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Apple Shares Fix for File Sharing Issues Following macOS High Sierra Security Update

C DM said:
As in there were no issues in the "good old days"?
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Of course there were bugs... and there will always be bugs.

I just find the current Apple leadership distasteful to say the least.

Too much “humanity”, “love” and lowest common denominator thinking going on there at the moment.

They need to pull their collective heads out of their behinds and start paying attention to the software that runs on their humanity saving devices.

It would also be nice if they would unify their ports and cables.
 
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It makes me wonder how they addressed this fix. The KDC stuff is kerberos related, and configuring it makes no sense if the problem was related to some kind of issue on the login screen. Did Apple "fix" this problem by kerberizing the local directory but forgot that other services actually use the local directory as well?
 
Diving Capers said:
Of course there were bugs... and there will always be bugs.

I just find the current Apple leadership distasteful to say the least.

Too much “humanity”, “love” and lowest common denominator thinking going on there at the moment.

They need to pull their collective heads out of their behinds and start paying attention to the software that runs on their humanity saving devices.

It would also be nice if they would unify their ports and cables.
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So basically nothing really all that new or different.
 
Don't think I've seen this many issues since System 8.

I think I will keep my 2012 Mac Mini & 2015 MBP on Sierra for now...seems to be doing just fine. Maybe Tim needs to take Craig out to the woodshed......
 
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Diving Capers said:
The average consumer shouldn’t have to mess around in the terminal... that’s just bad customer experience.

It should’ve been released as a security update.

That way everybody would get it. I’d like to believe that they have someone who could write the script that would automate the fix.
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They will. Take a deep breath, it will be ok.
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InVinoVeritasty said:
Cook needs to step down or be fired by the board. This is unacceptable.
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Yeah, because the hell with all that money they make. He runs the most successful company in the history of the world.
 
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genovelle said:
Fixing a root access issue was urgent and required an immediate fix. The I’m glad they didn’t take it through beta tests.
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Yes, it's good for user's that Apple fixed the problem asap.

Similar major flaws is Android have gone on for months with the solution being google dropping support for older devices affected to not have to deal with it. Of course there was no one crying for justice.
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So Apple user shouldn't be upset this? This is like others here who say "oh Windows has problems to." That's just attempt an to diminish the severity of this issue and take the blame off Apple. All platforms have problems including Apple, and they got called out for this very critical security bug. Apple isn't perfect, but some think they are.
 
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They really just need to pull the update overnight and figure out the File Sharing issue. I, as the end user, shouldn't have then run a line of code (even if its a single line) to fix something that wasn't even suppose to be effected by said bug and subsequent fix.
 
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Diving Capers said:
True, bugs will always be present regardless of which platform people choose.

But it is undeniable that Apple products no longer “just work”

And asking people to tinker in the terminal app.... really Apple, really?!
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Not only do they not "just work." They just don't work. I'll be using it exactly the way I'm supposed to, and for some BS reason it won't work right.
 
Since this is on the main news page -

Why is it that High Sierra takes 45+ seconds to boot, where El Capitan boots in under 10 seconds?

I've never found an answer - not even on Ars Technica.

If the new file system is "better", then - what exactly is going on during the boot process that takes so long?

Or are the new operating systems just designed to screw up our old Macs so we buy new ones? With our ridiculously fast computers, are they just writing the OS to eat up resources?

And I'm not slamming Apple - I removed High Sierra and restored back to El Capitan, because it crashed my late 2013 rMBP. I was looking forward to the "new" file system that supposedly mirrored the system on my phone and was designed specifically for my SSD.

I just don't know if there will ever be a version of the "new" that's even somewhat optimized for my ridiculously fast "old" Mac? A new Snow Leopard would be extremely welcome?

Or are the cool kids hyped for Apple to remain focused on face-scanning and animojis - and primarily upset that Mac OS doesn't have any of those earth-shattering technologies yet?
 
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keysofanxiety said:
Ah the good old days, when enabling a guest account on Snow Leopard would erase your user data.

No doubt, this latest OS update has been an absolute trainwreck. Apple really dropped the ball. But to say such a rose-tinted statement as yours, especially with your recent join date on MR, just smacks as a little... well, like you read a Jobs biography last week and thought everything was gravy whilst he was CEO. That wasn’t the case.
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Except back then it was the exception rather than the norm. Nobody's perfect, but Apple was bar none a HELL of a lot better when Steve was around.
 
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When the senior leadership champions everyone 'getting along' over allowing people the freedom to disagree and, in some cases, fight vehemently over the direction that a product or service is going, mediocrity can be the result. I'm not saying that Tim Cook championing everyone 'getting along' is the root cause of Apple's abysmal QA of late, but it might be one symptom of that type of approach to leadership.
 
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I have to type gibberish into a DOS window? No thanks Apple. I use a Mac so I don't have to deal with this hacker garbage.
 
fairuz said:
Not only do they not "just work." They just don't work. I'll be using it exactly the way I'm supposed to, and for some BS reason it won't work right.
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Exactly. There is an accumulation of small things that just make the OS unpolished.

There were bugs in the past, but now they seem to be more common and, for some weird reason, accepted as normal.

I would like to see them switch from yearly releases of a new OS to a two year cycle. Maybe this way they can get back some of the polish they have lost.
 
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