I HATE APPLE

I'm the resident defender of pretty bad apple ui probs and I will now willingly admit that thing has some serious problems

Idk, I really like the music app. iTunes certainly has its issues, but it's the devil I know.

iOS Music app is probably the worst app i have ever used. like i am considering getting a 3rd party app now??

― 龜, Sunday, October 25, 2015 8:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what are the alternatives?

I got a new phone and finally upgraded iOS.. Where's "Genius"? :(

afaict there are non unless you are willing to migrate your mac library away from itunes

e.g. for swinsian:

Does Swinsian replace iTunes?

For managing and listening to the music on your Mac, and for users of older classic iPods, Swinsian can replace iTunes entirely. If you use an iOS device you will still need to use iTunes if you want to sync music, videos, books or apps, to make backups.

Which iPod models are compatible?

‘Classic’ iPod models are supported (including Mini, Shuffle, Video and older Nanos). Devices running iOS are only partially supported; copying tracks from them onto your computer may be possible for some devices, but changing the library on the device is not possible. This is due to encryption of the database file checksum by Apple. All iOS devices require OSXFuse to be installed before they can be read. The newest iPod Nanos are not supported.

You could write an app that uses all the library access APIs, you can't write back play counts or whatever, though. Most of the ones I've seen that use music in your library have some other sort of novelty and aren't plain music players.

idk gbx :\\

I was overseas and on very limited data (like EDGE or slower) and sometimes it'd take the iOS app like 15 minutes to open

i have apple music turned off and everything

it was also like my 3rd top data-user

why does that app need to use data just to load my shit

has spotify gotten any better at local file integration?

i have apple music turned off and everything

it was also like my 3rd top data-user

why does that app need to use data just to load my shit

― 龜, Sunday, October 25, 2015 9:35 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes this is steady bullshit

on desktop, why is iTunes showing me 'For You' and 'New' as tabs? i've turned off Apple Music on my phone and cancelled my subscription. I can listen to Beats 1 which is cool, and 'Connect' seems to 'work' lol, like I can see stuff, but what is the point of displaying a message from 5 days ago from Charli XCX saying 'I'm doing my own show on Beats 1 at 8pm tonight!!' Tonight? I assume tonight 5 days ago? Cool - but where's a link to the show? Oh I can't listen again? (8pm where, by the way?). Like ggGGEEEAURRGGH???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE_bDNaYAr8

miss these days

turning off connect, too, seems to help:

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/07/04/how-to-turn-off-apple-music/

tbh though almost all my iphone music listening now is via subsonic + isub.

phone battery died and when it came back, the little icon for call forwarding had been turned on!! i went to call forwarding preferences, and as soon as i did the icon vanished.

has spotify gotten any better at local file integration?

No still unusable. Can't search local files. Desktop app seems to reindex all of my local files every time I start it.

given that all my "local" files live on a network share that would take a very long time indeed

I have no idea really whether Apple’s new Apple TV is better or worse than rivals like the Roku 4 and the Amazon Fire TV, but I think I can definitively say that it is far superior to the old Apple TV. It’s intuitive, uncomplicated, and — crucially — thoughtful. Is that a ridiculous thing to say about a set-top box? Probably... Should you spend $149/$199 on it? I don’t know. Is this a best-in-class set-top box? Who am I to say?

Why did they even bother to write something

who gets paid for this shit

Will my rent pay itself if I don't mix up some word salad? Probably not... Should you pay me $149/$199 for this article? I don't know. Is this a best-in-class post? Who am I to say?

that is lightly edited to be fair but that's what i ended up with as a takeaway.
Judge or yourself: http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/the-apple-tv-youve-always-wanted-is-finally-here

I'd totally get one if it searched Amazon.

but is Apple TV better than a spiked bracelet

MAYBE IF YOU STOPPED MAKING IT SO POINTLESSLY THIN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO INVENT THIS, ARSEFARMERS
http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MGQL2/iphone-6s-smart-battery-case-charcoal-grey?fnode=42

amazing

Hideous

It's growing on me.

like a flat wart

rumor has it they're getting rid of the headphone jack in the next iteration to make it MORE THIN and it's like, I don't want a more thin phone.

who wd say "gosh this phone is too thick, i sure wish they removed this pesky headphone jack"

they've had that rumor for a couple generations now

imo they're looking at a bunch of options to trim internal space since the first generation of new components always takes more space. you make existing pieces smaller, have room for yr force touch vibrator or w/e

if they introduce a quality set of bluetooth ear buds, I'm fine with losing the h-phone jack

i'm fine with them making it thinner, but the 6 is just way too slippery to hold comfortably. maybe they just accept that everybody buys a case now

Cases are still for savages.

I've dropped and broken my iPhone 6 THREE times when trying to use it without a case, and Apple Care + deductibles add up, so I will just have to be a savage.

Probably the most annoying remark I've heard about cases is "the best case for the iPhone is the one Jonny I've designed" gtfo

apple has never been ashamed to release robustly terrible designs on occasion

still, lol

> apple has never been ashamed to release robustly terrible designs on occasion

http://gizmodo.com/the-sad-reality-of-the-magic-mouse-2-1746949289

Cases are still for savages.

Cases are NOT for savages. I got a really nice case that's a hard plastic shell lined w/ silicone for light-to-medium shock absorption, it's nowhere near as bulky as a stupid otterbox and I've dropped it like a bajillion times and it's never broken.

rly ridic tho that we've reached a point where it's impractical to hold and operate a mobile device w/o a case bcz it's simply too thin and slippery

tbh i'll drop anything smaller than a banana

i've always used those clear silicone things - good enough

I don't mind thin, I just need a tactical grip.

I see what you did there

i hate how when you open the alarm it defaults to the timer!

seems to default to the last used function for me?

maybe its just from the shortcut (slide up) which is the only way i get to my clock/timer

i busted the camera lens on my 6s. genius was super burned out and feeling generous, so he wrote "phone constantly rebooting" and didn't note the physical damage. so instead of $400 (even with applecare) i paid $0.

we talked about how the bulge exposed the lens to more damage. he was like "lol they'll never fix that, they want your $$$."

anyway, i use a case now.

maybe $300 i forget