Apple's Software Is In A 'Nosedive' That Is Deeply Concerning, Longtime Apple Supporter Says

Business Insider ^ | 01/05/2015 | Jay Yarow

[Gefn]

I have a 4s iPhone running OS 6, and a second generation iPad also running OS 6. No problems. Refuse to update the OS system,
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Have a ten year old iPod, a iBook computer running OS 10.3, a Mac 575 running OS 8 and a Mac Book Pro running Snow Leopard. I’m happy with all my computers.

I will probably upgrade my phone when my contract expires this Fall, reluctantly. I like the old graphics interface, I don’t care for the new one.

That’s why I bought the stock. Love the product, and thought it would be a good investment for when I’m a senior citizen.

[itsahoot]

It's a device that my wife and children play movies and shows on.

Use the free App Handbrake to rip your DVD to an MP4 file and run that from an SSD. Carrying DVDs around is a bummer and DVD players gobble up battery power.

There is a considerable after market for adapters that let power users take out the DVD drive and replace it with a hard drive or SSD.

[itsahoot]

When the phone is worth about $700, I want more than two years out of it.

If you take care of you iPhone it will pay for the upgrade via trade in value. My wife and kids all got iPhone 6s by trading in their iPhone 5. No cost to them except a $30.00 activation fee.

[Dr. Sivana]

You are paying for your upgrade with your contract. I will admit that used iAnything holds its value very well. I am tring to get an old iPod Touch for my daughter’s birthday, and even the 8GB/2G models are still in the $50+ range.

The only way to know the cost of the phone is to take the no-contract price. You can deduct the used price, too, but the difference is still substantial.

[itsahoot]

I like the old graphics interface, I don’t care for the new one.

Bofuss. I liked the OS on the Apple II GS much better than the Mac OS. I even had a graphical interface for the Apple II back in the day. There were clones in those days, good thing because an Apple IIc was not cheap.

[itsahoot]

The only way to know the cost of the phone is to take the no-contract price.

What value is a phone with no service? Just use an iPod of iPad mini.

[itsahoot]

I am tring to get an old iPod Touch for my daughter’s birthday, and even the 8GB/2G models are still in the $50+ range.

iPods on eBay

[Dead Corpse]

I’m fighting with File Vault on a brand new laptop right now.

Right out of the box, basic set-up... Encryption just stopped. Had to diskutil cs delete to pull the partition and am re-installing 10.10 from a usb stick.

None of the Mac forum threads or FAQ’s were a help. They’ve known this was an issue since at least September 2014.

[Dr. Sivana]

Use the free App Handbrake to rip your DVD to an MP4 file and run that from an SSD. Carrying DVDs around is a bummer and DVD players gobble up battery power.

We have an iMac, NOT a laptop.

I hear ya on Handbrake, but when I try to talk about it to my intelligent but non-techniocally oriented wife, she sticks her fingers in her ears, and starts singing French-Canadian songs (exagerating, but only slightly).

[Dr. Sivana]

iPods on eBay

That’s where I’m looking. The real cheap ones are broken.

[SgtHooper]

No way! Not according to the Appleheads on this forum.

[Swordmaker]

Is Apple's software worse than it was? Or is this just sour grapes? — PING!

Apple Software Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Swordmaker]

I succumbed to upgrading to iOS 8 on my IPhone 4s and my battery life immediately went into the toilet. I turned off every open app, every notification, everything, but couldn’t get more than a couple hours of life. And making a call would immediately kill it. So I bought a new 6, which was probably their plan all along.

My top Dentist is still using his 4s and had similar problems. . . but iOS 8.1 and then 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 solved the vast majority of them on his iPhone. He is quite happy now.

Some people with the 4s had no problems at all. I think it may have had to do with parts from different vendors installed in various versions of the 4s. The iPhone 4s was the most sold iPhone in history and made in various assembly plants in China and in Brazil under various contracts. Over the time it was made, and because of the quantities, the suppliers for component chips varied over time. This may have made a difference on how particular iPhone 4ses responded to the upgrades.

[Swordmaker]

Apple’s software has always been crapware; a half to full step above down and out malware. They go all out producing flashy, good, but overpriced hardware but it seems that they throw a bunch of chimps into a room and a few bunches of bananas to hack out their software.

Our first sufferer from the MAPS syndrome.

Swordmaker's and Kathy's proposed diagnosis for the new ICD-10 addenda:

90210 iOS Munchausen's Apple-Plexy Syndrome (MAPS), The overwhelming compulsion to post negative, judgmental, aggressive, and false commentary on any website thread related to Apple products wherever found, including phobic reaction to projected Apple user euphoria. First and subsequent encounters.

It is obvious you have never used any of Apple's software at all.

[Flick Lives]

It's a device that my wife and children play movies and shows on.

I highly recommend a Roku box as a DVD alternative. Previously I would buy or rent DVD's, but between Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, there is all the content I could possibly consume. At least personally, most movies I watch just once, so burning them to DVD does not serve much value; and those little DVD cases take up room. For that matter, finding a particular movie in a stack of DVD's becomes bothersome unless one is meticulous about keeping things alphabetized (is "2,000 Leagues Under the Sea" filed under "T" or "2").

[House Atreides]

“I hate the Apple haters. Tim Jobs all the way!!!”
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Well I don't hate you. Perhaps you intended sarcasm with this latest post of yours but you have a history of posts that reflect dislike of Apple products and dislike of the current Apple CEO so I recognize you as an “Apple hater”. I don't “hate the Apple haters” but, instead, am more amused at the ADS (Apple Derangement Syndrome) they display in their posts.

And I'm sure that most Apple users are like me in that they are likely amused or perhaps mildly annoyed at the appearance of “Apple haters”. But we understand that, like moths drawn to the light, Apple haters are irresistibly attracted to threads having to do with Apple. They simply can't help themselves.

[Swordmaker]

This might be the reason Apple stock is falling today.

It has nothing to do with Apple in particular. ALL stocks are falling today. NYSE was down 330 or so, NASDAC was down around 80. ObambiCare is hitting every major business starting today and OIL dropped below $50. . . and both of those are going to have a major effect.

[Swordmaker]

This is just FUD from Apple haters!!!

-the FR iCult

Another MAPS sufferer chimes in. . . a long term, chronic case.

[PeteB570]

Got a Roku Box Thingy for Christmas.

Love it.

[Swordmaker]

I've got a mid-2006 23" iMac with Snow Leopard, and it crashes CONSTANTLY.

Two suggestions. Pull the RAM and reseat it. . . and re-install Snow Leopard. Those usually handle that issue.