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Wesley Hilliard said:

It never ceases to amaze me that the people claiming that they are tired of bias are the same ones that get their news from the most partisan outlets on the planet. But maybe that's just a coincidence.

It's even more hilarious when words like "controversial" aren't allowed because it suggests the president might be bad, even though controversy isn't inherently bad. Steve Jobs was a controversial figure. Even Joe Biden was a controversial president. If you are threatened by everything you read because of some perceived slight due to a misunderstanding of the English language, then that's on you, dear reader.

I make my opinions known on the internet and in forums because I'm not afraid of them or embarrassed by them. But I can tell you that what I wrote was fair and balanced. If you're offended by facts, then stop going to websites that present facts.

There is a similar phenomenon in Venn diagram overlap of the people who will tell entertainers with whom they disagree to shut up about politics and stick to entertaining and the people who vote to elect otherwise unqualified entertainers to public office because they agree with their political opinions. 

TomPMRI said:

AppleZulu said:

Actually, Time Machine actually has been having problems since Sequoia’s release. On MacBook Pros at least, there has been an issue getting Time Machine backups to complete when the Mac goes to “sleep.” There is some sort of issue with accessing certain files during sleep mode. I’m assuming this is some sort of security measure bumping up against Time Machine. Previously, as long as it was connected to power, you could close the notebook and set it aside, and it would continue to do wireless backups to NAS devices. Not any more, or at least not without adjusting some settings I haven’t figured out yet. I’ve been able to get backups to happen if the machine remains ‘awake,’ but just letting it happen in the background has been significantly diminished. I plan to set aside some time to take it up with Apple support, but haven’t yet done so. I was sort of hoping it would just get resolved in an update, but not so far.  

The Time Machine problem occurs on both my MacBook Air M2 and one of my two MacMinis that I upgraded to Sonoma. I have held off upgrading my other MacMini, waiting for the problem to be fixed in 15.2…which didn't happen.

This has occupied numerous threads in the Apple Communities, so, for now, Apple has broken any way to create a bootable (I have used SuperDuper! for years) or a Time Machine reliable backup.

One solution that does fix the Time Machine bug is to turn off the firewall (suggested by Apple), which is a very insecure/stupid fix. No idea if this also allows SuperDuper! to function properly…

I have successfully gotten it to do Time Machine backups without messing with the firewall. The problem seems to have something to do with file restrictions during "sleep mode." I wasn't methodical enough to isolate actions, but I fiddled with sleep/wake settings under battery and lock screen. There also is a simple app called "caffeine" that will keep your computer awake, which maybe is what has kept things open for backups to complete. I still get failures when I close the MBP (at least without "caffeine" activated) and leave it plugged in overnight. 

MplsP said:

foregoneconclusion said:

tiredskills said:

foregoneconclusion said:

The reason the charging port is on the bottom is due to the original removable battery option. The charging port is in the same location as the latch for the removable battery cover. That allowed Apple to save $$ by keeping the industrial design almost identical between the two different versions. 

That's ok then.  I'm perfectly happy to accept suboptimal design if it contributes to Apple's bottom line.

It would have been suboptimal design without the fast charging capability. But since it could charge for the work day in five minutes, keeping the internal design arrangement almost identical to the removable battery version makes more sense than spending time/money on giving the end user five minutes of tethered work time. 

Ah, the same old, tired “it’s not THAT much of an inconvenience” excuse. The people making it are almost as tired as the excuse is. 

The picture in the article shows just how ridiculous the design is. I was again reminded of the absurdity when I got an alert that the battery on my Magic Keyboard was low. I simply plugged it in and kept working. I suppose what I should have done is turned it upside down and gone to do something else which I must have needed to do anyway while it charged?

The current design keeps people from leaving it plugged in and using it as a wired mouse. Is aesthetics a reason? Maybe.

The real reason is that this is Apple, and they would inevitably have to defend themselves against a class action lawsuit if they designed it the way you want it, because leaving it plugged in would result in wear and damage to the cable and port from repetitive (mis)use as a wired mouse. It wouldn't matter if they plastered warnings all over the place not to use it while it's plugged in. The lawsuit would claim that it was clearly designed so that you could use it while plugged in, knowing that the eventual damage from an intentionally faulty design would result in sales of more replacement cables and mice.

Put the port on the bottom, and while there's lots of truly absurdist bellyaching about it, there are no class action lawsuits. It's a wireless mouse. It's insanely easy to charge it so you can use it wirelessly.

omasou said:

Why, just why.

What is the use case?

libertyandfree said:

foregoneconclusion said:

libertyandfree said:

DAalseth said:

Don’t bother trying to put lipstick on a pig. The next few years will be bad for everyone. Cook’s relationship with the man known for stabbing his friends in the back will not make any difference.

Well history of the first four years of the Trump Administration proved you wrong and most Americans, via the recent election, disagree with you.  

You should revisit Trump's use of tariffs from his first term. The soybean tariffs were such a disaster for American farmers that Republicans had to do a taxpayer funded bailout of those same farmers. So instead of boosting trade, it depressed trade and created debt levels so high that it could have destabilized American soybean production.

 So soybeans, really that’s the issue of concern. Oh boy. 🧒 

Yes, soybeans. Don't be such an elitist. That market is pretty important to the livelihood of many folks in flyover red-state territory. Retaliatory tariffs are a disaster for the US agricultural industry, which is largely dependent on export sales.