macOS unable to open any non-Apple application • Hacker News Board

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by habitue » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

I feel like even Richard Stallman would have had a hard time imagining non-free operating systems would result in this.

Use linux folks! It doesn't communicate with a third party when a process starts up!

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by rubatuga » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

sirjonathan wrote: post #107

I was on a Zoom call a few minutes ago and my machine was struggling with responsiveness, which I haven’t seen happen - and there’s been a lot of Zoom usage this year. I assumed it was Zoom related but this makes more sense.

also saw problems with zoom as well

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by jonplackett » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

This just seems wrong on multiple levels.

Phoning home on every app launch seems insane to begin with.

But if you're gonna go there, at least be prepared for the inevitable.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by _iyig » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:06 PM UTC

This is the reason I needed to switch to a Linux laptop. I cannot be beholden to Apple’s - or anyone’s - servers when it comes to running applications on my own machine.

Any recommendations? I’ve heard good things about System76.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by josephcsible » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

p1necone wrote: post #58

modeless wrote: post #19

You've got to be kidding me. When Apple's servers are down, all Macs worldwide start freezing randomly? My XCode is hanging during builds, is this why? This code signing enforcement stuff has gone way too far. Heads should roll for this.

Wait what happens if you don't have an internet connection? Can Macs not be used offline any more, surely that's still a relatively common use case for a laptop even today in a lot of places?

My understanding is that if you're offline, it skips this check and everything works fine. The reason this is a big deal is that the problem's on their end, so you're not offline, so it keeps trying and waiting instead of just letting you skip the check.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by post_break » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

Almost reinstalled OSX. I thought my SSD was failing.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by stefan_ » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

Can't wait until they port the Facebook SDK and we can have these "stuff doesn't work because a computer 3000 kms away is wrong" moments on the desktop.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by kzrdude » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

Aaronstotle wrote: post #44

Sad state of affairs that apps are slow because it can't phone home to a server to verify it's okay.

Unacceptable ecosystem, for both 3rd party app devs and users. What I guess we won't see - but need - is an apology from apple and a commitment to quickly fixing this bug.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by dang » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:07 PM UTC

LeoNatan25 wrote: post #28

Apple software quality and design is a joke.

Maybe so, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here. We're trying for something a bit different.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by pfarnsworth » Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC

commonturtle wrote: post #6

You should never, ever, install a MacOS update the moment it comes out. There is a high chance (> 30% from my experience) that something will be wrong with it. iOS too for that matter. Wait for at least one week and check out other people's experiences first.

The software quality of Apple is embarrassing. They have the money to hire the best of the best, and to do tons of manual QA yet their OS releases are always riddled with errors. Why is software the red-headed step-child of Apple?