Mac|Life strikes again!
On Page 30 of In this month's issue (Feb 0 they are talking about Time Machine and they claim that if you have a Firewire drive Time Machine will boot from the backup but not if you have a USB drive.
Wrong on one count and misleading on another!
You cannot boot from a Time Machine backup with Firewire or USB. You can't boot from it at all.
Also, it tends to further the myth that if you have a bootable clone you can only boot from it if it is FW. Not true if you are using an Intel Mac! An Intel Mac can boot from a bootable clone via either FW or USB.
Then they follow that baloney with a six page picture spread of how to turn you broken iPod in to a planter or other worthless items.
Egads, and I am only about a quarter way through the issue. I can hardly wait for what surprises await me in the rest of this rag.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Monday, October 8, 2007
Apple Arrogance?
Dennis Sellers has a poll running on MacsimumNews.com and mentions it in this post:
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/poll_is_apple_getting_arrogant/
The question has generated several interesting responses. Most seem to be centered around the iPhone and the current firestorm surrounding "bricking" unlocked phones and 3rd party apps.
Being a happy shareholder in Apple I prefer to avoid the terms "Arrogant" and another that is sure to follow "Greed". I will try to use "Shrewd" instead!
The word arrogance could be S. Jobs' middle name. That can be shown all the way back to the introduction of the effectively closed original Macintosh.
Most of us prefer to think that his decisions related to closed systems has been for the "greater good" and many times they have. But the element of shrewdness enters in often.
Most recently with the AppleTV and now with the iPhone.
There was much hand wringing about the ATV not having a tuner, a DVR or a DVD player. The reason, as I see it, is that anything that allows you to put media on the ATV that you didn't buy from the iTunes Music Store is not good for Apple!
Have you ever wondered why there has never been an FM tuner built in to the iPod? Same reason.
Now we come to the iPhone.
After releasing the original version of the software and testing the hacking waters they learned what needed to be done to make it difficult, if not impossible, to lock it down.
Why? Because there will be 3rd party apps available, there will be games available but they will be available from only one source, yes, the iTunes Music Store.
The first step in that direction was to lock out any ring tones except those purchased from? You guessed it, The iTunes Music Store.
Now, having laid that ground work I have to say that I think there are some advantages to this system since all apps and games will have to be tested and certified by Apple so they can "protect" us from junk.
Now I am forced to bring up the "A" word again. To not allow an update to an unlocked phone is probably a part of Apple's contract with AT&T. But, to "brick" an unlocked phone and not allow a path back to AT&T is punitive and pure arrogance!
http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/poll_is_apple_getting_arrogant/
The question has generated several interesting responses. Most seem to be centered around the iPhone and the current firestorm surrounding "bricking" unlocked phones and 3rd party apps.
Being a happy shareholder in Apple I prefer to avoid the terms "Arrogant" and another that is sure to follow "Greed". I will try to use "Shrewd" instead!
The word arrogance could be S. Jobs' middle name. That can be shown all the way back to the introduction of the effectively closed original Macintosh.
Most of us prefer to think that his decisions related to closed systems has been for the "greater good" and many times they have. But the element of shrewdness enters in often.
Most recently with the AppleTV and now with the iPhone.
There was much hand wringing about the ATV not having a tuner, a DVR or a DVD player. The reason, as I see it, is that anything that allows you to put media on the ATV that you didn't buy from the iTunes Music Store is not good for Apple!
Have you ever wondered why there has never been an FM tuner built in to the iPod? Same reason.
Now we come to the iPhone.
After releasing the original version of the software and testing the hacking waters they learned what needed to be done to make it difficult, if not impossible, to lock it down.
Why? Because there will be 3rd party apps available, there will be games available but they will be available from only one source, yes, the iTunes Music Store.
The first step in that direction was to lock out any ring tones except those purchased from? You guessed it, The iTunes Music Store.
Now, having laid that ground work I have to say that I think there are some advantages to this system since all apps and games will have to be tested and certified by Apple so they can "protect" us from junk.
Now I am forced to bring up the "A" word again. To not allow an update to an unlocked phone is probably a part of Apple's contract with AT&T. But, to "brick" an unlocked phone and not allow a path back to AT&T is punitive and pure arrogance!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Engadget and More
Last week I was thrown in to a ranting frenzy by reading all the Blogs and some news sources blaring out that the Engadget screw up cost Apple $4 Billion off the "bottom line". Once again this proves that technical people may not know much about anything outside of their area of Tech.
The fact is this move didn't cost Apple a penny and even a lot of the investors that temporarily lost by selling on the way down probably made most of it back and then some as it rebounded to about 4% higher that it was before the Engadget debacle.
Speaking of Engadget and Ryan Block. Ryan is the one that "broke" the story and I understood a lot more of the reason for his journalistic recklessness when, a couple of days ago he did a story about the Brain Eating Zoombies in the Apple store in San Francisco - "they obviously went to the wrong place if they wanted to find brains"
It seems that Mr Block and probably Engadget are firmly anti- Apple. So, I think in his rush to slam Apple he didn't properly check out the iPhone email, he just went for blood.
I think Mr. Block wants to be the next Mike Wallace but might turn out to be the next Dan Rather.
Now that I have taken John C. Dvorak off my "S" list that leaves me room for Ryan.
The fact is this move didn't cost Apple a penny and even a lot of the investors that temporarily lost by selling on the way down probably made most of it back and then some as it rebounded to about 4% higher that it was before the Engadget debacle.
Speaking of Engadget and Ryan Block. Ryan is the one that "broke" the story and I understood a lot more of the reason for his journalistic recklessness when, a couple of days ago he did a story about the Brain Eating Zoombies in the Apple store in San Francisco - "they obviously went to the wrong place if they wanted to find brains"
It seems that Mr Block and probably Engadget are firmly anti- Apple. So, I think in his rush to slam Apple he didn't properly check out the iPhone email, he just went for blood.
I think Mr. Block wants to be the next Mike Wallace but might turn out to be the next Dan Rather.
Now that I have taken John C. Dvorak off my "S" list that leaves me room for Ryan.
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