenacious grip in there, like some kind of sf alien that needs to be tricked out of its hideyhole.

The phone is at least 5 years old…

Point of pride

I had a powerbook that was good for 10 years

That’s the spirit

My 22yo daughter defiantly uses a 2013 MacBook Pro 13 for her work, not interested in switching it up

I'm in support of this. My 2011 macbook pro just kicked the bucket after very long service. I upgraded to a 2012 mbp for £90. I want to be able to watch my old DVDs and burn CDs.
Apple annoy me when they unilaterally decide that you, the user, are done with certain formats or ways of doing things.
I fell out with them when they closed Final Cut Pro and the associated apps and changed it to final cut X. I'd never trust them again and never bought an iPhone as a consequence.

you could get a new superdrive for $80

That's a good thought. I've still got a very weighty 2007 iBook that I use for occasional DVD use.

I'd never trust them again and never bought an iPhone as a consequence.

On the positive side, Apple provides support and updates for their iPhones for a longer period than most of their competitors.

Yeah, I'd already replaced the superdrive once, the hd twice, the cooling fan once and the battery three times. I can do it all over again so long as I can find the spares.

Apple provides support and updates for their iPhones for a longer period than most of their competitors

Fair point. My dad gave me his old iPhone 10 but it's still in a box. I'm typing on a Galaxy A6 that I paid off on contract years ago. I like the mini-jack and the sdcard slot; it's a glorified iPod. I didnt make it past 4th gen iPod. I started using my phone for music then.

I don't hate Apple but I loved them at a point in time and then they left me to go and do bigger things 😭

I remember when the super drive came out, it was like “this can do everything I need, I’ll never need anything else” lol

I still have and use my iPod for music. Its battery is fine

They sound better than the phones imho

Almost bought one of those transparent mod refurb ones