Now even Dogs are iPhones. Where does the madness end?
Poor Bon. Can’t you see the shame on his face? He doesn’t want to be an iPhone.
Tagged: apple store
2011 MacBook Air, 2 days old, White Screen Of Death during Boot Camp – YouTube
2011 MacBook Air, 2 days old, White Screen Of Death during Boot Camp – YouTube. He posted this followup.
Just a followup. Took the Air to the Apple Store and the tech replaced my Air with a brand new one, no questions asked. Said the HD probably went bad. I’m skeptical and think it was just a partition issue during boot camp partitioning. New Air is working well, just using VM, no bootcamp.
Rumor: Apple to introduce a new, different type of Mac
Rumor: Apple to introduce a new, different type of Mac. This was my comment on that.
Hello Shock,
That is an interesting theory. So what about the people who bought from iTunes store who didn’t have to on their iPhone and laptops? Clearly people prefer digital distribution. I know that other than the Apple Store, it is hard to find Mac software. Sometimes Best Buy/Staples has it, but rarely is it in other stores. I think that this is helpful for their customers, not a negative.
Apple does make plenty of mistakes. I don’t think Apple feels threatened, I think they just view their role differently. They have always exercised control over their system. Just like any other company encourages the use of their technologies. The market share for PC’s dropped 1% last year, so I don’t think there is a migration to Windows from mac.
Apple dropped the floppy drive painfully early, and it is no surprise that they are dropping other connections as well. They have always been about dropping hardware features, while pushing their customers to upgrade to the newest standards for performance.
Chimac
Apple Portables: Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters
Apple Portables: Troubleshooting MagSafe adapters. The bottom line is if your power adapter is breaking and you take it into an Apple Store, they might replace it if it is not due to abuse.
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery. Useful information if you need to use Lion Recovery. Personally I am going to buy the $69 drive when it is available. I have too many friends whose time is more valuable than that for me to wait and help them.
Lion – refund: Apple Support Communities
Wiederganger said: [many people have had issues with Lion and unhappy with it.]
Just received a reply from the Apple Store who I notified via “report a problem” in the iTunes invoice, they refunded without quibbles.
Lion may be a fail but the service is faultless.
So to answer the original question: yes I managed to get a refund
via Lion – refund: Apple Support Communities.
Can’t turn on web sharing: Apple Support Communities
Andrewgtibbetts fixed his own issue. Many people just need a little time to discover the answer.
Fixed.
Reverted to original httpd.conf file.
Web sharing can be turned on now.
via Can’t turn on web sharing: Apple Support Communities.
Is posting at the Apple Support Communities (Discussion/forum) site worth it?
It occurred to me that a typical Apple user might ask me this question after looking at the Apple Support Communities.
I would say a qualified yes. Why qualified? There are several reasons why it may not be worthwhile and several that are. Here are the pros/cons as I see it.
Pros
- Dedicated very intelligent Apple consultants, independents or just fans of Apple work for free.
- Turn around for an answer can be instant.
- You get answers that might have more experience than a typical Apple store employee. Not every employee is passionate enough to work for free or listen to the experience of others and try to use non-Apple products as well to solve issues.
- Excellent option for out of legal required support, legacy support (things Apple can’t make money off of), or third-party software.
Cons
- Difficult for a beginner to tell whose advice should be followed. Ratings help, but even professionals make mistakes. No recourse or liability if something goes wrong.
- Many, many questions stay unanswered. Way more people asking for help, than people qualified to help have time for. Posters can help themselves by being brief, being specific, and avoiding jargon/cute slang. Many helpers are international, and the use of jargon is another obstacle they have to overcome to help you.
- You might get several contradictory answers, especially when asking for software recommendations. Too many choices causes most people to feel overwhelmed and give up. Difficult to separate what is good for the posters interest, and what is the best course for the interests of the helper.
- I think the ASC work best for those who are out of their legally mandated hardware support. Generally legacy questions can become increasingly difficult to answer as time passes. For example, for someone with extension conflicts and using Conflict Catcher, can you name the most common extension that used to cause problems for designers? I have to think about this and the older questions are the more likely our mind will play tricks on us. Reviews of third-party software are a mixed bag, because software changes so quickly and dramatically. One version can turn good software bad, or bad software good. In addition, there are often hidden motivations for the posters, so you have to keep those in mind as well.
Bottom line
If money is an issue, then posting at the ASC is a good first step. If you are looking for out of legal support for a relatively new purchase, also a good choice. If you are looking for reviews of third-party products, less useful. Least useful for legacy support. Too often even those using and fixing legacy support issues can’t do it long-term. So while it may work for a couple of years longer than it otherwise might, due to a community, eventually it will just stop working. To me, keeping current with applications and data storage seems a reasonable investment of time and money.
