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I agree that OSX is pretty creaky in certain areas, particularly the Finder for me. A spotty SMB/AFP connection should not lockup a system, and yet has remained

I agree that OSX is pretty creaky in certain areas, particularly the Finder for me. A spotty SMB/AFP connection should not lockup a system, and yet has remained a nightmare for as long as I can remember. Sadly, Apple has scared me off their legacy software rewrites with their rewrite of iTunes and High Sierra. The releases were either disastrously sloppy (High Sierra) or a complete letdown (iTunes remains hot garbage). Removing iTunes' persistent nav bar + tying it to Apple Music on Mac makes it one of the worst pieces of software I interact with on a daily basis. I don't want OSX to suffer the same fate. http://web.archive.org/web/20130301120749/http://www.apple.com/itunes/whats-new/ http://web.archive.org/web/20130301120749/http://www.apple.c...

_bxg1 8y ago
To be fair, iTunes has been hot garbage for as long as I can remember
- cimmanom 8y ago
  In 2002 it was straight up amazing.
  - iambateman 8y ago
    I just want to hammer home how correct you are. I remember thinking in 2006: "all audio consumption applications eventually go to shit. When will iTunes go?" 12 years later, the application is a nightmare to use while Spotify is a joy. I have my fingers crossed that Spotify remains usable, because I don't see them making huge business model shifts.
FPGAhacker 8y ago
speaking of AFP, since apple is dumping their routers, does that mean time machine is going away? I imagine remote time machine will and we'll just have local snapshots.
- giobox 8y ago
  I don't think so, at least not immediately - network Time Machine backups are supported on a wide array of third party NAS style devices, much the same as it worked on Apple's own Time Capsule device. I did a similar thing on my home made NAS server box to allow it to appear as a network Time Machine volume "natively" recently too. It's a pretty popular feature on the usual NAS players like Synology's products as well. That said, the focus is clearly much more on iCloud these days, Time Machine feels like it hasn't seen development in years. I was lamenting its slow performance the other day.
- Khaine 8y ago
  Time machine is now supported over SMB. So no, time machine will live on using either a NAS or macOS Server. I do wish Apple reconsidered their approach to time capsules, providing an appliance you could back up your machines to was genius. It helped family have proper back ups. Sadly, there is no easy everyday replacement in sight. For many the cloud is not yet an option.

_bxg1 8y ago

To be fair, iTunes has been hot garbage for as long as I can remember

cimmanom 8y ago
In 2002 it was straight up amazing.
- iambateman 8y ago
  I just want to hammer home how correct you are. I remember thinking in 2006: "all audio consumption applications eventually go to shit. When will iTunes go?" 12 years later, the application is a nightmare to use while Spotify is a joy. I have my fingers crossed that Spotify remains usable, because I don't see them making huge business model shifts.

FPGAhacker 8y ago

speaking of AFP, since apple is dumping their routers, does that mean time machine is going away? I imagine remote time machine will and we'll just have local snapshots.

giobox 8y ago
I don't think so, at least not immediately - network Time Machine backups are supported on a wide array of third party NAS style devices, much the same as it worked on Apple's own Time Capsule device. I did a similar thing on my home made NAS server box to allow it to appear as a network Time Machine volume "natively" recently too. It's a pretty popular feature on the usual NAS players like Synology's products as well. That said, the focus is clearly much more on iCloud these days, Time Machine feels like it hasn't seen development in years. I was lamenting its slow performance the other day.
Khaine 8y ago
Time machine is now supported over SMB. So no, time machine will live on using either a NAS or macOS Server. I do wish Apple reconsidered their approach to time capsules, providing an appliance you could back up your machines to was genius. It helped family have proper back ups. Sadly, there is no easy everyday replacement in sight. For many the cloud is not yet an option.