I HATE APPLE

I'm not sure if this has been addressed in this thread or not, but ctrl+f isn't helpful for "other".

My iPod touch is now a victim of that dreaded "Other" creep in file size. In the past month it's gone from virtually nothing to 1.12 GB, without me adding any apps or really changing the way I use it. It seems like every time I check it, its climbing larger and larger. Google tells me this is a fairly common problem, but pretty much the only way to fix it is to do a factory restore. Do any of you know is this would work? Kind of don't want to reset it if nothing is going to change.

lololol

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/apple-education-liveblog2581.jpg

iPad being more durable than a book is kind of eehhhh whatever

I guess the electronic copy of the book is incredibly durable in that you can always redownload it should something happen.

Forced exclusivity to Apple's online store X

Wife's MBA just suddenly decided it wouldn't see the wireless network. Clearing all the network settings did nothing. Restarting the MBA did nothing. Restarting the router did nothing. Lion gave me no help whatsoever. After 20 minutes of fucking around it suddenly decided it was going to work again. Apple can suck it.

You were probably holding it wrong.

so I'm back with my automation problem - I've managed to set up my task action (moving mp3s from one folder to another) and it works when I run from inside Automator - but if I close Automator the task won't run by itself. I thought that was the whole point of automation or did I misunderstand how the things works?

think you have to make it an app or executable or something iirc

So nobody else has had issues with the iPhone/iPod Touch and the creeping 'Other' category?

I do too but haven't wanted to reset it yet. If that works for you let me know and I might try it too.

Have you tried clearing mobile Safari's cache and determined if you have any apps that cache data? I haven't had this problem per se and I'm not sure how it recognizes what data goes in that category, but I have the suspicion that app caches get stuck in there.

I've had that problem too. I think it may have something to do with Genius which works on my iPod and obviously has to be based on some internal DB. Then again if restoring fixes the problem then it's definitely not that (unless its not doing garbage collection, which wouldn't surprise me since iPods have a bunch of "easy fix" bugs). Restoring isn't really a big deal, just leave it on overnight

I've read it can have to do with caches and apps storing stuff, but that you have to buy or download some third party app that allows you to view by files (sorta similar to Windows Explorer I guess), but it sounds a little sketch so I've avoided that so far.

Pretty sure it has nothing to do with Genius since I've never even activaed that.

Yeah, I ditch my safari cache pretty regularly but it still creeps up and up.

Okay, so I stole this image from a step-by-step guide to clearing the Safari cache:

http://0.tqn.com/d/browsers/1/5/6/G/-/-/step3c.jpg

Except my iPod Touch doesn't have a 'Clear Cache' option there, only the first two (history and cookies). So how can I clear my cache?

turn it upside down and shake vigorously

Actually, upon checking mine says 'Clear Cookies and Data', wonder if that covers cache too?

no clue, but it could make sense.

http://chzautocowrecks.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mobile-phone-texting-autocorrect-you-seem-to-feel-pretty-facebook-unjumble-fightsongs-kayak-ing-strongly-about-it.png

I love the apostasy of using Stevens Creek Lexus (San Jose)

there's an app for something called "fight songs"

sad me has old ipod touch that cannot update to new iOS and thus cannot get most apps

sad sad me

my dad had that problem. he paid whatever it cost last year for the MLB app and then it wouldn't install on his touch.

Apple(R) today announced that John Browett will join the company as senior vice president of Retail, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Browett comes to Apple from European technology retailer Dixons Retail, where he has been CEO since 2007.

and, of course, the high customer service standards of PC world.

iPnoho 6 and iPncne 7

kinda surprised iCloud doesn't sync pages docs between mac/ios

That's because Mac Pages files and iOS Pages files are not 100% compatible, and that's because iOS Pages is shit

i actually like using it on my iPod touch! nonetheless, shelling out $20 for shit that textedit can do wasn't a good feeling. too bad there're no returns on the app store.

mac pages and iOS pages incompatibility is a pantload

The single thing that's holding back the iPad from greatness is iWork. Apparently Numbers is even worse than Pages.

my first-gen iPad is just too slow for any sort of power use

Numbers on iPad was fine for what I needed it to do in December, but mostly I was using it as a checklist that could read & export an Excel doc. I was *stunned* when it didn't sync with Numbers on my Mac, though.

has anyone ever used a COBY tablet?

tylerfrombalantine
Here is how i fixed my problem: Click the apple in the top right of the screen/go to system prefrences/display/color tab/calabrate/follow the steps and it will be fixed

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By the way the natural white for that display is warm pink
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lol

People are kind of used to the default "white" that a lot of display use which is really more blue

Anybody else hating Safari? I've always preferred it to anything else but the changes they've made with the latest version and the latest version of Lion are making it useless. The whole "reload every window" every time thing is a nightmare and the whole program has slowed to a crawl. I'm using Chrome now. I'd rather use Safari but it's next to useless.

yeah i have gone chrome for the same reasons and have no complaints

upgraded to lion from 10.5 onl a couple of weeks ago. i've been a happy camino user for years but they've ditched java which i need for a work log-in programme. so i was ready to give safari another try, but found the same headaches dan mentioned. so i'm currently with firefox. not entirely happy - downloads don't stay in the downloads window - but better than it was.

how do you deal with google's autosuggestion/autocomplete? it drove me nuts to see the search text jump to the top left of the screen, so i resorted to a google products page as homepage.

and finally...

can anyone suggest a fix for this? i have an apple id and "apple support communities" (i.e. apple discussions) login name. tried to get in to discussions yesterday, was asked to enter my apple id twice, the second time asked to pick a login name. whether i entered my existing login name or a new one i got the error message: "An account utilizing this email address already exists. Only one account per email address is allowed on Apple Support Communities"

it quietly drove me mad for half an hour, so any suggestions welcomed.

Sounds like its trying to register you when you've already registered with that apple ID (and created the existing asc login). Is there a login link on the front page?

Yes, tried the login. Enter apple ID once, it asks me to enter again to verify, then it asks me to select an ASC username. I already have one, attached to my email, but it won't recognise the username or allow me to pick a new one. Same error message as previous post.

Thanks anyway SS.

No thanks Apple.

feel like this by evgeny morozov is the best critique of jobs i've read since he died.

tylerfrombalantine
Here is how i fixed my problem: Click the apple in the top right of the screen/go to system prefrences/display/color tab/calabrate/follow the steps and it will be fixed

tylerfrombalantine
By the way the natural white for that display is warm pink
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― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, February 8, 2012 3:38 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i just calibrated my monitor with a spyder device and i'm still getting used to how warm it looks

Thank you, Apple, for taking ALMOST AN ENTIRE MONTH to figure out how to convert my AOL account into an Apple ID.

OMG. Were now down to 2 active AOL users - My ex-boyfriend and my current father-in-law.

did they just fix Safari finally? I've been using chrome for weeks now.

- Address an issue that could cause webpages to flash white when switching between Safari windows

what is the appeal of safari? chrome/firefox are faster programs ad infinitum

i use safari exclusively

By the way I've actived the swipe gesture to navigate forward and back in the Finer, but it requires THREE fingers, whereas Chrome requires TWO fingers

#firstworldproblems #still