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See, the thing is - I use sync across multiple Apple devices. I have had zero problems with duplicated or missing entries, and it's one of the absolute killer f

See, the thing is - I use sync across multiple Apple devices. I have had zero problems with duplicated or missing entries, and it's one of the absolute killer features of the ecosystem for me. It's hard to get a real impression of what problems may or may not exist, unfortunately.

imron 10y ago
It works great - until it doesn't, and then you find all your music is deleted or something [0] They don't exactly have a stellar record on this sort of thing. 0 - http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/13/apple-officially-acknowledges-reports-of-personal-music-files-being-deleted-itunes-update-coming-next-week-to-hopefully-fix-the-bug/ http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/13/apple-officially-acknowledges-...
- coldtea 10y ago
  One random user? Which they officially acknowledged even? This might be a less than a stellar record, but not because of that link.
  - imron 10y ago
    That was just the first link from a Google search. Internet forums are full of other users complaining of the same problem. Even if it only affects 0.1% of users, multiply that by the tens of millions, and that's a large number of people having a horrible experience. It works great for you, until you're in the 0.1% then it's a bitch. Edit: and it's not just music, it's a mulit-year history of botching up sync across multiple different technologies - some of which I've experienced first hand, some of which I've had friends complain of. Either way, Apple have zero credibility with me and syncing.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      >Even if it only affects 0.1% of users, multiply that by the tens of millions, and that's a large number of people having a horrible experience. Still nothing for the remaining 99.9% of them.
      - creshal 10y ago
        Schadenfreude is not a problem solving strategy.
  - randallsquared 10y ago
    10-12 years ago (wow...), stories like that were a lot more common. I lost thousands of MP3s to iTunes on my first Mac, a PowerBook 17.
  - ben174 10y ago
    Happened to me and many people I know. It's a very widespread issue.

imron 10y ago

It works great - until it doesn't, and then you find all your music is deleted or something [0] They don't exactly have a stellar record on this sort of thing. 0 - http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/13/apple-officially-acknowledges-reports-of-personal-music-files-being-deleted-itunes-update-coming-next-week-to-hopefully-fix-the-bug/ http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/13/apple-officially-acknowledges-...

coldtea 10y ago
One random user? Which they officially acknowledged even? This might be a less than a stellar record, but not because of that link.
- imron 10y ago
  That was just the first link from a Google search. Internet forums are full of other users complaining of the same problem. Even if it only affects 0.1% of users, multiply that by the tens of millions, and that's a large number of people having a horrible experience. It works great for you, until you're in the 0.1% then it's a bitch. Edit: and it's not just music, it's a mulit-year history of botching up sync across multiple different technologies - some of which I've experienced first hand, some of which I've had friends complain of. Either way, Apple have zero credibility with me and syncing.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Even if it only affects 0.1% of users, multiply that by the tens of millions, and that's a large number of people having a horrible experience. Still nothing for the remaining 99.9% of them.
    - creshal 10y ago
      Schadenfreude is not a problem solving strategy.
- randallsquared 10y ago
  10-12 years ago (wow...), stories like that were a lot more common. I lost thousands of MP3s to iTunes on my first Mac, a PowerBook 17.
- ben174 10y ago
  Happened to me and many people I know. It's a very widespread issue.