I will say the repair process is starting to make me a little irrationally angry. I dropped the computer off on Sunday, they gave me a completion estimate for September 30th. The last automated update I got was first thing in the morning on the 29th which said the repair was in progress. Having looked into this I know for a fact the repair as they do it, just replacing that whole part of the computer, does not take days, so I'm getting a little impatient, even though getting it back by now would still have been pretty fast.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 October 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
Ok, all I wanted from these ding dongs was a new battery. Now I get a vague email claiming that they want authorization to do a new repair, this one costing not $199, but $999 (!), plus tax. It's unclear what the problem is, at least until I speak to them, but it might involve changes I made to the computer, which include putting in a new hard drive and adding RAM. Yet that should have absolutely nothing to do with a $1,000 repair, since there was nothing wrong with those parts of the computer, I just wanted a new battery! Either way, as if I would pay $1,000 to repair a 5-year-old MacBook. But now I'm forced to wait for the stupid store to open just for the satisfaction of yelling at a human.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 October 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
Easy tiger
― calstars, Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
Pfft, if you can't get mad after bringing in a computer for a new battery then hearing back that not only did they not put in a new battery, now they want to charge you several hundred dollars more for an unspecified repair, essentially totaling the cost of a new computer, then I guess you can't get mad at anything. I feel bad for the suckers that get messages like this and okay the repair.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
that is fucking insane and I am sorry for suggesting the official repair was a better idea
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 3 October 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
okay, I just got off the phone with Apple, and in some ways it makes perfect sense and is also crazier than it seems. a while back I installed a hard drive and some RAM myself with generic, non-Apple components. Apple, however, whenever they so much as do anything beyond opening up a computer, automatically adds a 90-day work guarantee to whatever repairs or changes they make. But because there were non-Apple components I installed in the machine, Apple would not/could not invoke its 90-day work warranty. So that $1,000 quote was in essence a fee for replacing my perfectly good hard drive and perfectly good RAM with Apple versions of that hard drive and RAM so that Apple could add that 90-day warranty to its work, in this case simply replacing my battery. Long story short, they will not replace my battery - or essentially do anything to my computer, ever, even though it is out of warranty and I want to give them my money - unless I have Apple replace my hard drive and RAM with Apple products.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 October 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
wow, that is super obnoxious
― Nhex, Saturday, 3 October 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
okay, so I now have some cash, and want to buy a new laptop. should i continue to wait until Apple unveils these ARM machines or just plunge in...
tbh i'm working on a 2013 13" MBP and it served my needs well until a year or so ago— i've started needing to utilize InDesign and Acrobat a lot more for work and other purposes, and the machine simply cannot keep up with my commands at this point.
other than this, I'm mostly using it to write, download/listen to/manage my digital music files, as well as teach seminars and such.
i know i asked about this over the summer, but thought it wise to ask again, since things might have changed? anyway, i'm sorry i'm such a clueless idiot about this stuff, i just don't have time to parse through all these reviews that litter the internet.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 5 October 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
and thanks in advance for any help!
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 5 October 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
I would wait if you can, they've said they will introduce the first ARM laptop before the year's out and it will probably be a 13 incher.
― calstars, Monday, 5 October 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
i'd wait as well, unless you have specific needs for Intel
― Nhex, Monday, 5 October 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
Go for used, every time. The depreciation is insane on these things. At least with recent generations the RAM is on the motherboard and the chance of a non Apple SSD is very low, so you won’t run into the scenario you’re in now. That said, the SSDs can be third party upgraded up until a few years ago.
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
Thanks y'all. Going to put some dough aside for the purpose. I appreciate it!
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 5 October 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Thread title does not deliver
― DT, Monday, 5 October 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
In waiting for arm but it i depended on a specific non apple big application like indesign I would wait to hear there plans and err on the side of getting an intel. And yeah used is a pretty good deal on macs these days (better than it used to be, and I can only imagine that gets even better as the impending arm transition drives used intel Mac prices down).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
Thanks again for the advice, all. I ended up plunking down for one of the newer, faster Airs, refurbished (of course). With my education discount and AppleCare plus tax, turned out to be $1400. Arrives on Wednesday. Will report back!
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Monday, 12 October 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
I've started using Spaces and just switched to a new MacBook. Why is the dock now showing only on my main workspace and not the others? I can't find this setting anywhere in preferences for mission control or dock. Googling finds no answer. What's going on??
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:21 (three years ago) link
Oh, I figured it out. I was creating new workspaces (or are they called desktops?) by dragging the apps up there in Mission Control. That creates them in full screen mode, in which you can't see the dock unless you do some weird double-swipe manoeuvre that I'm completely unable to replicate except by chance. More zoom window, less full screen window is the answer for me.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
This shit shouldn't be this hard, even for an ageing doofus like me.
They are called Spaces but named Desktop 1, Desktop 2, Desktop 3, etc. (Thanks Apple.)
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
At home I prefer a deskspace over something like a worktop. But on the road I’m all about purpose-driven stacked control views, separated by spaces
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
I’ve been a Mac guy forever and still have never used Spaces.
― DJI, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
I use a lot of spaces, one for each writing project that I'm actively working on, plus one for mail, calendar, bibliography manager, another for browser. I would not want to do without it, even though the old 3x3 grid version was better.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 13 October 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
Long time user of Spaces - especially so now that I work from home and only have one monitor. ILX gets its own space.
― beard papa, Friday, 16 October 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
Maybe I should try it out.
― DJI, Friday, 16 October 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
alright maybe someone here knows the answer to this: is there a way to see the files that you have uploaded to the iCloud music library and ONLY those files? Apparently I hit 100,000 uploaded files (this doesn't count things I just added via Apple Music, but actual files I've uploaded that weren't in Apple Music, or didn't match); this seems basically impossible to me. But I can't find a way to see these files by themselves. Anyone know if this is possible?
― akm, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
update: I think I found it, more or less. look at 'songs' in music, make sure you have 'cloud status' as a sorting option. had hundreds of things in there that for whatever reason aren't matched even though they are available in Apple Music. Also was able to see all the things that failed in their uploads for whatever reason, cleared all that out. Could also see the depressing list of things that were still in my library that were 'no longer available' presumably due to licensing changes.
― akm, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
You can also make a smart playlist, and have it filter only those that are unmatched.
― stet, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/gFO7j1w.jpg
― calstars, Saturday, 24 October 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
Wow:
This is a jaw-dropping paragraph. https://t.co/ix4JFLCZJe pic.twitter.com/QFl5MXoqPY— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) October 25, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 October 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
wtf!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 October 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure Apple has a search engine ready to go as well (Siri suggestions hint as much). So double threat to Google there: if DoJ rules out these payments: Apple isn’t going to switch to Bing or some shit, it’s going to make a new competitor.
― stet, Sunday, 25 October 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
Did their Maps app ever turn out to be a worthy, workable competitor to Google's? I remember it having some serious problems at launch, but I have no idea if it made up ground (I don't have an iPhone).
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 October 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
Maps has improved but I’m not going to give up my hundreds of bookmarked spots in g maps
― calstars, Sunday, 25 October 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
It was beyond terrible at first but it’s on a par w/Google now, in London at least
― stet, Sunday, 25 October 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
The core navigation has been as good if not better but the right now I’m in Central Park and if I search for a restroom, Google tells me which ones are actually open and Apple does not. It’s that kind of information gap that makes me stick with Google. I really need a pee.
― Alba, Sunday, 25 October 2020 18:37 (three years ago) link
Bushes?
― calstars, Sunday, 25 October 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
Google sufficed
― Alba, Sunday, 25 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASoK4HXRNoQ
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 25 October 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
well my headphone adapter has now failed. the one that was included with the SE 2020. it lasted about 6 months. for a few minutes i was telling myself, 'well, tracer, you DID use it on your evening jogs pretty much every day, and that's a lot of jostling!' and then i was like, hold on. i'm not going to feel guilty for USING it.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 November 2020 10:59 (three years ago) link
You got one in the box? I didn't get one, I had to buy it. (I used my gf's for a couple of weeks).
Weirdly, the first time I used it (and it was Apple-branded, not third-party), it didn't work. After a reboot and some (surely ineffectual) blowing in the socket, it was fine and has been since. It does seem flimsy, doesn't it?
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 5 November 2020 11:04 (three years ago) link
yeah mine came in the box!
the way it failed was one channel just went. finished my run with a Surgeon mix tinnily pounding in one ear only.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 November 2020 11:10 (three years ago) link
Almost every Apple supplied cable grinder I have had has failed all too quickly
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 5 November 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
Grommet not grinder
Was wondering
― Meet the Anti-Monks! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 November 2020 12:11 (three years ago) link
why not just buy $900 wireless headphones from Apple that look like brain worms escaping?
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 November 2020 12:15 (three years ago) link
Don't want people to know about my head full of brain worms
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 November 2020 14:25 (three years ago) link
Recently started experiencing a sound buffering issue on my iPhone 11 running 13.5.1. Wondering what 14.1 will do.
― Meet the Anti-Monks! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 November 2020 16:09 (three years ago) link
Maybe it’s battery throttling
― Meet the Anti-Monks! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 November 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
that macs still open mp3s with 'apple music' by default is ridiculous - this huge streaming shopfront just to play a file!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 08:18 (three years ago) link