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Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by exikyut »

blowski wrote: post #18
alias_neo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's unofficial, there was a discussion on Reddit yesterday with people asking if the author would provide access the content to archive it in case Apple DMCAs it, to which he gave some childish strop in response about how he deserves the in(fame)y. You'll find it on /r/DataHoarders if you care to look.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ep27pk/probabl...

The relevant comments were deleted.

^Z time: http://removeddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ep27pk/probably...

And just in case: http://archive.is/bU2RM

(An aside: wow, archive.is handles JS perfectly. It's necessary nowadays, but I'm still extremely impressed)

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by amatecha »

NateEag wrote: post #136
setpatchaddress wrote: post #133

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People have said that since 2012. Steve died in 2011. It's now 2020. Have you really never used an Apple Watch or talked to someone who has?

Several family members and friends have Apple Watches. As far I can tell there is nothing significant about the devices. They're a complicated way to stay distracted with a reasonably okay medical monitor built-in. They don't seem to be a game-changer the way the iPod or iMac was. I could, of course, be very wrong.

Yeah no, it's a utility. It looks nice, reasonably intuitive to use, and useful for workout tracking. Oh, I can pay for stuff by tapping it to the contactless payment terminal. But all in all, it's totally non-necessary luxury.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

pell wrote: post #53
reaperducer wrote: post #19

I love the early 2000's Apple aesthetic. I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I still have an iTunes playlist with all of the music from the dancing silhouette iPod commercials, and I get the warm and fuzzies when I listen to it. I wish there was a high-quality archive of these commercials online to relive some of those memories. Unfortunately, every time I…

Just watched the iMac G4 introduction on the site. That is still the most beautiful computer ever built.

It wasn't practical though, that arm used to sag and it's almost impossible to service.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by scarface74 »

NateEag wrote: post #130
russellbeattie wrote: post #47

What's interesting about this is how design and presentation has been a part of Apple's DNA since basically day one. When they launched the Apple II in 1977 at the West Coast Computer Faire, there were dozens of other micro-computer startups there as well. But Steve had the foresight to hire a professional product designer to create the foam molded case, and professional graphic artists and marketing people to design…

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

The Apple Watch is more successful in terms of revenue and profit than the iPod. AirPods are either estimated to be more successful or soon will be.

On the other hand, the iPad only came into its own well into the Cook era. It was really just a big iPhone when it came out (I had a first gen).

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by busymom0 »

NateEag wrote: post #130
russellbeattie wrote: post #47

What's interesting about this is how design and presentation has been a part of Apple's DNA since basically day one. When they launched the Apple II in 1977 at the West Coast Computer Faire, there were dozens of other micro-computer startups there as well. But Steve had the foresight to hire a professional product designer to create the foam molded case, and professional graphic artists and marketing people to design…

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

I think that in certain things like the Mac and iPhones that might be true. However last year’s iOS 13 really impressed me, especially the direction the iPad is going.

But AirPods and Apple Watch are certainly from Tim Cook’s Apple and I think they are outstanding products.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by mciancia »

reaperducer wrote: post #30
lostgame wrote: post #28

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>> I'm not sure if it was actually really good, or I just associate it with a happy time in my life. I am a collector of Macs from around this time. I just picked up an orange G3 Clamshell iBook, and I absolutely adore my 'pixar lamp' iMac G4. I'm considering internal hardware mod projects to get these two up to a reasonable speed.

The monitor on my iLamp went black last week for no reason that I can determine. The machine still works, and I can VNC into it to use it, but that's not so much fun. I have the tools to fix it, but no longer possess the manual dexterity. Sadly, it will probably end up in the garbage because my local Apple Store won't take it back for recycling.

Better try to sell it/give it away, maybe someone else will be able to fix it. Recycling should be last step ;)

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by scarface74 »

NateEag wrote: post #136
setpatchaddress wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People have said that since 2012. Steve died in 2011. It's now 2020. Have you really never used an Apple Watch or talked to someone who has?

Several family members and friends have Apple Watches. As far I can tell there is nothing significant about the devices. They're a complicated way to stay distracted with a reasonably okay medical monitor built-in. They don't seem to be a game-changer the way the iPod or iMac was. I could, of course, be very wrong.

The cellular Apple Watch keeps me from being distracted. It keeps me off the web and other apps but I’m still easy to contact.

When I’m running or at the gym, it’s really nice not to have to lug my phone with me and still have access to music, podcasts, and when I’m running GPS to track distance and speed.

The iPod was not technically a leap. They assembled it from third party hardware in less than 9 months. The only reason it wasn’t copied sooner is because Apple (smartly) bought up the complete supply of 1.8 inch hard drives for months.

Competitors still haven’t been able to squeeze the functionality and performance of the Apple Watch in a device as small.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by NateEag »

busymom0 wrote: post #145
NateEag wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steve Jobs. It hasn't been there since he passed - they've been coasting, and it's starting to show.

I think that in certain things like the Mac and iPhones that might be true. However last year’s iOS 13 really impressed me, especially the direction the iPad is going. But AirPods and Apple Watch are certainly from Tim Cook’s Apple and I think they are outstanding products.

AirPods do seem to be popular.

They are a product I have no use for, and the way people leave them in constantly appalls me.

But, I must admit, friends who have them are impressed, and at least one has given me good reasons why.

So, AirPods serve as good evidence against my belief.

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by pschastain »

herodotus wrote: post #8

My own little moment of fame: WWDC June 8, 2009, Keynote, 21 minutes and 22 seconds in: Bertrand Serlet says (about improvements to Preview): "We have added lots of little touches. The one I like...we have added a little bit of AI to actually infer the selection" My colleague and I (we co-developed the "little bit of AI") never saw this comment (and the applause) live: we were still lining up outside of Moscone West.…

And then Apple went and borked Preview by rewriting it post-Mavericks. Used to keep a VM just for it. Not sure why they decided to "fix" something that wasn't broken but to this day Preview lacks a lot of functionality it once had.

Just a bit of an aside. I'm still somewhat bitter about it :-p

Re: Unofficial Apple Archive

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Post by jw1224 »

cmod wrote: post #125

My own random Apple-connected moment of delight. In 2005, when they announced Dashboard widgets, I was running a data-visualization site built off Google News called Buzztracker [0]. It was a really simple idea and hackneyed execution, but it worked and was quite popular: it mapped the news from 1000s of sources onto a map, allowing you to navigate via geography into the day's events. I took an afternoon and knocked…

I had a very similar experience!

My "Christmas Countdown Clock" widget (hey, I was only 12 at the time...) got literally hundreds of thousands of downloads when Apple linked to my hosting space from their old widget gallery.

After this first taste of "success" I doubled-down on learning to code and, well, here we are today :)

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