Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

apparently in the time capsule if you choose to manage the onboard drive with accounts there is a hidden admin account created with your device password used as the account pw. you can access your time capsule from the Internet as a normal samba share using the IP and this account lol

nowhere does it tell you this and if you chose 12345 as your time capsule password then lol

e: furthermore, if you want to use the time machine software with account management enabled, you have to feed it the admin credentials, otherwise backing up is really broken

exploded mummy posted:

listen heathen

it

just

works

http://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/14weeks.html posted:

Apple stated that Q1 FY2017 was an all-time record for quarterly revenue. The media dutifully and mostly uncritically spread this “great” news for Apple. But the headlines were fake news. Technically the claim is true, the revenue was an all-time record. True but misleading. Although Apple didn’t lie as such, you might say there was a sin of omission, and a definite spin of the facts. Most Apple fiscal quarters are 13 weeks long. Once in a while, however, they need a 14 week quarter. You might call it a “leap quarter”. There was a good explanation of this financial practice a few years ago in Slate. Apple’s Q1 2017 was a 14 week quarter, for the first time since Q1 2013.

Adjusted for the extra week, Apple actually had another down quarter.

Jimmy Carter posted:

mishaq posted:

i miss these

Bulgogi Hoagie posted:

apparently in the time capsule if you choose to manage the onboard drive with accounts there is a hidden admin account created with your device password used as the account pw. you can access your time capsule from the Internet as a normal samba share using the IP and this account lol

nowhere does it tell you this and if you chose 12345 as your time capsule password then lol

e: furthermore, if you want to use the time machine software with account management enabled, you have to feed it the admin credentials, otherwise backing up is really broken

mishaq posted:

i miss these

mishaq posted:

i miss these

Sniep posted:

Rex-Goliath posted:

unban creamknob

http://www.mobipicker.com/apple-developing-chip-macbook-pro-2017-arm-based-chip-deliver-better-power-efficiency/

Apple Developing Own Chip For MacBook Pro (2017); ARM-Based Chip To Deliver Better Power Efficiency

mishaq posted:

uncurable mlady posted:

why don't you love your child enough to get them a mac?

Phoenixan posted:

you uncheck 2 boxes in the spotlight settings and you're done though

The XKCD Larper posted:

99% of people use the default settings and never change them for the life of the device.

Sniep posted:

do you miss the X10 camera popunder ads that came up on hotmail back in the day

Shifty Pony posted:

how about the "win a free iPod!" pyramid schemes which flooded every forum on the internet with people begging for seven other people to sign up for the either credit card offers or whatever.

mishaq posted:

The XKCD Larper posted:

Spotlight streams keyboard input to Apple by default, IIRC.

Doc Block posted:

but only what you type into spotlight, so it can also offer web suggestions etc

no different than doing a google search, except you can turn it off if you want

quote:

One particular highlight of the report is Apple demanding that doorways be perfectly flat, with no subtle bump between the outside and inside of the building. Apple reportedly wouldn’t give in because it worried that “if engineers had to adjust their gait while entering the building, they risked distraction from their work.”

Reuters calls out several other instances of excessive attention to detail:

No vents or pipes could be reflected in the building’s glass exterior
There are 30 pages of guidelines on how to use wood
Apple inspected “thousands of ceiling panels” to ensure they were “immaculate inside and out”
Debate over what doorknobs should look like went on for over a year and a half

hobbesmaster posted:

while I admire apple's tolerance requirements (assuming they are putting up the necessary $$$$) that's going to be problematic when the building settles there is an earthquake

quote:

Tolerances, the distance materials may deviate from desired measurements, were a particular focus. On many projects, the standard is 1/8 of an inch at best; Apple often demanded far less, even for hidden surfaces.

The company's keen design sense enhanced the project, but its expectations sometimes clashed with construction realities, a former architect said.

"With phones, you can build to very, very minute tolerances," he said. "You would never design to that level of tolerance on a building. Your doors would jam."

quote:

When Apple tapped general contractors Holder Construction and Rudolph & Sletten to finish the main building in 2015, one of the first orders of business was finalizing a door handle for conference rooms and offices.

After months of back and forth, construction workers presented their work to a manager from Apple’s in-house team, who turned the sample over and over in his hands. Finally, he said he felt a faint bump.

The construction team double-checked the measurements, unable to find any imperfections – down to the nanometer. Still, Apple insisted on another version.

The construction manager who was so intimately involved in the door handle did not see its completion. Down to his last day, Apple was still fiddling with the design - after a year and a half of debate.

When construction wraps, the only fingerprints on the site will be Jobs'. Workers often had to wear gloves to avoid marring the delicate materials, said Brett Davis, regional director of the District Council 16 union for painters and related crafts.

infernal machines posted:

maybe instead of sperging over doorknobs they could worry about making a computer that isn't complete poo poo sometime this decade.

infernal machines posted:

maybe instead of sperging over doorknobs they could worry about making a computer that isn't complete poo poo sometime this decade.

hobbesmaster posted:

while I admire apple's tolerance requirements (assuming they are putting up the necessary $$$$) that's going to be problematic when the building settles

infernal machines posted:

maybe instead of sperging over doorknobs they could worry about making a computer that isn't complete poo poo sometime this decade.

Wheany posted:

https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/06/apple-ultra-accessory-connector-uac-mfi-made-for-iphone-headphones/

MORE DONGLES!

Shifty Pony posted:

oh god I've used that connector before and it manages to be even worse and less durable than mini-USB.

why the gently caress not require USB-c everywhere? the licensing revenue from lightning has to be trivial, are they that obsessed with control over things being able to plug into the iPhone?

LastInLine posted:

what does your heart tell u