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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by tomjen3 »

yakz wrote: post #507
pgt wrote: post #390

A compelling way to enact change at large corporates is to vocally communicate when and why you are forced back into a buying position as a customer. Apple VPs who are listening, especially Craig Federighi - here is an early warning for you. The HN crowd may seem fringe, but they are living in the future. I de-Googled my entire life over similar transgressions by Google and several of my friends are gradually going t…

I agree--I also de-googled within the last couple years. I also did it because I need my e-mail to always work, it's just unacceptable that Google could take it away with no reasonable recourse. I was also hit by this outage today, at work, on my work laptop, while I was working. Apple literally cost me time and my employer money today, because their lack of foresight or inadequate provisioning of servers or whatever…

What did you move your phone to, when you degoogled your life?

Apple iphones seems even worse than Android, honestly.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by robocat »

dlgeek wrote: post #625
ls65536 wrote: post #555

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I had the pleasure of installing Ubuntu on a modern Dell XPS recently. I was happy to discover that everything seems to work flawlessly upon install without any additional fiddling: WiFi, trackpad, touchscreen, display scaling, and really everything else I've tried so far worked great. It's an absolute joy! There was a time I remember when various things with Linux installations were often quirky or troublesome to ge…

You can actually buy the XPSs with Ubuntu preloaded even. (Or, used to be able to - I went back to a Thinkpad and haven't looked lately).

You can buy the XPS13 Developer Edition. The XPS15 doesn’t come preinstalled with Linux (although it apparently works well and is well supported). If you want an officially supported Dell 15”, you need to buy the more expensive Precision: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/overview/cp/linuxsystem...

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by unnouinceput »

So all Russia/China would need to drive Apple into bankruptcy is to DDoS Apple's servers and brick their laptops worldwide? This must be hilarious. Imagine the meeting at Apple HQ when they took that decision, probably that KGB agent must be very proud to make Apple shoot themselves :)

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by ant6n »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #620
ls65536 wrote: post #564

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> The HN crowd may seem fringe, but they are living in the future. The other thing that really can't be discounted here is that a lot of the HN crowd are likely the default go-to people in their circle of family and friends for this sort of stuff, and in many cases they may also have major purchasing influence and technical decision making power in their respective businesses. Turning off one of them may be inconsequ…

Yes, I can specifically say that 2 other people have chosen not to update past Mojave 10.14 because of my advice. I'm experimenting with Linux these days. There are some minor annoyances with using an outdated version of macOS. Unfortunately those apply to not just one or two apps, but every part of the OS when using Linux. Basic things like WiFi drivers or sleep support. I'm encouraged by the trackpad driver project…

I should update to Mojave one of these days...

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by jamil7 »

nixpulvis wrote: post #11
FanaHOVA wrote: post #9

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Turn off your internet, open the app, turn it back on.

I'm laughing so hard at this right now. And people somehow still love their macs...

Yeah because we’ve never seen windows or linux users have to perform crazy workarounds right.

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

pmontra wrote: post #288
horsawlarway wrote: post #256

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People chose to use Apple because it seems like a benevolent dictatorship. And frankly, a benevolent dictatorship is basically the best government you can have, as long as you're part of the "in-group" who doesn't push boundaries, doesn't cause trouble, and supports the supreme ruler, Kim jon... cough* Apple. --- The problem is that no matter how good the dictatorship might be today, it will eventually bite you. You…

> Apple is still in the golden phase, but I'm not really convinced they're going to be there much longer. The honeymoon is already over. A post like yours would have got several downvotes up to less than two years ago. I noticed that honest critics to Apple are tolerated now, since at least about one year ago.

Technology has become a bit like politics, most people tend to choose the least worst option now.

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Post by dschuetz »

fastball wrote: post #664
phkahler wrote: post #537

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> I am currently unable to work because macOS sends hashes of every opened executable to some server of theirs and when `trustd` and `syspolicyd` are unable to do so, the entire operating system grinds to a halt. That's another case of a product not doing its primary function - OS running apps - because company placed their own (data gathering) objective above it. See thermostats not turning on heat when the internet…

Pretty sure Apple is doing this for security reasons, not data gathering reasons.

Suuuure.

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Post by speedgoose »

tungah wrote: post #504
pgt wrote: post #390

A compelling way to enact change at large corporates is to vocally communicate when and why you are forced back into a buying position as a customer. Apple VPs who are listening, especially Craig Federighi - here is an early warning for you. The HN crowd may seem fringe, but they are living in the future. I de-Googled my entire life over similar transgressions by Google and several of my friends are gradually going t…

Look up System76

These are Clevo laptops. You can get the same hardware with other Clevo resellers.
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