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Choadmaster posted:Pointless rant forthcoming; TL/DR: iTunes blows goats. You realize it's the persons fault for buying the smallest sized iPad and then trying to jam movies on it. Here's a fix: return and buy a 128. Tah dah. Dr. Video Games 0050 fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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'? Sorry, your iPad is now full to the brim with half-downloaded rentals, you can't sync anything over to it.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:You realize it's the persons fault for buying the smallest sized iPad and then trying to jam movies on it. Certainly she didn't do herself any favors, but no. It's Apple's fault the software is so lovely. I already outlined a perfectly reasonable/possible correct outcome given the situation. Or is it truly to be expected that Apple's software is written so poorly that it deadlocks? They should put that in their ads.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:36
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Choadmaster posted:Certainly she didn't do herself any favors, but no. It's Apple's fault the software is so lovely. I already outlined a perfectly reasonable/possible correct outcome given the situation. Or is it truly to be expected that Apple's software is written so poorly that it deadlocks? They should put that in their ads. Cool story bro. Now go get your refunds because I don't think anyone here is in a position to help. edit: maybe optionally file a bug on iTunes? Otherwise yeah not a lot to do there. MrBond fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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Jul 17, 2015 06:05
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MrBond posted:I don't think anyone here is in a position to help. There's a reason the literal first words of my post were 'pointless rant.' I mean, maybe someone else will consider using iTunes to rent poo poo some day, and think back on this thread and remember that it's lovely and not make that mistake. But I think everyone except a few idiots (heh my friend) realized that already. It would explain how Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is currently in the top 3 rentals...
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Jul 17, 2015 11:14
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When you go to rent something on iTunes there's a link that clearly explains how it works.
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Jul 17, 2015 12:16
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Was this through the iTunes Store the app or computer iTunes? I've used iTunes Store the app to rent a couple of times, it's pretty straightforward. You click rent, it charges you, you download the movie, and then you watch it. If it tells you you don't have enough space, you delete XCom. Somehow I don't think many people rent five movies all at once but it sucks that it gets a bit janky that way! I also think it's pretty funny that she dropped like $500 on a device solely for watching a few movies instead of just spending like $150 on a Kindle Fire or something.
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Jul 17, 2015 14:15
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Jose Oquendo posted:When you go to rent something on iTunes there's a link that clearly explains how it works. IIRC on Desktop iTunes you have to do this weird thing of "moving" rentals from PC to the device. I suppose that's where iTunes is not any good at estimating space?
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MrBond posted:IIRC on Desktop iTunes you have to do this weird thing of "moving" rentals from PC to the device. I suppose that's where iTunes is not any good at estimating space? Licensing thing, I suppose. Annoying because this doesn't work in reverse. I rented a movie on my iPad when I was on a business trip once and just never had time to watch it. Wanted to move it back to my PC to watch it (bigger screen) and you can't. I always assume however, anything dumb to do with licensing and what you can/can't do with a file isn't Apple's fault: its the movie/music studios. Why rentals can't just "be in the cloud" is baffling to me.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:50
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I have a stupid 32gb Ipad if I was to upgrade it would be to an Ipad air? What happened to regular big ipad.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:57
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Fallorn posted:I have a stupid 32gb Ipad if I was to upgrade it would be to an Ipad air? What happened to regular big ipad. iPad Air is regular big iPad. Air is 5th gen, Air 2 is 6th gen.
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Jul 17, 2015 17:59
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So I guess ipad pro will be like an xl ipad?
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Jul 18, 2015 02:53
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Fallorn posted:So I guess ipad pro will be like an xl ipad? Rumor is 12" yeah
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Jul 18, 2015 03:40
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tuyop posted:Yes, this is seriously the case. Most people I've met don't have "Internet Browser" in their vocabulary. Keep in mind that IE with Windows 95, which was a huge release of Windows everybody had to buy because Mick loving Jagger is selling an operating system included a copy of IE that had an icon of a globe and the label "The Internet." The process was still called IEXPLORE.EXE but it's not like anybody knew that. It was only in 96 with IE3 that Microsoft began marketing the phrase Internet Explorer and the lowercase 'e' that we associate with late 90s internet. And a lot of people probably didn't upgrade to until they either installed Win98 (IF they installed Win98, as it was deemed an unimportant bugfix/polish release in the tech press and it didn't have the same hype machine) or some site begged them to upgrade.
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Craptacular! posted:Keep in mind that IE with Windows 95, which was a huge release of Windows everybody had to buy because Mick loving Jagger is selling an operating system included a copy of IE that had an icon of a globe and the label "The Internet." The process was still called IEXPLORE.EXE but it's not like anybody knew that. Well, it's not like they know how to upgrade either. I'd say only 5-10% of the kids I teach know how to browse to their download folder and select a file. Upgrading Flash is a laborious process for these kids that makes you think they might be time travellers from the 1970s or something. People lean in, carefully read every line, scrutinize their options, look for the mouse, search for where the cursor may be hiding, read again to make sure they don't "break" the computer, then click the wrong thing somehow and cancel the whole process, smugly sit back thinking they've succeeded, proceed to do the thing they wanted to do, only to be bounced back by an "update now" screen and give up in frustration and text their friends for 80 minutes. Just last week I was teaching a group of 12 12-15 year olds for a day camp, I told them to log onto the wifi, gave them the SSID and the credentials, and then walked around to make sure there were no problems, and everyone looked like they were pretty familiar with the process. Fast forward 60 minutes later and four of them hadn't succeeded in entering their credentials. They just gave up and tried to carry on without any wifi, in an activity where you can't do ANYTHING without wifi! 
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Choadmaster posted:Pointless rant forthcoming; TL/DR: iTunes blows goats. Welcome to the life of an apple genius. At least I get paid to deal with dumb people I guess.
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Jul 19, 2015 00:42
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Is the IPad Mini 2 32GB still a good buy? My original mini broke and I need a replacement. I read that the 3 isn't worth the extra money. There's no IPad Mini 4 announced for the near future is there?
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Jul 19, 2015 19:44
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Define "near future." We're 3 months from the typical iPad fresh date.
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Jul 19, 2015 20:01
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Sorry if this has been covered already but I turn to you for help: Is there a good workaround for uploading files to a web form from my iPad? I'm talking about things like uploading a PDF of a resume, by "browsing" for that file, say from Pages or someplace else. I understand that iOS doesn't let me see the file structure or whatever for some reason, but WTF do you do? It seems really stupid that Safari won't let me access things from Pages. I've read of people saying to use iUploader, and some people talk about using iCab browser, but those seem to be old conversations and I can't find anything more recent.
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Jul 21, 2015 07:45
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devilmonk posted:Sorry if this has been covered already but I turn to you for help:
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Define "near future." We're 3 months from the typical iPad fresh date. drat, my dad wants an iPad Air 2 for his birthday, though I'm struggling to see what a refresh might add other than a slight boost in processor speed?
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Jul 21, 2015 11:13
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Another year of support and updates.
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Jul 21, 2015 13:28
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japtor posted:Sign up for iOS 9 beta and cross your fingers it works ok for you. Haven't messed with it myself but I believe it supports upload forms now, like it pops up the standard file browser where you can pick from iCloud Drive or other apps/services that support it. Yikes! Thanks for the answer. Do we have a thread that talks about the relative possibilities of "bad things" happening for people who update to the beta?
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Jul 21, 2015 14:15
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AlexF posted:Another year of support and updates. Is it really that bad with Apple?
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Jul 21, 2015 15:14
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ijyt posted:Is it really that bad with Apple?
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Jul 21, 2015 15:26
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ijyt posted:Is it really that bad with Apple? It just means whatever software comes out will eventually stop functioning on older devices and the older the iPad you get the sooner that happens. The newer the device, the further into the future it runs things.
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Jul 21, 2015 15:30
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That said, they're supporting iOS going back to iPads 2, so I wouldn't be too concerned about being left behind any time soon.
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Jul 21, 2015 16:10
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Question Mark Mound posted:Older devices have support dropped before newer ones? Apple is loving us again! I don't know what your problem is, but I was asking a simple question. I have no idea how quickly Apple drops support for older products.
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Endless Mike posted:That said, they're supporting iOS going back to iPads 2, so I wouldn't be too concerned about being left behind any time soon. Yeah not soon, necessarily. Just... Sooner than the newest model. Just something to consider when so close to release.
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Jul 21, 2015 16:23
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ijyt posted:I don't know what your problem is, but I was asking a simple question. I have no idea how quickly Apple drops support for older products. The air 2 will have support for the latest iOS for at least 4 years and probably longer thanks to the 2gb ram upgrade.
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Jul 21, 2015 17:19
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Yeah the Air 2 was a massive bump over the original Air. With retailers already clearing out stock with $100 off discounts it probably won't make much difference if you pick one up before or after the refresh.
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Ok thanks, just the first reply made it seem support would be dropped sooner, 4 years is more than enough. Mostly interested in getting it now rather than waiting because A) it'd be on the birthday rather than after it, and B) a retailer is offering 3 years warranty instead of the usual 1.
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ijyt posted:Ok thanks, just the first reply made it seem support would be dropped sooner, 4 years is more than enough. Mostly interested in getting it now rather than waiting because A) it'd be on the birthday rather than after it, and B) a retailer is offering 3 years warranty instead of the usual 1. The only iPad that isn't supported in 9 is the original one, if that gives you a sense of scale. edit: I don't think anyone has made promises given future support either FWIW (e.g. no idea if it will always be 4 years for every model), but just stating the historical evidence that we have. MrBond fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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devilmonk posted:Yikes! Thanks for the answer. Do we have a thread that talks about the relative possibilities of "bad things" happening for people who update to the beta? But just speaking in general terms, it's a beta, poo poo can happen. Like if nothing else, betas expire regularly and if you don't keep up you could be boned if you need the iPad and aren't in a position to update. Personally I just have a desktop that I remote into when I need to do random stuff like uploading files to a browser.
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ijyt posted:Ok thanks, just the first reply made it seem support would be dropped sooner, 4 years is more than enough. Mostly interested in getting it now rather than waiting because A) it'd be on the birthday rather than after it, and B) a retailer is offering 3 years warranty instead of the usual 1. Sorry, that was way too short. I should not post stuff like that from my phone.
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ijyt posted:Ok thanks, just the first reply made it seem support would be dropped sooner, 4 years is more than enough. Mostly interested in getting it now rather than waiting because A) it'd be on the birthday rather than after it, and B) a retailer is offering 3 years warranty instead of the usual 1. I've found that even when iPads run out of support, it doesn't stop people from continuing to use them. Most people just need to browse internet / looks at emails. Having the latest iPad is only important if you need to do processing intensive tasks.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:You realize it's the persons fault for buying the smallest sized iPad and then trying to jam movies on it. The software is a buggy loving pile in the person's anecdotal experience, which doesn't help.
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I'm trying to figure out whether the stylus technology has advanced enough for me to switch to my iPad from paper writing completely. I bought a cheap 10 pence stylus with a rubber tip and despite being a bit imprecise it's actually a bearable note taking experience in onenote. Can anyone recommend a well-built, maybe thinner, stylus that won't destroy my screen?
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Lichy posted:I'm trying to figure out whether the stylus technology has advanced enough for me to switch to my iPad from paper writing completely. I completely bit the bullet a couple of years ago and went notebook free (with a couple lapses). For the most part it worked out. Right now, I'm using Noteshelf for the bluetooth stylus support and the notebooks sync automatically to Evernote. The nice thing about keeping notes like this is I can change order, group pages together, or cut and paste sections into other note pages. For non-bluetooth, I used the Adonit Jot Pro (the also make a "mini", but I find it almost too small). That was my stylus of choice for years until I finally got a Jot Touch PixelPoint (which I love). The stylus still works in non-bluetooth aware apps as well. But it might be overkill if OneNote is your primary note taking tool.
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I just don't see how rubbing a rubber dingle on glass can satisfactorily replicate the experience of writing on paper with a pen or pencil. I can see how this is equivalent to the kindle argument "I just don't see how this can replicate the feel of a paper book" but I honestly think that writing on paper is more helpful by virtue of it being paper.
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fleshweasel posted:I just don't see how rubbing a rubber dingle on glass can satisfactorily replicate the experience of writing on paper with a pen or pencil. I see this type of argument all the time from people regarding physical vs. ebooks as well. The "feel" arguments do nothing for me. It was strange at first, and like everything, I became acclimatized to it after a week or so. But I also understand it's a deal killer for some, and the experience of physical paper is a thing. For me it's all about convenience, flexibility and organization. There's also the aspect of if I lose or break my iPad, I can still access my notes. If I lose my pen-and-paper notebook, I'm hosed.
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