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Apple Mistakenly Sending Out OS X Server Replacement Up-to-Date Codes
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I've waited 2 days for my code to arrive. Or some kind of response from Apple. I bought a refurbished iMac a few weeks ago and it is ellegable as far as I can tell. I tried applying again but it said the serial was already claimed so I know they got my first application. No code, statues or rejection email. Checked my details both when filling the forms and afterwards with my ID data. I have given in and bought it. Not at all happy; especially since it was my birthday and would have been a nice gift from Apple, in a manner of speaking. Instead I got hours of waiting for nothing. I've been a Mac user since about 1987 or so and i'm starting to feel let down more and more these past couple of years. Only positive toward Apple is the extremely affordable cost of recent major releases. Perhaps the two things are tied together? Just as well Windows and Android are so sheet or I might consider other options. Not really, not yet, but that does express how I feel at the moment.
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An Ipad 3 would be nice......... but I will settle for my redemption code by Friday evening......
Hey you posted it, I was asking a serious question what you think you are entitled to for your compensation you want.
The computers that are eligible should have just come with an "gift card" to redeem for that product.
No reason for people to have to sign up later...
Gary
What a mess. If we don't get our codes by the end of the weekend -- it will be extremely frustrating. The worst part is, it takes a lot of the excitement out of getting the new software.
The whole "Steve never would have let this happen" statement is a bunch of bull. I can hardly remember a smooth-sailing release of any of their products or software.
I also feel bad for all of the folks over at Apple that are having to work even more (and over the weekend) because of this massive glitch.
The whole "Steve never would have let this happen" statement is a bunch of bull. I can hardly remember a smooth-sailing release of any of their products or software.
I also feel bad for all of the folks over at Apple that are having to work even more (and over the weekend) because of this massive glitch.
Not impressed
So easy to see that Steve is not at the helm. Whether that really matters, hard to say, but I will say that this release has been disappointing from the hiccups to the bugs I'm experiencing in simple things. Some stuff should just not be fixed if it isn't broke. Feels more like a window service pack (along with appropriate blunders) than a release worthy of the Apple moniker.
So easy to see that Steve is not at the helm. Whether that really matters, hard to say, but I will say that this release has been disappointing from the hiccups to the bugs I'm experiencing in simple things. Some stuff should just not be fixed if it isn't broke. Feels more like a window service pack (along with appropriate blunders) than a release worthy of the Apple moniker.
iTunes/MAS credit for the cost of ML...?
Don't get too excited, it's for OS X Server
Everybody has their own feelings on it and certainly mostly conjecture but I've never had a release from Apple that caused me this many head banging issues.
Steve or not, the QC is not where it should be.
Steve or not, the QC is not where it should be.
Happened to me too. How incredibly Sloppy. This is just unbelievable.
I went ahead and got the Golden Master from BT. Same version as what was released. I'll still download the legit one when Apple finally gets it right.
I went ahead and got the Golden Master from BT. Same version as what was released. I'll still download the legit one when Apple finally gets it right.
The cost was free to you though....so they should give you what you paid for it than?
Yeap you are right, but think about it. They cant even pull up with this easy way. So I dont think they will be able to do an innovating way!
The point is to simplify the process so silly little mistakes like this doesn't happen. We get automatic updates for iOS just fine.
So use a different criteria and simplify. After all, software drives hardware sales. Buy the machine, get the corresponding updates.
So let's say 20,000 people bought a new computer that qualifies. People being impatient, estimate 5% can't wait and buy ML. So Apple might squeak out an additional $20,000 in profit. That's the same as 10 iMacs. Mmmmmmm . . . No.
I did that a few days ago because I have terribly slow internet and I figured it would be a messy launch.
Where's the down vote when you need it?
Come on, it was obviously a joke
With all the stupid 'Steve never would've let this happen' comments people are making, I had to throw it in for the most banal of mistakes Apple has made.
Only one "free" copy of Mountain Lion per person?
It looked to me like the code will only get us a copy of Mountain Lion for the eligible computer (new MBP Retina) and not for any other macs we own.
If so, I'll have to pay the $19.99 anyhow to update my other 3 Macs.
So what's the point? What am I missing here?
It looked to me like the code will only get us a copy of Mountain Lion for the eligible computer (new MBP Retina) and not for any other macs we own.
If so, I'll have to pay the $19.99 anyhow to update my other 3 Macs.
So what's the point? What am I missing here?