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Ah. Forget about the plus differences. What's the benefit of AC plus for Macs?
Accidental damage instead of just an extension of the normal warranty. $99 for a screen repair or $299 for liquid
Up to a year after yes. Apple will email you a month before to remind you. (An email I've missed TWICE on machines I wanted to get AC for because, well, who the fuck checks their email in this day and age? I would have preferred text messages or push notifications.)
If the app in question is universal, yes. But there's no way to purchase iPad-only apps? That's fucking ridiculous.
Finally upgraded my 2012 MacBook Air to a new MacBook Pro. This thing is beautiful and fast...finally I don't have to load individual photos to work on them anymore.
Only downside so far is I have an old ass 24" Dell monitor that doesn't have HDMI or a DisplayPort. Need to get some cable adaptors for now I guess. But when I do get a new monitor, should I roll with USB-C to HDMI or DisplayPort?
Only downside so far is I have an old ass 24" Dell monitor that doesn't have HDMI or a DisplayPort. Need to get some cable adaptors for now I guess. But when I do get a new monitor, should I roll with USB-C to HDMI or DisplayPort?
I was considering it for awhile, but all of my meetings are away from my desk and I need to be able to work on the fly.
I swear by the 27 inch 5k/iPad Pro 10.5/iPhone SE power combo.
IMO, it's the definitive small, medium, and large way to work anywhere.
IMO, it's the definitive small, medium, and large way to work anywhere.
It would be replacing two machines for me. One windows laptop that's so heavy it might as well be a desktop, and a 13" 2016 mbp. I would just boot camp the 5K and be totally, totally fine with that.
For what I do (school) morning iPad Pro is more than enough for when I'm mobile
I would be running 5K, iPad Pro 10.5, and iPhone X
Oh boy. (Yet another security vuln in high Sierra) https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/935578694541770752
You should be fine then. I sometimes do actual development in client offices so a laptop is the way for me.
Embarrasing.
Pretty bad. I tried it several times before getting bored and giving up though. About 12-15. Incoming hotfix.
edit: after going at it again, it worked on 2nd try lol.
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The root account is supposed to not allow logins, so not having a password set makes sense (and why setting one fixes the problem)— whatever is supposed to keep you from using it isn't working though. For whatever reason the protections work on the command line. These protections work fine in 10.12.
seems extremely shitty and irresponsible to me to find that bug and just drop it onto Twitter putting millions at risk. I hope they at least tried to tell Apple first
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The delay on that is fairly annoying. Cast it from an iOS device in the meantime.
Fortunately this exploit isn't attackable via ssh. I'm curious why the security on the WindowServer changed in 10.13 though. But I agree, dumping an exploit on Twitter like that was really irresponsible and will probably cause real hacking incidents.
IAMROOT issue hotfix is out now btw.
Anyone on High Sierra needs to make sure they are on 10.13.1 and then the update to fix the issue will be available to you. Upon successful installation the build number for the OS (in about this Mac) will be 17B1002.
If you are on 10.13.0 you will need to update to 10.13.1 first. If you are one of the peeps who like to live dangerously and use betas on your personal machines, I have no info to give you for now but the fix may find its way into future betas.
Mea Cupla from Apple:
Anyone on High Sierra needs to make sure they are on 10.13.1 and then the update to fix the issue will be available to you. Upon successful installation the build number for the OS (in about this Mac) will be 17B1002.
If you are on 10.13.0 you will need to update to 10.13.1 first. If you are one of the peeps who like to live dangerously and use betas on your personal machines, I have no info to give you for now but the fix may find its way into future betas.
Mea Cupla from Apple:
What's the best super-thin case for an iPhone 8? I love how the phone looks, but it's super slippery. So looking for something like a transparent silicon skin for it or something. Maybe even something that just covers the outer rim, and doesn't have anything over the back glass.
This(the jet black one) looks fine, but seems like it's hard plastic or something? So might not really help with the slipperiness.
This(the jet black one) looks fine, but seems like it's hard plastic or something? So might not really help with the slipperiness.
All I see is that one comment copypasted around but still couldn't find any official page with an apology.
Statement given to Gruber directly from Apple PR:
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/11/29/high-sierra-root-login-fix
It's good that they fixed this so fast and came out so strongly with an apology. Though they kind of had to since they hang their hat these days on privacy and security.
I hope their whole QA process gets overhauled. iOS 11 and High Sierra are both still not where they should be in terms of bugs. But I guess there's probably a strong tension between staying competitive in the marketplace and releasing quality software and doing so at an enormous scale.
I hope their whole QA process gets overhauled. iOS 11 and High Sierra are both still not where they should be in terms of bugs. But I guess there's probably a strong tension between staying competitive in the marketplace and releasing quality software and doing so at an enormous scale.
High Sierra has been a shitshow frankly. APFS conversion fucked my drive. Keychains could be easily read by apps. Disk Utility saved encrypted drives' passwords as the password hint. You could easily root any Mac with no password. eGPU support isn't shipping as stable until spring. I struggle to think of any positive benefit I've gained from 10.13 other than UI animations being smoother on my MBP's iGPU.
For a "Snow Leopard" style optimization update they sure fucking managed to break a lot of stuff.
For a "Snow Leopard" style optimization update they sure fucking managed to break a lot of stuff.
iOS 11 is in the same boat for fucking things up for a lot of people
2017 is not Apple's strongest software year, hopefully they can reflect and fix this stuff.
2017 is not Apple's strongest software year, hopefully they can reflect and fix this stuff.
To be fair, Snow Leopard wasn't a polished product out of the gate, either. The switch to yearly updates hurt OS X development, and probably hurts iOS as well. But High Sierra seems especially bad for a maintenance release, and there really hasn't been much forward movement on macOS features in the past few years. It seems like they have most of their "A team" employees (to use a Jobs parlance) on iOS these days. I would love for this to be a moment internally where Tim says, "Enough is enough." But I won't be holding my breath.
everything the company does is all laser focused on shipping a new iPhone in September every year and having a flagship new version of software to go with it. everything is all about hitting that date, quality be damned
I've been disappointed with the state of Apple's software development considering High Sierra was supposed to be the Snow Leopard style "refinement" release that improves quality.
...but then again, Snow Leopard was the release that had the bug where someone using a guest account would wipe the stuff from your main account iirc.
In any case, I know these guys work hard and software is just hard full stop, but they can't keep going the way they are going (as icespide says) everything being laser focused on an iPhone in September/OS to go with it quality be damned. It's damaging the reputation for quality that Apple used to be known for. Their stuff just isn't getting the time in the ovens that it needs.
...but then again, Snow Leopard was the release that had the bug where someone using a guest account would wipe the stuff from your main account iirc.
In any case, I know these guys work hard and software is just hard full stop, but they can't keep going the way they are going (as icespide says) everything being laser focused on an iPhone in September/OS to go with it quality be damned. It's damaging the reputation for quality that Apple used to be known for. Their stuff just isn't getting the time in the ovens that it needs.
I don't think people understand how truly nervous normal users are to update their stuff. Screw ups like these cause damaging rumors and reputations that last for years and years
So I'm thinking of getting an Apple Watch for the the wife and one for myself. Maybe it'll help us with keeping fit & active during the new year.
Unfortunately I came to this idea a week after black friday sales. Is there any place I should keep an eye on that rounds up Apple sales?
Unfortunately I came to this idea a week after black friday sales. Is there any place I should keep an eye on that rounds up Apple sales?
Apple refurbs are great. They have older models on discount. Might be perfect for someone taking a small initial plunge.
I wasn't sure where to put this, as I couldn't find the Mac/Apple Hardware/Software or anything more specific three, so thought I'd give it a go here.
Are there any writing apps (for Mac) that keep track of repeating words in paragraphs? It is something I am susceptible to unfortunately, and I am looking for a program to help me out. I own both Scrivener and Ulysses but the word counters don't seem to offer actual counts of specific words, which would be equally useful.
Any tips?
Are there any writing apps (for Mac) that keep track of repeating words in paragraphs? It is something I am susceptible to unfortunately, and I am looking for a program to help me out. I own both Scrivener and Ulysses but the word counters don't seem to offer actual counts of specific words, which would be equally useful.
Any tips?
So it may be a Twitter prank but some reputable sources are talking about it, apparently iPhone get caught in a reboot loop every 10-30 seconds when the date changes to December 2 depending on factors like time zone. Will keep a lookout for any official reporting
Not a Twitter prank. Seems to be a bug with local scheduled notifications. If you have apps that send you local notifications (like a meditation app that reminds you to use it once a day, or stuff like Duolingo reminding you to practice) you should shut their notifications and background app refresh off.