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What killed Steve Jobs?

  • Pancreatic Cancer

    Votes: 65 12.2%
  • AIDS from having gay sex with Tim Cook

    Votes: 468 87.8%

  • Total voters
    533
Been hearing more of this happening recently. I don't put anything important on my iCloud and avoid buying app store stuff when possible because of this.

The jeetification of Apple is probably one of the worst things to happen in recent memory to that company.
This is entirely unrelated but there has been a rise in account flagging for American Express and I wonder if this is getting caused by a combination of AI gone wrong and the previous administration amping up Know Your Customer regulations.

ETA: Why would this guy buy a gift card for himself? That part seems sketch.

ETA2: This guy comes off as a colossal retard: https://hey.paris/posts/wise/

Either he’s a complete retard who has no sense of what would alert financial institutions or he is actually laundering money.
 
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I hope someone’s had this issue before and can give me a hand:

My iphone, and icloud, are being very cute about my storage capacity. I’ve had this 11 for years and years, but I’ve recently discovered it’s out of room! I found this weird because I have Icloud and lots of space on it…but it won’t actually upload anything there. Maybe it’s because I am quite behind on the OS (again because of little space) but all I ever see is that I need to agree to a new TOS. Well I went to icloud’s website and it made me sign a TOS. This clearly did something because now icloud is sending me Icloud Only files as if I want, or can, store them on the device.

And I have Prioritize Iphone Space checked.

Am I just a goober?
 
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I hope someone’s had this issue before and can give me a hand:

My iphone, and icloud, are being very cute about my storage capacity. I’ve had this 11 for years and years, but I’ve recently discovered it’s out of room! I found this weird because I have Icloud and lots of space on it…but it won’t actually upload anything there. Maybe it’s because I am quite behind on the OS (again because of little space) but all I ever see is that I need to agree to a new TOS. Well I went to icloud’s website and it made me sign a TOS. This clearly did something because now icloud is sending me Icloud Only files as if I want, or can, store them on the device.

And I gave Prioritize Iphone Space checked.

Am I just a goober?
Update your phone. Hook up to your computer to offload photos and shit, then update and things will be fine.

When using anything tied to the cloud, iCloud, MS365, whatever, you can't get out of sync with current OS versions by too much without shit breaking.
 
these mice are shit. I hate apple. always fashion over function (the usb slot is on the bottom incase you don't know)
 

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I did a bad. I picked up an M4 Mac Mini with a discount and...I love it. Thinking of selling my laptop that I currently have linux installed on as I'm not really a PC gamer and am kind of tired of dealing with random bullshit that comes up with every distro I try. Wayland has just completely broken my workflow.

these mice are shit. I hate apple. always fashion over function (the usb slot is on the bottom incase you don't know)
Yeah, I'm not a fan. I grabbed the black one and it hurts my hand. Honestly, the charging on the bottom isn't that big of a deal. Just plug it in during lunch or when you walk away from the desktop. It charges in like 10 minutes and the battery lasts a couple of weeks under heavy use.
 
Apple's first security roll-up of the year, 2026-001, updates certificates to allow FaceTime to continue functioning. This goes back to macOS Catalina (10.15) and iOS 16, OSes being run on devices that Apple now considers "vintage" and offers limited or no support for.

Apple tacitly acknowledging people aren't interested in buying a new device year over year?
 
these mice are shit. I hate apple. always fashion over function (the usb slot is on the bottom incase you don't know)
I've had two of those, but not the retard ones with USB on the bottom. They're pretty good without that utterly awful design choice.
 
Apple's first security roll-up of the year, 2026-001, updates certificates to allow FaceTime to continue functioning. This goes back to macOS Catalina (10.15) and iOS 16, OSes being run on devices that Apple now considers "vintage" and offers limited or no support for.

Apple tacitly acknowledging people aren't interested in buying a new device year over year?
pretty standard for Apple.
New OS updates for 3-5 year old hardware, security updates for 5-7 years.

It can take a bloody long time for them to get around to a fix on older hardware though. 12.7.4 broke Remote Desktop, it took them nearly 3 years to fix in 12.7.6.


Edit: I will add that I don't follow their iPhone update schedules, a phone is a phone to me.
 
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I'm due for a new PC in the near future and I'm thinking about getting a Mac Mini.

Been a PC guy for decades but don't want to deal with Windows 11, especially because of the whole taking screenshots every second (and likely continuing to do so even if you opt out of that shit).

So a very basic question: is the Mac OS less draconian about keeping tabs on everything that you're doing online ?
 
is the Mac OS less draconian about keeping tabs on everything that you're doing online ?
In my opinion, yes. Granted they both collect user data at an OS-level, don't kid yourself. But you have to "opt-in" to best-possible privacy on Windows by digging in the registry, turning off 100 switches, running debloat scripts, etc. Otherwise, Microsoft just assumes you're cool with them reporting files, precise location, browsing history and typing data. MacOS, for the most part, assumes you're not okay with being an open book and starts locked down and private. Then you start opting out of privacy by giving apps (even Apple apps) permission to use data. Apple does collect anonymized user telemetry, and from what I've heard by security "experts", they are honest and open about what they're doing.

Doesn't remove my conspiratorial concern that all of your internet activity on any device can be tracked by the powers that be because of the demonic gremlins put into every processor manufactured since 2008. No getting around that.🇮🇱
 
So a very basic question: is the Mac OS less draconian about keeping tabs on everything that you're doing online ?

From my experience, Yes.

As Jerk Sausage says above, Apple approach security, tracking and analytics from the opposite way to how Microsoft appears to be doing with Windows 11.

Apple from out-of-box or clean install start with a security conscious locked down approach with data collection, analytics and tracking switched off, for the most part. Some elements are On by default but you are at least asked during setup your unit if you want these to be on or off. When you want information as how or why a setting is on or off there is always a link to explain reasoning and legalities. Apple claim that any data collected is anonymised and 3rd party investigations seem to back this up. The 3rd parties are also generally more than happy that Apple seem to be open and honest about what data they do collect.

There was a rumour floating around for a while that the CUPS print system that is part of MacOS permanently stored copies of anything sent to the printer ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAgfeVNKdoo ) .
I have tried to replicate this with 2 HP Laserjets and an HP Inkjet but failed. However they are all old and no longer get driver support from HP so I use the 3rd party Gutenprint drivers (https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/). It may be a vendor supplied driver problem. But /var/spool/ is always cleared correctly and within seconds.

Is Apple as good as Linux when it comes to out-of-box security .... no. Are they even close to as bad as Windows 11, Fuck No.

There is no one best system, it is all about compromise and what you can or will tolerate based on your own needs.

Best of Luck.
 
New MacBook Neo with iPhone chip is $600. Base model has 256GB storage or pay $100 more for 512GB. Comes with 8GB ram either way. Keys are color-matched but not backlit. It has Wifi 6E, Bluetooth 6, a headphone jack and two USB C ports but one is USB 2.

This won't end the chokehold Chromebooks have on grade schools but I think a lot of college students and normies are going to get this.
 
New MacBook Neo with iPhone chip is $600. Base model has 256GB storage or pay $100 more for 512GB. Comes with 8GB ram either way. Keys are color-matched but not backlit. It has Wifi 6E, Bluetooth 6, a headphone jack and two USB C ports but one is USB 2.

This won't end the chokehold Chromebooks have on grade schools but I think a lot of college students and normies are going to get this.
It will reshape the non-enterprise laptop market, and I think it will displace Chromebooks from schools. The drop-dead date on Chromebooks and the shit quality of most of them have soured a lot of school districts on using them anymore.
 
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