jdw

The article is highly inadequate in that it fails to meet reader expectations by not providing a step-by-step procedure on how we actually use these shortcuts.

I own a mid-2015 15" MBP purchased in the summer of 2016.  It's a the highest end model with top CPU, dGPU, maxed out RAM and 1TB internal SSD.  This month, exactly 1 month after my AppleCare expired, I decided to open the bottom case due to all the news about the 2015 MBP battery recall.  Even though my battery reported only 183 charge cycles and 92% health, I was shocked to find it noticeably swollen and pressing against the bottom case.  My case wasn't bent, and thankfully it never caught fire, but I quickly called Apple and they arranged for me to pay $200 for the replacement.  That's because my SN didn't qualify me for a free replacement under the battery recall.  I actually wrote an email to Tim Cook after that, not to complain about my having to pay, but to suggest that Apple seriously consider there are other 2015 models not currently covered in their recall program that have potentially defective batteries.  

When I called Apple I explained I use my MBP at home plugged in most of the time, and the Apple rep said that shouldn't cause this type of problem.  I was told it is an inherent defect in the battery itself.  

Because of this, I strongly recommend that all of you who own a 2015 MBP buy the tool necessary to open the bottom case and check your battery right away.  That's the only way to know if you have a bad apple or not.

Well, I thought there would be no harm in using the landline phone number associated with my address in the USA, so I typed that in and filled out the rest of the application. Ultimately it errored out because I was still using my VPN. I disabled the VPN and then tapped “Next“ and it worked. In the end it asked me for my full Social Security number, which I provided. But it denied my application! It sent me an email to say it denied my application only because Equifax would not provide my credit report for some unknown reason to Goldman Sachs. And that’s the end of it. 

What a let down!

Soli said:

jdw said:

Those of you who are US citizens and have a residence in the US and bank accounts in the US, as well as outside the US, and have an iPhone acquired outside the US, this question is for you. 

Despite my having received an invite for Apple Card via my AppleID tied to my US residence, I cannot get Apple Card to appear in my wallet. And because of that I cannot sign up for Apple Card. Here are more details I posted in Apple’s forum...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250557669

If any of you know a workaround for this problem, please let me know.

Does this link get the card to appear when it's clicked in iOS?

• https://wallet.apple.com/apple-card/setup/feature/ccs

I totally forgot about the iOS “Language & Region“ setting. Changing that to the USA got rid of the error!  It automatically filled out my name and date of birth and my current phone number outside the USA. But I’m wondering if it’s important to put the phone number that’s tied to my current iPhone SIM card outside the USA, or could I safely put  phone number landline associated with my residence in the USA? I don’t want to fill this out in the wrong way. So please let me know. Thanks. 

One more question for those of you who already have the Apple Card ...

I hate suing of any kind, regardless of who was damaged or how.  Perhaps I would think differently about that if the Western world wasn't so litigious as it is now, but I can't help how I feel.  Suing at the rate we do is just insane.

With that said, I'm afraid this lawsuit does have some teeth in that even I myself had been under the strong impression that all iCloud data was stored exclusively on Apple owned and operated servers.  If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit Apple has been at least a tad disingenuous about servers and storage.  That doesn't mean I support the lawsuit.  It just means Apple should have either been more open with us or stored everything exclusively on Apple owned and operated servers, like we all thought they were doing in the first place.  I think this matter is at least as serious as the aging battery, power throttling issue that hit the global news a year ago.  Sometimes it doesn't seem that being transparent is a good thing, but when news like this hits the fan, then the realization strikes.  Apple could have handled this better, just like they could have handled info about power throttling better.  

It doesn't matter if Apple never made it 100% clear they don't store data on 100% Apple-owned and operated servers and that we the public should have assumed Apple stored data outside Apple.  Legal jargon that few if any people read doesn't matter either insofar as few people read it, and such information isn't even spoken about in the tech media, whose job it is to sleuth out those details for us.  Public perception and "the general understanding" matters most.  I had the perception, like most of you, that Apple stored our iCloud data on Apple servers.  It doesn't matter if my believing that was in error.  That was the perception that Apple allowed the general public to believe. Surely Apple knew the general consensus, and if they didn't, Apple surely does now.  Again, I don't support the lawsuit by saying that.  I just wish it had been made more clear by Apple how iCloud data was stored.  That's all.