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  • Apple ID is getting a rebrand starting with the release of iOS 18

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    rob53 said:
    Apple ID continues to be misunderstood by some Mac users. Users don’t know when to use their iCloud account password or their Mac login account. I’m not sure changing iCloud to Accounts will help. I know some people use the same account name and password for iCloud and Mac login but not necessarily users who’ve used Apple products for years. 

    Will Apple Account consolidate iCloud and Mac login or will they continue to be separate?
    IMO, that’s not the biggest issue.  It’s that Apple provides no way to consolidate iCloud accounts.   There’s an issue going all the way back to the AOL days.  When Apple made people change their IDs to not use AOL (I forget the exact circumstances), if you created a new AppleID with the same name, it got screwed up forever.  

    Also, if you created a second AppleID (I did so one time when my old ID stopped working (turned out it was an Apple server issue) and another time when I wound up with multiple AppleTV accounts), you could get signed in on another device to the wrong account.  If you purchased apps under that account, they would not update when using the “regular” account.  Luckily, most of those apps in my case were free apps and I could resolve the situation by deleting them and then reinstalling them and it even kept my data even though it tells you it won’t.  

    In fact, the entire password/keychain system seems screwed up to me. I have multiple entries for the same sites when there should be only one - the one with the latest password.   I hope the new password system is more than a rename and new skin. 
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  • Apple ID rebrand to 'Apple Account' expected in iOS 18 & macOS 15

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    This is nonsense and a wasted effort, IMO.   To my ears, “Apple Account” is confusing because it could imply my computer sign-on, phone sign-on, etc., and the Apple ID/password combo.  An “Apple ID” is more precise and explicit. 

    If Apple wants to do anything with AppleID, they should provide the ability to combine and delete IDs.  When my AppleID wasn’t working I created a new one, although it turned out the problem was at Apple.  And then for a short time I wound up with two Apple TV subs, so another ID was created for that and even though I eventually deleted the extra account that used the newer ID, it still haunts me. 

    Some apps were purchased using the wrong ID and the system won’t update them under my regular ID.   Luckily, most were free, so I delete them and then reinstall them.  My data is preserved (which really shouldn’t be the case, but I’m glad it is).  But some I had to pay again for because it was easier then having to sign in under the other ID to update them. 

    Whenever the Mac OS has a major update it asks me to use the AppleID that I don’t normally use.  

    How much money is Apple spending on a useless name change that’s only going to confuse users, IMO?
    williamlondon

  • Windows won't dominate enterprise in a decade, says outgoing Jamf CEO

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    JBdragon gets it right.  Corporate I.T. Is still conservative, reluctant to change, penny pinching and in general, still Apple adverse, although they make exceptions for “creatives”.   

    Plus there’s a ton of B-to-B application software that won’t run under MacOS.  

    It wasn’t all that many years ago that I was fighting with clients because they didn’t even want to replace 800 X 600 monitors.  

    Plus, what does the typical employee do on a computer?  Email, scheduling, texting, maybe word processing and spreadsheets and some web browsing.  All things a PC does fine.  
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  • Brooklyn's Mac Support Store to close after 17 years, auction forthcoming

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    JP234 said:
    I'm surprised they held out this long. I worked for an authorized Apple reseller, service and training facility. Apple Inc. gradually started squeezing our margins when Steve Jobs returned. As a B-level seller, we sold Macs at 10% margin. Soon after the iMac G4 was introduced, 10% shrank to 7% except on the Mac Pro and the MacBook Pro. Then the margin went to 7% on the Mac Pro. When the iPod and iPhone were introduced, our margin was 4% on those products. When teh 3.5% transaction charge for credit card transactions was subtracted, we were left with nothing, unless we could upsell accessories. Then Apple started soldering RAM on their logic boards, and using proprietary SSDs, pretty much eliminating about 75% of our service business. Then they started charging us the same amount for a fixed-price mail-in epair that they charged endusers, taking away another 15% of our service business. Taking training in-house at the Apple Stores was next. That was the end for MacSpecialist.

    That's American capitalism, and I'm not complaining, just detailing what happened. I had been buying Apple stock since Jobs' return, and was able to get a good job at Apple, in purchasing (for 3rd party products in their stores). Using Apple's employee stock purchase plan, I kept up buying more and more shares. So Apple didn't cost me my job, they gave me a career, paid off our mortgage, and bought us a new BMW 325i. And we still have 1,653 dividend-paying shares.

    We're all sorry to see independent, family-owned companies fail, but bottom line, Apple was way better than us (or any of the other resellers) at giving users an awesome experience from end to end.
    At those margins, I’m surprised any third party dealer bothers to sell Apple.   It’s not like they get to sell packaged software anymore either.  
    darkvader

  • Apple Card review 2022: Great for Apple buys, lacking everywhere else

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    Even if the interest rate was half what it is, it’s insane to pay those rates of interest. I haven’t paid any interest on a credit card in over 40 years. 

    I don’t care about wear and tear on the physical card because I never carry it.  If a place doesn’t take Apple Pay, I use a debit or other credit card.  

    I like the fact that the charges I make in November aren’t due until the end of December and there’s still no interest.  The payment schedule on a regular credit card is much shorter. 

    I don’t order Apple products directly from Apple, except for the iPhone because B&H photo has their PayBoo card, which discounts the equivalent of the sales tax. In NYC, that’s 8.875%, which is a much better deal than Apple’s 3%.  
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