New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

which I was all "wtf no I'm not"
ahahaha she has your number. she knows you wrote that blog, Nicholas.

The iOS 6 update just showed up on my iPod Touch this morning. Should I go ahead and I upgrade or are there any issues to consider?

I'm kind of confused about the whole Google Maps hullabaloo. I understand that it isn't built in with the OS, but can't you just get it from the App Store. If that's the case, what's the big deal?

You can't just get it from the App Store; it is not a standalone app as of yet. Instead best thing to do is essentially 'bookmark' maps.google.com to the desktop, which you can do in Safari.

is that true for YouTube also or is there a downloadable app for it now?

There's a Youtube app.

so other than losing Google Maps, what are the benefits of upgrading on an iPod Touch? Or is it pointless?

there are some performance improvements on older iphones, not sure about ipods

http://www.macworld.com/article/2010286/lab-tests-ios-6-and-ios-5-performance-differences.html

http://www.apple.com/letter-from-tim-cook-on-maps/

At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment.

Tim Cook OTM.

Google notably not mentioned once.

Except in the fourth para. After Bing, MapQuest and Waze (?!)

"Another option is an atlas from your local bookstore."

"we are sorry that apple maps sucks so bad"

"apple maps is now being used by over 100 million people"

idk, "Use these apps or these websites" is kind of the order of preference for most iOS users. If Google had a standalone app, I'd imagine it'd be at the top of that application list.

Without a doubt. Would be nice to see it on the top of the free apps chart for a few months.

"Another option is an atlas from your local bookstore."

I did loll.

Er, lol.

Is there a reason (contractual?) why, now Apple are conceding that there's problem, they can't put the old Maps app in the App store as a free download for those who want "an alternative"?

Their contract only has a year to run, so I'm guessing they want to avoid another shitstorm in 2013 when they yank it.

Hmm. Does that mean the Maps app on iPhones running any version of iOS prior to v6 will stop working in a year's time?

I mean, there must be some people still on the iPhone 3G who can't update to iOS6 even if they wanted to.

Not sure -- neither side has revealed the terms. I wondered if they might put an Apple Maps on the store for users on old devices, but then they might also just not care.

I'm going to try upgrading my touch and just hope I don't regret it. I'm getting tired of all the app crashes I've been experiencing, so perhaps this will help.

I just upgraded to mountain lion did I make a horrible decision

how do I shot imessage cross device sync

awesome, iTunes is forcing me to do a full restore on my touch :>/

ok, restore was a success, it seems to be coming back with all my apps and didn't lose my photos. Unfortunately I have to re-sync all of my offline files for Spotify, which is going to take a really long time.

Holy crap! http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-30/presenting-worlds-biggest-hedge-fund-you-have-never-heard (yes, it's a Zero Hedge link, but still - Holy Crap!)

Google Street View just showed up on my iOS 6 browser maps. yeeaahhh!

What does that mean?

that ppl who upgraded to the latest iPhone/iPad operating system, and anyone with a iPhone 5, can use see a ground-level view from where they are or any other location. This capability was yanked from the latest OS release, along with certain other features that the old Google-based maps had that the new Apple maps don't. There's no Google maps app as of yet, but you can access them to some extent through the Safari browser. But until today street view was unavailable that way.

can see, not can use see

so i've got this problem on my MBPR: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4148522?start=0&tstart=0

weird rendering stuff, even on ILX when typing a new message sometimes. really frustrating.

Me too. May download Chrome again soon out of frustration if there's not an update.

New Chrome is so buggy as to be unusable for me

Welp.

yeah mordy i talked about that upthread or on the other apple thread

seems to happen a lot on facebook when updates are taking place as i type stuff or when i scroll really fast through pages of text

so i finally installed parallels and a copy of windows xp to play awesome old GOG games on my mac. xp won't let me play the latest stuff i imagine, but for old infinity engine stuff it's classic!

most games still work fine on XP! only a few DX11 games have boxed me out

Is anyone else having problems w/ iOS6 on iPhone 4? Since I started using 6, some apps won't download or update. Some finally finished, but one photo app got 1/2-way through an update and stopped and Google Drive refuses to download. I've tried deleting them & re-downloading, waiting for days, and power cycling, but nothing works.

Or maybe it's my phone, but I kind of doubt it.

Yeah there's a bug. The workaround apptly is to sign out of App Store, reboot, sign back in.

Great, thanks. I actually just reset my password yesterday, so I'd unwittingly already fixed the problem before I posted. Problem apps were on another screen so I didn't notice.

Apple rumored to be rolling out a slew of updated/new stuff next week: iMac, Mac Mini, 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, iPad Mini.

Yeah, that MacMini news is top of my list for sure. Was just about to buy a new one -- glad I held off!

I'm planning on replacing my Pro, all 476 pounds of it, with a 27" iMac, so I've been following the rumor mill for a few months now.

Will they finally do the redesign this time...

tempted by the new iMac but wondering if I can get back to desktop after years of stay-at-home MBP laptop

pick up an imac + mini ipad, you're set

what if the new mac mini is a miniature version of an imac with a tiny screen and tiny keyboard and mouse

what then, fanboys?!?