Has there ever been a rollout of an Apple operating system as bad as Yosemite? - ok, maybe iOS8. Seriously though - thousands of complaints from all over the world from veteran users and new users invading Apple stores and Genius desks with problems - and God help you if you don't live near one of those - you are completely s-rewed!
How can a so called respectable company release software into the open market when they haven't even got the BASICS right?
Problems with the installation, problems making the wi-fi work, problems with e-mail, problems with app/external device compatibility (yes, doesn't happen overnight - or months later apparently), problems with new features etc etc etc trawl the forums and you will read countless accounts of people on the verge of mental breakdown trying to get their devices to work properly - like they used to before Yosemite. Devices on which their lives and livelihoods depend - Are you hearing us APPLE??
You seem to have selective hearing A LOT these days and don't seem to respond well to criticism or advice / suggestions / hints that there is something SERIOUSLY wrong here - advice given from very experienced people too. All you seem to do these days is roll the wagons in a circle, pretend "all's well because profits are up" and send out the trolls to 'beat up' online anyone who dares to point out the obvious - Yosemite sucks and has more bugs than Bugs Bunny.
Let me repeat - PEOPLE'S LIVES AND BUSINESSES DEPEND ON THESE DEVICES. We are not just talking about old devices experiencing problems here - it's across the range with all the latest gear. Apple can try and blame the customer - as Apple and it's acolytes always do .. for damaging their vision of an ideal world - but the problem with companies who like to use the word 'Genius' too much is that they tend to treat their customers like idiots - yes, we are regarded as 'idiots' to pay 2-3 times more for our devices - but in those days we were buying the easier user experience and practicality that Apple used to do so well - so we felt it was worth the extra money - and Apple in those days had some of the best programmers in the business.
Not so anymore apparently - maybe I am being unfair - maybe it is just bad management pushing people to impossible deadlines that has made the best ones jump ship and the remainder struggle to reach the standard necessary for a new release. Certainly innovations and options in user software are coming more from the Android world these days - so for those who take their device use seriously - and not just use it as a pretty 'Bauble' to impress their friends - maybe the time has come to move over to the new Windows platform reborn until Apple gets it's act together and leave the upper Apple management to rub shoulders with their accountant friends, go down to their local dealership to buy their 5th Porsche, then wonder 5 years down the line why things are going pear shaped - Even Baubles Lose Their Shine.
Hey, here's a joke - how long does it take to get Apple to respond/admit to a problem? . almost as long as it took the Catholic Church to apologise to Galileo. (For those who don't know their history - Galileo died 1642, Pope apologised 1992 - Ask yourself why it took the Catholic Church so long to realise the earth revolved around the sun or admit they made a mistake .. sadly the same applies to Apple these days) - No, you're right, I'm not a comedian - and this isn't funny.
Will Apple apologise and make amends for ruining peoples lives and businesses? - they can certainly afford to .. only when Hell freezes over me thinks - or the management say "this is a PR disaster - people need to be compensated".
In all this debacle, I pity the guys on the helplines and in the Genius stores around the world - they are working their rocks off to save the sanity of the planet and Apple's reputation .. and also trying to save the credibility of the Apple Software Programming Department who surely seem to have let ex-Windows Vista programmers infiltrate the organisation?
Guess the head of Apple, upper management and accountants are mainly to blame for this rotten 'oeuvre' - they come up with the cuckoo ideas to try and justify their existence that we need 'New Stuff Every Five Minutes So We Can Sell More' - they are the ones who push impossible deadlines on their sadly overworked, comparatively underpaid staff whose sweatshop work is earning them zillions of dollars - and they sanctioned the release of this software into the public domain before it was fit for purpose - especially where the Basics were concerned - so it should be their heads that roll in all this.
Apple can well afford to get fresh people in at the top who are competent 'human beings' and know what is achievable in a certain time frame and who know what innovations can be rolled out without killing the basic functions of the products and destroying the credibility of the whole company in the process.
Apple may have created a mountain with Yosemite on our desktops - but this pretty picture hides a mountain to climb for every Apple user. We all have busy lives and many of us don't have time to beta test Apples' software for them.
Is this a sign Apple has peaked? I hope not, I love their stuff pre-Yosemite .. but I personally can't spend any more of my precious time on new operating systems that create more problems than offer improvements - wasted enough time writing this post - but someone has to step up and articulate the mental anguish many users have suffered for 6 months now.
Without improvements there is no point to new operating system installation - you are not moving FORWARDS!
In the past, when a new operating system was presented, Apple used to give the option to easily restore to earlier versions if compatibility was an issue - not so with Yosemite. Even if you were cautious to install Yosemite and wisely did so in a separate partition, some users have found it has even corrupted the partition system on their computers, damaging their ability to boot an alternative - unbelievable!
My advice for a stress-free Apple experience - conquer the Yosemite mountain by doing a re-install of your OLD RELIABLE operating system (from your installation disc) and send a clear message to the Apple management to stick Yosemite where the sun don't shine. Believe me, the view from the top afterwards and the stress-free sunshine it will bring back into your life will be amazing!
(Is that too many mountaineering analogies for one post?)
For permission to reproduce this comment in full or in part - dubdrifter@yahoo.com
How can a so called respectable company release software into the open market when they haven't even got the BASICS right?
Problems with the installation, problems making the wi-fi work, problems with e-mail, problems with app/external device compatibility (yes, doesn't happen overnight - or months later apparently), problems with new features etc etc etc trawl the forums and you will read countless accounts of people on the verge of mental breakdown trying to get their devices to work properly - like they used to before Yosemite. Devices on which their lives and livelihoods depend - Are you hearing us APPLE??
You seem to have selective hearing A LOT these days and don't seem to respond well to criticism or advice / suggestions / hints that there is something SERIOUSLY wrong here - advice given from very experienced people too. All you seem to do these days is roll the wagons in a circle, pretend "all's well because profits are up" and send out the trolls to 'beat up' online anyone who dares to point out the obvious - Yosemite sucks and has more bugs than Bugs Bunny.
Let me repeat - PEOPLE'S LIVES AND BUSINESSES DEPEND ON THESE DEVICES. We are not just talking about old devices experiencing problems here - it's across the range with all the latest gear. Apple can try and blame the customer - as Apple and it's acolytes always do .. for damaging their vision of an ideal world - but the problem with companies who like to use the word 'Genius' too much is that they tend to treat their customers like idiots - yes, we are regarded as 'idiots' to pay 2-3 times more for our devices - but in those days we were buying the easier user experience and practicality that Apple used to do so well - so we felt it was worth the extra money - and Apple in those days had some of the best programmers in the business.
Not so anymore apparently - maybe I am being unfair - maybe it is just bad management pushing people to impossible deadlines that has made the best ones jump ship and the remainder struggle to reach the standard necessary for a new release. Certainly innovations and options in user software are coming more from the Android world these days - so for those who take their device use seriously - and not just use it as a pretty 'Bauble' to impress their friends - maybe the time has come to move over to the new Windows platform reborn until Apple gets it's act together and leave the upper Apple management to rub shoulders with their accountant friends, go down to their local dealership to buy their 5th Porsche, then wonder 5 years down the line why things are going pear shaped - Even Baubles Lose Their Shine.
Hey, here's a joke - how long does it take to get Apple to respond/admit to a problem? . almost as long as it took the Catholic Church to apologise to Galileo. (For those who don't know their history - Galileo died 1642, Pope apologised 1992 - Ask yourself why it took the Catholic Church so long to realise the earth revolved around the sun or admit they made a mistake .. sadly the same applies to Apple these days) - No, you're right, I'm not a comedian - and this isn't funny.
Will Apple apologise and make amends for ruining peoples lives and businesses? - they can certainly afford to .. only when Hell freezes over me thinks - or the management say "this is a PR disaster - people need to be compensated".
In all this debacle, I pity the guys on the helplines and in the Genius stores around the world - they are working their rocks off to save the sanity of the planet and Apple's reputation .. and also trying to save the credibility of the Apple Software Programming Department who surely seem to have let ex-Windows Vista programmers infiltrate the organisation?
Guess the head of Apple, upper management and accountants are mainly to blame for this rotten 'oeuvre' - they come up with the cuckoo ideas to try and justify their existence that we need 'New Stuff Every Five Minutes So We Can Sell More' - they are the ones who push impossible deadlines on their sadly overworked, comparatively underpaid staff whose sweatshop work is earning them zillions of dollars - and they sanctioned the release of this software into the public domain before it was fit for purpose - especially where the Basics were concerned - so it should be their heads that roll in all this.
Apple can well afford to get fresh people in at the top who are competent 'human beings' and know what is achievable in a certain time frame and who know what innovations can be rolled out without killing the basic functions of the products and destroying the credibility of the whole company in the process.
Apple may have created a mountain with Yosemite on our desktops - but this pretty picture hides a mountain to climb for every Apple user. We all have busy lives and many of us don't have time to beta test Apples' software for them.
Is this a sign Apple has peaked? I hope not, I love their stuff pre-Yosemite .. but I personally can't spend any more of my precious time on new operating systems that create more problems than offer improvements - wasted enough time writing this post - but someone has to step up and articulate the mental anguish many users have suffered for 6 months now.
Without improvements there is no point to new operating system installation - you are not moving FORWARDS!
In the past, when a new operating system was presented, Apple used to give the option to easily restore to earlier versions if compatibility was an issue - not so with Yosemite. Even if you were cautious to install Yosemite and wisely did so in a separate partition, some users have found it has even corrupted the partition system on their computers, damaging their ability to boot an alternative - unbelievable!
My advice for a stress-free Apple experience - conquer the Yosemite mountain by doing a re-install of your OLD RELIABLE operating system (from your installation disc) and send a clear message to the Apple management to stick Yosemite where the sun don't shine. Believe me, the view from the top afterwards and the stress-free sunshine it will bring back into your life will be amazing!
(Is that too many mountaineering analogies for one post?)
For permission to reproduce this comment in full or in part - dubdrifter@yahoo.com
