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Apple used to put effort into the details, that was the main reason their products were great. That attention to detail has been lost. >When macOS updates dele

Apple used to put effort into the details, that was the main reason their products were great. That attention to detail has been lost. >When macOS updates delete the user's documents directory we can start comparing it to Windows. https://tidbits.com/2009/10/13/apple-acknowledges-guest-account-data-loss-bug/ https://tidbits.com/2009/10/13/apple-acknowledges-guest-acco... >When logging into the guest account, if the computer hangs, it is possible that, upon returning to your primary account, you’ll find that all of the files and folders in your user account have been erased and that your account has been reset to default settings. Your account’s path still exists on the hard drive, but everything has been erased from within it. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/19/apfs-bug-macos-data-loss-disk-images/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/19/apfs-bug-macos-data-los... >Two related problems are identified by Bombich, above. The first is that the free space on the APFS-formatted sparse disk image doesn't update as it should when the free space on the underlying physical host disk is reduced. The second problem is the lack of error reports when write requests fail to dynamically grow the disk image, resulting in data being "written" into a void. https://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2019/20190305_1246-macOS-AppleCoreRot-Finder-FailsToReplace.html https://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2019/20190305_1246-macO... >Copy a folder with dot files to another destination (I used ".icj"). Change one of the dot files. Repeat the copy. When the Finder offers Cancel or Replace, choose Replace. >PROBLEM: the copied folder contains old data in the invisible ".icj" file.

mikestew 8y ago
Apple used to put effort into the details, that was the main reason their products were great. That attention to detail has been lost. You probably would have had a better reception of your original post if you had opened with that. Is the issue at hand a minor quibble? Yup. Would the issue at hand have shipped seven, eight years ago? Ehhh, probably not. And when I run into such things now, it sends a cold, "Windows" feel down my spine, like someone knew it was wrong but "shipping is a feature, too". (Nothing personal, Windows, you've served many of us well, but attention to detail has never been your strong suit.) Is it the beginning of the end, where the world throws down their MBPs in disgust? Nah, don't be silly. It does, however, give the feeling that Apple might be slipping a little of late.

mikestew 8y ago

Apple used to put effort into the details, that was the main reason their products were great. That attention to detail has been lost. You probably would have had a better reception of your original post if you had opened with that. Is the issue at hand a minor quibble? Yup. Would the issue at hand have shipped seven, eight years ago? Ehhh, probably not. And when I run into such things now, it sends a cold, "Windows" feel down my spine, like someone knew it was wrong but "shipping is a feature, too". (Nothing personal, Windows, you've served many of us well, but attention to detail has never been your strong suit.) Is it the beginning of the end, where the world throws down their MBPs in disgust? Nah, don't be silly. It does, however, give the feeling that Apple might be slipping a little of late.