Huh?: iPhoto 5 just did a pop-up ad for iLife '06!

[~Shard~]

You had the box checked in the Preferences to receive update notifications for iPhoto. And shock, horror, gasp, you received an update notification for iPhoto! I don't see what you're complaining about. Just change the option in your preferences, problem solved.

Update: OMG I just checked the option in Safari to check my spelling as I type, and - you won't believe this - it's checking my spelling! WTF I'm never using a Mac again, this is BS...

 

[VanNess]

And the moral of my post is: just because you don't like it doesn't mean I don't like it.

And that's perfectly fair.

But, once again, I don't have any problem at all with the subject matter (the iLife 06 reminder). I've stated that over and over again. My problem is with the method, the software mechanism that was working in the background at the time the content (the pop-up window) was provided. That distinction is being rather consistently and casually glossed over in this entire thread in favor of "hey buddy, it's just an ad, it can be dismissed permanently," and so on.

It is also largely assumed that a checkmark on an iLife's application preferences (such as iPhoto) is what somehow, someway ultimately generated, of all things, a pop-up ad for the iLife 06 version of the application being run at the time, but I don't think anyone here can state with any authority that is exactly the cause and the method for delivering the ad. It's a guess, and it's a pretty good guess, but so far, that's all it is, just a guess. But I have no idea what caused it. That particular quality alone, not knowing what precisely generated a pop-up (and no way to confirm what generated it), should be at least a cause for concern for anyone (since it occurred at the OS level) excluding of course the most fervent of Apple apologists. Moreover, it certainly wasn't a checkmark in Garageband's preferences, because there simply isn't anything in there to check. So the user "opt-in" by way of a checkmark in a preference panel doesn't begin to explain why I would get a pop-up for the Garageband 3 version of the iLife 06 ad, but I did. Well, there is one thing I know - it didn't get there by magic.

But life, iLife, my computer, my software, OS X, and benevolent widgets one and all still soldier on, none the less affected by the iLife 06 pop-up "ordeal" lol. And from all ends of Macrumors comes the cry of "no harm, no foul" upon the appearance of the mysterious iLife 06 pop-up, and to that I can agree...well, with half of that anyway. Indeed, there was no harm done at all.

But knowing that Apple had (has?) a little unrequested, undisclosed, secret Apple iWorm of some sort running around somewhere on my system waiting for it's cue to jump into action, no matter how kind, warmhearted, and congenial it's intentions really were, makes me just a little more uneasy than I had been before regarding the security features of OS X. And for that I blow the whistle and call foul. If Apple can pull this off, rather effortlessly it seems, and put it on display for all to see, then it makes me wonder what other software authors can do putting similar methods to work who have less than Apple's stellar motivations and begin to look at the potential to exploit OS X as if it were a Windows XP-like free for all. The bottom line is the user should be in control of their systems, and this time they were not. As stated previously, the preference checkmark opt-in theory being relied upon almost unanimously here doesn't appear to wash, at least not universally.

In the meantime, rejoice! iLife 06 is out! (or so I'm "told" lol.)

 

[Maedus]

And that's perfectly fair.

But, once again, I don't have any problem at all with the subject matter (the iLife 06 reminder). I've stated that over and over again. My problem is with the method, the software mechanism that was working in the background at the time the content (the pop-up window) was provided.

The moral was directed more towards those who are simply angry because they view it as an advertisement (which it is) and hate it while others view it as a notification (which it is) and want it. I didn't mean to insinuate that you felt that way also.

To clarify, while your (VanNess) concerns are valid, I think you're overreacting about the security risks this may present, but to be objective, I'll admit I'm probably underreacting and so what we need is somebody who knows all the details and can enlighten us all as to what our applications are really doing so that both of us can react at just the right level.