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I was using my wife’s new macbook and compared to the keyboard and trackpad on my old macbook pro (early 2011), I hate it.
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May 22, 2019 00:06
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Hopefully this will lower the price on 2015 used models, so I can finally snatch up a 2015 13 inch with 16 gigs of ram 
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May 22, 2019 00:20
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Yeah, even if it’s finally fixed, no really for real we’re pretty sure you guys fourth times a charm, it’s still crummy to use. But at least being subjectively bad is a step up from objectively bad.
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May 22, 2019 00:24
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Still no option to ditch the stupid loving touchbar on the 15. I don't know how much more I can get out of this 2012, and may just go back to an iMac if they won't make a laptop that I want to buy.
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May 22, 2019 01:16
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LionArcher posted:Hopefully this will lower the price on 2015 used models, so I can finally snatch up a 2015 13 inch with 16 gigs of ram
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May 22, 2019 01:36
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I heard the 2018 macbook pros had issues with overheating, did they fix that? 8 cores sounds nice but I'm not seeing any changes to the cooling in the news which has me a bit concerned.
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May 22, 2019 01:53
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Koramei posted:I heard the 2018 macbook pros had issues with overheating, did they fix that? 8 cores sounds nice but I'm not seeing any changes to the cooling in the news which has me a bit concerned. That turned out to be a firmware issue iirc.
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May 22, 2019 01:59
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The Milkman posted:But at least being subjectively bad is a step up from objectively bad. somehow this is the perfect summation of consumer/prosumer electronics over the last couple years
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May 22, 2019 02:00
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Binary Badger posted:You're gonna have to get the password to that old AppleID and log off all the services in that guide that BobHoward mentioned, if you don't it's gonna be locked to that old ID even if you do a wipe and reformat. Hardware credentials get stored and linked in the cloud to that old account. You shouldn’t need to worry about. The iCloud activation lock applies only to iOS devices. I’d be curious if the computer is enrolled in DEP though. Here’s a little post about it: https://www.rdklinc.com/blog/2019/03/does-apple-verify-our-serial-numbers-against-a-database-every-time-we-connect-to-the-internet He doesn’t have all the pieces quite right, but his workaround is nice.
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May 22, 2019 03:17
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Koramei posted:I heard the 2018 macbook pros had issues with overheating, did they fix that? 8 cores sounds nice but I'm not seeing any changes to the cooling in the news which has me a bit concerned. They never “overheated”, they just didn’t throttle properly
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May 22, 2019 03:17
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Still rocking my 2016 with the original keyboard. Had to clean it 3 times with the datavac since I got it to unstuck a key. Waaaaaaaaaaaaah.
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May 22, 2019 04:40
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Linguica posted:Well with the new ThermoType™ technology the butterfly switches are all now copper fins on a built-in heatsink, and are warm and toasty for your fingertips as well, Please follow the instructions for additional cooling and best performance under CPU load: 
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May 22, 2019 06:51
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I'm excited to try out the newer keyboard but it probably still feels like typing on a butthole
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May 22, 2019 10:33
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I've got a 2018 MBP and, shocker, the keyboard started loving up within ssix months - thanks for showing up to prove my point, busted s key. Am I reading all this properly that if I send this in for a new keyboard, I'll get the 2019, theoretically-less-poo poo keyboard? Or am I still doomed to need to bring this thing to the Apple shop every year or less? Assuming I stick with it and don't attempt to find the best non-Apple laptop, which I'm still tempted to do.
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May 22, 2019 12:40
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morcant posted:I've got a 2018 MBP and, shocker, the keyboard started loving up within ssix months - thanks for showing up to prove my point, busted s key. Am I reading all this properly that if I send this in for a new keyboard, I'll get the 2019, theoretically-less-poo poo keyboard? Or am I still doomed to need to bring this thing to the Apple shop every year or less? Assuming I stick with it and don't attempt to find the best non-Apple laptop, which I'm still tempted to do. Correct, 2018's will get the 'improved' 3rd generation keyboard 16/17 will keep getting poo poo keyboard
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May 22, 2019 12:50
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There's a backlight service program for the 2016 model 13" https://www.apple.com/support/13-inch-macbook-pro-display-backlight-service/ Display backlight continuously or intermittently shows vertical bright areas along the entire bottom of the screen Display backlight stops working completely
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May 22, 2019 12:52
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm excited to try out the newer keyboard but it probably still feels like typing on a butthole I just got a new mbp for work and I loving hate it. trackpad is lol huge, the way i type i end up hitting the touch bar escape key very often, and the keyboard just feels bad. Article
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May 22, 2019 12:59
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 still got 2 years of AppleCare on my 2015, I hope they'll manage a major redesign before that expires.
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May 22, 2019 14:15
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https://express.google.com/u/0/prod...=0&utm_content= New air for $898
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May 22, 2019 14:16
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A person brought me a Mac formatted external HD (seagate) that suddenly was inaccessible on his computer. I stuck it in my data recovery station and low and behold the loving drive was encrypted. I asked the gentleman many times if he had any idea about the password, or what might have happened when he first bought it and started using it. Finally I decided to just go into the Keychain manager and see if I could find a password and I did! It was obviously autogenerated and was long and hard. If this guys mac had died or stopped working or whatever, the contents of the HD would have been lost forever. What the gently caress.
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May 22, 2019 16:25
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apple gives you the option to store the filevault key in icloud. if you choose to store it locally then.. yes if you lose that key you're hosed. that is encryption. not sure what's strange about that. I guess other than the drive randomly not being accessible?
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May 22, 2019 16:38
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KidDynamite posted:I just got a new mbp for work and I loving hate it. trackpad is lol huge, the way i type i end up hitting the touch bar escape key very often, and the keyboard just feels bad. Article Same here, I use an old USB aluminium Apple keyboard and a MS bluetooth mouse with Adobe CC suite. Have barely touched the keyboard / trackpad at all (which probably means it will die shortly).
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May 22, 2019 17:46
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Spime Wrangler posted:I'm hitting the wall with my current work machine, 2014 MBP 13" with 8gb ram. I'm pretty sure I'm going to pull the trigger on a 27" imac and a 4k second monitor and throw another 32gb of RAM in it for a total budget of ~$3100, and keep the MBP for travel. trip report: this thing screams and the 5k panel is obscene. height adjust and smaller bezels would be nice but gently caress it.
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May 22, 2019 18:43
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Last Chance posted:apple gives you the option to store the filevault key in icloud. if you choose to store it locally then.. yes if you lose that key you're hosed. that is encryption. not sure what's strange about that. Why did it happen without user knowledge?
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May 22, 2019 19:08
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redeyes posted:Why did it happen without user knowledge? It doesn't. If he told you he didn't specifically select the option to encrypt when initializing or or that he didn't later apply encryption, he's lying. This is not something that happens magically. You have to explicitly tell macOS you want that volume encrypted. Last Chance posted:It didn’t, unless it’s a managed device with encryption rules set byJAMF or something Or this. In which case your Mac admins should have the key to recover. Proteus Jones fucked around with this message at 19:23 on May 22, 2019 |
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May 22, 2019 19:21
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redeyes posted:Why did it happen without user knowledge? It didn’t, unless it’s a managed device with encryption rules set byJAMF or something
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Luceo posted:Still no option to ditch the stupid loving touchbar on the 15. I don't know how much more I can get out of this 2012, and may just go back to an iMac if they won't make a laptop that I want to buy. The touchbar is amazing with BTT + GoldenChaos. Upcoming calendar events, reminders, iMessage notifications, e-mail notification etc. I really hope Apple doesn't ditch it at this point. Touchbar + Function keys would have been nice. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 22:27 on May 22, 2019 |
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May 22, 2019 22:22
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Are the new airs a solid recommendation for people upgrading from ancient MacBooks?
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May 23, 2019 00:31
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Gay Retard posted:The touchbar is amazing with BTT + GoldenChaos. Upcoming calendar events, reminders, iMessage notifications, e-mail notification etc. I really hope Apple doesn't ditch it at this point. Yeah, the touchbar is actually a great piece of hardware. The problem is that Apple has done exactly gently caress all with it.
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May 23, 2019 00:38
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forbidden dialectics posted:Yeah, the touchbar is actually a great piece of hardware. DEBATEABLE
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May 23, 2019 00:51
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In another time, Apple would out of nowhere include the gist of GoldenChaos in a new prefpane while ignoring half of its own Inhuman Interface Guidelines and the author of the original would have to go pound sand (see Watson, Flux, about fifty other apps) but luckily this will escape Apple's notice because they don't give a poo poo about macOS anymore.
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May 23, 2019 00:59
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KidDynamite posted:I just got a new mbp for work and I loving hate it. trackpad is lol huge, the way i type i end up hitting the touch bar escape key very often, and the keyboard just feels bad. Article
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May 23, 2019 02:15
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Gay Retard posted:The touchbar is amazing with BTT + GoldenChaos. Upcoming calendar events, reminders, iMessage notifications, e-mail notification etc. I really hope Apple doesn't ditch it at this point. I'd put up with the thing if they'd put function keys on as well. They could, oh, I don't know, shave a tiny bit off the top of that loving trackpad to make room. I'm just sick of wanting to upgrade my MBP for a few years now, but the new ones having a laundry list of things I hate about them. I shouldn't have a list of things I hate on a product I'm going to drop three grand on.
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May 23, 2019 04:46
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https://twitter.com/ow/status/1130943430098587650 Just make a new keyboard already. I guess this is as close as Apple can get to saying their keyboards are innately hosed without legal repercussions.
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May 23, 2019 06:07
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Housh posted:Are the new airs a solid recommendation for people upgrading from ancient MacBooks? If you can get a good deal on them, yeah they're alright for browsing and email. New/current 13" MBPs are on sale from time to time though. They have quite a few advantages without being much heavier/larger. Keyboards are all the same. I'd wait for WWDC in 11 days for the small chance of a 12" ARM Macbook announcement.
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forbidden dialectics posted:Yeah, the touchbar is actually a great piece of hardware. The problem is that Apple has done exactly gently caress all with it. It might be well made, but removing the F-keys on a pro machine used by many, many programmers is just bafflingly dumb. And no option to configure them back at any cost.
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wooger posted:It might be well made, but removing the F-keys on a pro machine used by many, many programmers is just bafflingly dumb. 
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May 23, 2019 12:09
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Bob Morales posted:Correct, 2018's will get the 'improved' 3rd generation keyboard Mu Zeta posted:https://twitter.com/ow/status/1130943430098587650 "improved" indeed. I am overcome with confidence. I know consumer rights are pretty hosed nowadays but this seems particularly egregious.
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Being able to get a 4 year-old laptop's battery, top-case, and keyboard replaced for free if there's a keyboard issue seems pretty nice to me. Every manufacturer has issues with laptops that are just swept under the rug and not addressed, at least Apple will take care of the issue because they don't want anybody blogging about it at this point. It certainly sucks for international consumers who can't get their keyboard swapped out in 1-3 days at a local Apple store.
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