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> Time Machine works fine until it doesn't. And it won't tell you that a backup is broken until you try to restore from it. The errors are going to be cryptic.
by crossroadsguy 3y ago
> Time Machine works fine until it doesn't. And it won't tell you that a backup is broken until you try to restore from it. The errors are going to be cryptic. There is going to be no support and the forums are not going to help.
and
> Time Machine uses the "fuck you user" approach
apply to every piece of software or service out there by Apple. Every single one!
iCloud? The only answer you’re ever going to get anywhere is - “No, your data is getting synced”. “Why don’t you enable and disable it”. Or “restart it”. My favourite is when Apple Support asks you to reinstall or reset the iOS or reinstall macOS entirely even if something as tiny as some sync problem occurs, with such confidence and matter of fact tone that you are forced to debate whether you are talking to some kafkasque and sadist bot.
This is the Apple playbook. Naming and shaming them on social media doesn't work. Emails don’t get answered. Your customer request gets stonewalled. Sometimes you feel maybe it’s Apple paying you to use their products and not the other way round.
An ex manager was thought to be crazy by us freshers when he would say that the moment he gets a Mac, for personal or work usage, the first thing he does is install Linux on that. We used to think he was some GNU/FOSS nut. He would smile and say - give it time, you’ll understand.
And I understand now how helplessly hostile the Apple ecosystem is. You literally feel like a hostage — you can use it with such stonewalling and infuriating limits and you start feeling this is the only way!
At this point I don’t think it’s anything other than self sabotage if anyone still says
- but I use Time Machine (or any XYZ Apple thing that involves data integrity and reliability) - it works, or is “good enough”
- or relies on something like iCloud for something like “data backup and integrity” in anyway.
Can’t wait for the day when file access is easier on iOS (of course aft explicit permissions - which is the case even today actually) etc, or Android sucks less - in this glorious duopoly. I meant when they’re forced to open up their platform, because they’re not going to do it themselves!
- vGPU 3y agoAgreed. Have a 14 MBP. Nice hardware. MacOS makes me want to scream and tear my hair out.
- hparadiz 3y agoIs the rubber around your screen starting to peel and degrade? I have a 2014 and the rubber just comes off if I rub it with a finger.
- __d 3y ago2014 MacBook Pro, and the rubber around my screen is also failing. But, honestly, it's 9 years old and still going strong. Which is exceptional for a laptop used basically every day for those 9 years.
- hparadiz 3y agoYea I mean I'm not complaining. Was just curious. Don't see a lot of 2014s still being used. I wish I could send it to Apple for a refurb lol.
- EricE 3y agoI sent my 2005 MacBook Pro in to get the GPU repaired and it came back with a new case - top and bottom - no charge! I was pleasantly surprised.
- __d 3y agoYou quite likely can? Especially if you go to a non-Apple, but Apple-authorized repair shop -- they'll have access to the parts, and will likely be willing to do it. It might be an integrated component though? ie. you might need to pay for a new screen, not just the rubber?
- prmoustache 3y agoI don't know, I have an 11y old HP elitebook from 2011 and nothing aesthetic is failing. It has however seen a battery replacement and some memory and ssd upgrades. I think battery and hard drive should be the only thing we should expect to replace in a 10y lifespan.
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- ksec 3y agoI mean Apple was never perfect. But I could at least understand that, in the old days they were nearly bankrupt, they had comparatively speaking extremely limited resources. And they had to focus on certain things and neglect others. iPhone arguably took all their resources from 2005-2015. But somewhere along that line they had way more resources than they need or know how to spend on it. Some of the lacking attention and details no longer makes any sense. And not only have to not gone to fix it. Their quality has gone downhill. It is sad. You would expect a bigger Apple to be a better Apple. But almost like everything in life they are counter intuitive.
- klik99 3y agoAround 2007 I remember complementing apple ux to a long time multiple eras of job graybeard apple employee and he sighed with frustration and said "apple really cares about user experience when they're not doing well, but as soon as the money comes in it goes out the window" So far it's tracked pretty well
- climb_stealth 3y agoHah, I think I hit a nerve there. I hear you. Overall I'm actually super happy with my Macbook. Luckily for the most part no one is forced to use the Apple eco system. CCC for system backups. Tresorit for backing individual directories with a bit more privacy and flexibility than Dropbox. I don't think it's self-sabotage to keep using apple software, but more a case of people not having been in the situation where things go wrong and there is nothing you can do :)
- chmars 3y agoHow do you use Tresorit for backup?
- climb_stealth 3y agoPersonally I just use it for my documents and similar folders. It's not intended for full system backups. It's pretty much like Dropbox, but it's end-to-end encrypted so personally I feel better about trusting it with my documents.
- uselpa 3y agoI agree on iCloud, which behaves in a very erratic and intransparent way. Don’t rely on it. I use Nextcloud instead and it works much better. One software that syncs extremely well with iCloud is Obsidian, for reasons unknown (to me).