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They also never bothered to implement the 2 factor code popup on old systems but forcing user to use 2fa. So you now get to explain to grandma that she needs to enter her icloud password, get a password error, click on approve on her iPhone, then enter her password again with the 6 digit code shown on the iphone appended to the end of her password.
WHAT! How did I not know the append-the-code trick
They also never bothered to implement the 2 factor code popup on old systems but forcing user to use 2fa. So you now get to explain to grandma that she needs to enter her icloud password, get a password error, click on approve on her iPhone, then enter her password again with the 6 digit code shown on the iphone appended to the end of her password.
That's a neat hack if you only have one input box. But all the extra code on the backend needed to differentiate between a normal password and a password+pin sounds like something which could accidentally weaken security.
Incredibly short sighted when they shipped so many laptops with 128GB drives even till quite recently where upgrading is almost impossible once you've been using the machine because even basic apps and a few files push you beyond the limit required to update. Most of these laptops run at 2-4GB free space because MacOS already takes up a ton of space and throw on a few electron apps and its full.
Incredibly short sighted when they shipped so many laptops with 128GB drives even till quite recently where upgrading is almost impossible once you've been using the machine because even basic apps and a few files push you beyond the limit required to update. Most of these laptops run at 2-4GB free space because MacOS already takes up a ton of space and throw on a few electron apps and its full.
It's not even much better with 256GB. I thought I'd be fine as I used to run Linux with 128GB and had loads of room. MacOS has been very tight with 256GB
Please anyone, someone, does anyone think that these are all the same company? Same culture? Same quality of software? Apple releasing 10.4 Apple releasing 10.6 Apple releasing 10.11 Apple releasing 10.15
The amount of phone-home in the macOS these days is also absolutely astounding. My new mbp16 has at least 4 different processes talking to Apple Maps servers even with location services disabled, and if you press F8 it sends the machine's unchangeable hardware serial number to Apple (linking it to your IP) without consent. (FWIW it also says on screen that it is doing this when you press F8.)
And most importantly, what the actual fuck?..
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That's a neat hack if you only have one input box. But all the extra code on the backend needed to differentiate between a normal password and a password+pin sounds like something which could accidentally weaken security.
It's really not that complicated given it's a fixed 6 digit appendage
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Doesn't Chromium use its own CA store, or is that different on the OS X version?
Chromium uses its own HTTPS implementation but does not currently use its own CA store. If it did, adding the aforementioned certificate would not have fixed all of the “Your Connection Is Not Private” errors I was encountering previously. :)
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Chromium uses its own HTTPS implementation but does not currently use its own CA store. If it did, adding the aforementioned certificate would not have fixed all of the “Your Connection Is Not Private” errors I was encountering previously. :)
They would presumably use both.
IIRC there are plans to switch Chromium to its own certificate store on all platforms, but they seem to be a ways off.
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They would presumably use both.
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your comment. You can presume whatever you want, but I'm telling you how it works. :) IIRC there are plans to switch Chromium to its own certificate store on all platforms, but they seem to be a ways off.
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The key point for this IMHO is, as mentioned in the article "But it's also time for better communication on this subject. Apple should spell out its update policies for older versions of macOS, as Microsoft does, rather than relying on its current hand-wavy release timing". If Apple properly supported Catalina, that would be great; if Apple explicitly said that Catalina is out of support / EOL and people need to upgr…
I really don’t get this. Apple does provide free updates for all. If you skip major versions, you’re shooting yourself in the foot and blaming Apple for allowing it. Apple is giving you the update: Install it and now it’s up to date. They don’t have to support multiple versions of the same thing indefinitely. The situations (devices) where the update isn’t possible (i.e. they’re outdated too early) can probably be co…
>iOS may now offer a choice between two software update versions in the Settings app. You can update to the latest version of iOS 15 as soon as it’s released for the latest features and most complete set of security updates. Or continue on iOS 14 and still get important security updates.
>https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-15/features/
Apple is not even meeting it's own guarantees.