I HATE APPLE

Changing my macOS password broke all my permissions and with Monterey none of the permission resetting tricks worked so I’ve had to do a clean install just so I could delete files without using a password.

eeeesh

Replaced my magic mouse with a logitech mouse that doesn’t constantly short out and tell me that the batteries are low. Will soon replace the magic keyboard that for some damn reason won’t let me control the volume because it’s not compatible with some horse shit. I think when this computer dies I am done with apple. Everything is over designed to the point of being useless.

I lost another set of air pods last night, I hate apple

Did I mention the 13 pro camera sucks

I said 'yes ok upgrade to osx monterey damnit', then left it to do its thing overnight. Came back, switched my computer on for work, saw a big 'To set up the installation, click Continue' dialog.

that old chestnut

I’m generally happy with the apple ecosystem, but here are my primary annoyances:

- Changing from controlling music on my phone to controlling music on the HomePod. Clunky and not responsive. Four taps if I do it through control center, five if I open the music app to do it.

- Reliability of running shortcuts. Some of them maybe work half the time.

- Removal of 3D Touch from the iPhone.

- Screen-time/parental controls are awful. Clunky and convoluted.

yeah i need more than 1 window per day where i can lock my kids out of their devices. like, school hours plus bedtime feels like a minimum.

Apple has recently opened up the API for screen time to allow 3rd party developers to build better solutions. I’ve tried one called Grace, which is promising, but it ain’t there yet because there are still restrictions on what Apple will allow developers to do. I’ve also considered MDM solutions, but that always seems like more trouble than it is worth.

I wish you could download sound files for the keyboard tapping sounds. Want mine to sound like an Adler Tippa S

it's your lucky day:

https://www.pond5.com/sound-effects/item/50382148-typewriter-vintage-adler-tippa-s-typing-sequence-bell-ding-v

So when I “Shazam” a song new it no longer gives a Spotify link. Ffs

Hey Siri play cry by 10cc
I couldn’t find that in your Apple Music
[i google their names]
Hey Siri play cry by godley and creme
*nothing happens*
Hey Siri play cry by godley and creme
*10 second wait*
Here’s cry by godley and creme (“creme” pronounced wrong)

Alexa play cry by 10cc
*immediately plays cry by godley and creme*

Hey Siri what’s the dew point?
*Shows google results for “dew point”*

Alexa what’s the dew point?
the dew point is 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

“Call Brandon”
“Call mom?”
“No. Call Brandon”
“Call mom?”

Btw the hard edges on the phones suck. The rounded ones from the 6 to the 11 feel so smooth

https://i.imgur.com/T1iRzA9.png

gfy

iMessage split my contacts :(

Not sure what happened but messages used to go to both my mac and my iPhone based on phone number now they are two difference sources.

Fixed! Had to log on again on my phone.

Not quite. I can see my own messages on both devices but not from others

Messages on Mac always had sync issues with the phone for me. I also can’t risk missing a message on my phone so I just turned it off on the Mac

There is some weird-ass setting buried deep in the iOS Messages prefs about forwarding to a Mac - I had to redo that when I changed phones so the SMS went to my computer as well

It's not buried - it's in the top level of Messages' prefs on your phone. Turn on Text Message Forwarding to whatever devices you want it on.

Finally got around to doing that on my own Mac a couple of months ago and I should have done that a while ago.

that setting is firmly turned OFF on mine as i use my own apple id on my work machine….. you can imagine the sitcom-worthy moment in the middle of a presentation…

I got a text telling me someone had died during a talk. Someone I didn’t know but the audience didn’t know that. Weird vibe.

Option-click on the notifications icon (or the clock on Monterey) silences all notifications, which is handy for comedy colleague Slack moments

Upgrade time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExo67OLrdY

Even my bank is emailing me telling me to apply this latest security update, which is weird. I wonder if it’s important. On the other hand, it’s a _reboot_ ew

I had to install multiple times. Third time was the charm. And then it rebooted several times.

The latter is normal, there’s often a firmware update followed by an installer boot followed by booting the new OS.

a while back i bought an lg external optical drive to use and tried to attach it to my macbook air via the official apple usb-a to usb-c adapter and...it did not work at all, the drive just clicked and blinked its light and did nothing else. unsurprisingly, lg and apple had nothing useful to say about this anywhere, even a stupid faq would have been nice. BUT, i recently got a $30 usb-c hub w/ various ports and thought to try that with the optical drive, and now it works fine! so i hate apple and lg and that usb-c adapter is trash, but if you're having this problem maybe try some sort of less-direct connection, idk

Having the usual paralysis about buying the new phone or not

https://i.imgur.com/vOfrHs4.png
Fuck off

my android phone on does that as well, but doesn't take into account that the podcast I've been listening to for an hour was recorded really quietly and is inaudible below 90% volume

mine doesn’t take into account the fact that my headphones are shitty and barely drive any volume to my ears so i have to crank them.

smart playlists don't update ON IPHONE?

i hate apple

I had the battery in my xs replaced by apple two months ago and the max capacity is already down to 93 pct. That’s some bullshit right there

I like most of the iOS 16 stuff, but now every time you delete a text message it asks you if you want to report it as junk. So all the 2fa texts I get and delete everyday I have that extra tap to say no I don’t want to report this as junk.

I installed iOS 16 for no good reason and I can report zero perceivable difference apart from a bolder non-Helvetica font for the lock screen time. At least it's not sucking down the battery.

I would have upgraded to the new iPhone if Apple had changed it to a USB-C port. Thanks, Steve Jobs.

I installed iOS 16 for no good reason and I can report zero perceivable difference apart from a bolder non-Helvetica font for the lock screen time. At least it's not sucking down the battery.

iOS 16's big deal for me is being able to copy/paste text out of a video. Every conference video, PowerPoint deck, etc. is suddenly and amazingly useful now.

I do use that a lot from photos and unselectable text on webpages, since whenever it came in (iOS 15?). But I wish you could do it from a screenshot as soon as you take one, rather than having to save it to Photos first then get it from there.

Yes - also I wish you could do it on a Mac? Maybe you can but I haven’t figured out how

Yes - also I wish you could do it on a Mac? Maybe you can but I haven’t figured out how

Coming in macOS Ventura next month.

I bought a Mac app called Picatext to do it. Maybe I bought it when I was in the US though, as it now tells me it's not available to buy in my region.