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iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by JohnBooty »

JohnBooty wrote: post #21
mgkimsal wrote: post #10

Didn't see any word on battery life fixes in 10.8.2 - any notes on this?

Here, let me Google that for you. The first Google result was this article, "OS X 10.8.2 Restores Notebook Battery Life to OS X Lion Levels." http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/10/os-x-10-8-2-restores-not... In the future, if we're not around to look things up for you - give it a try sometime. http://google.com

I was downvoted, but not the guy asking easily-Googleable questions. Right.

So, I guess it's clear: we want more people asking stuff that can be answered by the first Google search result... by the article title itself.

Got it.

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by ajross »

astral303 wrote: post #41
jpxxx wrote: post #17

The native iOS 6 Maps are just short of wretched. No transit directions, unhelpful default views, a dramatically weaker points of interest database, weaker scrolling performance, and a busier UI that doesn't add anything of great use. It's a rather big turd in an otherwise delicious punchbowl, and it is going to become a real-world talking point about iPhones starting today.

Apple needs to take their massive $$$ warchest and spend an inordinate amount of money on getting maps back up in shape. Each of those $'s is worth it. It's an absolutely crucial feature and it needs to be not just good enough, it needs to be really good and better than most. My fear is now Apple is becoming more bean counter and less passion, strong-opinion driven. To let Maps out in this shape is a troubling misste…

That falls afoul of Brooks' law though. Apple isn't limited by development cash in any meaningful way. They're limited by staff. There aren't that many world class developers out there. Apple is grabbing up all they can, but they're in competition with a lot of other companies with sizable war chests. And the ones Apple has are hard at work already.

Google's been throwing world class talent at maps for the better part of a decade now. And it's only now, within the last year or so, that the product has even begun to look mature enough to be cloned. Basically, Apple can't buy this. They just have to work on it iteratively until it improves.

Which, IMHO, it will. The "innovative window" for maps has closed. There aren't enough great features left for Google to add, so they won't be able to maintain their lead indefinitely. Mapping will be a commodity app (and hopefully an open source one) within a few years.

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by maggit »

stuross wrote: post #57

Updating to 10.8.2 has broken virtualbox for me. The error I'm getting is: "VT-x is being used by another hypervisor". I'd be careful updating if you use virtualbox for development.

I see the same thing.

I tried reinstalling/updating to the latest version of VirtualBox, but it did not help.

Update: I managed to disable VT-x by following the procedure described at http://tech.techteam.gr/virtualbox-vt-x-problem-cannot-disab... and starting the virutal machine with VBoxHeadless. However, this immediately made my host machine completely lock up, so I cannot recommend it :)

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by iman453 »

JohnBooty wrote: post #71
JohnBooty wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here, let me Google that for you. The first Google result was this article, "OS X 10.8.2 Restores Notebook Battery Life to OS X Lion Levels." http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/10/os-x-10-8-2-restores-not... In the future, if we're not around to look things up for you - give it a try sometime. http://google.com

I was downvoted, but not the guy asking easily-Googleable questions. Right. So, I guess it's clear: we want more people asking stuff that can be answered by the first Google search result... by the article title itself. Got it.

It's not what you said, it's the way you said it.

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by jevinskie »

endlessvoid94 wrote: post #76

How might I upgrade from iOS 6 beta to iOS 6 release? My phone says "up to date", even though I'm positive it isn't.

I don't think the betas let you do OTA upgrades. You have to jump into Xcode or iTunes to get the released iOS 6. Of course the GM really is what was release today so no need to update if you're running that.

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by woogley »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #12
ck2 wrote: post #2

Finally input type="file" (file uploading) is supported on iPhone/iPad/iTouch devices natively in mobile Safari. About darn time - took how many years?

Even Nintendo got this right, on the 3DS of all things.

It's less surprising when you consider Opera writes all of the browser software for Nintendo.

Re: iOS 6 and OS X 10.8.2 Now Available

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

woogley wrote: post #78
TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even Nintendo got this right, on the 3DS of all things.

It's less surprising when you consider Opera writes all of the browser software for Nintendo.

Actually, no. Since the 3DS at least, it's ACCESS Software's NetFront NX (WebKit, albeit outdated, not their custom rendering engine).
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