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OS X 10.10.3 Puts More Focus on Emoji, Lays Groundwork for Skin Tone Modifiers

RedOrchestra said:
And the WiFi on my iMac still takes 3 or 4 attempts to get to work - yeah, Apple's really lighting it up with their priorities.
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Explain? My MacBook Air connects to WiFi immediately. I did have problems with it connecting to my AirPort Extreme when I had it set up using the 2.4GHz network. Once I configured it to only use 5GHz, the problem went away. I think it has something to do with the vast increase in devices (home phones, neighbour networks, etc.) using the 2.4GHz frequency.

You might want to try to optimize your network setup and the problem may go away for you. Your iMac should be connecting instantly and be ready to use as soon as the computer wakes up (You are just waking from sleep, right? Not booting up every day?).
 
coolfactor said:
I was not even aware of the "Special Characters..." menu item. Completely missed it until now. I always accessed this window through the Keyboard menu extra (which you need to turn on). I access and use emojis on a near-daily basis because they are a great and fun way to express emotion rather than the plain-text smileys. I just wish the window appears more quickly... there's a very noticeable delay in it appearing, which is annoying.
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You haven't been running the Mac OS system for very long have you?
 
coolfactor said:
Explain? My MacBook Air connects to WiFi immediately. I did have problems with it connecting to my AirPort Extreme when I had it set up using the 2.4GHz network. Once I configured it to only use 5GHz, the problem went away. I think it has something to do with the vast increase in devices (home phones, neighbour networks, etc.) using the 2.4GHz frequency.

You might want to try to optimize your network setup and the problem may go away for you. Your iMac should be connecting instantly and be ready to use as soon as the computer wakes up (You are just waking from sleep, right? Not booting up every day?).
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My Mac has no issues connecting to an AirPort base station, but I have seen issues (especially when waking from sleep) where the system simply won't connect to WiFi, even if it shows the network available. Usually you have to turn off WiFI and turn it back on to connect or even restart your system.
 
bbeagle said:
Maybe 2 Apple employees are working on this out of about 98,000 employees. How do you think this 'takes precedence'?
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Perhaps he's voicing frustration at not seeing tangible goodies headlining "what's new" articles from the other 97,998 Apple employees? In other words, relative to all what Apple can apparently deliver, THIS is big enough to headline an article? Or, in still other words: of all the things that Apple could be focused on, this may seem like awfully small stuff.
 
HenryDJP said:
You haven't been running the Mac OS system for very long have you?
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It's not exactly an obvious feature. I stumbled upon it a while ago to insert characters like the delete key and Command key symbol into documents, but I can understand how a user who hasn't had that need wouldn't' realized it was available unless they launched FontBook by mistake.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Perhaps he's voicing frustration at not seeing tangible goodies headlining "what's new" articles from the other 97,998 Apple employees? In other words, relative to all what Apple can apparently deliver, THIS is big enough to headline an article. Or, in still other words: of all the things that Apple could be focused on, this may seem like awfully small stuff.
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Thank you, that was the point I was making. Clearly I realize that there is more to 10.10.3 than this, but this was the only change (aside from Photos) that warranted a front page article. That is what disappointed me.
 
ITT: People who don't understand how software engineering works.

You wouldn't want the people working on the emoji list to be working on the graphics drivers.
 
FFS Apple, get your priorities right.
I removed Yosemite and downgraded to Mavericks cause of the bug fest which is Yosemite only to get an update delivered the next day where I need to change tabs in the App Store via the menu as the buttons are permanently disabled. I have to click update on each on app in iTunes to sync my iPad or the updates won't copy. Even when they do, the iOS App Store icon still says updates are available until a new update arrives to change the number. Going by App Store reviews of 10.10.2, it has fixed nothing.
Get your **** together Apple
 
zwaldowski said:
ITT: People who don't understand how software engineering works.

You wouldn't want the people working on the emoji list to be working on the graphics drivers.
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But the emoji accomplishments have progressed enough to warrant a news article, but graphic driver improvements haven't. That is what some people are saying.
 
Traverse said:
It's not exactly an obvious feature. I stumbled upon it a while ago to insert characters like the delete key and Command key symbol into documents, but I can understand how a user who hasn't had that need wouldn't' realized it was available unless they launched FontBook by mistake.
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I've been using the character previewer for way too many years. You're right, it's not exactly "obvious" to maybe a new user but if you go right into System Preferences it's right there. :D
 
Some people have no concept of how software is developed. It's not as if every single person at Apple was working on the emojis, and then they move onto the next project. Just throwing extra people at a problem will not necessarily resolve it faster. To think that Apple is not working on other fixes at the same time is simply narrow-minded.
 
I want my middle finger .|. and puke icon!

also am I the only one who never understood the way they are organized? what does a bell have to do with anything for example
 
coolfactor said:
I did have problems with it connecting to my AirPort Extreme when I had it set up using the 2.4GHz network. Once I configured it to only use 5GHz, the problem went away.
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2.4GHz seems to be reserved exclusively for Bluetooth in the Apple universe. But I don't have any clue what they're constantly transmitting over it. Otherwise there would be no such interferences.
 
In before the "Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic ..." lock :rolleyes:
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Perhaps he's voicing frustration at not seeing tangible goodies headlining "what's new" articles from the other 97,998 Apple employees? In other words, relative to all what Apple can apparently deliver, THIS is big enough to headline an article? Or, in still other words: of all the things that Apple could be focused on, this may seem like awfully small stuff.
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Just because things don't make articles doesn't mean it's not being worked on. Good gracious, this forum takes any opportunity to foam at the mouth about Apple.
I was having issues with the Airport Utility not connecting to my Time Capsule. Called Apple multiple times and ended up having to reformat my iMac twice to no success. I gave up. The recent software update mentioned nothing about fixes in the Airport Utility but guess what, it's working perfectly for me now.
 
Just because some developers implement the new Unicode emoji Standards doesn't mean that others aren't still working on [insert your problem here] bugfixes.
That said, I'm still disappointed with 10.10.2 in terms of WiFi and WindowServer performance on my rMBP.
 
I honestly hate emojis.

Why oh why can't people use good ole fashioned WORDS to communicate?!?!?! :mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
ButteryScrollin said:
Great to see Apple putting effort into emoji and not fixing the opendirectoryd bug...
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And how is it that you know that they are not fixing the bug you are concerned with? And do you not think that Apple is capable of doing more than one thing at a time? And if they aren't fixing "your bug" perhaps it's because it is your problem and not theirs. Have you reinstalled your system. Have you run a virus checker? And on and on...
 
wkadamsjr said:
Some people have no concept of how software is developed. It's not as if every single person at Apple was working on the emojis, and then they move onto the next project. Just throwing extra people at a problem will not necessarily resolve it faster. To think that Apple is not working on other fixes at the same time is simply narrow-minded.
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Oh please don't say something as sensible as you just posted, people here want to have a reason to argue and whine just for the sake of it. :D
 
xgman said:
It just shows you what the priorities are at Apple unfortunately.
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The people working on drivers cannot make Emoji. The people working on Emoji, cannot make drivers.

I hope you don't become a project manager because you'll want 9 women to make a baby in 1 month.

And complain when you have a team of all men why there aren't any babies being generated!
 
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