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When do you think Mac OS Big Sur will be released?
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Look, there's just no point discussing this further if you cannot actually understand the simple thing I am saying. I've been saying the same thing and every time you've ignored it and turned it into time machine vs 3rd party backup. I will not be discussing this any further on that basis, especially as it's getting in the way of the main topic of the thread.
My track record is mixed, I was bang on the money for most the Dev Beta's, the public betas I was about 75% right, but the 11.0.1 beta threw me lol
I'm sticking with Big Sur getting public release next week, either a few hours after the event or the next day. Whether that is 11.0 and 11.0.1 comes a little later, or just straight to 11.0.1, I'm just not confident of which now lol 
Finally got a username change in this is jdasikainen now blindpcguy. Time will tell I guess definitely hyped for the event Tuesday. ready to see everything really unfold.
That has been the case for almost 24 hours
Apple Seeds macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Release Candidate to Developers
You are the one who initially claimed that less than 10% of Mac folks use SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner combined. I have, for many years, been well, well aware that way more than 10% of Mac users use those excellent programs. Thus, that is one of the main reasons why I started the poll. You can't acknowledge that simple fact, and that your less than 10% "assertion" was way, way off. And based on other posts about those two programs here, that confirms my assertion.
So, to sum up: you were, and still are, WAY WAY off regarding your ridiculous "less than 10%" claim, and it is obviously based on something voodoo. In fact, it definitely is fake news.
Don't forget your aborted "less than 10%" fake news assertion about SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner.My track record is mixed, I was bang on the money for most the Dev Beta's, the public betas I was about 75% right, but the 11.0.1 beta threw me lol
Wow. You think that this forum has 10% of the Mac user base using it and answering your poll? 😆 the last number I can find is 100 million Mac users. Are there 10 million that have answered your poll? Nope, you only have 49 votes in total.
Prove there are more than 10 million or more users using those 2 apps and I’ll concede my point. Give me facts & evidence. Until then, you are the one that’s fake news, buddy.
Man, where have you been?
First, no one ever said that Apple is going to change their time line because those two programs "do not work". Where was that stated? Point to a post that says that.
Secondly, those two programs (plus countless others, including some critical ones) are third party applications. For me, there are at least 5 critical programs that are not yet compatible with Big Sur, and thus I am going to wait.
Third, this scenario happens with every Mac OS release. And also, it is a historical fact that the first few versions of a mac OS release contains bugs.
Man, talk about being clueless!
I never said any numbers like that. You are the one who continues to spew out fake, clueless news. I still say that the number of folks who use SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner combined is WAY above 10%. Maybe not 50%, as with the poll here, but certainly WAY, WAY above your "fake news" less than 10% "claim".
You need to go back to your dream world!
You just said in the post I’m quoting that 50% of Mac users use those 2 apps, based on your poll of 50 people, in a niche thread, on a forum that is not even close to being a representative of the 100 million Mac users.
You cannot provide anything more than your opinion and 50 people on this forum to prove your point. Which it doesn’t.
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Can I get the California lottery numbers for Saturday then?
16, 31, 44, 4, 9, 23
You didn’t tell me which Saturday though. My time travel engine needs very fine grain data 😝
Y'all joke but I'll be playing those numbers this weekend. 10% to each of you if I win.
Talk about clueless, and being narrow minded. I still stand by what I said earlier, that your "less than 10%" statement is totally false.
I rest my case. Goodbye, oh clueless one!
1000 forum members @ 10% each == 10000%
meaning if you win 1 million $ you owe us 100 millions $. I hope your bank can lend you 99 millions $
I hope it's 11.0.2 🥳My track record is mixed, I was bang on the money for most the Dev Beta's, the public betas I was about 75% right, but the 11.0.1 beta threw me lol
Just collecting another sys info report to send to Apple
. Will see if my finder works again after a reboot...I do think that Big Sur has quite some glitches left
LOLs. Sorry man. I live under a rock and not following this thread. 😂
In regards to other apps, i read somewhere that adGuard will release another update next week ( before the Big Surr release, to fix some issues related to BIG Surr. Some are work around until apple fix their bugs related to Network Extension) and also NextDNS (to support the built in Encrypted DNS feature, same as iOS 14, after the BIG Surr release). Both of them assumes that the release is next week.
Those two are the ones i really track at the moment and i've been lurking around to check what are the possible hardware announcements in Nov 10. I might pull the trigger and be a guinea pig with the first Apple Silicon machine macbook pro (if they announce it).
Third party compatibility has ALWAYS been an issue with OS releases. So if you are a longtime Mac user, you should know that already.LOLs. Sorry man. I live under a rock and not following this thread. 😂
In regards to other apps, i read somewhere that adGuard will release another update next week ( before the Big Surr release, to fix some issues related to BIG Surr. Some are work around until apple fix their bugs related to Network Extension) and also NextDNS (to support the built in Encrypted DNS feature, same as iOS 14, after the BIG Surr release). Both of them assumes that the release is next week.
Those two are the ones i really track at the moment and i've been lurking around to check what are the possible hardware announcements in Nov 10. I might pull the trigger and be a guinea pig with the first Apple Silicon machine macbook pro (if they announce it).
Myself, there are 5 critical applications that I use which must be compatible with Big Sur before I make the move from Catalina: Onyx, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, SuperDuper!, and Tech Tool Pro. And if recent history is any indicator (and I suspect it will be), Tech Tool Pro will be the last one, and not until January. But that's fine, as I suspect the third "major" version of Big Sur will be out be then, ie, OS 11.2.x, and thus just about all the bugs in the initial releases will be gone. Meanwhile, Catalina is working just fine.
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