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Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by radicality »

lukestevens wrote: post #89

The most egregious bug/s I've encountered in recent years is the utterly cursed tab management in iOS Safari. A couple of times a year it will just nuke all my open tabs (450-500) and present me with a delightful blank screen. Before that it will mislabel the active tab group on and off before giving up entirely. Quick action on my part stops the destruction syncing & I usually end up recovering them on my Mac & then…

I also don’t understand the back button at all on Safari iOS, I think one version it just stopped doing its one task correctly. It’s messing with my mental model of how I arrived at each tab. Currently:

Safari iOS: Be on a page, tap hold a link, click Open in new tab, go to new tab. The Back button should be grayed out and isn’t, and clicking it closes the tab.

Chrome iOS: Be on a page, tap hold a link, click Open in new tab, go to new tab. Back button correctly grayed out as the tab has nowhere to go back to.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by malshe »

jakejohnson wrote: post #164
malshe wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am facing this issue right now. I need to create a separate developer account because I am risk averse. Do I need a new phone number for this? Online some people say yes, others say no. I tried creating the account several times but it just doesn't work. At this point I am planning to just get a prepaid SIM card from US Mobile for the phone number.

I set up a couple developer accounts recently for my clients. Just use a new Google Voice number for 2FA. I had to live chat with Apple support to get past initial verification both times and after that setup went fine.

Thanks, that's great to know! I will take this route.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by seanwessmith »

InMice wrote: post #236

Clicking on folders that you have put in Finders sidebar - It will not display the folder with the view settings set for that folder, but instead the last folder you clicked in the sidebar. It seems to happen clicking from top to bottom vs bottom to top. You just cant make this sh*t up it's so bad. Example sidebar: Applications - Always shows as icons Documents - Shows as icons if you last clicked on Applications. Sh…

that's not how it works for me in MacOS Tahoe, the sidebar works as it should now.

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Post by jmaker »

BitsAndObjects wrote: post #33

Trying to type this comment on an iPhone and that very last issue, text selection, is so so real. It’s probably the single biggest thing I hate about this phone that makes me consider switching back to Android (I was on Android for 12 years before trying out an iPhone for 3 years atm, and in general, on average, I can’t tell the difference… they both have strengths and flaws. Text selection is a pretty massive flaw o…

Text section is also extremely annoying when marking up PDF files in the Preview app (select -> highlight). Anything you select (whole words), deselects some trailing portion and you’re left with only part of your selection with a highlight pop-up prompt. You want to reselect, so you tap aside, and it deselects the entire fragment. You repeat, again a trifling piece gets unselected, but this time the partial selection remains in tact after the highlight popup prompt is dismissed, and you try to expand the selection, but it either doesn’t react or cancels the entire selection, just for fun.

It can take a few times to get the selection right, but by that time you forgot why you wanted to highlight that passage in the first place.

It totally breaks my flow of consciousness while reading and marking.

It happens on iPhones and iPads, with and without the Pencil.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by jmaker »

prmoustache wrote: post #315
mvanbaak wrote: post #278

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It might be a very tiny issue for you, but for others it's huge. As a single datapoint: it has been years since I used a physical card. both payment or public transport. Always use contactless payments using my phone.

I mean I used it in the past but the difference is minor in my experience. It is a case of grabbing your card vs grabbing your smartphone and fiddling with it. That card could even be carried in one of those phones cases with a card holder. The only major difference is in case of stolen phone vs stolen card. But every system has its drawback. It could be super annoying if you get your account suspended unexpectedly w…

Why not just get an iPhone then?

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Post by ActorNightly »

hunterloftis wrote: post #56
650 wrote: post #45

I used to love Apple because they were so far ahead of the game in terms of UX and hardware. They have dropped the ball so much recently with all these UX mishaps from Apple Glass to most of the bugs in the post that affect me. I am more than willing to switch to Android or some other device regardless of price, but haven't found one that is close to equivalent yet. I worry it'll be a few years before something comes…

In the context of laptops, I would agree (MBP's hardware just outclasses everything else, even if I prefer Fedora over macOS). However, for phones, this just doesn't shake out. The Pixel 10 Pro for instance, has: * A battery that outlasts the iPhone 16 Pro by an hour * A slightly better display (higher brightness for outdoor use, higher PPI, higher color accuracy, same refresh rate) * A better camera for still photog…

>MBP's hardware just outclasses everything else

No it doesn't. Battery life isn't that much greater when you use the laptop. Meanwhile, if all you are doing is browsing web or watching youtube, an android phone with the same size battery lasts longer.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by christefano »

happymellon wrote: post #237
deathanatos wrote: post #60

The emoji search box's search bar sometimes will just stop working, usually after a {input, erase input, new input} sequence. No idea why. Dismiss picker, try again. Sometimes the picker just refuses to be summoned. Bluetooth is a mess. File transfers will fail, who knows why? Certainly not macOS. Often I'll just punt to GoogleDrive-TP. Really random screen wakes. Left macOS alone for 5s? All your windows have decide…

Why can't I disable MacOS "start every app I can think of" when you restart the laptop? No, I don't want to launch Word, Excel, Sheets, and System Monitor when I reboot. They weren't even running when I restarted, and I unticked the launch apps on restart. Every. Damn. Time.

In the shutdown / restart confirmation dialog there’s a checkbox to reopen apps at login. If there’s a bug with it I haven’t noticed it. You can also run

defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginwindowLaunchesRelaunchApps -bool false

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by charcircuit »

wat10000 wrote: post #355
charcircuit wrote: post #211

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>was already redeemed in some way This is the important quote showing that the gift card was not legitimate.

What matters is that the purchaser had every reason to think that it was legitimate and they were not the malefactor in this scenario, but they still got banned.

If you buy stolen property without knowing you still get punished by having the stolen property taken away. Just because you don't know, it doesn't mean you have not done anything wrong.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by sotix »

ulbu wrote: post #370
sotix wrote: post #350

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Yet on Android you can simply tap exactly where you want the cursor to be placed. It's a much superior experience.

um, you do the same on ios.

No quite. On iOS, I cannot place the cursor in the middle of a word by putting my finger there. It goes to the beginning or end of the word, and then I have to drag it like an ice cube to the precise spot. On Android you can tap exactly where you want the cursor to go, and it does with perfect precision.
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