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  • Editorial: CBC again attacks Apple's repair policies, but still lacks knowledge of how it ...

    rcomeaurcomeau
    Citing that recovering data is a lot of work and there are lots of phones needing data recovery as an excuse for Apple to, in effect, lie to customers that their data is not recoverable is not right, and I find it alarming to see a journalist (ok, editor) defend Apple for lying. If Apple don't want to invest the resources (that they can charge for and make money doing) to do proper support of their products, fine, but to blatantly lie and say there are no other options is wrong. Nothing prevents them from saying there are other repair shops outside their control that might be able to help, but to be careful.
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  • Apple investigating iPhone X that exploded after updating to iOS 12.1

    rcomeaurcomeau
    Should you choose to accept this update, this recording will self destruct in 5 seconds...
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  • Tim Cook acquires $123M worth of vested Apple stock, sells $58M

    rcomeaurcomeau
    hentaiboy said:
    Warren Buffet buys, Tim sells. Interesting.
    You can't buy groceries or pay rent with Apple shares. Once and a while, you need to liquify your assets to exchange for goods and/or services.
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  • Apple planning to ditch Intel chips in Macs for its own custom silicon in 2020

    rcomeaurcomeau
    Lots of us will not be pleased if we can't have good Windows emulation. We still have to go Windows for Solidworks and other industrial software and I have come to really enjoy having all that on one laptop. Going x86 was a good move for Apple and kept the Mac relevant during the tough years If they intend to stay relevant in the desktop/laptop space, they really have to give this careful thought.
    wozwoz

  • Reported 2016 MacBook Pro graphics issues likely caused by third-party software [u]

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    jdw said:
    Third Party = Apple Photos?

    Badly written code = Apple Photos?

    Did the article author comprehend the implications of his own writing?

    Look, I've got a fully loaded 2016 MBP 15" on order with Adorama, scheduled to ship around Dec. 6th, and I will admit I am worried.  Any app could be vulnerable in light of Apple photos being affected.  It would be nice if Apple can fix it in software, but it's clearly a hardware issue insofar as the 2015 MBP does NOT have the same issue when running the same software and OS.  What's different between the 2015 and 2016 models?  The hardware!

    Another thing that worries me about Apple is their understanding of how to deal with video issues.  My 27" 2009 iMac i7 developed video issues just after the AppleCare expired.  An email to Tim Cook got the machine fixed for free, but only after they replaced the video card twice.  And then several months ago the same video problems started again, which means this "fixed" video card is toast. (Video artifacts appear and it will freeze and sometimes not boot for a long time.  It seems to go longer without artifacts and freezing if I never put it to sleep and keep it warm or even hot all the time.  It's strange, sad and troubling.  Yet I'm a Mac lover for life.  What to do.)


    Graphics cards come with drivers that are specific to the card, so any hardware change does include some software as well. No idea if this is the problem, but the difference between the 2015 and 2016 models are both hardware and software.
    indyfx