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Interesting point. I have used Apple computers on and off over the years, most recently from 2015- earlier this year. I think you are on to something re: philos
by stateofinquiry 3y ago
Interesting point. I have used Apple computers on and off over the years, most recently from 2015- earlier this year. I think you are on to something re: philosophy. On the hardware side I remember when they did away with floppy disks (I'm getting old), optical drives, whole cpu architectures (3x!), etc. They do cut pretty brutally, and I guess when it comes to iCloud this seemingly extends to your files.
I'm not going to say its all bad, but it is less and less my style (the older I get, especially).
- user_7832 3y agoThe other thing about Apple's software is that it neither fails gracefully nor does it warn the user. They give an appearance of "everything is fine" even when it isn't. They'd rather have an app crash and throw you to the homescreen rather than give an "app not responding" warning.
- IIsi50MHz 3y agoI seem to get such messages on v11.x. I also have applications that occasionally spontaneously exit, which I assume means bad error handling in the app, along the lines of "…else (exit);".
- trogdor 3y agoWhy is an “app not responding” message better?
- paulryanrogers 3y agoBecause it's not gaslighting Confirms there is a known problem and could provide an option to terminate it