OK I did not formulate it precisely enough.
I meant copying photos normally: with your file manager directly handle them as every other file.
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Bye, Bye for now Apple, it has been fun!
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I meant copying photos normally: with your file manager directly handle them as every other file.
I am pretty sure I've purchased my last Mac, a 2023 M2Pro Mini. I glad that Apple got the M-series silicon out and available before they killed off their desktop OS so I could upgrade from my beloved 2011 27" iMac to a decent piece of Apple hardware while macOS was still recognizable as a desktop OS. I switched from running on two boxes (Windows and Linux) in 2004 when it became apparent that OS X was serious and was very happy with the move. If I need another system (I'm 75, so this Mini may do it for me) it will be a Linux box. I'm already thinking about buying one, maybe a System 76 Meerkat, to start relearning maintaining a Linux box. The iPhone will get replaced by the least-expensive Android flip-phone I can find.
It was a good run, but greed always destroys everything decent.
It was a good run, but greed always destroys everything decent.
Thanks, I've given up on macOS a long time ago. While at the time of using it for over a year, I tried any possible solution, including this one.
I wholeheartedly agree with the OP and that tired old "it just works" trope is becoming less and less relevant every year.
It can be difficult to discern whether the defensive comments that always appear on forum discussions in relation to marketed products, perhaps more so in Apple's case than others, are from contributors with vested interests in the company or just individuals triggered into preserving their own purchasing choices and ownership self-esteem.
One thing's for sure though, forums dealing with retail products are effectively quasi-political platforms by which marketing R&D departments gauge end-user and public at large response to their products and business model/s.
So, with that in mind, great post Technerd108 and thanks for speaking up for so many of us so disillusioned with Apple's prioritisation of profit over product quality and business reputation.
Pretentious "no more leather" marketing ploys begone, start showing your business life blood proper consideration. And fix that damned autocorrect.
Nice false dichotomy, I won’t even bother to explain how you’re totally missing out on the other group, those who are actually satisfied and never want anything to do with Android/Windows for GOOD REASONS.
We have to be coherent and admit that even if there is a preference for apple products ******iffication knows no bounds.
To whit, I'd advise any person with the savy and willingness to learn and start using platform agnostic tools.
To whit, I'd advise any person with the savy and willingness to learn and start using platform agnostic tools.
If en******** knows no bounds, then why use or buy any product right now?
the main good reason being avoiding a comparison that could have shaken their beliefs.
Not really, since it's either the company's interests or their own purchasing decisions Apple loyalists feel compelled to confirm approval for/publicly propagate.
lately i feel overwhelmed by 's notifications, ads and demand of the monthly dollar they think we should forfeit for a service we dont need and is designed only to fail. Every time i use music on the iphone, i get an ad for that service, which is annoying since im prepping for a dangerous 30 mile road bike ride with consisits of many hornet-like car drivers demanding every inch of the roads and bike cross paths.
added: I experienced 27 problems with this years and 2 devices all of the sudden ceased to work
just because.
I was very upset weeks ago i was going to purchase a Asus Zenbook blue, but stopped....then realized that years ago i was happy with , therefore I stopped using anything since 2022. This week i took this an extra step by dusting off a MBP'12 and using Mountain Lion which is an enjoyable experience and use only ipods and sony headphones for bike rides. This rebirth is a better experience and the older equipment work better somehow without the annoyance.
the jist of this message is to think differently and use YOUR products before they use you!
added: I experienced 27 problems with this years and 2 devices all of the sudden ceased to work
just because.
I was very upset weeks ago i was going to purchase a Asus Zenbook blue, but stopped....then realized that years ago i was happy with , therefore I stopped using anything since 2022. This week i took this an extra step by dusting off a MBP'12 and using Mountain Lion which is an enjoyable experience and use only ipods and sony headphones for bike rides. This rebirth is a better experience and the older equipment work better somehow without the annoyance.
the jist of this message is to think differently and use YOUR products before they use you!
How do you get those "'s notifications, ads and demand of the monthly dollar"? I don't get any of those, not on the MBP, nor on the iPhone.
Every time i select music (app) on the iphone, i always get a join plea
and Sonoma wants to invade my macmini m1 (monterey) and will let me know this
with an annoying pop-up notification several times a week.
the schmucks at are sorry about this and encourage me to join and update, ALWAYS update.
and Sonoma wants to invade my macmini m1 (monterey) and will let me know this
with an annoying pop-up notification several times a week.
the schmucks at are sorry about this and encourage me to join and update, ALWAYS update.
I don’t either, and don’t have the same experience as many here with all their issues.
Truly, they’re doing it wrong.
i should state that all my music on the iphone was downloaded/placed from itunes
and not from the music service.
If Google and Samsung will keep their promises about the updates, I will leave apple ecosystem too and will leave Mac behind as well and go for the PC.
What I find so ironic is that apple fanboys were like:"Nah, we don't need customisation" and now everybody's so excited about the customisation.
What I find so ironic is that apple fanboys were like:"Nah, we don't need customisation" and now everybody's so excited about the customisation.
Because I can gain from the increase in compute ability, trade-offs per-se. That being said I'm using my MacOS devices as heads for other systems running a variety of environnements, hence the emphasis on platform agnosticism.
To whit, I plan to get all my physical objects to be made by artisans to spec, so should you /s
But to your point most of my big ticket items are slightly older as a healthy function of coming into my style/age and having applied minimalism with a focus on mindful analysis of induced consumption. I'm able to side-step most of that ******tification.
Relying on indie brands willing to demarcate by offsetting short-term gain to gain market share is also a strategy. But I am blessed for my proximity to industry allowing me to engage with such initiatives without spending time having to interact with marketing and treat every interacition as a quantifiable economic event ... YMMV
TL;DR: Buy timeless stuff you like because you know that will like it for years and make all the rest tax deductible.
I learned a harsh lesson when obliterating my father's painfully scanned music library by inviting him to sub to apple music.
The only reason for buying an iPhone this cycle was it's ability to capture lidar data and stereo-capture. Who would have believed that the iPhone would become the feature phone. I really want to experience a foldable.
What kind of question is this? People have jobs. They use computers to communicate with each other. Why do you think people use and buy products?
This is such a weird thing to ask
Sorry, that features are not on my wish list.
The ability to add SD storage and to freely copy my own music would have been.
Well said! And congratulations honestly. I’m envious little bit. I feel the same way as you, maybe even a little worse off. Once and I say once I get around a few things I use with my family I will be doing the same.
Adding to this thread--I have replaced my MacBook with a Lenovo Legion. It won't come until a week from Thursday, but according to some online benchmarks, it is MANY times faster, both in CPU and GPU performance, than my previous M1 MacBook Air. But I look forward to testing various programs, and the two games I own (yeah, I'm not much of a gamer).
Additionally, I have an HP Z420, which I'm using now--I got that so I could use some spare PC parts I had laying around (an old Xeon, some DDR3-ECC Registered memory, a decently powerful GPU, and lots of SAS drives). It actually runs very well, I haven't had any issues with it. I'd argue it is MUCH more usable (due to a much faster GPU and all the upgradability) than a 2013 Mac Pro, even though it has the same CPU.
I still have my 2019 iMac that's stored at my university--so I'll be using that again in the fall, but I'd imagine I'll primarily be using the Legion.
To be clear though, I'm still keeping my iPhone and iPad (and iMac), so I am not COMPLETELY out of the ecosystem, but I just wanted my computer to be customizable, upgradable, and compatible with more programs. I've also found extreme limitations with the ARM architecture, particularly the lack of turbo-boost, hyperthreading, and the limitations when running virtual machines (emulation on ARM is SLOOOOOOOW... my 2019 iMac does a better job than my M1 did).
EDIT: Something also has to be said about Apple's software releases--they've just become worse, no question. They don't even seem to take the time to fix all the bugs! iOS 17 has been fine for me for the most part, but the bugs I've experienced have been there since at least iOS 16, if not before, and they're still not fixed in 17.5.
Sorry, but who gives a crap about Apple Intelligence, or iPhone Mirroring, or a new Control Center (the app icon thing is honestly kinda cool though)--JUST FIX WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. Apple does not need to release new updates every year.
Additionally, I have an HP Z420, which I'm using now--I got that so I could use some spare PC parts I had laying around (an old Xeon, some DDR3-ECC Registered memory, a decently powerful GPU, and lots of SAS drives). It actually runs very well, I haven't had any issues with it. I'd argue it is MUCH more usable (due to a much faster GPU and all the upgradability) than a 2013 Mac Pro, even though it has the same CPU.
I still have my 2019 iMac that's stored at my university--so I'll be using that again in the fall, but I'd imagine I'll primarily be using the Legion.
To be clear though, I'm still keeping my iPhone and iPad (and iMac), so I am not COMPLETELY out of the ecosystem, but I just wanted my computer to be customizable, upgradable, and compatible with more programs. I've also found extreme limitations with the ARM architecture, particularly the lack of turbo-boost, hyperthreading, and the limitations when running virtual machines (emulation on ARM is SLOOOOOOOW... my 2019 iMac does a better job than my M1 did).
EDIT: Something also has to be said about Apple's software releases--they've just become worse, no question. They don't even seem to take the time to fix all the bugs! iOS 17 has been fine for me for the most part, but the bugs I've experienced have been there since at least iOS 16, if not before, and they're still not fixed in 17.5.
Sorry, but who gives a crap about Apple Intelligence, or iPhone Mirroring, or a new Control Center (the app icon thing is honestly kinda cool though)--JUST FIX WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. Apple does not need to release new updates every year.
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