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Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by alexrsagen »

Here's a fun one. Apple Music stops playing (lossless) tracks after 15 seconds.

You'll know it's going to happen before it happens as well, if the lossless icon doesn't appear within 1-2 seconds after playing a track.

I promise I'm not crazy, it's not just me. Just search for "15 seconds" in Apple Community: https://discussions.apple.com/search?q=15+seconds

I'm sure this is likely already fixed in the latest version of iOS and macOS, but I use Apple Music for Windows: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pfhdd62mxs1

I switched from Spotify to Apple Music mainly for lossless audio. The Apple One Family subscription helped sell it. However, now I can't play non-downloaded tracks without waiting 5-30 minutes for the music to start playing.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by rgovostes »

retired wrote: post #284
dburkland wrote: post #14

Solid list. I’d like to add the following: - All: Contact syncing with Office 365 results in stored birthdays getting moved forward by one day. - macOS: Bluetooth audio stuttering when going in and out of full screen view in a given app such as PowerPoint. - macOS: Unlock using Apple Watch will randomly stop working - macOS: Safari suddenly going out to lunch and taking 30+ seconds to load a page (fixed by force quit…

I gave up congratulation people with their birthday years ago because I don't trust the birthday calendar anymore.

And if you use it long enough you'll get reminders to celebrate grandpa's 113th birthday because the only way to remove entries from that calendar is to delete useful data from your contacts.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by andrekandre »

xp84 wrote: post #437
Cockbrand wrote: post #294

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This used to be possible, I remember that I replaced Finder with some other app many years ago. I strongly assume that this doesn't work any more, though.

Yeah. Path Finder was a common power user tool. I recall you used to be able to flip some bit somewhere to allow you to Quit the Finder, but I assume that's disappeared inside the encrypted and signed partition where Apple keeps all the things us stupid users shouldn't be allowed to touch. But even then, you'd want more than just that, as when you tell the OS to "Reveal" a file or open a folder, that's the associatio…

  > I recall you used to be able to flip some bit somewhere to allow you to Quit the Finder
you can still do this with a hidden preference using command line:

  defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true; killall Finder
[0] https://www.defaults-write.com/adding-quit-option-to-os-x-fi...

  > But even then, you'd want more than just that, as when you tell the OS to "Reveal" a file or open a folder, that's the association I'd want to be able to change.
yep, that should just be a normal setting like default browser (one thing i like about linux nowadays)

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by ulbu »

sotix wrote: post #410
ulbu wrote: post #370

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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.

ah ok, yes, i see. did not notice the nuance in the parent.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by ulbu »

pvab3 wrote: post #378
ulbu wrote: post #370

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um, you do the same on ios.

it really doesn't work, the cursor will often snap right back especially when you're using a search or URL bar

yea, url substring selection is shit.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by andrekandre »

prmoustache wrote: post #454
jmaker wrote: post #405

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Why not just get an iPhone then?

Because: - I prefer running FOSS apps on my smartphone - I want to be able to install anything I want on it without relying on what is accepted by a "store" - I don't want an Apple account - I want to own and be able to have the shit I want running in the background (like syncthing) - I want to be able to access my file the way I want, including using a shell - I want to be able to run any linux app - and more inport…

same for me; its too bad though we cant have some kind of foss shell, and bank/contactless payment apps can run in some secure vm/box so we can have the best of both

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by andrekandre »

rgovostes wrote: post #472
retired wrote: post #284

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I gave up congratulation people with their birthday years ago because I don't trust the birthday calendar anymore.

And if you use it long enough you'll get reminders to celebrate grandpa's 113th birthday because the only way to remove entries from that calendar is to delete useful data from your contacts.

yes! same bug with multiple friends who are celebrating their 143rd birdthday and i get hilarious reminders every few weeks (its charming in some strange way and part of me will be sad if the fix it)

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by pluralmonad »

lloeki wrote: post #274
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…

Finder has stopped being a spatial file manager for a long time, but still mistakenly tries to behave like one in too many places, probably because of lingering legacy code more than a particular intent. IMHO they should simply rip the spatial bits out entirely and it would immediately become a better file manager purely from the restored consistency.

I was just today complaining that Finder seems to want to be a file browser, but it makes it nearly impossible to actually browse the file system. Ridiculous dropping down to ls in a terminal on a supposedly polished OS.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by avazhi »

charcircuit wrote: post #268
twelvedogs wrote: post #243

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do you think that makes it ok? they walked into a store, tried to pay money to apple and as a result they had their stuff locked forever apple recommended they only buy gift cards from apple, but they still sell them in stores... obviously money is more important to them than the consumers but pretending apple have zero responsibility is silly

>they had their stuff locked forever It was locked for less than a week. >but they still sell them in stores Unfortunately there are sketchy resellers that exist too.

Weird hill to die on bud.

If somebody bought something from Walmart you wouldn’t insinuate he’s at fault because he bought it from a ‘sketchy retailer’. Just stop it lol. There is literally no way to defend Apple on that one.

Re: Bugs Apple loves

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Post by LoganDark »

lobsterthief wrote: post #386
crazygringo wrote: post #376

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Each folder has a remembered display state. If in large icon mode, you can drag icons around into the positions you want and they'll stay that way the next time you visit the folder. The idea is that it's not directories that are just bags of files, but files occupy spatial locations in folder windows.

Ah, this makes sense. Am I hallucinating that columns widths used to be remembered many years back? In other words, in column view, if you resized a column for a given folder, close Finder, and reopen to that folder—it would remain the same width. Finder is mostly unusable for any directory containing long filenames since it doesn’t remember this. But I swear it used to. Am I misremembering?

I just tested and for me they seem to be remembered for my Downloads folder. Weirdly, at first it didn't seem to be remembered, but then I pressed ⌘+J to look at the view settings, and now when I change a column width it seems to be remembered...
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