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Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by Florin_Andrei »

jsz0 wrote: post #144
Florin_Andrei wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't mind it so much if the low battery alert was actually useful. But it only pops out when there's like 1% battery left in the mouse - basically making sure you will lose power soon. The sheer lack of thinking here boggles the mind. Guys, it's an alert, it's not useful at all if I get it right before the bad thing happens. How would you like it if I switched on my turn signal 1 second before I actually turn m…

The low battery warning appears at 15% charge remaining. Perhaps you disabled the warnings sometime ago and forgot you did it? https://www.macworld.com/article/3024515/macs/how-to-disable...

No, I have most definitely not.

And it's absolutely not 15%. That would be fantastic. It's in the low single digits.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by CamperBob2 »

ulfw wrote: post #113
thought_alarm wrote: post #49

How did Disk Utility.app go from being one of the great built-in OS X utilities to the embarrassing amateurish shit show that it is today? Perhaps the same people responsible for the file system engineering are also responsible for developing this user-facing application. They might excel at low level system engineering, but they are utterly unqualified to develop a high level GUI application. Spend 5 minutes with th…

It's the iOSification of OS X. Sadly the whole OS is going in that wrong direction. I would like to know how many folks are working on MacOS vs iOS. Would put things into perspective.

Hard to imagine that anyone at Apple sees MacOS (or the Mac in general) as a promising career path. All the 'A' players are either working on the iOS platform and devices, or have cashed out completely.

Especially with the move toward forced open-plan workspaces in the new campus, I suspect Apple is going to have serious problems attracting and retaining key talent in the years ahead. They are reaching the point where stock options will no longer be a strong incentive due to lack of upside potential.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by raimue »

maxton wrote: post #5

It's rather frightening that a bug as serious as this one got past Apple's QA. It seems like the list of known problems with the new Disk Utility is growing - recently there was a submission about how High Sierra's Disk Utility did not show unformatted disks.

It clearly shows that a public beta with lots of volunteers cannot replace a small group of employed testers going through a list of user stories, verifying everything works as intended.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by [deleted] »

ulfw wrote: post #113
thought_alarm wrote: post #49

How did Disk Utility.app go from being one of the great built-in OS X utilities to the embarrassing amateurish shit show that it is today? Perhaps the same people responsible for the file system engineering are also responsible for developing this user-facing application. They might excel at low level system engineering, but they are utterly unqualified to develop a high level GUI application. Spend 5 minutes with th…

It's the iOSification of OS X. Sadly the whole OS is going in that wrong direction. I would like to know how many folks are working on MacOS vs iOS. Would put things into perspective.

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Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by jakobegger »

egb wrote: post #2

I so wish Apple had not removed the older Sierra installer from the Mac AppStore... I need to update some machines but High Sierra does not seem ready for reliable use yet.

If you've downloaded Sierra on another Mac before, you can still find the Sierra installer in the Mac App Store in the "Purchases" tab.

If you don't have it in your purchases list, you can just ask a friend who has it to download Sierra for you from the Mac App Store.

Then you can just copy the Installer app on a thumb drive and run it on your Mac.

Only problem might be that maybe you can't download Sierra from a machine running High Sierra...

UPDATE: I'm wrong, see comment below.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by Cut_N_Paste »

bdcravens wrote: post #14
maxton wrote: post #5

It's rather frightening that a bug as serious as this one got past Apple's QA. It seems like the list of known problems with the new Disk Utility is growing - recently there was a submission about how High Sierra's Disk Utility did not show unformatted disks.

Perhaps they were busy testing header font sizes in iOS?

lol... thank you for that :)

BTW Apple, your latest iphone update has completely trashed your stock widget's display... please revert it back the way it was, thanks - a user.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by csomar »

cjsuk wrote: post #83
csomar wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have a MacBook Pro, and the keys no longer work reliably. I also barely get 2 hours of battery life. How old is your Macbook Pro? Mine is 4 years and I still get 7-8 hours of charge even though I have been using the Battery almost everyday.

Same here. 2013 15” MBP here. I get 5 hours easily on High Sierra and the thing has been hammered since it was new.

The battery life has actually improved since the Sierra update.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by csomar »

FabHK wrote: post #94
csomar wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have a MacBook Pro, and the keys no longer work reliably. I also barely get 2 hours of battery life. How old is your Macbook Pro? Mine is 4 years and I still get 7-8 hours of charge even though I have been using the Battery almost everyday.

There's a good chance that GP has the 2016 MBP (that introduced Touchbar). I have the "cheap" (hahahaahaha) version without Touchbar, and have had intermittent problems with the left shift key and the cursor down key (sticky, or unresponsive unless pressed very firmly) - quite annoying. Oh, and the battery life, if you actually use your CPUs, is rather short.

That's quite disappointing.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by wlesieutre »

wlesieutre wrote: post #123
firethief wrote: post #116

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I don't think it's about the hole. Someone decided: - users would have a better experience if the mouse was wireless - if left to their own devices, users will tend to leave the mouse plugged in and use it as a wired mouse so they solved that contradiction by taking away the option of missing out on wirelessness.

Can confirm I have a hybrid wired/wireless mouse (Logitech G700s) and I generally just leave it plugged in. Which works fine, so I'm glad Logitech decided not to be assholes about it.

Incidentally if anyone's looking for a mouse, Logitech really handles this perfectly. When it's plugged in to USB they use the cable for power + data so there's a tiny bit less latency and no worries about signal dropping. It switches the data to the wireless dongle automatically if the cable is unplugged.

The mouse runs off of a single rechargable AA battery (came with an Eneloop brand NiMH which are well regarded). If your battery dies you can either plug it in to charge or just pull the battery and swap in a fresh one. Since it's a standard battery you can toss the dead one in a normal NiMH charger.

A+ mouse, would recommend.

Re: If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint

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Post by Alex3917 »

nkkollaw wrote: post #24

Apple is really going downhill, in every field. I have a MacBook Pro, and the keys no longer work reliably. I also barely get 2 hours of battery life. High Sierra keeps restarting by itself. They removed the jack, and all ports from laptops. They placed the charger for their wireless mouse under the mouse so you can't use it while charging, and the list goes on and on--particularly with software. It's just not premiu…

> High Sierra keeps restarting by itself.

Reset the SMC. It was doing this multiple times per day for me also, but it hasn't been an issue since I did this a couple days ago.

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