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  • Mac mini 'pink squares' graphical glitch fix on the way

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    jdb8167 said:
    So many weird problems with the M1 Macs related to external monitors. I have a different problem on my M1 MacBook Air that doesn't seem to even be related to a driver issue. Like a lot of people with the new Macs, I'm having trouble waking my external monitor from sleep. I usually run in clamshell mode when I'm connected to the external monitor because it takes up less desk space. Sometimes the monitor will simply not wake up. There are several work arounds including opening the display lid, disconnecting and reconnecting the cable etc but they are all pretty inconvenient.

    I was assuming that this was another graphics driver problem but it appears to be just a problem with Big Sur and waking from sleep. I know this because I can always wake the monitor by connecting to the M1 MBA with screen sharing. It works every time unlike anything else I've tried. I'm at a loss for why Apple hasn't tracked this down and fixed it. If it is a driver issue with new hardware, they have some excuse but if it is just normal waking from sleep, why are the M1 Macs doing anything different than in the past?
    Apple can't give any valid excuses for weirdness here, as they own the entire stack of hardware and software in this case.  Before, with Intel-based Macs, they could possibly state there is some issue related to the hardware and its weirdnesses that they had no input into, and they have to code around that: but, now that Apple has designed and implemented the entire stack, if the M1 Macs have weird things happening that didn't happen on Intel Macs, it's clearly Apple's fault, no ifs, ands or buts.

    By the same measure, where the M1 Macs are superior in performance in any measure, Apple also gets full credit, for the same reason.

    Unless there is proven some flaw in hardware manufacture compared to what Apple specified, Apple is entirely to blame for the whole thing.

    I've definitely seen some weird quirks with my 4K Samsung TV used as a monitor via HDMI with my M1 Mac Mini I've not seen on any other machine.  There are definitely issues Apple needs to resolve.
    watto_cobra

  • Tim Cook: 2020 was 'Apple's top year of innovation ever'

    anonconformistanonconformist
    jdw said:
    Tim Cook: "We'd love to train your grandmother..."

    :-) LOL!  I know he was being serious, but that comment tickled my funny bone pink!
    They’d love to train your grandmother because they’re hitting the problem of large numbers.

    For all too many grandmothers, that’s the large entry price to get into the ecosystem,

    You can argue how real that price is and what the value is, but people on small, fixed incomes tend to become more risk-averse and err on the side of cheapness. The Apple platforms don’t have great draw in risk-averse people with low funds, especially those not wanting to learn new things if they can avoid it,  Sure, not all are like that, but those that aren’t, likely are “trained” in a platform they’re currently invested in.
    elijahg

  • Apple increases scrutiny of 'irrationally high' app prices

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    robin huber said:
    The whole notion of “free” apps with in-app purchases is dishonest. Charge a fair price up front and get it all. Enough with the free sample of crack business model. 
    Apple screws developers with this on many apps (not all fit this) because users have a crazy thought that if they bought a given version of the application, they should get free future features and changes until the heat death of the universe. Apple doesn’t have a model for a new major version release that genuinely adds value.

    There are multiple reasons an application will possibly be abandoned in the app store, and for developers making an honest living, this “pay for it once and get all possible future updates with new features for free” is tantamount to contractual slavery.  Either that, or you can reasonably expect developers to create an application with a fixed set of features from the start, and only spend as much time/energy/money to do bug fixes and the work required to keep them working with the latest versions of the OS.  Make no mistake, Apple is always deprecating and eventually removing old APIs and frameworks, even if they’re not busy breaking them. Apple’s platforms are nowhere near the “write once, run unmodified for 20 years”  like for Windows.
    dysamoriaviclauyycradarthekat

  • Don't expect the 'Apple Car' to have a steering wheel, analyst says

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    A car without backup controls a regular driver can use is not likely to sell well.

    Besides, Apple on an amazingly consistent basis keeps having weird iOS devices settings issues from version to version, and while I’d hope they’d get top people for a self-driving car that covers all the bases, I’ve been writing code longer than I’ve been driving, and my current employment revolves around helping other developers learn how to not do boneheaded things in systems ranging from simple to very complex: my current role wouldn’t exist if human developers got everything right.

    I’m skeptical due to far too much knowledge and understanding combined with experience.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Researcher breaches Apple, Microsoft, and others with installer attack

    anonconformistanonconformist
    And thus begins the era of awareness that we need to use cryptographic hashes on every single part that goes into a released application, along with a careful certification process that’ll still be limited by humans, to reduce chances of this happening.

    Fun!
    beowulfschmidtwatto_cobra