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Mac OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 to Launch Tomorrow? iOS 4.2 on Friday?

WiiDSmoker said:
It's five unnecessary actions that can be completed via a switch.

Do you not like choice?
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I completely agree and am not planning on upgrading as a result of the switch. All of the apps that I use are on my front page so it isn't like I need folders.

If it is the same multitasking that is on the iPod touch then it is a joke. The purpose was to make it so apps didn't have to reload but they are still getting cleared out of ram and when I open them from the multitasking bar they have to totally reload and log me in again...Really no different than just clicking on the button from my home screen.

I don't have a wireless printer so that isn't really a feature I need either.

I just don't see the point of upgrading for features I don't really need when I know how frustrated I am going to get with the rotation lock switch.

If my apps stop working at some point, I guess that means it will be time to move on to a better product that actually gives their users a choice.
 
Can someone tell me what 10.6.5 is supposed to improve upon??

Will OS X finally be 100% 64 bit?

Will my graphics card begin to take over some of the processing to speed things up?

Isn't this just another performance crippling update that will likely lead to more security updates in the coming weeks...
 
lethalOne said:
iTunes 10.1 is required to use iOS 4.2

If you upgrade your iPhone or iPad to 4.2 - iTunes 10.0 won't recognize the device properly.

10.6.5 is unrelated to these other two - except 10.6.5 is required for Macs to do AirPrint. I haven't tried 10.6.5 yet and thus not tried AirPrint either.
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I think u misread my post?
 
iphone1105 said:
Why do people always scream "choice", it's like the android lover who just quote/say "openness" with no real backup! Bro, in the scheme of your life, if it no longer being a screen orientation lock bothers you that much, then why not just dump the device for something that gives you that one tiny desire???

Most folks, can't afford iPads, yet you can, and enjoy it, and are complaining about an orientation lock button....
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Just because people can or cannot afford something does not mean that I cannot debate a feature being changed or going away.
 
NeverhadaPC said:
Can someone tell me what 10.6.5 is supposed to improve upon??

Will OS X finally be 100% 64 bit?

Will my graphics card begin to take over some of the processing to speed things up?

Isn't this just another performance crippling update that will likely lead to more security updates in the coming weeks...
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Mainly support for AirPrint IIRC.
 
NeverhadaPC said:
Can someone tell me what 10.6.5 is supposed to improve upon??

Will OS X finally be 100% 64 bit?

Will my graphics card begin to take over some of the processing to speed things up?

Isn't this just another performance crippling update that will likely lead to more security updates in the coming weeks...
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No. Of this I'm sure.
 
Cant wait for 4.2 either. The only downside is waiting for all of your favorite apps to get updated to use multi-tasking and or bug fixes from the new iOS. Hopefully devs are on the ball upgrading their apps.
 
goobot said:
I think u misread my post?
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Not really. My response was simply saying that iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2 will likely land together.

10.6.5 can follow or precede but isn't a requirement to use iOS 4.2. It can arrive before, with or after iTunes 10.1.

iTunes 10.1 is a requirement to use iOS 4.2 - so it must fall with or before 4.2.

Likely all will arrive at once - that way only one restart is required.
 
I like how macrumours takes the time on stories like these to point out the source may not be reliable.

Yet this site cannot get itself to do the same with Verizon iphone rumors. A rumor of the phone from "verizon sources" is never met with a statement about previous reliability. Nor do we see comments about NYT or WSJ having been wrong multiple times on the subject.

I guess when you want something to be true, you are less doubtful of sources. Still this site should be consistent with these warnings.
 
I still can't figure out why 4.1 wasn't made alongside the iPhone iPod Touch version, did the iPad software guys take a long vacation? It's crazy to of had to wait this long for it. Oh well, better than some of the Android fragmentation.
 
iPhoneFour said:
Unless they address screwing up the iPad rotation lock-switch, they can choke on the upgrade. I'm not trading one flick of a switch for 5 gestures. That's not an upgrade - that's self-abuse.
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This. I have had an iPad since April 1 and there has not been ONE time when I wished it had a mute switch. Not even once!

However I use the rotation lock every time I use the thing.

Not upgrading until Apple get their **** together on this issue.
 
WiiDSmoker said:
Just because people can or cannot afford something does not mean that I cannot debate a feature being changed or going away.
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Yup. It is so annoying when you get used to doing something and then how it needs to be done changes. Especially with a hardware switch. You just don't change what a hardware switch does after people have had 6 months of using it. Or if you do, you give users a choice.

I just find it completely hypocritical that Apple will reject apps that remap the hardware switches because it causes confusion but it is ok for them to do it.

What I find funny is that when the beta first came out, like 80% of people said they preferred the rotation lock or at least a choice and since Steve Jobs said it was going to be a mute switch only, everyone seems to be on board with "yay a mute switch!"

If Apple really cared about user experience, they would not change a hardware switch without at least giving an option to change it back.
 
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If the current 10.6.5 seed is the one that gets released, I predict a riot on here when everyone realises Apple have gimped AirPrint before release and it only works to printers that directly support AirPrint (i.e. not to printers shared by Windows or OS X computers)
 
WiiDSmoker said:
I would actually argue that had Apple implemented the switch as a normal mute switch, with IOS 4.0 that would reveal that the switch is now magically a screen rotation lock switch and you goons would eat it up.

You're going to agree with Apple no matter what and that is a huge problem.

No, I'm not trolling. I like Apple alot, but it gets tiring to see user who do not like choice and love to bend over and take it.
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fear is the path to the dark side. fear leads to anger. anger leads to hate. hate leads to suffering. ~ yoda

fear not the switch. ;)
 
I have been using the 4.2 GM for a while now, and it's pretty slick. I have had a few app crash, but very rarely. Folders is just about the most amazing thing ever. I have only used it a handful of times since installing the new software, but from what I have see it solid. 4.2 FTW.
 
Spock said:
I still can't figure out why 4.1 wasn't made alongside the iPhone iPod Touch version, did the iPad software guys take a long vacation? It's crazy to of had to wait this long for it. Oh well, better than some of the Android fragmentation.
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It's possible that the iOS team was not aware of the iPad team until it was released.
 
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