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Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by Tepix »

horsawlarway wrote: post #256
elmo2you wrote: post #202

Sincerely and without any intention to troll or be sarcastic: I'm puzzled that people are willing buy a computer/OS where (apparently) software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down. Maybe I'm just getting this wrong, because I can honestly not quite wrap my head around this. This is such a big no-go, from a systems design point of view. Even beyond unintentional glitches at Apple, just ima…

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…

Think about Apple's policies regarding IAPs. You're not allowed to tell your customers in your app that they can do the purchases on your webserver etc.

The benevolent days of Apple ended when they removed the expansion slots from their computers, if not earlier.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by ttiurani »

elmo2you wrote: post #202

Sincerely and without any intention to troll or be sarcastic: I'm puzzled that people are willing buy a computer/OS where (apparently) software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down. Maybe I'm just getting this wrong, because I can honestly not quite wrap my head around this. This is such a big no-go, from a systems design point of view. Even beyond unintentional glitches at Apple, just ima…

I need XCode to build software for iOS and OSX, and there isn't to my knowledge any other feasible, performant and off-line capable way to do that beside running OSX on a Mac.

This is the only reason I had to move away from (arch) linux and it saddens me every day.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by klaushardt »

areoform wrote: post #566
nightowl_games wrote: post #556

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah so basically in the windows world, a lot of the good laptops are under the "business class" of the various manufacturers: Dell Precision, HP Elite Book, MSI Prestige In the consumer world the Dell XPS, Asus Zenbook, Asus Pro Art are the way to go for a designer. Dell Precision is probably the overall best laptop. MSI Prestige is targetted right at you though, with color accuracy and a good display. The only bran…

Interestingly, Apple covers more than sRGB, their panels are now being set to the broader DCI-P3 gamut. Whereas these laptops (at least in 2019) were slightly less than the sRGB gamut on testing. Except for the surface book, https://imgur.com/a/6dGz3LO I got these results from, https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Prestige-15-A10SC-Laptop-R...

I got a 2019 Dell Precision 5540 with an UHD OLED, 3.840 x 2.160 and have 100% DCI-P3. And i think many other OLED Screens have it too.

When i configured the Laptop i could choose from these options:

FHD IGZO4, 1.920 x 1.080, 100% sRGB

UHD IGZO4, 3.840 x 2.160, 100% AdobeRGB Touch

UHD OLED, 3.840 x 2.160, 100% DCI-P3

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by Razengan »

Eeks, this should be communicated better, though to be fair, IF there was any malware with a tampered signature, you wouldn’t want it to run just because your network was unplugged.

How would you prevent something like [0]?

I think all the game consoles regularly verify downloaded games too.

[0] https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2016/09/transm...

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by Tepix »

simonbarker87 wrote: post #232
elmo2you wrote: post #202

Sincerely and without any intention to troll or be sarcastic: I'm puzzled that people are willing buy a computer/OS where (apparently) software can/will fail to launch if some central company server goes down. Maybe I'm just getting this wrong, because I can honestly not quite wrap my head around this. This is such a big no-go, from a systems design point of view. Even beyond unintentional glitches at Apple, just ima…

I have no problem with checking binaries when I launch them for security. I imagine many of the virus checking apps for windows probably call home with similar information. I doubt very much I’m leaky in any personal information. What is frustrating is they didn’t handle this situation like they do if I’m offline - don’t get a ping back in less than 500ms or whatever? Go ahead and open anyway. would have solved this…

> I have no problem with checking binaries when I launch them for security. ... I doubt very much I’m leaky in any personal information.

You should. It's noones business when and how often you run a known tor browser binary.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by blackrock »

saxelsen wrote: post #662
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 would say that the current Microsoft Surface laptop/book has the same build quality feel as the Macbook line, but unfortunately you're stuck with Windows 10, which is a downgrade if you're used to MacOS.

I concur. I have a Surface. It sucks. Worst computer I’ve ever bought.

Keyboard sucks. Is it a tablet trying to be a laptop? Or a laptop moonlighting as a tablet?

Stylus sucks. It doesn’t have the accuracy of the iPad. And it always had a weird parallax feeling, so I gave up on using it. And the software was just mediocre.

I gave up and bought a Lenovo T4xx series laptop. Installed a dual boot Linux Ubuntu on it. Best. Computer. Laptop. Ever.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by soft_dev_person »

blub wrote: post #709
mav3rick wrote: post #699

Earlier quoted context omitted.

God the self importance of this community. The world can live without the 1000 people here.

Corps like Google or Apple are so big that the amount of HN customers and their friends/relatives are a drop in the ocean. This is just a PR mess for them, that's all. They mop it up and move on.

"Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?"

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by grezql »

I am tired of this 2trillion company becoming too strong. Screw them. I aint gonna develop for them anymore. Parasites. Got this mail from Apple:

Dear Developer,

Compatible iOS and iPadOS apps will automatically appear on the Mac App Store when the first Apple silicon Macs become available this year. However, we noticed the following issues with one or more of your apps that are opted in to appear.

The following apps will not be made available on the Mac App Store until you address the issues and select Make this app available on Mac in the app's Pricing and Availability section of App Store Connect.

Re: macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

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Post by pgt »

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…

I switched to Fastmail two weeks ago. So far it’s great. $5/month is reasonable insurance against “getting cancelled” by Google.
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